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It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog.

~Barry Mcguigan

Topics: Counts Dog Fight Size

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The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.

~Barry Mcguigan

Topics: Boxing Ends Often Sadness Too Trouble

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I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

~Barry Mcguigan

Topics: Issues Life My Life People Sensitive Spent Through Upset Wanting

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Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.

~Barry Mcguigan

Topics: Being Boxing Century Changing Dragged Methods Slowly Training 21St Century

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Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

~Barry Mcguigan

Topics: Apart Break Could Difficult Every Everything Fighter Get Heart Hurt Lose Narrow Stay Story Straight Your

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Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.

~Barry Mcguigan

Topics: Accepted Both Both Sides Boxing Received Sides Very Well

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I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.

~Barry Mcguigan

Topics: Able Another Boxing Bring Brought Casually Interested Like Obnoxious People Sound Step Think Together Want Were Who

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I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.

~Barry Mcguigan

Topics: Box Bring Came Feel Importantly Me Most People Threatened Together Wanted Watch

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I get people to this day - I won my title 25 years ago - saying how wonderful a time they had during that dark period in our history when they came to watch me fight.

~Barry Mcguigan

Topics: Came Dark Day Fight Get Had History How Me Our People Period Saying Time Title Watch Won Wonderful Years Years Ago

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250,000 people turned up in Dublin to cheer me on an open-topped bus along O'Connell St after my world title winning fight in 1985. I'll never forget the sea of smiling faces that greeted me that day.

~Barry Mcguigan

Topics: After Along Bus Cheer Day Dublin Faces Fight Forget Me Never Never Forget People Sea Smiling Title Turned Up Winning World

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Athlete

Born: February 28th, 1961

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