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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
Sugar Ray Leonard
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Wilmington
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Ray Charles Leonard
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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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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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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 lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
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I'm not in favor of that [mandating protective headgear ] because we learn as amateurs how to protect ourselves. And that's why there's a third man in the ring, the referee. And that's why there has to be a very strong boxing commission that doesn't allow guys in the ring who don't belong there.
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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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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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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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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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Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
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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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We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.
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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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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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Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.
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I always expect unexpected challenges.
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It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
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I want to be great, something special.
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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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Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.
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