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I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
Actor
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
Fighting
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Important
Vividly
Fights
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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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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 found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.
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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 fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.
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The only way for a fighter to get back in shape is to fight his way back.
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Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.
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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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I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
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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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I want to be great, something special.
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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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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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I always expect unexpected challenges.
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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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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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Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.
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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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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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