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==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Wikiquote}} * {{Official website|http://sugarrayleonard.com/}} * {{Boxrec|id=000269}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708090046/http://boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=3987 |title=Sugar Ray Leonard's Amateur Boxing Record}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320215228/http://manschoolshow.com/blog/2014/3/12/class-53-being-a-champion-with-sugar-ray-leonard |title=Sugar Ray Leonard in-depth interview about alcohol, cocaine, and being a champion}} * {{Team USA Hall of Fame|new_id=sugar-ray-leonard|old_id=Sugar-Ray-Leonard|archive=20230422070502}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} {{s-start-collapsible|header={{s-sports}} }} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Amateur boxing titles}} {{s-before|before=[[James Busceme]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of US national Golden Gloves lightweight champions|U.S. Golden Gloves<br />lightweight champion]] |years=1973}} {{s-after|after=Curtis Harris}} {{s-before|before=Larry Bonds}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of US national Golden Gloves light welterweight champions|U.S. Golden Gloves<br />light welterweight champion]] |years=1974}} {{s-after|after=Paul Sherry}} {{s-before|before=Randy Shields}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of United States national amateur boxing light welterweight champions|U.S. light welterweight champion]] |years=1974, 1975}} {{s-after|after=Milton Seward}} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Regional boxing titles}} {{s-bef|before=[[Pete Ranzany]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[North American Boxing Federation|NABF]] [[welterweight]] champion |years=August 12, 1979 – November 30, 1979<br />Won WBC title}} {{s-vac|next=Randy Shields}} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=World boxing titles}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Wilfred Benítez]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBC world champions#Welterweight|WBC welterweight champion]] |years=November 30, 1979 – June 20, 1980}} {{s-aft|rows=2|after=[[Roberto Durán]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of The Ring world champions#Welterweight|''The Ring'' welterweight champion]] |years=November 30, 1979 – June 20, 1980}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=Roberto Durán}} {{s-ttl|title=WBC welterweight champion |years=November 25, 1980 – November 9, 1982<br />Retired}} {{s-vac|next=[[Milton McCrory]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-ttl|title=''The Ring'' welterweight champion |years=November 25, 1980 – November 9, 1982<br />Retired}} {{s-vac|next=[[Donald Curry]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Ayub Kalule]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBA world champions#Super welterweight|WBA light middleweight champion]] |years=June 25, 1981 – September 23, 1981<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Tadashi Mihara]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of The Ring world champions#Junior middleweight|''The Ring'' light middleweight champion]] |years=June 25, 1981 – September 23, 1981<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Thomas Hearns]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-bef|before=Thomas Hearns}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBA world champions#Welterweight|WBA welterweight champion]] |years=[[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns|September 16, 1981]] – November 9, 1982<br />Retired}} {{s-vac|rows=2|next=Donald Curry}} {{s-break}} {{s-vac|last=[[José Nápoles]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of undisputed boxing champions#Welterweight|Undisputed welterweight champion]] |years=September 16, 1981 – November 9, 1982<br />Retired}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Marvin Hagler]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBC world champions#Middleweight|WBC middleweight champion]] |years=April 6, 1987 – May 27, 1987<br />Retired}} {{s-vac|next=Thomas Hearns}} {{s-break}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of The Ring world champions#Middleweight|''The Ring'' middleweight champion]] |years=April 6, 1987 – May 27, 1987<br />Retired}} {{s-vac|next=[[Sumbu Kalambay]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-non|reason=Inaugural champion}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBC world champions#Super middleweight|WBC super middleweight champion]] |years=November 7, 1988 – August 27, 1990<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Mauro Galvano]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Donny Lalonde]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBC world champions#Light heavyweight|WBC light heavyweight champion]] |years=November 7, 1988 – November 17, 1988<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Dennis Andries]]}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|[[Matthew Saad Muhammad]] vs.}}<br />[[Yaqui López]] II}} {{s-ttl|title=[[The Ring magazine Fight of the Year#1980s|''The Ring Fight'' of the Year]]<br />{{small|vs. Thomas Hearns}} |years=1981}} {{s-after|after={{nowrap|[[Bobby Chacon]] vs.}}<br />[[Rafael Limón]] IV}} {{s-break}} {{s-before|before=[[Miracle on Ice|U.S. Olympic Hockey Team]]}} {{s-ttl|title=''[[Wide World of Sports (American TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]''<br />Athlete of the Year |years=1981}} {{s-after|after=[[Wayne Gretzky]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|[[Steve Cruz (boxer)|Steve Cruz]] vs.}}<br />[[Barry McGuigan]]}} {{s-ttl|title=''The Ring'' Fight of the Year<br />{{small|vs. Marvin Hagler}} |years=1987}} {{s-after|after={{nowrap|[[Tony Lopez (boxer)|Tony Lopez]] vs.}}<br />[[Rocky Lockridge]]}} {{s-before|before=[[Lloyd Honeyghan]]<br />{{small|KO6 Donald Curry}} }} {{s-ttl|title=[[The Ring magazine Upset of the Year#1980s|''The Ring'' Upset of the Year]]<br />{{small|SD12 Marvin Hagler}} |years=1987}} {{s-after|after=[[Iran Barkley]]<br />{{small|TKO3 Thomas Hearns}} }} {{s-before|before=Inaugural award}} {{s-ttl|title=Mark Grossinger Etess Award<br />for Boxer of the Decade |years=1980–1989}} {{s-after|after=Award discontinued}} {{s-end}} {{Sugar Ray Leonard}} {{Footer Olympic Champions Boxing Light Welterweight}} {{Footer Pan American Champions Light Welterweight}} {{SI Sportsman of the Year}} {{Footer USA Boxing 1976 Summer Olympics}} {{Ring magazine Fighter of the Year}} {{Sugar Ray Robinson Award}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leonard, Sugar Ray}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:Living people]] 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