"We wuz robbed". Who said that?
Some quotes that will never die. Who said it? Everybody will know some of these.
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
Bob "Ruby Robert" Fitzsimmons
"He can run but he can't hide"
Joe Louis talking about Billy Conn
"We wuz robbed "
Joe Jacobs, Schmeling's manager.
"I can lick any son of a bitch in the house"
John L. Sullivan
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Drew "Bundini" Brown
"I ain't got no quarrel with those Viet Cong"
Ali
"Honey, I forgot to duck"
Jack Dempsey
"Only in America".
Don King
"Let's get it on"
Mills Lane
"Let's get ready to rumble"
Michael Buffer
Re: "We wuz robbed". Who said that?
I'll take this one without the help of google...
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Originally Posted by
beenKOed
"We was robbed "
Was it manny pac's scummy hangers on ringside when he got KO'd
or
was it max baer's trainer or promoter who also said "we should have "STOOD" in bed as English was not his first language. after watching a crooked decision against his fighter.
Re: "We wuz robbed". Who said that?
It was Max Schmeling on his loss to Jack Sharkey in there rematch. Max clearly won the fight but they gave to Sharkey.
Re: "We wuz robbed". Who said that?
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Originally Posted by
mrbig1
It was Max Schmeling on his loss to Jack Sharkey in there rematch. Max clearly won the fight but they gave to Sharkey.
Didn't his manager say it?
Re: "We wuz robbed". Who said that?
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Originally Posted by
bzkfn
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Originally Posted by
mrbig1
It was Max Schmeling on his loss to Jack Sharkey in there rematch. Max clearly won the fight but they gave to Sharkey.
Didn't his manager say it?
I think it was Max himself but, not a 100% sure. I know for a fact it was this fight.
Re: "We wuz robbed". Who said that?
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Originally Posted by
beenKOed
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall" - Fitzsimmons
"He can run but he can't hide"
"We wuz robbed "
"I can lick any son of a bitch in the house"
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" - Ali
"I ain't got no quarrel with those Viet Cong" - Ali
"Honey, I forgot to duck"
"Only in America" - Don King
"Let's get it on" - Mills Lane
"Let's get ready to rumble" - Michael Buffer
This is all I got...
Re: "We wuz robbed". Who said that?
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CutMeMick
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Originally Posted by
beenKOed
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall" - Fitzsimmons
"He can run but he can't hide" ayatollah khomeini about salman rushdie
"We wuz robbed " Amir Khan and his brother on a night out
"I can lick any son of a bitch in the house" jimmy savile
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" - Ali
"I ain't got no quarrel with those Viet Cong" - Ali
"Honey, I forgot to duck"
"Only in America" - Don King
"Let's get it on" - Mills Lane
"Let's get ready to rumble" - Michael Buffer
This is all I got...
I filled in the blanks for you but left one out just to keep the thread interesting ;)
Re: "We wuz robbed". Who said that?
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Originally Posted by
beenKOed
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Originally Posted by
mrbig1
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Originally Posted by
bzkfn
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Originally Posted by
mrbig1
It was Max Schmeling on his loss to Jack Sharkey in there rematch. Max clearly won the fight but they gave to Sharkey.
Didn't his manager say it?
I think it was Max himself but, not a 100% sure. I know for a fact it was this fight.
You are right. It was Schmeling's manager Joe Jacobs after a controversial loss to Jack Sharkey in 1932.
the stood in bed line came from him as well i'm sure it was in the same saying... I just picked the wrong fighter... google is an easy tool and I just didn't want to cheat
Re: "We wuz robbed". Who said that?
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beenKOed
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" came from Drew "Bundini" Brown, Ali's buddy and cheerleader.
True dat.
Re: "We wuz robbed". Who said that?
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Originally Posted by
CutMeMick
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Originally Posted by
beenKOed
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall" - Fitzsimmons
"He can run but he can't hide"
"We wuz robbed "
"I can lick any son of a bitch in the house"
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" - Ali
"I ain't got no quarrel with those Viet Cong" - Ali
"Honey, I forgot to duck"
"Only in America" - Don King
"Let's get it on" - Mills Lane
"Let's get ready to rumble" - Michael Buffer
This is all I got...
#2 was Joe Louis. #4 was John L Sullivan. #7 was Jack Dempsey.
Re: "We wuz robbed". Who said that?
Not sure but it sounds like a black person.
