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Date: 17 May 1956
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Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professionally between 1977 and 1997, winning world titles in five weight classes; the lineal championship in three weight classes; as well as the undisputed welterweight championship. Leonard was part of the "Four Kings", a group of boxers who all fought each other throughout the 1980s, consisting of Leonard, Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler. Leonard was the only one of them to beat the other three. As an amateur, Leonard won a light welterweight gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
The "Four Kings" created a wave of popularity in the lower weight classes that kept boxing relevant in the post-Muhammad Ali era, during which Leonard defeated future fellow International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees Hearns, Durán, Hagler, and Wilfred Benítez. Leonard was also the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses, and was named "Boxer of the Decade" in the 1980s. The Ring magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1979 and 1981, while the Boxing Writers Association of America named him Fighter of the Year in 1976, 1979, and 1981. In 2002, Leonard was voted by The Ring as the ninth greatest fighter of the last 80 years. In 2016, he was voted by The Ring to be the greatest living fighter. BoxRec ranks him as the 14th greatest boxer of all time, pound for pound.
Outside his professional boxing career, Leonard has worked as a boxing analyst and actor, appearing in numerous television shows and films, including Half & Half, L.A. Heat, Married... with Children, Renegade, Tales from the Crypt, I Spy (2002), and The Fighter (2010).
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Date: 18 May 1956
Special to The New York Times
Plan to probe ct trial reptg proposed by House
Date: 17 May 1956
By ANTHONY LEWIS Special to The New York Times
Anthony Special
Brownell testifies on Adm program, Sen (Eastland) com; Sen Hennings charges he delayed issue; Brownell replies; Sens Dirksen and O'Mahoney debate pol credit for rights action; Sen Johnston, who presides, orders seizure of photo taken by Negro T Gaffney for Jet magazine showing Johnston talking with NAACP repr C Mitchell; Mitchell protests seizure; Johnston says Gaffney violated rules on picture-taking; guard seizes wrong film
Date: 17 May 1956
Radio-TV Daily pub Radio Annual-TV Yrbook; sees record yr for indus
Date: 18 May 1956
D W White stresses attractive packaging
Date: 17 May 1956
W George Co gets contract for test borings for planned $16-million Hudson R pier, W Houston St
Date: 17 May 1956
Natl Assn of Investment Cos repts mutual funds net assets up not quite 1%, Apr; other data
Date: 18 May 1956
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Date: 18 May 1956
2-color speckled paint developed by W Lox for Forman-Ford