A remarkable boxing journey like no other 1972 Olympic gold medalist “Sugar” Ray Seales
(Ray Seales is in the front row, second in from the left)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 9, 2020) -- Imagine being the lone boxer from your country to capture an Olympic gold medal, only days after the infamous Munich massacre. Now imagine also having won a remarkable 338 of 350 amateur matches, having fought a trilogy as a professional with "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, being declared legally blind in both eyes (having entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. pickup a six-figure medical bill), regaining sight in one eye, then working as a teacher of autistic students for 17 years.
"Sugar" Ray Seales has truly lived a surreal life, to say the least, and he's still involved in boxing at the age of 67, as a successful coach of amateur boxers in Indianapolis.
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