- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
By the time you're 30 years old, you can be on a nowhere street, if you're not careful.
- Moving On
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he was 15 and found his way to the gym. It gave me the opportunity to go and spend some time with him and work out in the gym.
- Left
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.
- Fighter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happen to me.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am seeing all the guys, like Earnie Shavers, Tex Cobb, and Larry Holmes all the time.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one.
- Bad Press
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of King's guys I would be signed to him. I chose not to do that. In hindsight, that might have been a mistake.
- Losing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When that bell rang, I wanted to go out there and do my thing.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020