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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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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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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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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When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.
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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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