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Personally, I think Tyson was great for sport of boxing.
He made people watch, he was entertaining, he was a pure class fighter. It just shows how a nobody can end up a somebody.
Although, i thought the biting of the ear was a tad harsh, except from that everything he did before his "comeback" was great (comeback being when Danny Williams knocked him out!).
I even think his quotes to the press were just cosmetic, I know hes a rough guy, but the eating of children, that was just a hard guy image speech.
But, the best ever quotes by a boxer, were all Ali's/Clays
To make America the greatest is my goal
So I beat the Russian, and I beat the Pole
And for the USA won the Medal of Gold.
Italians said 'You're GREATER than the Cassius of old'."
"Marcellus vanquished Carthage
Cassius laid Caesar low
And Clay will flatten Doug Jones
With a mighty, muscled blow!
So when the gong rings
And the referree sings out 'the WINNER'
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Will be the noblest Roman of them all
I dun wrestled with an alligator
i dun tussled with a whale
i hancuffed lighting, thrown thunder in jail
yesterday i murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick
Im so mean i make medicine sick
If he's hip
he'll take a dip
'cos I'ma bust his lip
But, THE greatest all time quote was by Mr. Clay -
Clay comes out to meet Liston
And Liston starts to retreat
If he goes back any further
He'll be in a ringside seat
Clay swings with a left
And Clay swings with a right
Look at young Cassius
As he carries the fight
Liston keeps backing
But there's not enough room
It's a matter of time
Till Clay lowers the boom
Now Clay swings with a right
What a beautiful swing
And the punch knocks the Bear
Clear out of the ring
Liston's still rising
The ref wears a frown
For he can't start counting
Till Sonny comes down
Now Liston disappears from view
The crowd is getting frantic
But our radar stations pick him up
He's over the Atlantic
Who would have thought
When they came to the fight
That they'd witness the launch
Of a human satellite?
Yes, the crowd did not dream
When they laid down their money
That they would see
A total eclipse of the Sonny!
I AM
That quote will never be bettered!
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