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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.

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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
Actor
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Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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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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I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
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Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.
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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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I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself
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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 found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.
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You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing.
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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.
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Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
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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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Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.
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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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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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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 want to be great, something special.
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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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Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.
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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
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