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Sugar Ray Leonard is remembered in the sporting world for one of, if not the most; meretricious, exciting and artistic fighters the sport of boxing has discerned. Born Ray Charles Leonard on May 17, 1956, in Wilmington, North Carolina, named after the singing fable Ray Charles. Leonard adopted the alias ‘Sugar’ early on in his career upon the approval of Sugar Ray Robinson- with the label being suitable as Leonard, like his namesake, was sweet as sugar inside the boxing ring. Leonard had a nice non-professional vocation,Jordans 9, winning 3 Golden Gloves,jordan 5, 2 AAU competitions,Jordan 2009 Article Source, a gold prize at the Pan-American Games in 1975 and culminating in an Olympic gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada. Leonard finished his non-professional career with a disc of 145-5, with 75 knock outs. Upon winning the gold medal, Leonard told sports spokesman and correspondent Howard Cosell he was quitting boxing for nice, and was maneuvering to heed college. However, Leonard’s father became ill, and with his household in need of money Leonard decided to turn professional. Muhammad Ali’s pate trainer, Angelo Dundee, was hired to be Leonard’s trainer, and Janks Morton and Dave Jacobs as co-trainers,Jordans 13 Article Source, with attorney Mike Trainer completing the group. Leonard made his professional debut on February 5, 1977, against Luis Vega by the Baltimore Civic Centre. In a fight that was nationally televised- and in which Leonard made $40,Air Jordan Outlet About The Author,000 from- Vega lost a 6 circular unanimous determination. Under the guidance of his subtle advisors, Leonard resolved to remain independent along not signing a long term deal with a merchandiser, accordingly having the flexibility to do business with whom he chose. As a outcome, Leonard acquired popularity by approaching a wide audience demographic, with fights being broadcast on NBC, CBS, HBO and ABC. Leonard won his first 25 fights, and in the process defeated notable labels in: Floyd Mayweather, Daniel Aldo Gonzalez, Pete Ranzany and Andy Price. After capturing the NABF welterweight title,jordans 12, Leonard received the chance to fight WBC welterweight world champion, Wilfred Benitez. Despite the magnitude of the bout, Benitez preparation was penniless, with his handlers not happy with Benitez volume of exercising. In a closely fought marathon, Leonard stopped Benitez in round 15 via a TKO with only 6 seconds left in the fight. After making a successful 1st barricade opposition Dave ‘Boy’ Green, Leonard signed to fight Panamanian tough-man Roberto ‘El Cholo’ Duran. In what turned out to be behind to back fights, Leonard lost the caption opposition Duran, having being drawn into fighting ‘El Cholo’ predominantly aboard the inside, to Duran predilection, merely to reclaim it in the return mate afterward hiring a cocktail of skillful outdoor fighting and gamesmanship. Duran was visibly unhappy with Leonard’s tactics in the second bout, and will be remembered because the ‘no mas’ call to end the fight. Sugar Ray then vindicated the title against Larry Bonds, after which he claimed the WBA light middleweight title against Ayub Kalule after moving up in weight. Whilst Leonard had moved up, presently to be arc antagonist Thomas Hearn’s was tearing individually the welterweight department after claiming the WBA world title by beating out Pipino Cuevas. A fight was set for both the WBA and WBC welterweight titles between Leonard and Hearn’s, to be staged at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, USA. After weighing in at 154lb(welterweight restrict 147lb), and darting fewer right hands in 14 rounds as he routinely would in one, Hearn’s appeared over trained. Hearn’s controlled the early rounds with his long reaching jab. But in the middle rounds Leonard worked inside Hearn’s lead and impair him with left nails. The fight was stopped in the 14th round, with Leonard appropriate the universally recognised welterweight champion. After making a defense of his welterweight title against Bruce Finch, Leonard was analyzed with having a loosened retina in his left eye, and underwent surgery t |
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