Jim Lampley Quotes

Muhammad could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion.

There have been many great fighters like Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, and Ricky Hatton. Hatton was a great inside fighter.

I'm very experienced in four-round fights because of my amateur career, and I've got a high work rate.

If you look through my career, I put an end to a lot of guys never been knocked down, never been stopped.

The heavyweight division needs me.

In the heavyweight division, you can't afford to make a mistake.

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.

I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.

I've seen so many fighters getting knocked out.

People want to see knockouts.

How can someone who has never been slapped in the face talk about the greatest fighter of all times?

I wanted to show the world what Deontay Wilder is all about. I'm a heavyweight, and I'm exciting.

I would love to fight someone like Dominic Breazeale next year. Him or the Polish guy, Adam Kownacki. That's more of an entertaining one. I love watching him fight. He smiles while he's fighting and I think that's the coolest thing to watch.

My best weapon is probably my speed. I am faster than most middleweights, and I know how to use it.

I always say if you can't knock someone out with four ounce gloves on there is something wrong with you.

Roy Jones is a difficult fight.

One thing you understand quickly as a fighter is that you're not punching with eight or 10 oz. Gloves. We've got 4 oz. gloves. It only takes one good shot for a fight to be over.

I'm a boxing fan.

It's the heavyweight division, man: there's a bunch of big guys, so anything can happen when they hit you. But I have plans, and feel I get better every fight.

I'm a knockout artist.

Hurd puts on entertaining fights, I put on entertaining fights. Let's bang it out, let's rumble.

Mike Tyson fit the American ideal of a boxer. A fighter who jumps out of his corner and hits out fiercely. That’s what he’'ll be remembered for. But good boxing doesn’t work like that. Tyson never won on points. It was clear that he’'d come a cropper some day.

He knows I'm brutal. He's knows I can punch hard. He knows if I connect on his chin, at any one moment, 12 three minute rounds, he's going to be in serious trouble. If he's not on the floor, his legs will do a funny dance.

I won't say I'm the best fighter on the planet, but I can knock anyone out.

People can look at my style and my faults, point out all the things I didn't do as well as other fighters but I was never knocked out or stopped.