Full name : Ray Charles Leonard
Nickname : Sugar
Date of birth : 17th May, 1956
Place of birth : Wilmington, NC
Height : 5ft. 10 inches
Turned pro : 1977
Pro record : 36W 3L 1D 0NC (25KO)


Believed by many to be the outstanding boxer of the rich 1980's (above the likes of Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, & Mike Tyson!), Leonard was America's golden boy of boxing from the second he won light-welterweight Olympic gold at the 1976 Montreal games.

A shock defeat to Roberto Duran in their 1st contest, Leonard boxed beautifully in the return to nulify Duran's marauding, bullying tactics. Duran finally quit, uttering the immortal words "no mas, no mas", & a true legend was born. Twice the better of Thomas Hearns, & the eventual toppler of Marvin Hagler's middleweight crown, Leonard staged a number of retirement comebacks to ensure a very decent life upon final retirement.

With charisma, speed, guts, a decent chin, respectable power in either hand, & skills, skills, skills, Leonard must surely be one of the most impressive fighters of the modern era.