{"id":473097,"date":"2026-02-13T20:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/473097\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:56:08","slug":"the-wbc-unearths-the-most-intimate-interview-sugar-ray-leonard-in-conversation-with-pepe-sulaiman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/473097\/","title":{"rendered":"The WBC unearths the most intimate interview: Sugar Ray Leonard in conversation with Pepe Sulaim\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WBC unearths the most intimate interview: Sugar Ray Leonard in conversation with Pepe Sulaim\u00e1n<\/p>\n<p>In an emotional journey through time and memory, the World Boxing Council has shared one of the most profound pieces from its archives: a face-to-face conversation between the legendary Sugar Ray Leonard and Pepe Sulaim\u00e1n. Titled \u201cThe Interview I Never Had,\u201d this 23-minute encounter reveals the sensitive man, the devoted son, and the life philosopher dwelling behind one of the greatest icons in sports history.<\/p>\n<p>During the talk, Leonard offers a confession that puts his entire professional career into perspective: his transition to the pro ranks was not driven by a quest for personal glory, but by a desperate need to save his family.<\/p>\n<p>Pepe Sulaim\u00e1n successfully delves deep into the champion\u2019s psyche, exploring the raw reality of what happens when the bell rings and Leonard is left alone in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss this extraordinary interview at the following link:<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PLSOFLaFXCU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PLSOFLaFXCU<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_176157\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"176157\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WBC unearths the most intimate interview: Sugar Ray Leonard in conversation with Pepe Sulaim\u00e1n In an emotional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-473097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}