#boxing

Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#due #i #politics #thought

Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#being #boxing #century #changing #dragged

Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#both #both sides #boxing #received #sides

The old white man didn't look into your eyes, he looked clear through your eyes, and straight to the inside of the back of your head. 'Instead of runnin from pain, which is the natural thing in life, in boxing you step to it, get me? ↗

— F.X. Toole

#life #life

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#corruption #full #kinds #world

It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment. ↗

— Jimmy Smits

#any #boxing #chess #chess game #different

I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak. ↗

— Brittany Snow

#been #blond #boxing #certain #certain way

Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#generally #him #love #might #mike

The same hand that can write a beautiful poem, can knock you out with one punch—that's Poetic Justice. ↗

— "Irish" Wayne Kelly

#boxing #german #irish #wayne-kelly #wayne-l-kelly

Boxers, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers. ↗

— "Irish" Wayne Kelly

#boxing #german #irish #wayne-kelly #wayne-l-kelly