Despite Leonard's obvious fatigue, he boxed well in the eleventh. For many years, Leonard has been the International Chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk for a Cure and is actively involved in raising both awareness and funds. Hosted (yes, there was a host) by Mario Lopez,. . I snapped it back again. Leonard entered the bout as a 3-1 favorite but Norris dominated the fight, giving Leonard a heavy beating. Although he would prescribe the training procedures, he would leave the day-to-day work to Dave Jacobs and Janks Morton. Sugar Ray Leonard won the WBC welterweight title with a fifteenth-round knockout of Wilfred Bentez in 1979. His incredible achievements include winning world titles in five weight divisions, including the WBC welterweight, WBA light middleweight, and WBC middleweight titles. Sugar Ray Leonard reflected on his famous fight with Marvin Hagler following the news on Saturday about his late opponent's death at the age of 66. Leonard had difficulty with Hearns' long reach and sharp jab. Hearns managed to rise, but was dropped by a flurry of hard punches near the end of the round. Sugar Ray Robinson turned pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights. Janks Morton and Dave Jacobs trained Leonard for the Lalonde fight. "[83] Speaking of his promotional company, Leonard said, "We did some great shows with evenly matched fights. Leonard, with a badly swollen left eye, came out roaring for the thirteenth round. Leonard became a sensation in. [26] "The whole fight, I was moving, I was moving", Leonard said. Always moving forward, he mauled and wrestled Leonard, scoring inside with hooks and rights. Leonard's most memorable punch came late in the round. This latest eye problem further fueled the flames of those who opposed Leonard's comeback. On March 10, 1986, Marvin Hagler knocked out John Mugabi in eleven rounds to retain the Undisputed World Middleweight Championship for the twelfth time and advance his record to 6222. Durn attacked at almost every turn. During divorce proceedings, Juanita Leonard testified that her husband physically abused her while under the influence of alcohol. On June 20, 1980, Leonard returned to the Olympic Stadium in Montreal to defend his title against Roberto Durn before a crowd of 46,317. Considered one of the greatest boxers of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and by 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. In his prime, he was unstoppable. He became known as Sugar Ray Robinson as an under-aged boxer, after using a fellow boxer's Amateur Athletic Union card to fight in a show. What is known is that Robinson grew up in Detroit, and he was 11 years old when his mother, tired of her husband's absence from the family's life, up and left the city, moving herself, her son and two daughters to Harlem. Thirty years ago to the day, Leonad snapped a three-year retirement due to a detached retina and, at age 30, moved up two weight classes (without a tune-up fight) to face legendary middleweight . He lost it to Roberto Durn by a close decision in June 1980 and regained it five months later in the infamous No Ms Fight, in which Duran quit in the eighth round. [14]:78, In 1973, Leonard won the National Golden Gloves Lightweight Championship, but lost to Randy Shields in the lightweight final of the National AAU Tournament. In March 2019, Leonard made a guest appearance on the popular daily morning show on YouTube, Good Mythical Morning, hosted by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. He lost a disputed decision to Anatoli Kamnev in Moscow, after which, Kamnev gave the winner's trophy to Leonard. Roy Jones Jr. Ensuite Who defeated Mayweather? It didn't take much for Robinson, who'd been a neighbor of heavyweight champ Joe Louis back in Detroit, to strap on fighting gloves. Durn was awarded a unanimous decision, although it was mistakenly read as a majority decision in the ring. Late in the final round, he again hurt Aldama, which brought a standing eight count from the referee. Bonds was a southpaw, which made him a good opponent for Leonard, given that his next opponent was scheduled to be the WBA Light Middleweight Champion Ayub Kalule, a southpaw. He actually scored it 148147. Boxing in Serenity This fight proved to be one of the most controversial fights to date. Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. on May 3, 1921, although the location is a source of debate. Judge Jerry Roth scored the fight 113112 for Hearns, Judge Tom Kazmarek scored it 113112 for Leonard, and Judge Dalby Shirley scored it 112112. Answer (1 of 8): Hearns and Leonard fought twice. He tried to get me against the ropes, I'd pivot, spin off and Pow! . Benitez was very slick. He staggered Bonds with a right in the fourth round and dropped him with a follow-up combination. Most fight fans would not spend a dime to watch Van Gogh paint Sunflowers, but they would fill Yankee Stadium to see him cut off his ear. With only a few seconds left in the fight, a Leonard combination forced another standing eight count. Sugar Ray Leonard, byname of Ray Charles Leonard, (born May 17, 1956, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.), American boxer, known for his agility and finesse, who won 36 of 40 professional matches and various titles. The "Four Kings" created a wave of popularity in the lower weight classes that kept boxing relevant in the post-Muhammad Ali era, during which Leonard defeated future fellow International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees Hearns, Durn, Hagler, and Wilfred Bentez. Sign In Kalule and his handlers had expected Leonard to use lateral movement against him, but Leonard chose to fight inside instead. The Camacho fight was Leonard's last. "To make a man quit, to make Roberto Durn quit, was better than knocking him out."[35]. In a career that spanned 25 years, Robinson amassed 175 wins, 110 knockouts and just 19 losses. Leonard had no answer for the skillful, younger, faster man. In his later years, Robinson worked in show business, even doing some television acting. Robi is the daughter of Paul Robi, one of the original Platters, and she is the ex-wife of Lynn Swann. [14]:6568, Leonard made his professional debut on February 5, 1977, before a crowd of 10,270 at the Civic Center in Baltimore. Leonard knocked him out in the third round. He finished his career in 1965 with 175 victories. I've handled thousands of fighters and never had anyone quit on me. In the fourth round, a right hand to the top of Leonard's head dropped him for just the second time in his career. He won his first Golden Gloves title (featherweight) in 1939, and then repeated the accomplishment in 1940. "I was ringside", Leonard said. Duran and Leonard would go on to fight two more times, once in November 1980 and again . After the Los Angeles Times broke the story, Leonard held a press conference and publicly acknowledged that the accusations were true. When the vote took place, Leonard had been retired for more than five years, therefore, he was eligible, even though he had a fight scheduled. Leonard went the distance but lost by a lopsided decision. [14]:4243 He finished his amateur career with a record of 1655 and 75 KOs.[19]. Hearns was leading by scores of 124122, 125122, and 125121. Round ten was tame by comparison, as the pace slowed after the furious action of the previous round but with Hagler having more spectacular moments. Leonard looked to be in trouble, but he furiously fought his way out of the corner. [95] He has since made public appearances to bring attention to the issue of child sex abuse, declaring himself a "poster child" for the cause and encouraging victims to report their abuse.[96]. Blood flowed down his forehead and the bridge of his nose but stayed out of his eyes. He had a career record of 79-6-3 and was a showman in the ring, chanting 'It . [4] Leonard was part of the "Four Kings",[5] a group of boxers who all fought each other throughout the 1980s, consisting of Leonard, Roberto Durn, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler. Leonard started to do better by the fifth round, finding some punching room and throwing numerous multi-punch combinations. The fight was postponed when Leonard had minor surgery on his right eye to fix a loose retina. In the closing seconds of the eighth round, Durn turned his back to Leonard and quit, saying to referee Octavio Meyran, "No Ms" (English: "No more"). In their 2nd fight, a 30-year old Thomas Hearns (46-3, 38 KO) faced Sugar Ray Leonard again, who was now 33 years old with a record of 35-1 in a super-middleweight title defense fight. By the end of round five, Leonard had a growing swelling under his left eye, and Hearns had built a considerable lead on the scorecards. Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns feature in fight one of a BBC Sounds look back at some of boxing's greatest fights. My word is my bond", Leonard said. To make matters worse, his father was hospitalized with meningitis and his mother had a heart attack. He continued to score well in the fourth and opened a cut above Leonard's right eye. [14]:75, In his fourteenth professional fight, Leonard fought his first world-ranked opponent, Floyd Mayweather, who was ranked seventeenth. If he had scored it 109, as his two colleagues did, Hearns would have won by a split decision. I think he needs a psychiatrist more than he needs anything else." However, Camacho was also considered to be past his prime. April - Marvin Hagler, Las Vegas, W 12 1988 Leonard won the WBC light heavyweight and super middleweight titles by knocking out Don Lalonde in November. Dickie's fight against Sugar Ray Leonard was on July 18, 1978 at the Hynes Memorial Auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts. His opponent was Dave "Boy" Green. "[77], Leonard has provided commercial endorsements for companies including Coca-Cola, EA Sports, Ford, Nabisco, Revlon and 7 Up. He quit because he was embarrassed. [62], After the fight, Leonard vacated the light heavyweight title, but kept the super middleweight title. Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler fight for the WBC and Ring middleweight titles on April 6, 1987 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. "My idea is that he should have a tuneup fight before he fights with Roberto again", Jacobs said. The Panamanian seized the evening and gave it what shape and momentum it had. "For the first time in a long time, I allowed someone to push me", Leonard said. Hometown: Palmer Park, Maryland, USA Birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA Stance: Orthodox Height: 175cm Reach: 179cm Promoter: Record Pro Boxer: Record Amateur Boxer: Record Trainers: Angelo Dundee, Dave Jacobs, Janks Morton, Pepe Correa, Adrian Davis Manager: Mike Trainer Sugar Ray Leonard Gallery Contents 1 Amateur Achievements [22] After the fight, Leonard paid back his $21,000 loan to the investors. Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the fastest boxers in history and his speed was just otherworldly. The fight grossed over $35 million. Associated Press had it 144141 for Durn, while The New York Times had Leonard ahead 144142. "At the end of the fifth round, I got cramps in my stomach and it kept getting worse and worse", Duran later said. Doctors said they believed he would be able to resume his boxing career before the end of the year. On hand that . WBA-WBC era (1963-1983) No . Hagler's corner was much more reserved prompting Clancy to comment: "They're talking to him like it's an IBM meeting or somethingno emotion." Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor. Best Known For: Considered one of the greatest boxers of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and by 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. The headline in the Washington Star read, "Sugar Ray Leonard Named in Welfare Dept. Camacho applied pressure from the opening bell and started to score well in the third. In the second, Durn rocked Leonard with a left hook, sending him into the ropes. The fight was cancelled, and Leonard had surgery to repair the retina on May 9, 1982. [82] Leonard's boxing promotional company was dissolved in 2004. I snapped his head back with a jab. During the night Durn was admitted to a hospital with stomach pains, and discharged the following day. . We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. The roles reversed: Leonard became the stalker and Hearns became the boxer. . The following month, he made his first title defense against Andy Price. In a fight that many considered to be very boring, both fighters were booed often by the fans and many left the arena before the decision was announced. Leonard was the winner by a technical knockout at 2:44 of round eight, regaining the WBC Welterweight Championship. On May 1, 1986, Leonard announced on a Washington, D.C. talk show that he would return to the ring to fight Hagler. Leonard was ahead on all three scorecards at the time of the stoppage. Career Highlights Sugar Ray Leonard fought a total of 40 times during his professional career. The win over Barkley was in many ways the final memory of the old rampaging warrior. It was a highly competitive and tactical battle. March 13, 2021. by Larry Brown. His speech, entitled "Power" (Prepare, Overcome and Win Every Round), is consistently booked with major Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States and abroad. May 11 - Kevin Howard, Massachusetts, KO 9 1987 Leonard won the WBC middleweight title in a 12-round contest against Marvin Hagler in April. Hearns was paid $5.1 million, and Leonard made over $11 million. Hagler looked stiff and mechanical and missed the speedy Leonard time and again prompting CBS ringside commentator Gil Clancy to remark "and is he ever missingLeonard isn't doing anything to make him miss, he's just missing!". Between rounds eleven and twelve, Leonard's trainer: Angelo Dundee, implored Sugar Ray to get up off his stool yelling "We got three minutesnew champnew champ!" "There was no indication that he was in pain or getting weak. After the verdict was announced, Leonard announced his retirement. The judges scored the fight a draw and Leonard retained the title. The following year, he again won the National AAU Light Welterweight Championship, as well as the Light Welterweight Championship at the Pan American Games. Frazier had a 73 reach. According to Bob Arum, the fight grossed $78 million (which equates to around $179 million in 2020). This decision was met with a torrent of criticism from fans and the media, who felt Leonard was taking unnecessary risks with his surgically repaired eye. Leonard is also the godfather of Khlo Kardashian and has appeared on many episodes of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. When Leonard boxed in the Olympics, he had a picture of Wilkinson taped to his sock. Round nine was the most exciting round of the fight. The action see-sawed back and forth for the rest of the round, with each man having his moments. Kalule, who was 360, had been the WBA Light Middleweight Champion for two years. Leonard celebrated his victory with a full 360-degree, no-hands flip. He attended Parkdale High School. He was paid $40,044 for the fight. Leonard decided to fight Camacho after commentating on Camacho's fight with the 45-year-old Roberto Durn the previous year, describing the disputed unanimous decision as "an early Christmas gift". 1 revealed", "BoxRec ratings: world, pound-for-pound, active and inactive", "One USA Boxing team stands above the rest by Kevin Iole", "On This Day: Sugar Ray Leonard knocked out Floyd Mayweather - Boxing News", "Lewiston Evening Journal, October 7, 1978", "Leonard Knocks Out Lalonde to Win Two Titles", "Sugar Ray Leonard regains welterweight title", "The 12 Greatest Rounds of Boxing: The Untold Stories", "Leonard announces comeback; Holmes gives up title", "Leonard knocked down, victories, then retires", "After A Year's Prefight, Bell Tolls For These", "Leonard's memories the stuff of legends", "SPORTS OF THE TIMES; No Hoosegow for JoJo Guerra", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4_LR7s-Ui4, "Parting of the Ways: Leonard and Dundee Split Over Money", "Sports of The Times; Leonard's Missing Voice", "Leonard is getting old, but it's hard to tell", "Nobody Wins the War - Second fight is a draw", "Leonard and Duran in Rematch in November", "BOXING; Leonard Has Norris at Hand, but Hearns on the Mind", "Leonard's Corner Keeps Game Plan Draped in Secrecy", "Before the First Bell Rings, the Jabbing Begins", "The Victoria Advocate, January 15, 1997", "The Idaho Spokesman-Review, January 12, 1998", "Sugar Ray Leonard Back in the Ring with ESPN Friday Night Fights", "Leonard's promotion business down for count", "Dancing with the Stars Elimination - Sugar Ray Leonard", "Cocaine days were 'childish, stupid,' Sugar Ray says", "Sugar Ray Leonard's Testimony before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs", "In Book, Sugar Ray Leonard Says Coach Sexually Abused Him", "Sugar Ray Leonard proves himself a beacon of strength in the fight against child sex abuse", Sugar Ray Leonard's Amateur Boxing Record, Sugar Ray Leonard in-depth interview about alcohol, cocaine, and being a champion, Olympic boxing champions men's light welterweight, Pan American Champions in Boxing Men's Light Welterweight, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sugar_Ray_Leonard&oldid=1141441164, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees, Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States, Olympic gold medalists for the United States in boxing, Participants in American reality television series, Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers, Sportspeople from Wilmington, North Carolina, World light-middleweight boxing champions, World super-middleweight boxing champions, 20th-century African-American sportspeople, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2019, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Pages with login required references or sources, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 1973 National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion, defeating, 1973 National AAU Light Welterweight Championship runner-up, losing to Randy Shields, 1974 National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champion, defeating Jeff Lemeir, 1974 National AAU Light Welterweight Champion, defeating Paul Sherry, 1974 North American Championships Gold Medalist, defeating Robert Proulx, 1975 National AAU Light Welterweight Champion, defeating Milton Seward, 1975 North American Championships Gold Medalist, defeating Michel Briere, 1975 Pan American Games Light Welterweight Gold Medalist, defeating Victor Corona, 1976 Olympic Light Welterweight Gold Medalist, defeating, Baltimore Sun: 75 Leonard (115113 Leonard), Boston Globe (Ron Borges): 115113 Hagler, Boston Globe (Steve Marantz): 117111 Leonard, Chicago Tribune (1 - Bob Verdi): 115113 Hagler, Chicago Tribune (2 - Bernie Lincicome): 115113 Hagler, Chicago Tribune (3 - Sam Smith): 115113 Hagler, New York Daily News (2 - Michael Katz): 117112 Leonard, New York Post (2 - Jerry Lisker): 115113 Hagler, Philadelphia Daily News (1): 116112 Leonard, Philadelphia Daily News (2): 115113 Hagler, Ring Magazine (Nigel Collins): 115113 Leonard, Sports Illustrated (William Nack): 116114 Leonard, Sports Illustrated (Pat Putnam): 115113 Hagler, United Press International: 116112 Leonard, This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 02:31. Leonard kept it up, continuing to move, stop, and mug. [44], On February 15, 1982, Leonard defended the unified title against Bruce Finch, the WBC fourth-ranked contender, in a bout at Reno, NV. The British challenger had a record of 332. [34], After the Montreal fight Durn went on a partying binge and ballooned in weight. She also said he was an occasional cocaine user. Julio Cesar Chavez and Sugar Ray Leonard. At the age of 20 (1977), Leonard won his first professional fight, only setting the stage for a collection of the most memorable fights in all of boxing history. "No one, I mean no one, can make me miss punches like that", Leonard said. [86] He appeared as a guest at the chef's table, along with Tito Ortiz, during the tenth season of Hell's Kitchen. With Hearns fatigued, Leonard came back and had a strong finish to the round. The live gate was $5.9 million, and the revenue from pay-per-view was $7.5 million. He was voted off in Week 4 of the show. Howard knocked Leonard flat on his back in the fourth round. The team also included Leon and Michael Spinks, Howard Davis Jr., Leo Randolph, Charles Mooney, and John Tate. Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor.Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professionally between 1977 and 1997, winning world titles in five weight classes; the lineal championship in three weight classes; as well as the undisputed . [14]:3334,43, Wilkinson went to the Olympics to watch Leonard box, but she did not tell him about the suit and never asked him for any money. Many were critical of the fact that Lalonde's light heavyweight title was on the line when the weight limit of the fight with Leonard was at 168 pounds, and critical of Leonard for stipulating that his opponenta natural 175-poundershould weigh less than his usual fighting weight, which could possibly weaken him. [80], Leonard has also worked as an actor. It was like looking in a mirror". Over his 25-year career, Robinson won the world welterweight and middleweight crowns and was dubbed "pound for pound, the. The odds started at 41, then settled at 31. On March 28, 1981, Leonard defended his title against Larry Bonds, the WBC sixth-ranked contender, at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. Correa was instructed not to spare the whip. Fans flinched as much as Sugar Ray Leonard himself when Roberto Duran landed a right-handed punch on Leonard's left eye late in the 11th round of their . Leonard responded with a furious flurry, landing few punches but whipping the upset-hoping crowd into a frenzy. Shirley was the only judge to give Leonard a 108 margin in the twelfth. Complete Fight Highlights: LEONARD vs. DURAN 'NO MAS' (1980) Watch on Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran's 1980 rematch, known as the No Mas Fight. For the Camacho fight, Leonard had a new trainer, Adrian Davis. "[43], The fight was named "Fight of the Year" by The Ring. Sports Illustrated called his scorecard "a monument to indecision." "[72], In January 1997, it was announced that Leonard had been voted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, New York. [24][25], On August 12, 1979, Leonard knocked out Pete Ranzany in four rounds to win the NABF Welterweight Championship.

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