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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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"It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment."
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"The real problem today is the ineffective and inconsistent oversight of professional boxing, which has led to continuing scandals, controversies, unethical practices, and unnecessary injuries and deaths in the sport."
"In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators."
"Well I am grooming him, he has a boxing trainer that knows what he is talking about, and once he has that he is able to put everything together and he listens, and when somebody listens they are able to accomplish anything."
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"If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues."
"Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive."
"In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian."
"I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter."
"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."
"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."
"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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