Loony, “hateful,” fawning, and sexist comments continue to take things beneath any normal level of decency or civility, but then, boxing has rarely been normal or civil.
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Tyson Fury:”You [Wladimir Klitschko] have as much charisma as my underpants—the whole of Europe wants to see you get knocked out. You look old, have you had Botox? You’re old. Are you better than [Larry] Holmes, [Muhammad] Ali or [Mike] Tyson? They all showed their age—you have a chin like a piece of glass.”
Fury: “Blah, blah, 47 different languages, so what. I don’t care about being a role model, you are getting chinned—this Klit is getting licked on October 24.”
Fury: “I think I did get into his [Klitschko’s] mind with the spiel I was giving him—I don’t think he’s had anyone go into him with as much intelligence as I gave him… He’s a weak mental person. He kept going on about psychology and all that stuff, but at the end of this he’ll be hiring me to be a psychologist.”
Fury: “…there could be 55 referees in the ring – it doesn’t matter.
Fury: “They probably will call him [Anthony Joshua} in…They’re like super best mates aren’t they? They’ve already vowed not to fight each other and all that rubbish. Is there a love affair going on there or something?”
Billy Joe Saunders: “I think women are there for sex. Every night. Hard sex. Women’s there for cleaning, cooking, washing and sex. They’re not to put a head guard on and get punched in the face, although, I must say, Katie Taylor’s done extremely well and she once punched Frankie Gavin up in sparring.”
Saunders: “It was only a joke, listen, Katie Taylor is a very, very good fighter, she’s done what she’s done. I’m not saying women shouldn’t box. It’s their choice, I reckon their very good to the sport, we got to get men off the street and young boys off the street, same as you’ve got to get young girls off the street. I don’t want to be a man painted out as being thinking woman’s there for cooking, sex and bedroom department even though their still good at it. I’m sorry if I’ve upset anybody and apologise but that’s all I can do. If anyone’s offended by that I’m sorry.”
Saunders” I’ll smash [Andy] Lee Up”
Saunders: “I’ll tell you what sort of fighter I am, I’m up, I’m straight and I’m honest. I fancy my chances with any 160 in the world. Any 160 – take him (Golovkin) out of the equation.”
Amir Khan: “He [Thurman] calls himself ‘One Time’, but he can’t do it. I think he needs to change his name to ‘Sometimes’.”
Carl Froch:” I respect George Groves immensely – but I can’t stand him
Anthony Mundine: “I’m the best athlete of our era.”
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Roy Jones Jr.: “They don’t like to look this way because they know its trouble. It might be old trouble but it’s still trouble.”
Nadjib Mohammedi:“For me this fight is finished by knockout, for me or for him [Kovalev].”
Sam Watson: “Floyd definitely wants to fight him, and he wants to fight two other people, too. He ain’t scared of him. He wants big, bad Berto. He wants big, bad Andre Berto. Big, black, strong Haitian. He wants him. He wants him bad, too. But Berto wants him, too! He called me, ‘Yeah, I want him!’…”
Watson: “Shit, Berto ain’t scared of nobody. Andre Berto? From Haiti?! From Haiti, over there, when they blew up the city, he went over there, and tried to dig up bodies and all that. That’s Andre Berto, baby, you better get ready.”
Fan from Pink News named Chellebean to Ruby Rose: “I’m disgusted you’d express love for Mayweather and fan girl for a man who brutalizes women! I removed u from my girl crush list.”
Abel Sanchez: “The issue for me is that Andre, when he fought the Super Six, was like a diva…he got all the advantages.”
Thomas Hauser: “Here’s what happens when Don King walks into a restaurant. Heads turn. The host moves people around to seat his party of four at a table by the front window. Diners entering the restaurant do a double-take as they pass his table. The energy level in the room rises. The other patrons are respectful. For the most part, they let him eat in peace. But more than a few stop to say hello on their way out. King has a smile and kind word for each of them. The staff is particularly attentive. He tips generously.“
Most outrageous comment of the week:
Larry Holmes: “I’m 65 years old and I mean it when I say I’d get in there with [Wladimir Klitschko] and fight for the title. Because he’s no threat. Give me six months to get in shape. Would these guys have survived in my era? No. But good luck to them; they’re doing what they can with their talent.”
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