Barry McGuigan

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.

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These are some quotes by Irish author Barry McGuigan Athlete, who was born on February 28, 1961.

Quotes by Barry McGuigan

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

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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.

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

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