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Sugar Ray Leonard: Why I fell into 'alcohol and drugs' after legendary Hearns fight
All-time great Sugar Ray Leonard details his struggle with addiction following his legendary fight with Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns in 1981.
Leonard would have only one more fight after beating Hearns before retiring for the first time at the age 26.
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