The nickname "Sugar"

[MalevolentBite]

Sugar Ray Seales won a gold medal in 1972.

[tonysoprano]

It should only be Sugar Ray.

Sugar Shane just doesn’t sound right.

[sbbigmike]

Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Shane Mosley

Are there more?

What gave these boxers the nickname "Sugar" did they bestow it upon themselves? Or was there some common connection between the Sugars?

Back in the old days when a guy was soft or feminine they called them sugar....leanard and Mosley definitely suspect

[Marchegiano]

I believe SRR's trainer gave it to him because his style was so sweet it was like sugar. I want to say I read that somewhere. The others were just paying homage.

https://boxingnewsonline.net/sugar-ray-robinson-is-the-ultimate-hall-of-fame-legend/