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" I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

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" I never met a person as determined as my mother. From working hard for six kids to just trying to keep the household down or maintain my father's discipline, my dad, I'm so much like my father too. My father was so introverted, quiet, shy, nice. I got attributes from my father and mother. "

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