Sugar Ray Leonard says coach sexually abused him

Sugar Ray Leonard

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former boxing champion Sugar  Ray Leonard says in a new book that he was sexually abused as a  teenager by a prominent Olympic coach, the New York Times  reported on Tuesday.  

The newspaper said Leonard makes the claim in his upcoming  autobiography, “The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring.”  The book is due to be published in June.  

Leonard, now 55, said he was assaulted by