Boxing - Sugar Ray Leonard survives lockdown with remote AA meetings


  • Boxing
  • Friday, 08 May 2020

FILE PHOTO: Boxing - Nathan Cleverly v Badou Jack - WBA World Light Heavyweight Title - Las Vegas, USA - August 26, 2017 Sugar Ray Leonard before the fight REUTERS/Steve Marcus

(Reuters) - Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard was used to spending months in isolation preparing for fights but the retired world champion has said one of the ways he stays sane through the coronavirus lockdown is by attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings online.

Leonard, who regularly spent months away from the crowds as he trained to win six world titles at five weights between 1979 and 1989, has been attending AA meetings for close to 15 years.

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