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.
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I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.Gerry Cooney
I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happen to me.
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You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing.
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When that bell rang, I wanted to go out there and do my thing.
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I am spending lots of time with the youth of America, like I told you earlier, and only wish when I was a kid, that I had someone to talk to.
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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.
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