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"But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club."
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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."
"Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume."
"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
"As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one."
"Never eat less than four hours before boxing. Then eat only lightly."
"New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something."
"I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out."
"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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