A good boxer, in striking the round blow, instead of loosening body and arm, gathers himself into a heap of muscularity and begins his blow where all blows ought to begin, from the solidarity of the right foot.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.
All boxers are different, and we all approach the fights in different ways.
The life of a boxer is about fighting for world titles.
I would like to be remembered as a boxer who tried to do his best.
In a really good, closely matched situation, the style of the boxer is every bit as explicit and specific to him as a painter's hand.
It takes a certain type of man to become a boxer, to fight for a living. To be able to have the confidence to hit another man, to control your fears. You must overcome the psychical aspect and believe in the art, the discipline of the sport. You need to study. You need to be smart.
In order to understand the mindset of a boxer, I needed to become a boxer myself.
Putting prize-fighting altogether aside as one of the unavoidable evils attending on this manly exercise, the inestimable value of boxing as a training, discipline, and development of boys and young men remains.
I always feel like the freshest boxer going into competitions.
A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.