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Quick Facts
- NAME: Sugar Ray Leonard
- OCCUPATION: Boxer
- BIRTH DATE: May 17, 1956 (Age: 56)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus
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Sugar Ray Leonard was a champion Olympic and professional welterweight boxer. He retired from the sport in 1997 and was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Sugar Ray Leonard - Mini Bio
By the age of 20, Sugar Ray Leonard had won three golden gloves, a gold medal at the Pan American games, and an Olympic gold medal In 1976, Leonard considered retiring and going to college, but continued to fight, becoming a boxing legend.
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Sugar Ray Leonard was born on May 17, 1956 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He won the gold medal in light-welterweight boxing at the 1976 Olympic Games and went pro in 1977. His 1987 defeat of Marvelous Marvin Hagler for the WBC middleweight title is considered one of the greatest professional boxing matches of all time. He retired in 1997 and was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame.© 2012 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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