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It's not everyday one of the greatest Boxers of all-time comes to the Mountain State.

Boxing great Sugar Ray and West Virginia's own Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. were in Charleston Thursday night to speak at the Walking Miracles Dinner at Berry Hills Country Club.

Walking Miracles was started by Marshall Alum Brett Wilson.

It's is an organization to help cancer patients.

Leonard is good friends with Wilson and wants cancer patients everywhere to remember to never give up.

For more information on how you can help out the Walking Miracles foundation, log on to www.walkingmiracles.org.