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Sugar Ray Leonard, an international
sports legend, is chairman of Sugar
Ray Leonard Boxing, LLC. In this
position, he provides overall
leadership to the company and works
with fighters, promoters, television
executives, venues, and boxing
commissioners to create exciting,
entertaining and competitive boxing
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Having learned to box at the age of
14, Leonard's illustrious career
includes three National Golden
Gloves titles, two AAU championships
and the 1975 Pan-American Games
crown. After winning a Gold medal in
boxing at the 1976 Olympic games, he
turned professional to help his
family defer mounting medical bills
incurred because of his father's
illness. Blinding speed, tremendous
power and great charm, turned Sugar
Ray into an immediate media
favorite. The late Howard Cosell
called Ray the "new Muhammad Ali."
In 1977, at the age of 20, Leonard
won his first professional fight,
setting the stage for a collection
of the most memorable fights in
history. He went on to defeat some
of the finest boxers of the modern
era including Wilfred Benetiz,
Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and
Marvin Hagler. During his 20-year
professional career, Leonard won
World Titles in the Welterweight,
Jr. Middleweight, Middleweight,
Super Middleweight and Light
Heavyweight Divisions, a record that
stands to this day.
Leonard's sincere, charismatic
personality coupled with his ring
experience led to a successful
career as a television broadcaster
for NBC, ABC, HBO and ESPN. In
addition, his celebrity status and
tremendous cross-over appeal
fostered commercial endorsement
relationships with numerous
companies including EA Sports,
Vartec Telecom, Track Inc., Ford,
Carnation, 7-Up, Nabisco, Coca-Cola
and Revlon. Leonard is also among
the most sought after
motivational/inspirational speakers
in the world today. His speech,
titled "POWER" (Prepare, Overcome
and Win Every Round), is
consistently booked with major
Fortune 500 companies in the United
States and abroad.
Successful business ventures aside,
Leonard has always been devoted to
the community and to helping those
in need. For many years Leonard has
been the International Chairman of
the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundations Walk for a Cure. He also
actively participates in a variety
of National and International causes
benefiting needy children's
charities. Leonard has four children
and lives in Southern California
with his wife Bernadette.
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