Boxing
Philadelphia has a rich history in boxing, being home of the former world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier. The city is home to The Blue Horizon, which is considered one of the finest boxing establishments in the world. The Arena was named 2006 Venue of the Year by ESPN2 boxing program Wednesday Night Fights.
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Famous quotes containing the word boxing:
“I can entertain the proposition that life is a metaphor for boxing—for one of those bouts that go on and on, round following round, jabs, missed punches, clinches, nothing determined, again the bell and again and you and your opponent so evenly matched it’s impossible not to see that your opponent is you.... Life is like boxing in many unsettling respects. But boxing is only like boxing.”
—Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)
“... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on.”
—Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)