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Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it your career is over.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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