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Nickname(s)
  
Sugar

Wins by KO
  
34

Height
  
1.85 m

Stance
  
Southpaw stance

Wins
  
57

Role
  
Boxer

Total fights
  
68


Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Sugar Seales

Division
  
Middleweight

Rated at
  
Middleweight

Losses
  
8

Martial art
  
Boxing

Draws
  
3

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Born
  
4 September 1952 (age 71) Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (
1952-09-04
)

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"Sugar" Ray Seales, (born September 4, 1952) was the only American boxer to win a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he fought middleweight champion Marvin Hagler three times. He is also the former NABF and USBA middleweight champion.

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Family and early life

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Seales was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where his father, who boxed in the U.S. Army was stationed. The Seales family moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1965. He is the half-brother of boxer Dale Grant and the brother of boxer Wilbur Seales.

Amateur career

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He was a product of the Tacoma Boys Club amateur boxing program, and was coached by Joe Clough.

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Amateur record: 338–12

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  • 1972 Olympic gold medalist (139 lbs.)
  • 1971 National AAU light welterweight champion
  • 1972 National Golden Gloves 139 pounds champion, defeating Donnie Nelson of Lowell, MA in the final
  • Olympic results

  • defeated Ulrich Beyer (East Germany) on points
  • defeated Jim Montague (Ireland) on points
  • defeated Andres Molina (Cuba) 3–2
  • defeated Zvonimir Vujin (Yugoslavia) 5–0
  • defeated Angel Angelov (Bulgaria) 3–2
  • Pro career

    Seales was a contender for the middleweight title during the late '70s and early '80s, winning the regional level USBA and NABF titles in the process. In his two most memorable fights, he lost a narrow decision to future middleweight champion Marvin Hagler in July 1974, then drew with Hagler in a rematch three months later. After losing to European champion Alan Minter in 1976, Seales remained on the outskirts of contention, until a first-round technical knockout at the hands of Hagler effectively ended his title hopes.

    Retirement

    In 1980, Seales injured his left eye in a fight with Jaime Thomas, and retired due to a serious retinal tear. He was subsequently declared legally blind, and was used as a cause célèbre along with Sugar Ray Leonard during the 1980s, for those pushing for a ban on boxing.

    Life after boxing

    Years later, doctors operated and restored Seales' vision in his right eye, though he wears glasses. Seales later worked as a schoolteacher of autistic students at Lincoln High School in Tacoma for 17 years, retiring in 2004. In 2006, he moved to Indianapolis with his wife, and currently teaches at Indy Boxing and Grappling.

    Honors

    Seales was a 2005 inductee into the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame.

    References

    Sugar Ray Seales Wikipedia