Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.
Joe Frazier
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Boxing was a way to express my anger. All of a sudden, I was expressing anger, and I was good at it. I was like a Jekyll and Hyde. Boxing helped me because I was fighting the anger out. I was knocking guys out.
Gerry Cooney
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To my surprise, I discovered that I could act, and I liked it even better than boxing.
John Garfield
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Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone, but dancing you don't have to force your will. It should be a lot easier because if I make a mistake I don't get hit.
Evander Holyfield
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Once or twice a week, I try to do some kind of boxing. I'm hitting the bags and jumping rope - all that stuff.
Mekhi Phifer
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I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.
David Bailey
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Auditioning is like boxing: It keeps me hungry and intense, whether I get the part or not.
Mia Goth
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Every time you have a huge fight in wrestling, in boxing, in MMA, both guys are sure they're going to win. They really believe it.
Chael Sonnen
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People forget that boxing is the art of self-defence - ideally, hit and not be hit - and maybe we should all think about that a bit more.
Amir Khan
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Hagler was a puncher-slugger. He'd box sometimes, but boxing wasn't his forte. His thing was relentless punishment and 'beat you.'
Bernard Hopkins
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You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie.
Sugar Ray Leonard
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In boxing you never know who you're going to face in ring.
Manny Pacquiao
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Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.
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The thing with professional boxing is you have to have the right promoter and the right fights. It is a cut-throat business.
Katie Taylor
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I took up boxing to get in shape for filming because it's grueling - all the running, the heat, the yelling, the crying that we do.
Steven Yeun
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I'd always been fascinated by boxing and became very engaged with it through my husband, actually. But I started to write about it because so many decent, righteous people wanted it banned.
Katherine Dunn
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I was a huge Mike Tyson fan, would sit through the night watching boxing matches and would hit the bag at every opportunity I would get.
Robbie Lawler
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But boxing was my profession. I had to go back the second time because I was broke and I couldn't just go and get a college degree and earn it. I had too many bills, too many families.
George Foreman
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I don't care about no boxing legacy. I don't care where they put me on the list of all-time greats - let them put me at the bottom.
Roy Jones Jr.
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Canelo, he is not a champion. He is a liar who has no respect for the sport of boxing or its fans.
Gennady Golovkin
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In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged.
Mickey Rourke
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From the beginning, when my brother Vadim first took me to the boxing gym at 10, I was able to punch hard, and the coach always put me with older boys because of that.
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I do actually use a boxing trainer when I train for stand-up.
Louis C. K.
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On Boxing Day, we always go for a walk in our wellies with the dogs, no matter where we are.
Darcey Bussell
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