I know this. Sugar Ray Leonard Birth Date May 17, 1956 (age 64) Place of Birth Wilmington, North Carolina AKA Sugar Ray Leonard Full Name Ray Charles Leonard Zodiac Sign Taurus. The following year, Leonard won the National Golden Gloves and National AAU Lightweight Championships. Several of his high school peers died due to violent crimes; many others were sent to prison. Afterward, Leonard announced, "I'm finished...I've fought my last fight. "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. On 17-5-1956 Sugar Ray Leonard (nickname: Sugar) was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States. Many of the people being considered wanted absolute control and a cut somewhere near the manager's traditional 33%. He took control, attacking and driving Leonard against the ropes, bulling him back, hitting him with lefts and rights to the body as he maneuvered the champion against the ropes from corner to corner. In round fourteen, after staggering Hearns with an overhand right, Leonard pinned Hearns against the ropes, where he unleashed another furious combination, prompting referee Davey Pearl to stop the contest and award Sugar Ray Leonard the Unified World Welterweight Championship. Camacho applied pressure from the opening bell and started to score well in the third. Lalonde tried to tie up Leonard, but got dropped with a powerful left hook. But the TV show came about and made my decision a lot easier. Going into the final round, Leonard led by scores of 137–130, 137–133, and 136–134. She was raised in southern California alongside her brother named Daniel Ray. Leonard dropped him again in the tenth. He blamed his loss on a torn right calf muscle. He was given the birth name Ray Charles Leonard after his mother's favorite singer Ray … On March 10, 1986, Marvin Hagler knocked out John Mugabi in eleven rounds to retain the Undisputed World Middleweight Championship for the twelfth time and advance his record to 62–2–2. They fought before a live crowd of 23,618. He retired from the sport in 1997 and was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame. His father worked as a supermarket night manager and his mother was a nurse. It was the first knockdown of Leonard's professional career. His most famous commercial was a 7 Up ad he did with his son, Ray Jr., Roberto Durán and Durán's son Roberto Jr. in the early 1980s. He actually scored it 148–147. "[83] Speaking of his promotional company, Leonard said, "We did some great shows with evenly matched fights. Leonard battled back again and again, but he had to work just to find room to breathe and swing, at times simply to survive. His two older brothers, who had begun to dabble in boxing, convinced him to visit the Palmer Park Community Center (their local recreation center) and strap on some gloves. Kalule and his handlers had expected Leonard to use lateral movement against him, but Leonard chose to fight inside instead. This movie brought back memories of his fight with Dicky Eklund. Together, Leonard and ESPN would produce and promote "Sugar Ray Leonard and ESPN II Presents Friday Night Fights", which would air the first Friday of every month for twelve months. After the verdict was announced, Leonard announced his retirement. In his professional life, he wins a lot of fights and earns money. Leonard competed on season 12 of Dancing with the Stars, which premiered on Monday, March 21, 2011, on ABC. Puerto Rican Wilfredo Benitez, himself a world champion since the age of 17, surrendered the WBC welterweight title in 1979, and Sugar Ray was on his way. His father earned a living as a night manager at a supermarket, while Gertha worked as a nurse. The action see-sawed back and forth for the rest of the round, with each man having his moments. For Leonard, life was often tough—as a child, he witnessed lives around him wasted by crime and violence. [13]:1 He made it to the lightweight semifinals, losing a disputed decision to Greg Whaley, who took such a beating that he wasn't allowed to continue in the trials and never boxed again. [20], Leonard had hoped to get lucrative endorsements following his gold medal win, but the negative publicity from the paternity suit chased off any big commercial possibilities. [86] He appeared as a guest at the chef's table, along with Tito Ortiz, during the tenth season of Hell's Kitchen. The fight ended with Hagler and Leonard exchanging along the ropes. The scores were 120–104, 119–103, and 116–110. HBO believed it would be inappropriate for Leonard to continue with them if they couldn't bid on his fights. [75] He was scheduled to fight Tony Menefee on February 15, 1998, in Australia, but he pulled out of the fight, saying that he didn't have the motivation. He lost a disputed decision to Anatoli Kamnev in Moscow, after which, Kamnev gave the winner's trophy to Leonard. During the night Durán was admitted to a hospital with stomach pains, and discharged the following day. "And Voom! Leonard moved up to the junior middleweight division and faced Kalule on June 25, 1981 at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. There was a capacity crowd of about 4,600. Leonard decided to fight Camacho after commentating on Camacho's fight with the 45-year-old Roberto Durán the previous year, describing the disputed unanimous decision as "an early Christmas gift". By the end of round five, Leonard had a growing swelling under his left eye, and Hearns had built a considerable lead on the scorecards. They decided to have the baby but marriage would be put off until after the Olympics in 1976. "I was ringside", Leonard said. At the wedding ceremony, the grounds were converted into a garden with 10,000 roses and blossoms of other flowers flown in from the Netherlands.[91]. His height is 1.78 m tall, and his weight is 72 kg. [4] Leonard was part of "The Fabulous Four",[5] a group of boxers who all fought each other throughout the 1980s, consisting of Leonard, Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler. "I wanted that arena. In the first round, Leonard rocked Benitez with a left hook that came off a jab and right cross. "I was shocked", Brown said. Leonard retired in 1984, but a few years later, in 1987, stepped back into the ring to upset "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler for the middleweight crown. He said he quit using drugs in early 1986, when he woke up one morning and "what I saw in the mirror was scary." "He almost knocked me out", Leonard said. "He has really helped me get ready. His speech, entitled "Power" (Prepare, Overcome and Win Every Round), is consistently booked with major Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States and abroad. Now I want to go to school." Hearns was ahead on points." In rounds, he had it three for Durán, two for Leonard, and ten even. But Sugar Ray Leonard and Bernadette Robi seem to have discovered the secret, and they have now been together for 26 years. Sugar Ray Leonard Lied About His Age so He Could Try Out for the Olympics. Between rounds eleven and twelve, Leonard's trainer: Angelo Dundee, implored Sugar Ray to get up off his stool yelling "We got three minutes...new champ...new champ!" Leonard, having slowed down, was obliged to fight more and move less. Many consider the 1976 U.S. team to be the greatest boxing team in the history of the Olympics. In 2011, Leonard performed on the hit ABC show Dancing with the Stars (season 12), competing against Ralph Macchio, Wendy Williams and Hines Ward, among several other celebrities. He said he started using after he retired in 1982, following surgery to repair a detached retina. "I felt it in me, and I had to keep going.". He was voted off in Week 4 of the show. He had a falling out with partner Bjorn Rebney, whom he called "a cancer in my company. Happy marriages and celebrity just don't seem to go together, and the headlines are full of bitter divorces among the rich and famous. Of all people, John 'The Beast' Mugabi." Although Price landed multiple good blows, Leonard knocked him out in the first round, advancing his record to 25–0 with 16 knockouts.[26]. The Senate hearing was titled "Type 1 Diabetes Research: Real Progress and Real Hope for a Cure". He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. [41] Some also considered the stoppage premature. Three booming rights from Hearns sent Leonard down for the second time in the fight. The team also included Leon and Michael Spinks, Howard Davis Jr., Leo Randolph, Charles Mooney, and John Tate. Leonard retired in 1997 with a record of 36-3-1 and was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame. Hagler hurt Leonard with a left cross and pinned him in a corner. [21] After the fight, Leonard paid back his $21,000 loan to the investors. She also said he was an occasional cocaine user. [16] Leonard won his first four Olympic bouts by 5–0 decisions. [54], Leonard was awarded a controversial split-decision. © 2021 Biography and the Biography logo are registered trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC. Durán hesitated. The referee stopped the fight with Camacho teeing off on a defenseless Leonard on the ropes. Hagler never seized total control of the fight as he had against Thomas Hearns two years earlier, when he brutalized Hearns and scored a third-round knockout. Leonard responded with a furious flurry, landing few punches but whipping the upset-hoping crowd into a frenzy. He tried to get me against the ropes, I'd pivot, spin off and Pow! [82] Leonard's boxing promotional company was dissolved in 2004. The fight billed as a classic showdown between a powerful knockout artist and the best boxer/puncher the welterweight division had seen in decades devolved into a tactical and boring fight. Always moving forward, he mauled and wrestled Leonard, scoring inside with hooks and rights. At the post-fight press conference, Leonard surprised everyone by announcing his retirement again, saying he just didn't have it anymore.[50]. Trainer talked 24 of his friends and clients into underwriting Leonard's career with an investment of $21,000 to be repaid within four years at 8% interest. Leonard's most memorable punch came late in the round. "[55], Many others felt that Leonard deservedly got the decision, arguing that Leonard landed more punches and showed better defense and ring generalship. [17] He planned to study business administration and communications. Leonard testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs in 2009. Ray Charles was a pioneer of soul music, integrating R&B, gospel, pop and country to create hits like "Unchain My Heart," "Hit the Road Jack" and "Georgia on My Mind.". [59][60], Lalonde's size and awkwardness troubled Leonard. Judges Raymond Baldeyrou and Harry Gibbs scored the fight 146–144 and 145–144, respectively. I took great pride in it. Associated Press had it 144–141 for Durán, while The New York Times had Leonard ahead 144–142. This would be Leonard's first professional fight without Angelo Dundee. Leonard went the distance but lost by a lopsided decision. Leonard and his wife, Bernadette, founded the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and its annual Walk for a Cure. Leonard's attorney, Mike Trainer, said, "There never has been a linkage between his broadcasting and his fighting. [74], Leonard said he planned to have a series of tuneup fights before fighting a champion. "I decided to search for a substitute...I resorted to cocaine. Leonard Bernstein was one of the first American-born conductors to receive worldwide fame. The following month, he made his first title defense against Andy Price. In the fourth round, a right hand to the top of Leonard's head dropped him for just the second time in his career. In a fight that many considered to be very boring, both fighters were booed often by the fans and many left the arena before the decision was announced. [14], Sarge Johnson, assistant coach of the US Olympic Boxing Team, said to Dave Jacobs, "That kid you got is sweet as sugar". I didn't want anyone to tell me my career had to end." (1956–) Person. Being born on 17 May 1956, Sugar Ray Leonard is 64 years old as of today’s date 16th February 2021. Camille was born on March 22, 1997, in the United States. Round nine was the most exciting round of the fight. [81], In 2001, Leonard launched Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing Inc., a boxing promotional company, and announced the company's strategic partnership with ESPN. Howard knocked Leonard flat on his back in the fourth round. Reznick Productions Presents:Another BoxingUnion oldie of Sugar Ray Leonard, the pound for pound great.Never The Same - Supreme Beings of Leisure Ray Kroc was an American entrepreneur best known for expanding McDonald’s from a local chain to the world’s most profitable restaurant franchise operation. [67] When Leonard decided to continue his career, he offered Hagler a rematch, but Hagler decided to stay retired. He attended Parkdale High School, Leonard was a shy child, and aside from the time he nearly drowned in a creek during a flood in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, his childhood was uneventful. It was the only time in Leonard's career that he was knocked out. Hearns was paid $5.1 million, and Leonard made over $11 million. Dundee had a different proposition. Sugar Ray Leonard: biography Multiple world boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard is even popular with people who are not connected with the world of sports. Dave Jacobs disagreed with the decision to have an immediate rematch with Durán and terminated his relationship with Leonard when the rematch was made. Though, he is 1.78 m tall, he weighs about 76 … [24] Although he would prescribe the training procedures, he would leave the day-to-day work to Dave Jacobs and Janks Morton. In the fourth round, Leonard knocked Green out with a devastating left hook. Also, Leonard and Janks Morton split because of personal differences. Leonard is also the godfather of Khloé Kardashian and has appeared on many episodes of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. As of 2020, Sugar Ray Leonard’s net worth is roughly $120 million. With neither parent able to work, with his child and the mother of his child to support, and without any endorsement opportunities, Leonard decided to become a professional boxer. In 1976, Leonard made the U.S. Olympic Team as the light welterweight representative. Robinson was a dominant amateur, but his exact amateur record is not known. Hearns was leading by scores of 124–122, 125–122, and 125–121. Unlike the fight in Montreal, Leonard used his superior speed and movement to outbox and befuddle Durán. Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was known for his poetic lyrics, iconic songs and baritone voice. "Flat-footed", he said. Shirley was the only judge to give Leonard a 10–8 margin in the twelfth. He is Sports Persons (Boxer) by profession. Who Is … The British challenger had a record of 33–2. Dave Jacobs was one of the people let go, leaving Correa as the sole trainer. Leonard was quick and deft. He drove him to the ropes and unleashed a furious assault. He made his 120 million dollar fortune with National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion, Olympic Light Welterweight Gold Medalist. Leonard was guaranteed $11 million, and Hagler was guaranteed $12 million. Hearns won rounds nine through twelve on all three scorecards. Hagler did better, but Leonard's superior speed and boxing skill still allowed him to control the fight. This decision was met with a torrent of criticism from fans and the media, who felt Leonard was taking unnecessary risks with his surgically repaired eye. "It made his eyes water", Leonard said. Hearns dropped Leonard with a right cross in the third round, but Leonard came back and battered Hearns around the ring in the fifth. Sugar Ray Leonard is a former American professional boxer. However, given his style and first name, it was probably only a matter of time before people started calling him Sugar Ray, after the man many consider to be the best boxer of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson. Hearns' legs were clearly gone and after more pressure from Leonard he was bundled through the ropes, no knockdown was given as it wasn't a punch that sent him there. "The whole fight, I was moving, I was moving", Leonard said. "My idea is that he should have a tuneup fight before he fights with Roberto again", Jacobs said. "use strict";(function(){var insertion=document.getElementById("citation-access-date");var date=new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined,{month:"long",day:"numeric",year:"numeric"});insertion.parentElement.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(date),insertion)})(); Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives. [13]:42–43 He finished his amateur career with a record of 165–5 and 75 KOs.[18]. Standing in a boxing ring with Howard Cosell, the master of ceremonies, Leonard announced his retirement, saying a bout with Hagler would unfortunately never happen. After the quick and slick Leonard won the first two rounds on all three scorecards, Hagler started the third round as a southpaw. [68] He then offered Hearns a third fight, but Hearns said he could no longer make the weight and moved up to the light heavyweight division. When Leonard left the show, he was replaced as host by Tony Danza for the final season. He quit because he was embarrassed. Leonard landed the harder punches and had Benitez hurt several times late in the fight, but Leonard couldn't put him away. Juanita Wilkinson, Leonard's high school girlfriend, told him she was pregnant in the summer of 1973. Hagler's punches lacked snap and, although he was scoring solidly to the body, he looked nothing like the powerful fighter who had dominated the middleweight division for the previous five years. Many felt that the ten-point must scoring system was not properly used and those rounds should have been scored 10–8. In snowshoes...Leonard repeatedly beat Hagler to the punch. Sugar Ray Leonard is an American boxer. Trainer then made Leonard the sole stockholder in Sugar Ray Leonard, Inc. Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali's trainer, was brought in to be Leonard's trainer and manager. A collection of facts like salary, net worth, earnings, properties, married, divorce, wife, children, girlfriend, nationality, age, relationship, affair and more can also be found. Judge José Guerra scored the fight 118–110 for Leonard. 2013 Panini Golden Age Historic Signatures Sugar Ray Leonard #SRL Auto. The fight grossed over $35 million. His 1987 defeat of "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler for the World Boxing Council's middleweight title is considered one of the greatest professional boxing matches of all time. He requested a contract for the Lalonde fight and Leonard refused. In the sixth, there was an accidental clash of heads, which opened a cut on the forehead of Benitez. Leonard, however, was determined not to succumb to his surroundings. Boxing: Sugar Ray Leonard shows off incredible hand speed at the age of 64 . His opponent was Luis "The Bull" Vega, whom he defeated by a six-round unanimous decision. "I wasn't aware I was in a championship early because I hit him so easy", Leonard said. [13]:33–34, 43, Wilkinson went to the Olympics to watch Leonard box, but she did not tell him about the suit and never asked him for any money. [47], A bout with Philadelphia's Kevin Howard, who was 20–4–1, was scheduled for February 25, 1984. "Working off those Valentine’s Day treats ️!! [80], Leonard has also worked as an actor. When Leonard was 3 years old, he and his family moved to Washington, D.C. In the second, Durán rocked Leonard with a left hook, sending him into the ropes. We never could tell what he was thinking. Hearns started to stick and move, and he started to pile up points again. Shipped with USPS First Class. About. [13]:65–68, Leonard made his professional debut on February 5, 1977 before a crowd of 10,270 at the Civic Center in Baltimore. He went to a doctor and discovered that he had a detached retina. It was promoted as "The War. Leonard, with a badly swollen left eye, came out roaring for the thirteenth round. He is widely regarded as the greatest boxer of all time. The fifth of Gertha and Cicero Leonard's seven children, he was named after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles. [44] Leonard's next fight was scheduled to be against Roger Stafford on May 14, 1982, in Buffalo, New York. But I never had any problems with him. Winding up his right hand, as if to throw a bolo punch, Leonard snapped out a left jab and caught Durán flush in the face. Love to indulge but gotta keep it tight!! Full body measurements, dress & shoe size will be updated soon. He won the National Golden Gloves that year, and a year later, he was crowned the national Amateur Athletic Union champion. Knowing he needed a big finish, Leonard fought furiously and had a big final round. Leonard would continue to pursue his Olympic dream while she and the baby, Ray Charles Leonard Jr., lived with her parents. Durán said. Leonard finally hurt him with a right to the head. For the Durán fight, Leonard cut his entourage from twenty-one to six. That means that the former boxer is 63 years old. He is American by natinoanliy. Since its inception a decade ago, the foundation has funded countless research projects and offered life changing patient care for children living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. During divorce proceedings, Juanita Leonard testified that her husband physically abused her while under the influence of alcohol. Leonard got hit by sparring partner Quincy Taylor and was badly buckled. Hagler took a few months to decide, then agreed to the match.[51]. [49], Leonard and Howard fought on May 11, 1984, in Worcester, Massachusetts. The fight with Camacho took place on March 1, 1997, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The original fight plan for Leonard was to go toe-to-toe with Hagler and try to cut him, but the plan changed about five days before the fight. https://www.biography.com/athlete/sugar-ray-leonard. [8] The Ring magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1979 and 1981, while the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) named him Fighter of the Year in 1976, 1979, and 1981. He got up, but after a few more punches, the referee stopped the fight. Even though Leonard dominated, hurting Hearns and battering him, all three judges gave both rounds to Leonard by a 10–9 margin. The rules stated that a boxer had to be seventeen to box in international competition, so Leonard, only sixteen, lied about his age. The rematch, billed as "Stone vs. Sugar.. Once Again", took place November 25, 1980 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans in front of 25,038 fans. "But then he adjusted to my style. Most fight fans would not spend a dime to watch Van Gogh paint Sunflowers, but they would fill Yankee Stadium to see him cut off his ear. Boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard certainly felt that way. I think he needs a psychiatrist more than he needs anything else." Leonard called it "the hardest single punch I ever threw."[28]. If you moved, he was lost."[56]. However, Camacho was also considered to be past his prime. Leonard received $7 million and Durán received $8 million. But family strains, including both of his parents becoming ill, forced his hand, and not long after the Olympics, he started fighting again. You're blowing it!". Leonard boasted that he would have a couple of ten-round bouts and then take on Milton McCrory, Donald Curry, Durán, Hearns and finally Hagler. Jacobs had quit in 1980, disagreeing with Leonard's decision to have an immediate rematch with Durán. The time was 2:54 of round fifteen.[27]. Hagler backed off, and Leonard danced away with Hagler in pursuit. "[34] Arcel was angry. I snapped his head back with a jab. On June 20, 1980, Leonard returned to the Olympic Stadium in Montreal to defend his title against Roberto Durán before a crowd of 46,317. Sugar ray leonard birth date may 17 1956 age 64 place of birth wilmington north carolina aka sugar ray leonard full name ray charles leonard zodiac sign taurus. She is the daughter of famous boxer named Sugar Ray Leonard. In October 1996, the 40-year-old Leonard announced that he was coming out of retirement to fight 34-year-old Héctor Camacho for the lightly regarded International Boxing Council (IBC) Middleweight Championship. "It took this fight to show me it is no longer my time", Leonard said. Leonard got up, but was unable to ward off Camacho. Asked if Leonard was the best he ever fought, Durán thought for a moment and then answered, "Si, si." His life would never be the same again. In the fifth, Camacho dropped Leonard with a right followed by two left uppercuts. The fight took place on September 9, 1978. Sugar Ray Leonard’s age is 64. He was also named "Athlete of the Year" by ABC's Wide World of Sports and "Sportsman of the Year" by Sports Illustrated. The legendary five-weight world champion is now 64 years of age… He testified about the burden of diabetes and the need for continued research funding to find a cure.[92]. Jim Murray, long-time sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times, wrote, "It wasn't even close...He didn't just outpoint Hagler, he exposed him.
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