Boxing career in doubt
NZPA-Reuter Baltimore Sugar Ray Leonard's boxing career was in doubt yesterday after, the world welterwfeght champion had an operation for a partially detached retina in his left eye. Leonard, aged 25, who used a gold medal won at the 1976 Montreal Olympics as a springboard to become a multi-millionaire, from his earnings as a professional, was operated on in Baltimore on Monday. “It’s much too early to tell.
but he should be fully recovered within four to six months," said Dr Ronald Michels, who performed the operation. But the doctor said it was too early to tell if Leonard would be able to resume his boxing career. It would take several weeks to determine whether the operation was a complete success, he said. Many prominent boxing names and Leonard’ friends have urged him to retire, whatever the outcome of the operation.
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Press, 12 May 1982, Page 48
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