Bernard Hopkins: on intimidation: ?You can stare at a guy?if he has a pin drop of doubt about himself, he will have to sleep with that.?
Al Haymon to Former HBO executive Xavier James in Greg Bishop?s New York Times feature about the elusive manager, advisor, promoter: ?If I wanted to, I could run boxing.?
Pretty interesting quote if it?s true, isn?t it? I could see how one man like Vince McMahon could control pro wrestling but how could one man control boxing, as boxing is a sport not a business or a concert tour??
Floyd Mayweather: ?I don?t love boxing anymore because it?s not real.?
Floyd, can you please elaborate on what you mean?
Manny Pacquiao: ?We can?t force (Floyd) to fight.?
Andre Ward: ?If I want to continue to be Blessed I have to stay humble.?
Vitali Klitschko: ?I have one goal ? to sign a contract to fight David Haye.?
Anonymous HBO Employee: ?Al Haymon is ruining boxing.?
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Michael Wilbon & Tony Kornheiser on ESPN2′s Pardon The Interruption:
Tony Kornheiser: You?re boy Mayweather is going to jail.?
Michael Wilbon: ?Anything to get out of a fight with Pacquiao?I already knew he was a coward because he won?t fight Pacquiao. Now we know he?s a bum.?
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I was watching the old black and white classic movie ?Double Indemnity? with Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson and Barbara Stanwyck. MacMurray is a shady insurance salesman who concocts a scheme with the blonde bombshell to kill her husband and cash in on his life insurance policy. When Stanwyck visits MacMurray in his apartment, there is an interesting boxing reference as ?Neff? (MacMurray) has four framed photographs of boxers on his wall above the sofa. The four-star movie was made in 1944 and illustrates how popular boxing was once upon a time.
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Former NBA star Darryl Dawkins? memory of Muhammad Ali: He taught me how to write speeches. He said, No matter what speeches you write, when you get on stage, you forget it.
