他一度曾是英国拳击的希望所在。

He was once the great white hope of British boxing.

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我喜欢在网球场上只有你和你的对手；我猜这就是我也喜欢拳击的原因吧。

I love the factthat it’s just you and your opponent on a tennis court; I guess that’swhy I love boxing too.

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我特别向那些正在开拓事业的人推荐这本书，尤其是那些喜欢拳击的同仁。

I highly recommend the book to anyone starting a business, especially the guys who love boxing.

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You saw that in the way he stood bobbing his head, always looking down, nodding like a young boxer to instructions to make you think he was listening to every word, throwing in a thousand "yes"es and "that's right."

你看他站着摇头晃脑的样子，总是朝下看，像年轻的拳击手听指令时一样,那样晃着脑袋，好让你觉得他在听你说的每个字，一边不断附和着“是““对“

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