"This was one of the greatest heavyweight championship fights in history."
"This will go down as one of the greatest heavyweight championship fights in history."
"This is one of the best trilogies boxing has ever seen."
"Lennox Lewis was the greatest heavyweight of all time."
"Reminds me of the late great Puerto Rican champion, Hector 'Macho' Camacho."
"There's no version of Ali or Frazier where that fight would have been easy. They fit together like a key in a lock."
"It goes back to the days of John L Sullivan, the man who beat the man who beat the man who beat the man." - Tyson Fury
"A fight to go with those as one of the four biggest upsets in the history of the heavyweight division."
"Muhammad Ali essentially coined the phrase calling himself the greatest of all times."
"Ali and Frazier put forth magnificent efforts in their rivalry defining encounter, and each man utilized every fiber of his being in a desire to win."
"Mike Tyson had just become the first and only boxer to stop the great Larry Holmes."
"May all of your gains be loyal King Ryan Garcia two undefeated Stars Journeys one Mega fight to make history."
"His story truly is one of the greatest comebacks in boxing history."
"Regardless of a perfect 50-0, and regardless of being an 8-division champion, and regardless of whether those unique feats ever get topped, I for one appreciate the contributions each man gave to boxing."
"The upset itself is seen as one of the greatest in the modern boxing era."
"I will be the first White British Irish heavyweight in 115 years to win the heavyweight championship of the world."
"He's proven that tag now, the real deal. He's recaptured the heavyweight title, which a few heavyweights of a lot of tribe, a few have been able to do. He did it in grand fashion."
"The original dream match, the little Mac's first major title win only came after his fight with real-life boxing legend Mike Tyson."
"The past 15 years has produced the most exciting, the most marvelously unpredictable, by far the most innovative, and unquestionably the fastest world heavyweight champion in the history of boxing. He is the magnificent Muhammad Ali."
"Buster Douglas may not be remembered as an all-time great heavyweight, but on that one fateful night in Tokyo he truly was greatness personified."
"Perhaps like those two Mexican legends, this is more than just one night, maybe this is the first night of what will become two names forever linked."
"It was a 10th round knockout for Tokyo Buster Douglas in what to this day is still the greatest upset in boxing history."
"The fight was over, and The Magic Man had just won the unified light heavyweight crown in dramatic fashion."
"He has had a definitely strong impact on boxing—stronger than any other heavyweight I think other than Ali in the recent twenty years."
"They want to shift Focus from the old narrative they created on Devin Haney and start a new robbery narrative all to discredit the youngest Undisputed champion of all time."
"Within the past century the United States has produced 39 different heavyweight champions."
"Smoking Joe Frazier was himself one of the best boxers in the history of the sport."
"Joe Frazier was now the heavyweight champion of the world."
"George Foreman had annihilated everyone that stepped in the ring with him."
"We witnessed tonight boxing history... it was just amazing, two warriors in there who gave everything."
"A stunning performance to become only the third boxer in history to win world titles at cruiserweight and heavyweight."
"Ali knew Foley and his reputation, and he had so much respect for the man that you didn't really see him showboat during the fight."
"I'm creating boxing history, proving millions of people wrong."
"I believed in myself. I believed that we were going to win, and I believed that I was going to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world."
"This event is of the same ilk as the rumble in the jungle."
"One of the great upsets of heavyweight boxing."
"Legends die hard but if this fight proved anything it proved that like all of us Muhammad Ali is mortal."
"He's the first four-belt undisputed champion in bantamweight history."
"It's Pernell Whitaker against Julio Cesar Chavez, Sr., of course. It's Sugar Ray Leonard against Roberto Duran or Tommy Hearns. It's that kind of fight."
"The rematch was probably one of the greatest boxing fights we've ever seen."
"Who is Mason Dixon? Mason Dixon is based on Sylvester Stallone, and his fight with Rocky Balboa is based on George Foreman vs. Michael Moore."
"Lennox Lewis was one of the best ever as a heavyweight."
"Ali stopping the fearsome George Foreman to recapture the heavyweight title."
"He said he would do it, and he did. Evander Holyfield shocks the world."
"Hopkins would upset Trinidad, stopping him in the final round to become the first Undisputed middleweight champion since Marvin Hagler in 1987."
"They'll have the most charismatic, the most colorful, the most controversial champion since Muhammad Ali."
"The history books have been written and Sullivan is regarded as the first heavyweight world champion."
"Gene Tunney was nothing short of a boxing mastermind in the 1920s."
"In my time, to win the championship, you had to knock a man out; today, they win it on points."
"Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta fought six times."
"But when they saw Jim Braddock, hope lit up their faces and they stood taller."
"Three in a row for Zach, what's the boxing match in Manila? Nice, the Thrilla in Manila."
"Spinx the 10 to 1 Underdog which shocked the world defeating Ali to become the Undisputed Champion by Split Decision."
"After 22 fights, Anthony Joshua would have boxed names that include Dillian White, Dominic Brazil, Wladimir Klitschko, Carlos Takam, Joseph Parker, and Alexander Povetkin."
"Yuri is one of the most important faces in Russian professional boxing history."
"It's over, it's over! Mike Tyson has been knocked out."
"Muhammad Ali was the greatest, but it took his three epic battles against Joe Frazier to cement his superstar status."
"Johansson would shock the world, stopping the 5 to 1 betting favorite Floyd Patterson in the third round to become the heavyweight champion."
"First you have to understand that the Puerto Ricans and the Mexicans are the two Hispanic communities that have produced the most champions in the history of boxing from Latin America."
"I just think that the Hagler Hearns fight might have been one of the great moments we remember."
"Sugar Ray Robinson won by a vote of four to one over Muhammad Ali as the greatest fighter of all time."