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When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.

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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
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I want to be great, something special.
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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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To be honest, I don't know. I started one [book] back in 1982 or '83 when I first retired. But I was only 25 or 26 and not ready to write my memoirs.
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I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter.
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I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.
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It was a whole different world, and Montreal was an absolutely beautiful setting unlike anywhere I'd ever been before. So, Montreal in '76 was an encompassing experience I will cherish for the rest of my life.
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I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
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Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.
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Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.
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