Sugar Ray Leonard Pretended to Faint 2 Avoid 72 Olympics!!!

[TheSilverBoy]

in an interview i seen sugar ray leonard said he felt so ill in making the weight for the 72 olympics he pretended to faint to avoid them, which he did then he went to the 76 and won gold.

im in no way dissing hi sugar ray is one of the best boxers eva just a lil fact i wanted to share with everyone

[JT Rock]

in an interview i seen sugar ray leonard said he felt so ill in making the weight for the 72 olympics he pretended to faint to avoid them, which he did then he went to the 76 and won gold.

im in no way dissing hi sugar ray is one of the best boxers eva just a lil fact i wanted to share with everyone

Be careful..On a Worldwide Forum your gonna want to back that up with a link so it is credible and not here say..

[ICB]

i never knew that thanks for info cc mate and yea i agree with jt plz provide link or something mate

[El Kabong]

So was it just because of the weight or did he want to avoid fighting someone?

[TheSilverBoy]

yea no probs guys go on www.youtube.com type in the sugar ray leonard and there is an interview with him, he says it himself

[TheSilverBoy]

he said he was so drained making the weight he didnt feel right so he pretneded to fight so the doctors wouldnt let him fight

[ICB]

nice one mate thanks for link

[cockey cockney]

Yer i saw the interview a few months ago in 'the life of....Sugar Ray Leonard'

[LBSCFC]

wouldnt SRL have been only 16 at the time of 72 olympics?

[ICB]

he was born in 1956 so yea he would of only been 16

[Kev]

I've seen the interview as well. He says it on Ray Leonard 'Beyond the Glory',

[bigragu]

he was born in 1956 so yea he would of only been 16

yeah, 16 was too young to be mixing it up with 30 yr old Cubans and Russians!!

[Mathias]

in an interview i seen sugar ray leonard said he felt so ill in making the weight for the 72 olympics he pretended to faint to avoid them, which he did then he went to the 76 and won gold.

im in no way dissing hi sugar ray is one of the best boxers eva just a lil fact i wanted to share with everyone

I saw it in beyond the glory