Sugar Ray Leonard

Ray Charles Leonard, known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, born in 1956, who won the light welterweight gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics before turning professional and winning world titles in five weight divisions, from welterweight to light heavyweight, finishing with a record of 36 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw. He was part of boxing's Four Kings alongside Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler and defeated all three, including the 1980 Brawl in Montreal loss to Duran avenged in a rematch, the 1981 unification bout against Hearns known as the Showdown, and a controversial 1987 split decision win over Hagler. He was the first boxer to earn more than 100 million dollars in career purses and was named Boxer of the Decade for the 1980s.