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I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.
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Explaining why he wouldn't come out of retirement for a big payday against heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson, quoted in Thomas Hauser, "Remembering the Brockton Blockbuster," The New York Sun (2005-09-15)

 

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