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*Hats off the Sugar Ray Leonard, but first let me tell you about Virginia Orr. She died on November 1 1999, the day after her birthday from the complications of surgery to remove a tumor from her brain. She also was suffering from diabetes, and was on dialysis as her kidneys were failing. She was [...]
*Boxing has often been compared to ballet or dance for men … in some sort of way or another. Maybe it was in a poem once. At any rate, multi-talented performer, Usher has been recruited to play the role of Sugar Ray Leonard in “Hands of Stone,” a new film about another fighter, Roberto Duran. [...]
*Usher is gearing up to play legendary boxer Sugar Ray Leonard in an upcoming biopic about his one-time challenger, Roberto Duran. Filming is set to begin later this year “Hands of Stone,” in reference to the Panamanian fighter’s nickname. In preparation for the role, Usher told the BBC: “If you guys see me running around [...]
*Usher’s stepping back into the acting arena but this time as a champion boxer. The singer is set to star in an upcoming film “Hands of Stone,” playing the role of Sugar Ray Leonard (below). The movie is actually about Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran Leonard, but Usher has a significant part. (Are you a fan [...]
*(Via LA Times) – Angelo Dundee, who trained the two most celebrated fighters of his era, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, and 15 world champions in all in a Hall of Fame career that began in 1952, has died. He was 90. Dundee died Wednesday at a Clearwater, Fla., rehabilitation center, said his son, [...]
*There aren’t too many people in this world that get boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard tense or uneasy — be they inside or outside of the ring. But he opened up to us about three men who do. One is Muhammad Ali. Leonard said he was blessed enough to have dinner at the champ’s house [...]
*It’s probably safe to say that boxing champ Sugar Ray Leonard never thought he’d be serving as a technical adviser for a bunch of robots. But that’s exactly what he was tapped to do for the upcoming action flick “Real Steel.” Opening this Friday (Oct. 7), the film stars Hugh Jackman as a hard-luck boxer [...]
*Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the all-time greats in boxing. His fights and triumphs are legendary. His status as a Boxing Hall of Fame member is unquestioned. Yet for years he kept a secret hidden from the outside world. While Leonard was piling up an impressive boxing resume, including earning a gold medal and [...]
*The fifth annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair (LPVBF) will take place in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Leimert Park on the Vision Theatre Back lot, located at 43rd Street and Degnan Boulevard. A mix of authors, scholars, poets, spoken-word artists, entertainment and television personalities will be [...]
*Former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard has said that he was sexually abused as a teenager by a “prominent” Olympic coach, according to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday. The newspaper said Leonard made the claim in his upcoming autobiography, “The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring.” Leonard, [...]
*Sugar Ray Leonard became the latest celebrity to be voted off “Dancing with the Stars” last night. The former boxing champion and his professional partner Anna Trebunskaya found themselves in the bottom two alongside Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas after failing to impress the viewers and judges with their Viennese Waltz. Speaking of his time [...]
*With no polarizing figure to attract an audience beyond “Dancing With the Stars” die-hards, ratings for the ABC show’s two-hour season premiere Monday night was down 20 percent from last year’s premiere, which included Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol. Last night marked the series’ lowest spring premiere in total viewers since March 2008 (21.2 million). However, [...]
*Boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward are among the cast of ABC’s new season of “Dancing With the Stars,” joining previously-leaked celebs Wendy Williams, rapper Romeo, actress Kirstie Alley, ex Playboy bunny Kendra Wilkinson, Disney Channel star Chelsea Kane and professional wrestler Chris Jericho Rounding out the 11 contestants [...]
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