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I had a drug problem. I'd go to parties, take a leak, and there was cocaine right there. I was 25 when it started, rich, famous, and retired.
Sugar Ray Leonard
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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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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