Leon Gerards

Leon Gerards is a former amateur Dutch boxer from Maastricht. Gerards became multiple time national champion, including in 1958 1962, and 1963. Gerards was a member of the Dutch national team, representing the Netherlands at international competitions in the 1950s and 1960s.
Gerards was trained by Pie Lenaerts. In 1962 he received offers in the Netherlands and Germany to become a professional boxer, but on advise of his trainer, Gerards didn't accept the offers.