Lou DiBella Quotes (20 Quotes)

It's not all about the belts. It's about winning and making money. The belts are important, but I have to take care of my fighter and his future.

Ike wants a rematch with Oscar De La Hoya in 2006. He feels he needs to avenge that loss (on a split decision, February 1999) and I think Ike is a fresher fighter now.

To tell you the truth, that fight should have been stopped 30 seconds before it was.

We want his next fight to be in Little Rock, but it would have to make economic sense to us. I need to get a sense of the corporate reaction that, frankly, we haven't seen for the smaller fights in Little Rock. We need a gate that's competitive with Vegas.

It has an extremely strong, hard-core audience, ... It has been marginalized as a sport of cable TV. It's never been an advertiser-friendly sport because you don't know how long a bout will go, and some advertisers are hesitant due to its perception of something of a blood sport. But I don't think anyone is going to lose money on this bout.

What a wonderful guy this was. And I've never met anybody so proud or so grateful to achieve his dream. If there's any solace to be taken in this, it's that he died doing what he loved. He died a champion.

We have to reconnect with the fans, the community and I think we're starting to do that,

I don't think there's anyone to blame here other than the circumstances. Leavander has a heart of a champion, and that's why he's in the hospital. He's a victim of his own courage.

My partners and I are not making the huge investment in Eastern Connecticut to go someplace else. That being said, if we do everything we can. If we hold up our end of the bargain and we aren't able to move the needle appreciatively, then we'll have to reevaluate things.

He's not in good shape. The brain started swelling and they were inducing a coma.

He's the best fighter with a bad record in boxing. That's why I promote him.

The Norwich Navigators have announced two major promotions in their front office staff. Keith Hallal was promoted from General Manager to Vice President and Jim Beaudoin was named the General Manager. With the much anticipated re-launch of the team and the many changes that we will soon be announcing, our team requires top level, creative management, ... I am happy to promote Keith to Vice President and announce the hiring of Jim Beaudoin, one of the best young General Managers in Minor League Baseball. Under the leadership of Keith and Jim, 2006 will be a whole new ballgame at Dodd Stadium.

There's a school of thought that as goes the heavyweight division, so goes boxing. To be honest, we haven't had a strong heavyweight attraction for a while. The sport is a lot healthier economically when the man who has biggest title is a big attraction.

He had another surgery and his hand appears to be fine. He can't afford to break it again. I think he knows that this is it. He's been cleared by his doctors and by the (New York) commission. We're hoping for the best.

Memphis has illustrated clearly that it is a boxing town and the FedEx Forum is one of the finest arenas in the country. We look forward to the Southern hospitality in June.

There'll be a lot of people who'll take pokes at boxing for this. We can be better for protecting our athletes. But this was not a situation where anyone failed Leavander Johnson. It was just God's will. It's a sport that's inherently dangerous.

He had a good 24 hours, ... Doctors said the swelling in his brain did go down. They wouldn't go so far as to say he is out of danger, but they are now more optimistic.

I hope it's a great fight with a record number of punches thrown, ... Bob Canobbio had a great idea on how to make a significant donation to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina and we are more than happy to participate.

Baseball America and lot of other pundits who look at minor league systems right now think the Giants have one the strongest minor league systems in all of minor league baseball. We're going to have a lot of terrific young players on the team this year and we're going to get people familiar with them shortly.

While we are far more hopeful for Leavander's continued improvement and recovery, your prayers are important, and the family believes that prayers and good wishes are a continuing source of strength. Leavander Johnson's 16-year career as a professional fighter has been characterized by courage and the heart of a champion. He is facing this ordeal with that same champion's heart.