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You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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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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I want to be great, something special.
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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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