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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
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Fights

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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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Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
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I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
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When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid it's my socializing weight.
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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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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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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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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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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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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
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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
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They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
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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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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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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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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 lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
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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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Spread your love and fly.
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