I changed my mind regarding my focus for the next several post. At least for this particular update, I don’t quite feel like getting into the dysfunction of the heavyweight division.
No, because this Saturday is the most anticipated fight in boxing, the superfight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton. So we should be celebrating this wonderful sport, not lamenting it, right? Right.
I’m going to now take the easy route to writing and post some of the oh-so-quotables that have risen from the fighters, trainers, and other lovers of the sweet science. Enjoy.
“If my fans think I can do everything I say I can do, then they’re crazier than I am.”
– Muhammad Ali
“If you screw things up in tennis, it’s 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it’s your ass.”
– Randall “Tex” Cobb
“It’s a terrible situation when the best I can say for some of these judges is that they’re incompetent. Because the other alternative if they’re not incompetent is that they’re corrupt.”
– Teddy Atlas
And, who can talk about great quotes in boxing without talking about Mike Tyson? Here are some of the most precious gems to ever come out of Iron Mike’s mouth (special thanks to MichaelTyson.com):
“My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.”
“I want to rip out his heart and feed it to him. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.”
“I’m gonna make you my girlfriend.”
“When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books – that Tolstoy crap. People shouldn’t read that stuff. When we read those books, what purpose does it serve in this day and time?”
“It’s no doubt I am going to win this fight and I feel confident about winning this fight. I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them. So you shouldn’t talk anymore… Unless you want to, you know.”
“I’m on the Zoloft to keep from killing y’all.”
And perhaps the most famous of them all…
“Lennox Lewis, I’m coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I’m just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!”
