Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a bloody brawl in an alley.
Budd SchulbergI coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender! But instead I got a one way ticket to Palookaville.
Budd SchulbergFights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows.
Budd Schulberg