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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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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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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 want to be great, something special.
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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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Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
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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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I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
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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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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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Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.
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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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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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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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Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.
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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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Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it your career is over.
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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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