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Sugar Ray Leonard was knocked out of the Dancing With the Stars ballroom one night after earning his highest scores on the hit ABC show.

Boxing legend Sugar Ray and his professional partner, Anna Trebunskaya, collected 21 points out of 30 for their Viennese waltz on Monday’s episode, but viewers failed to keep them as contenders in the competition.

Judges’ scores are combined with viewer votes to determine which celebrity is ousted each week.

“That’s life, and I put up a good fight,” Sugar Ray said. “I will cherish this moment: great friends, great people, great show.”

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Host Tom Bergeron called the 54-year-old Olympian “the heart of the show this season”.

Anna said she and Sugar Ray had fun together. “The boxer became a ballet dancer!” she said.

Tuesday’s episode also included a performance by Jennifer Hudson, who sang Don’t Look Down and Feeling Good from her latest album, I Remember Me.

Returning to dance on next week’s Patriots’ Day-themed show with songs about loving America will be actors Kirstie Alley, Ralph Macchio and Chelsea Kane; athletes Hines Ward and Chris Jericho; model Petra Nemcova; singer Romeo and reality star Kendra Wilkinson.