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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
Detail
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We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.
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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
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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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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
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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 always expect unexpected challenges.
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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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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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Spread your love and fly.
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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 the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.
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When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.
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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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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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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'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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Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
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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 enjoyed [Celebrity Ghost Stories]. I never thought in a million years that I would tell people that I saw a ghost. And I've seen a lot of ghosts.
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