Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

 

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
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Sugar Ray Leonard[]
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Sugar Ray Leonard, Oct 6, 2006 interview []

 

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I know exactly what it takes to beat this man, but people say, 'Well, Ray, two years of inactivity, you'll be rusty.' No, no. He will eliminate the rust because he is what I want and I am what he wants. And boxing needs that kind of fight.

 

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