- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxers Quotes
On grit, adaptability, and changing respect.
These boxers quotes reflect on adaptability as an essential trait in the ring and nostalgia for boxing's earlier era of heavyweight heroes. For more on the sport, see our Boxing quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Heavyweight Champion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing is a dying sport, really. Years ago, the world heavyweight champion could be said to have reached the highest pinnacle of sport. Even in this country, boxers were heroes. Think of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will become the greatest, because all travellers have to be able to adapt. That quality, adaptability, is essential to that way of life. Not many boxers have it but I can adapt before a fight to the opponent, during the fight if necessary.
- Lucky
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very lucky because less than one percent of boxers get out of the game financially secure.
- Go Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to win the gold medal and then go home and further my education in college. I had no intentions whatsoever to become a professional fighter because I had heard horror stories about former boxers who made money but, in the end, ended up with nothing. I didn't want to be one of those guys.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing should focus on pitting champion versus champion - those are the fights that everyone wants to see. The sports also needs to work on developing new heroes and personalities. I'd like to see more vignettes on fighters, focusing on their lives, goals and stories. Boxers need to be larger than life.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been super-fresh since elementary school. I'd lay out all my clothes, my Jordans right there, I know what cologne I'm gonna wear, my boxers match my socks.
- Compare
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women boxers prefer to focus on the win rather than the bravado. We've come a long way. In the '90s, you only ever saw women parading in heels and a bikini holding a scorecard. Now we're owning it; we should get some male models in Speedos to do the ring walk.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
All boxers are different, and we all approach the fights in different ways.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to be named myself as one of the elite boxers of Puerto Rico. That's for the fans and for the people that know about boxing. I just want to do my job the best I can, and I am going to do that the rest of my career.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a punishment game... only two boxers get in the ring. So when we get in the ring and we're not angry, then you're not a real boxer.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to wear boxers and a tank top, but now I sleep in the nude. It's kind of weird, because I used to have to wear something to bed, whether it was a tank top or whatever. And now if I have any clothes at all on, it's really hard to get to sleep.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
People like to see me fight. A name can only take you so far. There are only a few fighters out of the thousands of boxers out there that have name recognition. I'm definitely not upset by that.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to go down in the history books as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, and I think I'm on the right path.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best boxers don't always qualify for the Olympics. You can easily have a bad day, but please God, that won't happen to me.
- Competition
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- Nov 07, 2020