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On the night of April 6, 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard stole a fight. A couple of million witnesses saw him get away with it. Leonard s theft was so slick that the victim, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, didn't know until it was too late. His middleweight title was picked clean and gone, forever.... In its own way, it was a perfect Sting. Of course, Hagler did not see it that way. But if winners write history, a salesman, a con, a Sweet Scientist, and a sorcerer wrote this one. Leonard was each and all in the parking lot behind Caesars. This is the story of sorcery at Caesars, and how Sugar Ray put the Fight Game on Marvelous Marvin.
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As 1982 Dawned Sugar Ray Leonard was the most celebrated athlete in America. Sports Illustrated magazine, whose influence was at its peak, named him Sportsman of the Year for 1981. In the 27-year history of the award just one other boxer, Muhammad Ali in 1974, had won it.
SI's cover photo posed Leonard on a wing chair of plush crimson cushion and polished ornamental wood. He wore a double-breasted suit of gray twill, an off-white dress shirt, and a crimson club tie. Two rings adorned the manicured fingers of his left hand and his left leg was crossed casually over his right. A knowing half-smile creased his iconic face. The impression was one of comfort, wealth, and power, and vaguely lethal.
The magazine reported that in a recent poll asking eighth-graders whom they most admired, entertainers dominated, with Burt Reynolds at No. 1. Ranked at No. 9 was Leonard, the top-rated athlete, between George Burns and Steve Martin.
'Unquestionably, Leonard is now the strongest of modern alloys, this blend of hero and celebrity,' wrote author Frank Deford.
He was classically handsome, with dark, liquid eyes, prominent cheekbones, strong jaw line, a high brow, full sensuous mouth, and a sculpted physique worthy of a Michelangelo. He moved with the grace of Astaire, and carried himself with elegance more typical of old money than a prizefighter.
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