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Sugar Ray Leonard says boxing not dead, Duran not so sure

By Reuters
02 June 2019   |   9:29 am
Hall of Fame American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard said that while the sport may not be the national obsession it was during his prime, it is still healthy, an assertion disputed by his longtime rival turned friend Roberto Duran.

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