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Sugar Ray Leonard

"I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out."

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"I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out."

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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."
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