The cost of ambition- Would you trade places with Salvador Sanchez?

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  1. mirexxa

    mirexxa Heavyweight Champ Full Member

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    I'd say no. 23 is way too young
     
  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    No… too many other things to live for than just fame and fortune. Salvador Sanchez was tragically robbed of a long life which is priceless
     
  3. Keleneki

    Keleneki Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm nothing great but I almost died in a car accident when I was 18 years old. I was the passenger in a 1967 Mustang that crashed into a big tree at over 40 mph and my head hit the tree. I was in the hospital for months and rehabilitation for years because of my traumatic head injury. I'm glad that I lived. Otherwise, I would not have been in the water at Sandy Beach in 1985 when a man broke his neck and would have died if I did not save him. His wife knew it too and she crushed me in a super strong bear hug for over a minute after I saved him. They don't call it "Broke Neck Beach" for nothing. I'm going to be 58 next month and I wouldn't trade all my years for a life to have ended at 23, even with being the very best at something.
     
  4. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 banned Full Member

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    A few years of glory is worth a more to me personally then a lifetime of just admiring great men.
     
  5. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 banned Full Member

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    I’m going to get philosophical a little but what is worth more then greatness?