At first, when 'Boxer' came out, people were a little let down, and we worried that it might be the end for us. But then it began to grow on people. 'Boxer' bought us our creative freedom.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In the United States in the 20th century, every major event that America was going through, there was a boxer who seemed to symbolically represent it, from slavery to the Vietnam War to the Depression - all the way along, you just seemed to have boxers that carried the narrative.
The life of a boxer is about fighting for world titles.
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.
I always wanted to play a boxer because some of my favorite films, as a boy, were those great boxing movies, like 'Raging Bull', 'Rocky', 'The Set Up', 'Fat City and Hard Times'. I just loved those films.
Boxing is the embodiment of who I am, but beyond that, this is a journey of the self, and my obsession to get the most from this short life.
In order to understand the mindset of a boxer, I needed to become a boxer myself.
When you're a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity.
People love boxing, but you've gotta wait two or three years for your favorite boxer to have a fight.
Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
Boxing is one of those leftovers from a more primitive past that should be finished off and killed. I don't love it anymore.