Sugar Ray Leonard

Ray Charles Leonard is an American former professional boxer. He was one of the leading boxers in the world in the 1970s and 1980s.

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• I know exactly what it takes to beat this man, but people say, 'Well, Ray, two years of inactivity, you'll be rusty.' No, no. He will eliminate the rust because he is what I want and I am what he wants. And boxing needs that kind of fight.
  • On his come back fight against Marvin Hagler http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE2DD1F31F931A35756C0A960948260

• Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
  • Sugar Ray Leonard, Oct 6, 2006 interview http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi qn4158/is 20061006/ai n16774982

• I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing.
  • Sugar Ray Leonard on his first taste of boxinghttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi qn4158/is 20061006/ai n16774982/pg 2

• I had a drug problem. I'd go to parties, take a leak, and there was cocaine right there. I was 25 when it started, rich, famous, and retired.
  • Sugar Ray Leonard talking about drugshttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi qn4158/is 20061006/ai n16774982/pg 3

• Duran quit in frustration. People were laughing and he couldn't deal with that.
  • Leonard referring to the epic no mas(no more, in spanish) fight against Roberto Duran.http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi qn4158/is 20061006/ai n16774982/pg 3

• Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
  • Sugar Ray Leonardhttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi qn4158/is 19970303/ai n14091404

Sugar Ray Leonard on other boxers

• Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
  • Sugar Ray Leonard, Oct 6, 2006 interview http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi qn4158/is 20061006/ai n16774982
• The Ricky Hatton that beat Kostya Tszyu in 2005 can beat Floyd Mayweather, he was so focused and in such amazing physical shape that he would have given anybody at that level a tough time.
  • Sugar Ray Leonard predicting a Ricky Hatton win if he fought Floyd Mayweather .Tuesday, 6 February 2007.http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6336815.stm