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Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.
Sugar Ray Leonard
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Wilmington
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Ray Charles Leonard
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