Best Sports insults

BOXING:
Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing, but none of them serious. (Alan Minter, British Boxer)

Muhammad Ali:
He now floats like an anchor, stings like a moth. (Ray Gondolfo,
1982, on the 39-year-old former champion)

'Jumbo' Cummings:
'Jumbo' Cummings, a name that sounds like an elephant ejaculating. (Rory Mcgrath on the US heavyweight, They think it's all over, BBC TV, 1995)

George Foreman:
I'm going to beat your Christian ass, you white son of a B***h! (Muhammad Ali taunts Foreman, who isn't white)

Rick Thornberry:
A poor Bum whose head should be used to keep doors from slamming on a windy day. (Anthony Mundine, US boxer)

Mike Tyson:
After Boxing, I would think Mike will resort to what he was doing when he was growing up - robbing people. (Tommy Brooks, his former trainer)

He called me a "rapist" and a "recluse." I'm not a recluse. (Tyson objects to being insulted.)

Did Tyson bite off more than he can chew? Time will tell. (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Iron Mike went down biting (The Sunday Oklahoman)

Pay Per Chew (Philadelphia Daily News)

Sucker Munch (The Sun)

Heavyweight Chomp (The Big Book of Sports Insults)

FOOTBALL:
Football is a gentleman's game played by hooligans and Rugby a hooligans game played by gentlemen. (Some guy in camebridge university)

(Reacting to a report stating brain cells are damaged when heading the ball) I don't think heading the ball has got anything to do with it. Footballers are stupid enough anyway.
(Premier League spokesman, 1995)

Footballers are only interested in drinking, clothes and the size of their willies. (Karren Brady, manging director of Birmingham City, 1994)

Peter Beardsley:
Peter Beardsley is the only person who, when he appears on TV, causes daleks to hide behind the sofa. ( Nick Hancock on They Think It's All Over, BBC TV, 1995)

David Beckham:
David Beckham can be my private English teacher. (A sarcasm - free Ronaldo on his new team mate at Real Madrid)

Without being too harsh on David, he cost us the match. (Beckam's England colleague Ian wright)

I don't think he's a great player. He can't kick with his left foot, he doesn't score many goals, he can't head the ball and can't tackle. Apart from that he's alright. (George Best's Opinion, Jan 2000)

If I walked down the street with a hankie on my head and wearing a Tahitian skirt, people would point at me and laugh. (Jimmy Greaves, 2000)

The Queen of Preen. (The Sun, 19 June 2004)

The bad news for Saddam Hussein is that he's just been sentenced to the death penalty. The good news for Saddam is that David Beckham is taking it. (Matt Lawton in the Daily Mail, 5 June 2004)

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Thanks to "The Big Book Of Sports Insults"