By, Kellen Hinkle & Jake Cerelli “American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956) earned an unprecedented six world championship titles in five weight classes during a twenty-year professional career. An Olympic gold medalist while an amateur, Leonard fought in some of the most memorable professional matches in boxing history.”

Physical Traits  Height 5’10’’  Weight 137 pounds  74 Inch Reach  African American Boxer  Awesome  Quick feet

Short Bio  Born May 17, 1956  Named after Ray Charles  Before he was 20, he won three National Golden Gloves titles, two AAU championships and the 1975 Pan- American Games crown. Leonard earned a spot on the 1976 Olympic U.S. team- Beat olympics  Leonard had 145 victories as an amateur boxer.  Couldn’t afford college so he became a pro boxer  Born in Wilmington North Carolina  One of seven children

Tale of the tape  Pound for Pound fighter  Professional Career: Total fights40 Wins36 Wins by KO 25 Losses3 Draws1 No contests 0

Acheivements  Achievements  1972 National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion  1973 National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion, defeating Hilmer Kenty  1973 Runner-up in National AAU Light Welterweight Championships, losing to Randy Shields  1974 National AAU Light Welterweight Champion  1974 National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champion  1975 National AAU Light Welterweight Champion  Won the Light Welterweight Gold Medal for the United States at the 1975 Pan American Games  Won the Light Welterweight Gold Medal for the United States at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada  Olympic Results  Defeated Ulf Carlsson (Sweden) points 5-0  Defeated Valery Limassov (Soviet Union) points 5-0  Defeated Clinton McKenzie (Great Britain) points 5-0  Defeated Ulrich Beyer (East Germany) points 5-0  Defeated Kazimierz Szczerba (Poland) points 5-0  Defeated Andres Aldama (Cuba) time golden glove winner

Big Fights & Titles Held  Defeated legendary boxers Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler  The Ring Magazine named Leonard the Fighter of the Year for  On June 25, 1981, Leonard fought Ayub Kalule, the undefeated WBA World Junior Middleweight Champion. Kalule gave Leonard a tough fight, but Sugar Ray won via a 9th round TKO

Claim to Fame  Good speaker, nice guy, thought to be the best of his time and won a lot of matches against some big names.  Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s

Boxer or Puncher  Puncher and Boxer  almost lost 2 nd world title because Thomas Hearns was boxing while he was throwing big punches looking for KO  Used quick feet moved a lot in fights  Boxer and conservative in most of his fights

Where he is now  Married to new wife Bernadette  Has 2 sons  Has a Ex-wife  Occasionally appears on various TV shows (appeared in 123 episodes of shows like the contender and Mr. Baumanns personal favorite dancing with the stars 2007)