I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender! But instead I got a one way ticket to Palookaville.

I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender! But instead I got a one way ticket to Palookaville.

You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going

Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows.

Silence is the sure sign that youre on your way out in Hollywood.

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.

Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with dignity and comfort when they haven't got it anymore.