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BOXING QUOTES

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QUOTE #1 is by former WBA Heavyweight champion John Tate:

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"This comeback is my burning desire, I want that little midget Tyson, no-body who fights him takes the aggressive attitude that he does, I'd go in there with exactly the same attitude that he does, Hell yeah!" ... John speaking less than 24 hours before getting a good thrashing from little known British heavyweight Noel Quarless.

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QUOTE #2 is from WBA heavyweight champion James 'Bone Crusher' Smith, on his upcoming fight with dangerous WBC champion Mike Tyson:

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"I am gonna fight nasty; it's gonna be a great fight, a bang- bang good one and someone is gonna go to sleep." ... James was exactly right; he was nasty and someone did go to sleep, almost everyone who tuned in was put to sleep.

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QUOTE #3 is from Larry Holmes telling it just how it is, following a bitter split with his long time trainer Ritchie Giachetti:

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"Damn, I paid that man $1.5 million which really is good money for someone who, pours water, puts in my mouthpiece and shouts TIME." ... Good to see Ritchie was appreciated.

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QUOTE #4, a 19 year old Michael Tyson talking about the struggles of being a clean living professional boxer:

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"It's while I am in training that I actually start to hate fellers my own age. They are runnin round havin fun while I am living like a monk." ... Now when was the last time you put Tyson and the word monk in the same breath?

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QUOTE #5. A bleeding Marvin Hagler a few minutes before KO'ing Thomas Hearns, replying to referee Richard Steele when asked if he could still see Thomas Hearns?

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"I'm not missing him am I?"
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QUOTE #6. Randy Smith, a middleweight contender taunting opponent Mike Olajide. Smith:

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"You have knockouts, you musta fought bums." Olajide's reply after beating the devil out of Smith..."Bums, yeah I just beat one tonight."

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Quote #7. An exchange between cornermen at an Irish championship event...

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"Throw in the towel dammitt..."There ain't no towel... " Then throw in the sponge..."...But there ain't no sponge either..."Then throw in the F---king bucket!"

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Quote #8. Tony Tubbs talking about his preparations for his date with Mike Tyson, on the day he weighed in at a whopping 250 lbs. + of jello like lard.

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"I've been eating, sleeping and drinking Mike Tyson." ... Yes, Mr Tubbs, you certainly have!!

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Quote #9. Tony Tubbs answer to the question, which of Mike Tyson's punches did the most damage, following his two round KO defeat.

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"Which one? The one with the baseball bat."

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Quote #10. Frank 'The Animal' Fletcher, when asked if he knew where he was after Juan Domingo Roldan knocked him out. (Caesars Palace)

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"Yeah man, I am in the Sands Hotel."

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Quote #11. Light heavyweight Chris Finnegan describing Bob Foster's jab, in a post fight interview.

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"Imagine being hit by a scaffolding pole with a boxing glove on the end of it."

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Quote #12. Donald King talking about Bob Arum and money...

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"Me and Arum are reasonable men when it comes to money, we take our separate bags of money to separate banks and then it's, You're a son of a bitch, and You're a son of a bitch, damn man, we are both two rich sons of bitches."

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Quote #13. Heavyweight Randall Tex Cobb, discussing his durability and his record.

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"I was only knocked out once, by a Mexican bantamweight, you wanna know how come? Six of my pals were swinging him 'round by his heels at the time.."

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One last parting comment from Tex Cobb, on the subject of why he doesn't wanna retire...

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"I'll do anything to keep from working for a living, if I've gotta fight a circus bear, then let's get the drawers on him and get it on!!"