#boxing

One way, he thought, the whole thing of ring fighting was hurting somebody else, deliberately, and particularly when it was not necessary. Two men who have nothing against each other get in a ring and try to hurt each other, to provide vicarious fear for people with less guts than themselves. And to cover it up they called it sports and gambled on it. He had never looked at that way before, and if there was any single thing he could not endure it was to be a dupe. ↗

— James Jones

#gambling #masculinity #men #sports #violence

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches. ↗

— George Foreman

#before #boxing #fighter #good #i

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won. ↗

— George Foreman

#foreman #george #george foreman #i #seen

Oh, there's nothing more dangerous in life at getting hurt at than love itself. People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match. ↗

— George Foreman

#boxing #boxing match #dangerous #getting #hurt

My mum and I do cardio kickboxing classes together. ↗

— Vanessa Hudgens

#classes #i #i do #kickboxing #mum

Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#boxing #championship #during #either #every

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing. ↗

— Georges Carpentier

#attack #boxing #half #one half #only

I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan. ↗

— Sung Hi Lee

#boxing #fan #huge #i #martial

I'm a huge boxing fan. I love the strategy and the combat. ↗

— Mark McGrath

#combat #fan #huge #i #i love

The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#ends #often #sadness #too #trouble