'Sexual abuse victim' Sugar Ray Leonard helping others to deal with trauma

Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard is helping other sexual abuse victims after it took him more than 35 years to admit he had been a victim of it prior to winning gold at 1976 Olympics in Montreal.

According to the New York Daily News, Sugar Ray Leonard is perhaps the biggest celebrity in the growing list of those who say it's imperative for survivors to talk about sexual abuse.

Leonard said that nobody wanted to talk about it, as it is ugly, toxic and something people can't envision happening, adding that it was happening and it won't stop until victims started speaking up.

The boxer believes his former substance abuse problems were triggered by his efforts to medicate a much deeper pain, the report said.