Page 14 Portland Observer May 13, 1982
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Will he fight again?
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by A! McGilberry
“ Sugar Ray” Leonard is an A m
erican hero; his style and grace have
been shown on all the media in this
country. He is a champion.
The Olym pic Games gave him a
forum to launch his fistic career and
his smile ha* smile has shown clear
into T .V . sets around the w o rld .
Sugar Ray Leonard: Olympic Box
ing Champion.
I ’ve watched him grow fro m a
manchild into a man. I was happy
when he signed to go into the pro
fessional boxing ranks. Because he
had said he didn’t want to fight any
more, I felt 1 would never see that
cat-like grace in the ring again.
Ray is a crowd pleaser and fo r
each fight the gate and crowd grew
larger and larger. It was said that
the people he was fig h tin g were
“ set-ups” and “ chumps,” but I be
lieved in him.
The m arriage to his childhood
Will Sugar stay in the business suit?
sweetheart and the admission o f his
responsibilities to his child brought
joy to my heart. 1 was very proud o f
his growth and his approach to life.
W hat a beautiful fam ily— one that
exemplifies the Am erican dream:
sweethearts together, fam ily man
forever.
Boxing is a b ru tal sport. The
fights grew tougher until he had to
meet a top contender. He signed to
fight W ilfred Benitez who also was
undefeated. Benitez had fine boxing
skills and had fought tougher op
ponents than Ray. This was a su
preme test. Could he pass it?
Indeed he did— a T .K .O . and the
drums started beating for greater
matches and gates. They fin a lly
signed to fig h t “ S tone” R oberto
Duran, the recorded best fighter o f
the times. G o lly days. The Sugar
M an against R o b e rto . C o uld he
win? Is he that good? Is he ready for
such a war?
I still thought he could win. Many
-d < iî
thought he would lose. Yes, he did
lose, but he showed the w o rld he
Sugar Ray: Victorious over Heerns
had guts, heart and style.
He lost a decision but he gained in
his profession and in the hearts o f
knocking to gain the prize you pos
show us you’ve got the heart to walk
fight fans around the world. I knew
sess.
away from the fight game forever—
he soon would be the champion.
N ow To m m y Hearns wanted to
never to fight again. You can win in
The loss to Duran made Sugar go
wear the crown. H e also possessed
other games o f life.
back to camp to fine-tune his oper
great skill and agility in the sport.
G et o f f the canvas. Y o u are a
ating tactics, the bag, the ja b , the
Could Ray do it again?
winner, and a winner always wins.
strategy. He came out o f camp razor
The Leonard-Hearns fight was a
sharp, ready once m ore to clim b
th rille r. Both fighters taking turns
boxing’s highest height, the cham
hurting each other, neither showing
pionship.
s u p e rio rity fo r 13 rounds. In the
The gross receipts fo r the fight
14th round R ay, w ith one eye
were fabulous. The world stood at
closed, showed what champions are
attention for this rematch. Could he
made o f. H e gave it his a ll. Soon
do it this time? Could he reach back
Hearns was stunned— out on his
for that something extra to win? Be
feet. Ray had him. It was over-----
fore the fig h t could get in to the
T o d ay Sugar is fig h tin g again;
proper groove it was over. D uran
fighting to save his sight; fighting to
was saying, “ N o mas, no mas! No
remain whole, young and beautiful.
m as!” Great day in the m orning!
Sugar m an, you have m oney,
Sugar Ray was Ring Cham pion o f
your beautiful fam ily, and you will
the W orld.
be a star in the boxing heavens fo r
Sport is like love: you must go to
ever. You have n othing m ore to
the proving ground tim e and time
prove to the w orld. W e know you
again and contenders are always
have courage, guts and style. Please
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