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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
Actor
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
Inactivity
Boxing
Biggest
Sin
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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
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Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street.
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This kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one of my rise through boxing. You know how the years go by and then, when you stop to reflect, you realize that someone was a part of your whole evolution as an individual? That's what I share with Junior.
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I had a drug problem. I'd go to parties, take a leak, and there was cocaine right there. I was 25 when it started, rich, famous, and retired.
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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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I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
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I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it.
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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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When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, What do you want to be? I think he was expecting me to say, A champion. I said, I want to be special. I don't know why I said that, but I didn't just want to be a fighter. I wanted to have an impact with people, particularly kids
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Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.
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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.
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They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
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Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.
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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.
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I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.
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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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The only way for a fighter to get back in shape is to fight his way back.
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When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.
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I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.
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