A lot of boxing promoters couldn't match the cheeks of their buttocks.
Mickey Duff |
Barry Hearn is still a legend in his own mind.
Mickey Duff |
Bob Arum is one of the worst people in the western hemisphere. I don't know the eastern hemisphere very well, but I suspect he'd be one of the worst people there too, if he went.
Cut D'Amato |
Boxing is a great soap opera but at the moment it's Coronation Street without balls, and I want it to be Dallas with balls.
Barry Hearn (1989) |
Contrary to the old wives' tale that bloody-minded trainers put around, a little love-in before the main event can do you more good than a rub-down with The Sporting Life.
John Conteh |
On his prowess as a cut-man -1 can close any cut in the world in 50 seconds, so long as it ain't a total beheading.
Adolph Ritacco (1980) |
On managers and promoters - Never in the ring of human conflict have so few taken so much from so many.
Saoul Mamby |
On monetary demands after winning the world title - Everybody wants a piece of the cake, but my cake has no slices.
Ingemar Johansson |
On Vinnie Pazienza fighting Greg Haugen - Because this is a title fight, I can have four people in the corner and I'll have an extra cut-man. I'll also have an extra stool, one for Vinnie to sit on, and the other to throw at him if he doesn't listen to me.
Lou Duva (1987) |
So many of Barry Hearn's boxers end up in hospital, he should sell his limousine and buy an ambulance.
Mickey Duff |
Sport is business and business is business. It's nothing really new - Kid Cain would not have put his title on the line against Boy Abel if the money hadn't been right.
Frank Keating |
