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Many old-timers believe that there was only one "Sugar" and that was Sugar Ray Robinson, In fact, Robinson had tried to preserve his ring name in the face of a fistic avalanche of other "Sugars." One time, so the story goes, when Robinson faced another of the so-called pretenders to the "Sugar" name, George Costner, before the fight reputedly told Costner, "Now I'll show you who's the real 'Sugar'," and proceeded to prove his point by laying Costner out endwise in one round. Afterward, Robinson chided the artificial Sugar with, "Now go out and earn yourself the name."


But another "Sugar", Ray Charles Leonard, would earn himself the name. And with it, a place in history.

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I posted this for granberry

Great fighter no doubt. Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the all-time greats.

elmersalsa wrote:Great fighter no doubt. Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the all-time greats.

I was waiting for granny to show up and say he sucked and that all his fans are sycophants that belong to the religion of Ali (and) Leonard....

Yes, Ray beat em all-Benitez, Duran, Hagler, and Hearns...

TheOneIsHere2008 wrote:

elmersalsa wrote:Great fighter no doubt. Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the all-time greats.

I was waiting for granny to show up and say he sucked and that all his fans are sycophants that belong to the religion of Ali (and) Leonard....

Yes, Ray beat em all-Benitez, Duran, Hagler, and Hearns...

You gotta give CREDIT were is due. Leonard was a hell of a fighter.

elmersalsa wrote:

TheOneIsHere2008 wrote:

elmersalsa wrote:Great fighter no doubt. Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the all-time greats.

I was waiting for granny to show up and say he sucked and that all his fans are sycophants that belong to the religion of Ali (and) Leonard....

Yes, Ray beat em all-Benitez, Duran, Hagler, and Hearns...

You gotta give CREDIT were is due. Leonard was a hell of a fighter.

My favorite fighters are Ali, Leonard, and The Golden Boy...

You mean The Golden : Boy: Art Aragon?

I just wish he fought some more and was not affected
by eye troubles when his career could have been truely
defining...or confronting.