- Sugar Ray loves dogs. He has a miniature schnauzer named Kit. He has also had cocker spaniels and a chihuahua.
- Sugar Ray's last fight was on March 1, 1997, against Hector 'Macho' Camacho.
- Sugar Ray had 40 professional fights with a record of 36-3-1 with 25 knockouts.
- Sugar Ray won a Gold Medal at the 1975 Pan American Games.
- On November 30, 1979, Sugar Ray beat Wilfred Benitez to win his first professional title, the WBC Welterweight Championship.
- The band "Sugar Ray" named themselves after Leonard.
- Sugar Ray was the National AAU Light Welterweight Champion in 1974 and 1975.
- Sugar Ray won a Gold Medal at the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal in the Light Welterweight division.
- Sugar Ray was undefeated in his first 25 professional fights.
- Sugar Ray set a record by making $40,000 for his first pro fight.
- Sugar Ray was named Fighter of the Year by Ring Magazine in 1981.
- In 1982, Sugar Ray suffered from a detached retina in his left eye.
- Sugar Ray was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 1997.
- Sugar Ray won three consecutive Golden Gloves Championships. He won the Lightweight Championship in 1972 and 1973 and the Light Welterweight Championship in 1974.
- Leonard was given the nickname "Sugar" by one of his amateur coaches.
- He was named after singer, pianist legend Ray Charles.
- Sugar Ray: Words cannot describe that feeling - of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable.
- Sugar Ray: We assume the risks. That's what makes a great champion. We care, but you can't let that be a burden to you.
- Sugar Ray: I wanted to do in boxing what Bruce Lee was able to do in karate. Lee was an artist, and, like him, I try to get beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want my fights to be seen as plays.
- Sugar Ray: A fighter never knows when it's the last bell. He doesn't want to face that.
- Sugar Ray: Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.
- Sugar Ray: My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special.
- Sugar Ray: We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.
- Sugar Ray: You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.
