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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
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Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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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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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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They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
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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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It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging another guy's manhood. With gloves. Words cannot describe that feeling of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable.
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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 learned how to sumon, from somewhere deep within, the extra will I didn't know I possessed. Knowing it was there, and could be tapped again, gave me the boost of confidence I would rely on for years to come.
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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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I always expect unexpected challenges.
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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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Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
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Spread your love and fly.
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My intention was to fight Durán ASAP because I knew Durán's habits. I knew he would indulge himself, he'd gain 40–50 lbs and then sweat it off to make 147.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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