I'm thinking of a person

[4merper4mer]

My poorly spelled guess is:

 

Vaseli Alexiev 

[SinceThe70s]

2 hours ago, PastaJoe said:

Is he a boxer? Sugar Ray Leonard?

 

Correct on both!

31 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

My poorly spelled guess is:

 

Vaseli Alexiev 

 

No - but that's a 'wish I'd thought of him' moment.

 

[qwksilver]

Is he a swimmer and is he Mark Spitz

[SinceThe70s]

15 minutes ago, qwksilver said:

Is he a swimmer and is he Mark Spitz

 

Good guess, but it was answered earlier: Sugar Ray Leonard. 

 

Pasta Joe is up.

[Greybeard]

5 hours ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

Not a runner. His golden years pre-dated the birth of Usain.

   Is he an American?

 

[PastaJoe]

1 hour ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

Good guess, but it was answered earlier: Sugar Ray Leonard. 

 

Pasta Joe is up.

I’m thinking of a dead black American man.