Sugar Ray Leonard is doing Dancing With The Stars

A boxing great and a Super Bowl champion will be hoofing it on the 12th season of "Dancing with the Stars."

Former welterweight champ Sugar Ray Leonard and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward will be among 11 celebrity contestants when the ABC show returns March 21.

The cast was announced Monday by "Dancing" hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke in segments that aired during an episode of ABC's "The Bachelor."

"Forget the rumors. The moment of truth has arrived!" Bergeron exclaimed.

Also hitting the dance floor will be actress Kirstie Alley; model Petra Nemcova; original "The Karate Kid" star Ralph Macchio; professional wrestler Chris Jericho; "Loveline" radio show co-host Mike Catherwood; one-time rap prodigy Romeo (formerly Lil' Romeo); Chelsea Kane of Disney Channel's "Jonas"; talk show host Wendy Williams and reality TV star Kendra Wilkinson.

Alley suggested the contestants' focus would be to "try not to fall on our butts the first week out. That's what I'm going for."

Leonard had a holistic description of his competitive approach.

"I think it's all psychological. I think it's spiritual," he said. "I think it's all the mental preparation."

Quipped Bergeron: "Have you ever watched the show?"

Ex-Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell won't be among the contestants. Last week, the Republican and tea party favorite said she'd been invited by the show but wasn't sure she should accept, citing two left feet and the need to finish writing a book about politics.

On her website Monday, O'Donnell said she was honored to be invited but that she would instead work on her book.

The star-professional dancer pairings will be announced Wednesday.

Last season's champ was "Dirty Dancing" actress Jennifer Grey, who was paired with dancer Derek Hough.

The show also featured former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol, as a contestant and she became something of a political lightning rod because of the family connection.

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Kirstie Alley dancing? They'd better reinforce the dance floor, and her dance partner had better wear steel toed shoes.

SRL, keeps himself in shape, and it's no surprise that he'd be good at dancing since he was great at dancing around the ring, back in the day.

Kirstie Alley:

Kirstie Alley always seems to be going up and down in weight, she's like a yo-yo.

Ali wrote:Kirstie Alley always seems to be going up and down in weight, she's like a yo-yo.

Kirstie Alley is a mentally ill, disgusting, fat pig, who's a disgrace to the female gender.

Had the pleasure of watching a prime Sugar Ray Leonard train at Top Level Gym back in 81 or 82?I sat with my mouth open as he skipped rope to "Sweet Georgia Brown."I think Ray has to bean early favorite to win it this season.

WinstonSmith wrote:Had the pleasure of watching a prime Sugar Ray Leonard train at Top Level Gym back in 81 or 82?I sat with my mouth open as he skipped rope to "Sweet Georgia Brown."I think Ray has to bean early favorite to win it this season.

Sugar Ray has always been an amazing athlete.

Ring wrote:

WinstonSmith wrote:Had the pleasure of watching a prime Sugar Ray Leonard train at Top Level Gym back in 81 or 82?I sat with my mouth open as he skipped rope to "Sweet Georgia Brown."I think Ray has to bean early favorite to win it this season.

Sugar Ray has always been an amazing athlete.

Just looked it up.Ray is a 20:1 favorite,which is second behind Hines Ward at 15:1.

What a weird list of cast members. There has to be some in depth reasoning behind why they have such a diverse list of "celebrities." I mean... we have a LEGEND (Sugar Ray), a childhood Actor, and Kristie Alley all on the same cast.

WinstonSmith wrote:

Ring wrote:

WinstonSmith wrote:Had the pleasure of watching a prime Sugar Ray Leonard train at Top Level Gym back in 81 or 82?I sat with my mouth open as he skipped rope to "Sweet Georgia Brown."I think Ray has to bean early favorite to win it this season.

Sugar Ray has always been an amazing athlete.

Just looked it up.Ray is a 20:1 favorite,which is second behind Hines Ward at 15:1.

There was a video clip of Leonard in the gym jumping rope (might have been during the contender series) I was looking for, but couldn't find. The dude has still got that athleticism, even though he's 50 + years old.

Remember this gem?
www.break.com/usercontent/2008/3/Sugar-Ray-Leonard-Knocks-Out-Danny-Bonaduce-476628

Leonard is an entertaining, likable guy, and a great role model for kids interested in getting into boxing. The dude probably has a net worth of $50 to $100 million, and he got it though, ability, hard work, and marketing himself.

I think she ate her former self