![]() ![]() He ain't good enough to be my sparring partner."Īrguably, Floyd was proved right when the pair met in 2007, winning easily. I'm going to punch him in his beer belly. On Ricky Hatton: "Ricky Hatton ain't nothing but a fat man. On Manny Pacquiao: “Once I stomp the midget, I’m gonna make that motherf***er make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice.” They don't like any British man to have balls as big as a cow's like I have.” “The British press hate a winner who's British. Separately, Benn also made this udderly outrageous claim: I want the man’s title…”Įubank beat Benn and the pair drew a controversial rematch three years later. Then followed this classic one-two:Ĭhris Eubank: “ I don’t hate the man. Eubank refused to face Benn and sat with his back to him throughout. When the pair appeared on TV to sign the contract for their 1990 WBO Middleweight title bout, the animosity was pronounced. The mutual disdain between Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank was not artificial. Enough for his own list, in fact. To stop this one being the Ali show, we've included just two of his wittiest.Īhead of his fight against Floyd Patterson in 1965 he said: “I’ll beat him so bad he’ll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.”Īli won that bout, but he wasn't always right, saying this prior to a 1971 defeat to Joe Frazier: "Frazier's got two chances. You might have heard of this guy? He had quite a few things to say. Now read our article, or we might punch you in the face, you, you… disagreeable poltroon! We’ve scoured the history of boxing to dig out the best examples. ![]() Which is where the art of trash-talking comes in. The artifice of arranged anger needs to have a narrative – some sort of build-up to make it seem edgy. Oooh, I’ll still be angry about my spilled pint, don’t you worry.” But let’s wait fourteen months and do it live on Sky Box Office. When do you ever hear someone say, “Outside, now? Sure, OK. Of course, in the natural world, fighting is spur-of-the-moment. Plus, who doesn’t like watching two meatheads wallop each other in the face until one of them falls over? Tremendous entertainment. But it’s also a metaphor an expression of humanity’s most primal urge, to fight for our survival. Pugilism: the most simplistic sport of all. ![]()
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