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Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.
Sugar Ray Leonard
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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