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"Boxing" is a song from Ben Folds Five's 1995 self-titled debut album. It was written by Ben Folds. A live version appears on the 1998 album Naked Baby Photos. The song also appears in a solo version by Folds on the 2005 download-only album iTunes Originals - Ben Folds and in a symphonic version with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra on the 2005 DVD Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth, and in an a cappella version on Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!. The song was inspired by Ben Folds' father's love of boxing, and is written from the perspective of Muhammad Ali as he considers retiring from the sport. The hypothetical monologue is addressed to Howard Cosell, the famous sports announcer who covered boxing matches of that era. Bette Midler covered the song on her 1998 album Bathhouse Betty. Jon Foreman of Switchfoot covered the song on a rare cover compilation only found on the internet entitled Songs By Other Folk. References

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“Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.”
— Muhammad Ali, attributed in Chambers Sporting Quotations‎ (1990), by Simon James, p. 27
“Champions aren't made in gyms, champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”
— Muhammad Ali, in Talent Is Never Enough : Discover the Choices That Will Take You Beyond Your Talent (2007) by John C. Maxwell, p. 141
“Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.”
— Frank Bruno, as cited by Emma Brockes in "Q: Did you feel suicidal before you were sectioned? A: Nah, I'm not that brave or clever. I wouldn't know how to tie a rope, know what I mean?", The Guardian (24 October 2005).
“To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other.”
— Jack Handey view on boxing,
“I am close to believing the the most beautiful thing I ever saw. And here we have the imitation close to the original, close to its meaning, near enough to be a symbol. No clutter of useless details; the thing itself, clean and sharp. A boxing match, to some of the other games, is like a to a print, a to some turgid .”
— , as quoted in "Sports and Athletics: The Most Beautiful Sport"
“Boxing is for men, and is about men, and is men. A celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.”
— Joyce Carol Oates, On Boxing (1987), p. 72

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Notable quotes

“Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.”
— Muhammad Ali, attributed in Chambers Sporting Quotations‎ (1990), by Simon James, p. 27
“Champions aren't made in gyms, champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”
— Muhammad Ali, in Talent Is Never Enough : Discover the Choices That Will Take You Beyond Your Talent (2007) by John C. Maxwell, p. 141
“Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.”
— Frank Bruno, as cited by Emma Brockes in "Q: Did you feel suicidal before you were sectioned? A: Nah, I'm not that brave or clever. I wouldn't know how to tie a rope, know what I mean?", The Guardian (24 October 2005).
“To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other.”
— Jack Handey view on boxing,
“I am close to believing the the most beautiful thing I ever saw. And here we have the imitation close to the original, close to its meaning, near enough to be a symbol. No clutter of useless details; the thing itself, clean and sharp. A boxing match, to some of the other games, is like a to a print, a to some turgid .”
— , as quoted in "Sports and Athletics: The Most Beautiful Sport"
“Boxing is for men, and is about men, and is men. A celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.”
— Joyce Carol Oates, On Boxing (1987), p. 72

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