With Their Families Being From Mexico, Boxers Gonzalez, Lozano Are Proud To Represent Both Their Heritage And Team USA In Paris
Jajaira Gonzalez will represent Team USA at 60 kg. and Jennifer Lozano at 50 kg. in their Olympic debuts.
1
GOLD
0
SILVER
0
BRONZE
Athlete Bio#
Age
68
Hometown
Palmer Park, MD
Personal
Son of Cicero and Getha Leonard...One of eight children...Father worked as a supermarket night manager and mother was a nurse...Started his amateur boxing career at age 13...Lied about his age to be accepted into the Eastern U.S. Olympic Trials, where a trainer called his performance “as sweet as sugar,” giving Leonard a nickname that lasted throughout his career...Wanted to retire from Boxing after winning the gold medal at the Olympic Games Montreal 1976, but decided to become a professional boxer due to financial reasons...Began training as a professional boxer under Muhammad Ali’s trainer, Angelo Dundee...Named Boxer of the Decade for the 1980s...Won more than $100 million throughout his Boxing career...Became a popular television broadcaster with ABC, CBS, HBO and NBC...Father to four children, Ray Charles, Daniel Ray, Camille and Jarrel.Hall Of Fame Bio #
Ray Charles “Sugar Ray” Leonard is an American boxing icon, Olympic gold medalist and world title holder in five weight divisions. Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Leonard won his first of three National Golden Gloves title in 1973, and was crowned the Amateur Athletic Union national champion a year later. His celebrity status reached new heights at the Olympic Games Montreal 1976. Battling severe hand injuries throughout the tournament, Leonard won the gold medal in the light-welterweight division. He would go on to achieve extraordinary success as a professional boxer, finishing his career with a 36-3-1 record with 25 knockouts. His most memorable victories include wins over Roberto Duran and Thomas Hearns, as well as an upset against Marvin Hagler for the middleweight crown in 1987. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997, the same year he retired from professional Boxing. Leonard has since served as a Boxing analyst for ABC, CBS, HBO and NBC, and is the founder of the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation, which supports the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
RELATED NEWS#
Houston’s Joshua Edwards Is Ready To Show Olympic Super Heavyweights ‘Something The Division Has Never Seen’
Joshua Edwards has boxed ever since he was 6 years old. It was a path that his father, himself a boxer, had wanted the youngest of his four kids to take.But during his sophomore year of high school, Edwards had other thoughts. He put down his boxing gl...
Hold The Tortellini: Boxer Omari Jones Is Headed To Italy To Lock Down His Place In Paris
The 21-year-old Jones needs a top-four finish at the qualification tournament to secure his first Olympic berth.
Teen Jordan Fuentes Capped An Emotional Cinderella Run With A Win At The Olympic Boxing Trials
Fuentes overcame the top three seeds in Louisiana while also honoring his deceased sister.
DeRae Crane Is Amending His ‘Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda’ Story
The 38-year-old is in the semifinals of the men’s 92 kg. division of the Olympic trials.
