I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away.
From Gerry Cooney
Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.
If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one.
I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.
When that bell rang, I wanted to go out there and do my thing.
I feel very blessed.
When somebody used to compliment me, I'd spend 10 minutes trying to talk them out of it.
I always felt I was wounded. That I was no good, a piece of crap, and that I wouldn't amount to anything, because that's what my father always told me. I just felt like I didn't belong anywhere.
My father was one tough man.
I'm a real person. I have real feelings. I have real thoughts. It's a quality people like about me. They can reach out and touch me. I wouldn't give it up for anything.
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