Carolina Quotes
Boxing’s a poor man’s sport. We can’t afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It’s kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street.
Sugar Ray Leonard Carolinian
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Interview with Kam Williams on his memoir The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring, AALBC.com
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“Boxing’s a poor man’s sport. We can’t afford to play golf or…” Sugar Ray Leonard. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B96A3F59F4. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b96a3f59f4
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