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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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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Wilmington
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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 fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.
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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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Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five
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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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While each of us faces enormous challenges every day, it's not the sins we commit that will define us, its how we respond to them.
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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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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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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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Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
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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 always expect unexpected challenges.
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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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