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Look at something like boxing. People know that some fights are fixed, but nobody looks at a boxing match and automatically assumes it's fake. Shayna Baszler

People Assumes Some Something Nobody Like Know Look Looks Match Boxing Boxing Match Fake Fixed Automatically Fights

Boxing's not in my blood... it just grew on me. Sonny Bill Williams

Me Boxing Blood Just Grew

I like running, and I like boxing. Stephanie Sigman

Running Like Boxing

I box two to three times a week. I don't like going to the gym because it's boring. I really like boxing because you have to combine concentration and imagination. I feel like I'm actually learning something that's useful. Stephanie Sigman

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin. If that ever happens, it's only because something happened during the interview that got me going, and then I had to translate my feelings to the mouth of the character. Stephen Colbert

Character Me Satire Feelings Mouth Interview Worthy Something Only Had Because Boxing Gloves Got Person Going Happened Happens Translate Then Assassin Satirist Ever

Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed, I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to something like basketball I'm definitely not the best guy on the court, but I love elbowing and pushing people out or boxing them out. Steven Yeun

Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring. On the downside, you meet a lot of really bad people in boxing, at all stages of your career. Sugar Ray Leonard

Time You Yourself People Bad People Challenge Nothing Every Every Time Meet Way Bad Ring Step Boxing Ultimate Testing Lot Stages Really Your Compare Downside Career

For the most part, I think video games do a good job of capturing the essence of boxing. However, I'd like to continue to see them push the realism, emphasizing the skill involved. Sugar Ray Leonard

I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport. Sugar Ray Leonard

Challenges Easy Sport Boxing Always Expect Unexpected

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume. Sugar Ray Leonard

Good Resume Out Only Had Bottom Boxing Where Start Career

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct. Sugar Ray Leonard

Aggressive Killer Out Instinct Boxing Necessarily Brings

For some reason, I was drawn towards boxing. Or maybe boxing drew me towards it - because once I put those gloves on, after about six months, boxing was my life. Sugar Ray Leonard

Life Me My Life Once Months Those Drawn Some About Drew Put Towards Because Boxing Gloves Six Maybe After Reason

I didn't excel too highly in school, but I felt that I was moving ahead - and not just in boxing - but in life. Sugar Ray Leonard

Life School Too Excel Highly Felt Boxing Just Moving

I was just such a quiet kid. I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares. Sugar Ray Leonard

Time Me Old Down Kid Those Introduced Brother Gym Beat Safe Sport Because Felt Boxing Years Up Quiet Squares Controlled Just Used Who Found Four

To say what I would have been if I wasn't boxing, I don't know why, but I always wanted to be an x-ray technician or a substitute teacher. Those two occupations always stuck with me, maybe because my substitute teacher didn't give us homework, or because I've always had x-rays of my hands. Sugar Ray Leonard

I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but I was kind of a momma's boy. Then one day, my brother Roger encouraged me to go to the boxing gym with him. I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. Sugar Ray Leonard

Day Me Natural Three Older One Day Kind Tried Athletes Introverted Brother Brothers Gym Football Him Felt Boxing Boy Gloves Go Were Encouraged Very Roger Quiet Just Then Momma Inclined Older Brothers Basketball

I watched Ali, studied Ali, and I studied Sugar Ray Robinson. I watched them display showmanship. I watched them use pizzazz, personality, and charisma. I took things from them and borrowed things from them because boxing is entertainment. Sugar Ray Leonard

Entertainment Personality Sugar Ali Took Charisma Borrowed Studied Ray Robinson Because Boxing Them Use Showmanship Display Things Watched

Boxing is individual, although there's a team concept because you need a great corner, you need a great trainer, you need a great prep man, you need all of these things, but it's more of a Mano a Mano; it's more you versus me. I miss that time in training camp and Dad and Mom cooking meals. It was one big family. Sugar Ray Leonard

Time Mom Great Family Me You Man Cooking Training Big Corner More Individual Miss Concept Although Because Boxing Big Family Camp Versus Trainer Meals Team Prep Dad Things Need

I made an instant connection with boxing right away. Boxing became such a part of me. I ate boxing, I slept boxing, I lived boxing. Boxing was a way of expressing myself because I was not that outspoken. Sugar Ray Leonard

Myself Me Made Slept Way Ate Instant Part Outspoken Became Because Boxing Connection Expressing Lived Away Right Right Away

Always the notorious red-light district of sports, boxing today is as troubled as it was even in the days when the Mob called the shots. There are too many lawsuits and too few heroes. Absurd mismatches and fraudulent rankings by unaccountable offshore sanctioning bodies have disgusted fans. Tahl Raz

Today Sports Fans Heroes Few Too Unaccountable Fraudulent District Lawsuits Troubled Absurd Days Boxing Always Mob Offshore Disgusted Bodies Shots Notorious Many Even

No sport - maybe no business - is more entrepreneurial than boxing. Tahl Raz

Business No Business More Entrepreneurial Sport Boxing Than Maybe

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