Sugar Ray Leonard

About Sugar Ray Leonard

Olympic boxing champion and a great prizefighter in the 1980s, he was the first fighter to earn more than $100 million from combat payments. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997 after a professional record of 36-3-1.

Ray Charles Leonard, best known as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed from 1977 to 1997, winning world titles in five weight divisions; the lineal championship in three weight divisions; as well as the undisputed welterweight title. Leonard was part of "The Fabulous Four", a group of boxers who all fought each other throughout the 1980s, consisting of Leonard, Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler. "The Fabulous Four" created a wave of popularity in the lower weight classes that kept boxing relevant in the post–Muhammad Ali era, during which Leonard defeated future fellow International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees Hearns, Durán, Hagler, and Wilfred Benítez. Leonard was also the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses, and was named "Boxer of the Decade" in the 1980s.

Draws	1
Wins by KO	25
Total fights	40
Wins	36
Losses	3
Born	May 17, 1956, Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
Real name	Ray Charles Leonard
Nickname(s)	Sugar
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Nationality	American

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Trivia

At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he won a gold medal in boxing as a light welterweight. The year before, he'd won gold at the Pan American Games in the same weight class.

Sugar Ray Leonard before fame

When he was a child, he almost drowned in the creek near his home. In 1969, he began boxing. In 197, he had his first professional fight.

Achievement of Sugar Ray Leonard

He earned a gold medal in boxing as a light welterweight at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. He'd won gold in the same weight class in the Pan American Games the year before.

Salary 2020

$161 million

Net Worth 2020

$120 Million

Sugar Ray Leonard family life

After being married to Juanita Wilkinson from 1980 to 1990, he married Bernadette Robi in August 1993. Jarrel, Camille, Daniel, and Ray Jr. are his four children.

Associations of Sugar Ray Leonard

He retired in 1991, but in 1997 he fought again, this time against Hector Camacho. He was defeated by TKO and was forced to retire for good.

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