"I was a big Blackburn fan and as a family we've been going down to Ewood Park since I was about nine or 10, " said Dunn.

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"I never thought I was going to be on this stage, " Mayweather said as Apollo presentation wound down.

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"As far down as I was, I was committed, there was nothing that I was going to do where I would back out, " Hamlin said.

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"It was me with my head down, working as much as I could, painting and drawing and going to live-model classes and studying design, " he said.

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