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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.

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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
Actor
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
Fighter
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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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Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five
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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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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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Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.
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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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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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Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.
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Spread your love and fly.
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I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid.
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When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid it's my socializing weight.
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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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To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.
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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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The Ricky Hatton that beat Kostya Tszyu in 2005 can beat Floyd Mayweather, he was so focused and in such amazing physical shape that he would have given anybody at that level a tough time.
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We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.
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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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I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing.
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