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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
Remember
Important
Vividly
Fights
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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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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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Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.
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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 always expect unexpected challenges.
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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.
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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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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
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Spread your love and fly.
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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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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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They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
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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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The Ricky Hatton that beat Kostya Tszyu in 2005 can beat Floyd Mayweather, he was so focused and in such amazing physical shape that he would have given anybody at that level a tough time.
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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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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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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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It was a whole different world, and Montreal was an absolutely beautiful setting unlike anywhere I'd ever been before. So, Montreal in '76 was an encompassing experience I will cherish for the rest of my life.
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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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