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A lot of boxers have too much on their plate.

~Andre Ward

Topics: Boxers Lot Much Plate Too Too Much

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Boxers risk a lot in the ring. That's one of the things that attracts me to it. You want to see a knockout but I also really don't want to see people get hurt. It's this constant dilemma when I'm watching boxing. The only times I get nervous is watching a really big fight or when my brother is playing. I get to the stage where I'm actually shaking.

~Andy Murray

Topics: Actually Also Attracts Big Boxers Boxing Brother Constant Dilemma Fight Get Hurt Lot Me Nervous One Of The Things Only People Playing Really Ring Risk See Shaking Stage Things Times Want Watching Where You

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From the neck up is where you win or lose the battle. It's the art of war. You have to lock yourself in and strategise your mindset. That's why boxers go to training camps: to shut down the noise and really zone in.

~Anthony Joshua

Topics: Art Art Of War Battle Boxers Camps Down Go Lock Lose Mindset Neck Noise Really Shut Training Up War Where Why Win Win Or Lose You Your Yourself Zone

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Boxing distills and illuminates the essence of an athlete. There's nowhere to hide. Boxers live and perform at the extremes. They provide us with answers about a given contest, but more important, they ask us fundamental questions about human narratives. What does this person really stand for? How far will he go to defend it?

~Brin-Jonathan Butler

Topics: About Answers Ask Athlete Boxers Boxing Contest Defend Does Essence Extremes Far Fundamental Given Go He Hide How How Far Human Illuminates Important Live More Narratives Nowhere Perform Person Provide Questions Really Stand Us Will

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Ali vs. Stevenson would have served as a symbolic battle between the United States and Cuba, capitalism and communism: Castro's values instilled in his boxers pitted against the values of 'merchandise' boxers from the rest of the world.

~Brin-Jonathan Butler

Topics: Against Ali Battle Between Boxers Capitalism Castro Communism Cuba His Instilled Merchandise Rest Served States Symbolic United United States Values World Would

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I traveled to Cuba with the intention of speaking with boxers who had turned down enormous offers to leave. When explaining my project to people, again and again I was met with amusement and skepticism.

~Brin-Jonathan Butler

Topics: Again Amusement Boxers Cuba Down Enormous Explaining Had Intention Leave Met Offers People Project Skepticism Speaking Traveled Turned Who

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My documentary 'Split Decision' examines Cuban-American relations, and the economic and cultural paradoxes that have shaped them since Castro's revolution, through the lens of elite Cuban boxers forced to choose between remaining in Cuba or defecting to America.

~Brin-Jonathan Butler

Topics: America Between Boxers Castro Choose Cuba Cuban Cultural Decision Documentary Economic Elite Forced Lens Paradoxes Relations Remaining Revolution Shaped Since Split Them Through

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Anyone can see why an elite athlete would want to leave a small, impoverished country where their skills were effectively uncashed winning lottery tickets. All they had to do was wash ashore almost anywhere else in the world and cash in. Yet the vast majority of Cuban boxers - and Cuban athletes in general - despite that incentive, stayed.

~Brin-Jonathan Butler

Topics: Almost Anyone Anywhere Anywhere Else Ashore Athlete Athletes Boxers Cash Country Cuban Despite Effectively Elite Else General Had Impoverished Incentive Leave Lottery Majority See Skills Small Stayed Tickets Vast Vast Majority Want Wash Were Where Why Winning World Would

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Castro always used the boxers as a symbolic war against American values to demonstrate that they fight for something more than money.

~Brin-Jonathan Butler

Topics: Against Always American American Values Boxers Castro Demonstrate Fight Money More Something Symbolic Than Used Values War

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Cuban athletes represent the most expensive human cargo on earth. They are sitting on over a billion dollars of human capital if these boxers and baseball players would come over to any other field or ring in the world and begin to ply their trade.

~Brin-Jonathan Butler

Topics: Any Athletes Baseball Begin Billion Billion Dollars Boxers Capital Cargo Come Cuban Dollars Earth Expensive Field Human Most Other Over Players Represent Ring Sitting Trade World Would

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