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“Sugar” Ray Leonard “This is my last fight, my decision is final. The journey is ended, my dream fulfilled.” This is what “Sugar” Ray Leonard said after he won the gold medal for boxing in 1976. The journey was not over, nor was the dream was unfulfilled. Leonard had just begun one of the greatest careers the sports world had ever seen. Leonard’ early life, training, professional career, style, and ability to come back despite many …

…change Leonard went through to become able to fight in the different weight classes, Leonard had to stay just as effective despite changing his body size. Leonard may not have been the winningest boxer of all time but because he had the perseverance to over come drugs, retirement, and created a strong presence as a great business man Leonard is considered to be one of the greatest and the most successful boxers of all time.