Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.

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• Gerry Cooney:

  I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happ

• Gerry Cooney:

  You take that walk from the dressing room to the ring and that's when the real man comes out. Then

• Gerry Cooney:

  Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had t

• Gerry Cooney:

  I am seeing all the guys, like Earnie Shavers, Tex Cobb, and Larry Holmes all the time.

• Gerry Cooney:

  Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics.

• Gerry Cooney:

  If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not p

• Gerry Cooney:

  The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I

• Gerry Cooney:

  I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champ

• Gerry Cooney:

  When that bell rang, I wanted to go out there and do my thing.

• Gerry Cooney:

  I feel very blessed.