Sugar Ray Leonard Wife, Daughter, Sons, Family, Age, Height, Weight

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The boxer was born on May 17, 1956, as Ray Charles Leonard in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was raised together with his 6 siblings by their parents, Cicero Leonard and Getha Leonard, and grew up in a family where boxing was in their blood. Both he and his brother took it as a profession, their father was also a boxer, but he did not do it for too long, and only after Sugar started fighting did he know that his father was a boxer at a young age.

The very quiet, soft-talking, and shy boy went to Parkdale High School. In 1969 he had started to learn boxing, following in the footsteps of his older brother. Only 3 years later he fought for featherweight in the National AAU Tournament but lost in the quarter-finals.

When he finished his amateur career, the man who would later become a legendary boxer had a record 145 wins and only 5 defeats.

Sugar Ray Leonard fought professionally until 1988 when he retired in 1988. Nevertheless, he would return to the ring to fight until 1997. Before his last two fights, which he lost, he only recorded one draw, one defeat, and 36 wins. In his career, he defeated people like Floyd Mayweather Sr., Wilfred Benítez, Dave Boy Green, and Thomas Hearns. He only lost to Héctor Camacho, Terry Norris, and Roberto Durán, whom he beat again afterward.

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Thirty-five of his victories were by knockout, eleven by decision, while one was a draw. On the same line, he lost only once by knockout and twice by decision.

Throughout his career, Leonard won the NABF welterweight title as well as the titles in the WBC, The Ring, and lineal welterweight, which he was to win again after losing to Roberto Durán. There were also the super-middleweight WBC title and the super-middleweight WBO title, which he won, and two men’s amateur boxing titles at the 1975 Pan American Games and the 1976 Olympics.