Gary Shaw Quotes (37 Quotes)

I wouldn't be shocked if he had his hands raised (in victory).

I'll never do again what I did in this fight, ... If the contract calls for 135 pounds it will be at 135 pounds.

You can tell (the victim) had a rough time. She was visibly shaken, no doubt about it, and so was I.

We try to give them a little leeway. They're not always staring at their watches.

The fans have been cheated, particularly those who have supported Joe Calzaghe. There was no reason to take this fight. There was no upside to this fight. Calzaghe wanted a way out and he found it. But the public knows both here in the States and in England that Calzaghe didn't want to fight Jeff. Jeff was willing to go to Wales, to London, it didn't make a difference. Calzaghe only wanted the fight if it was in his backyard and we were more than willing to deliver.

They want their sanctioning fees, ... and Diego still wants to fight for a title.

When you've been going to places for 35 years, of course you think about it being your last time. Each track meet has something you remember.

Jeff wants to fight exciting fights, he wants to fight good fights, and everybody in the U.S. knows Scott Pemberton is a banger, he goes into wars and he was number one in the 'BC and number five in the IBF. So I said let's give the fans their monies worth.

It's a good question and obviously every boxing fan knows it would be tough to repeat every dramatic moment from that fight. But do I think it will be an equally good fight Absolutely Do I think it will last to the tenth round this time No. These are two A fighters who are going to give an A effort. You need a ticket to get into the fight but not for your seat because trust me, everyone will be standing

Diego told me he's going to make Castillo pay for causing so much trouble.

Manny has a superb management team in Shelly Finkel, Nick Khan and Keith Davidson, as well as a Hall-of-Fame caliber trainer in Freddie Roach,

Jeff will defend his titles November 5 and Showtime will televise it. Jeff is not only the most active world champion in boxing, he is the shining light of the 12stone division. Jeff has successfully answered every challenge in his professional career, but when it came time for Calzaghe to face Jeff, his team threw in the towel.

It got nasty at times. In the end, it got made. I guess nobody wanted it to go to purse bid and have it be in somebody's backyard.

Jeff satisfied his mandatory against top-rated contender Robin Reid in August so he wouldn't be stripped and the fight would be a true world title unification fight, ... Reid was no warm-up fight.

Chico hurt his ribs in sparring earlier this week. He tried to fight through it for a day or two before getting examined by a doctor late Thursday, who prescribed no training for the next three weeks to allow the injury to completely heal.

I've developed something called a shower phone. It's only for boxing calls, and when it rings, water will spray on you to keep off all the filth. It only comes in one color now, but we're hoping to have it in all colors come Christmas.

Kessler is too much money and we dont play the open letter game.

It was a good way to open the season. We saw a lot of great competition.

I have absolutely no interest in wasting my time with Joe Calzaghe anymore.

As a promoter, you always hope to sign a 'blue chip' athlete who will win a world title,

I promise you this will not happen again. I'll go home the next time. You'll see me at the airport.

Everything is now done, 100 percent. We worked through Thursday night. I'm happy, all the parties are happy. But could I have lived without the drama Could you live without a splinter in your big toe

If the weather holds up and it continues to be warm, I'd expect some marks to improve.

Manny has fought Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales in his last (four) fights. He's been in tough fight after tough fight, he's been taking on the best fighters of the era and I don't believe that a fighter needs to be a life-and-death fight every time. In this case Manny's coming off a real war with Morales and this is a tune-up fight for the next war with Morales.

The marks aren't even close to what they should be. We are talking wind and rain for two days.

Inside the ring I do not think there has ever been a fighter I can remember since the early Mike Tyson that comes in and throws punches with the fury that Lacy comes into the ring with. He does not ask if someone is a southpaw or whatever. All he says is give me the date and the time I have to be in the locker room.

When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, Jim sent his private jet for my family. I'll never forget that. I did this because I love Jim Wilkes.

I'm going about it the same way I did since 1969. The hardest part is getting 100 officials to volunteer their time.

Today, I have signed a 'platinum chip' world-class champion whose persona transcends sports and approaches folklore in the Philippines. I feel privileged that Manny has chosen me as his promoter.

They tried to cheat. Diego made the weight legally. They didn't try to make the weight. And when they got to the scales they tried to cheat.

They could win the state meet with just their throwers. They're that deep and talented in those four events.

This fight makes Jeff the man. It really makes him the man. A lot of times when you beat the man, you don't become the man. I believe in this fight if we beat the man, we'll surpass him.

We've had a horrible spring because of the weather. This meet will be a gauge to where we are. We're looking to see improvement with our marks.

That is an outright lie. I will be more than happy to send you the contract to prove what he said is a lie. Frank Warren is an outright liar to say the contact was signed and there was a February date set. I can show you e-mails from my attorney and Frank Warren's attorney that said the contract would not be completed until this week,

It's really beautiful music with great emotion to it.

He's a huge puncher as well as good boxer. He's definitely deserving to challenge a guy like Jeff Lacy. This fight is a credit to Jeff. He doesn't want any easy fights, ... He wants to become a fan pleaser and to fight the best guys out there. Scott Pemberton is a guy who deserves that shot, and in order to help boxing, you need to give people who have worked hard and are deserving a chance. Now Scott Pemberton has his chance.

I'll never again do what I did. If I have a contract for 135, we fight at the contract weight.