Hearns, 320 with 30 knockouts, won the WBA Welterweight Championship in 1980, scoring a second-round knockout of Jos "Pipino" Cuevas in Detroit, Michigan. . 19522000: 6063.5 kg, 20042012: 6064 kg. Sugar Ray Leonard, the world welterweight champion, underwent two hours of surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore yesterday to repair a partially detached retina in his left eye.. In his testimony, Leonard confirmed his wife's claims and went on to reveal that the problems of their marriage were not due to drug and alcohol use.[90]. The Boxing Writers Association of America and The Ring named Leonard "Fighter of the Year" for 1979. Close Alert. In the fourth round, Leonard knocked Green out with a devastating left hook. (Photo . I knew he would indulge himself, he'd gain 4050 lbs and then sweat it off to make 147." We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. 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. When Robinson finally did get his shot at the belt in 1946, he took home the crown with a unanimous 15-round decision over Tommy Bell; Robinson would hold the welterweight title until 1951. [76], Leonard has worked as a boxing analyst for ABC, CBS, NBC, ESPN, HBO and EPIX. The feared warrior who had defeated Sugar Ray Leonard and battled Marvelous Marvin for fifteen back-and-forth rounds had been rendered helpless by Thomas Hearns in just four minutes, left face down in the resin dust, a sight few had imagined they might ever behold. Leonard also won a light welterweight gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 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. After Foreman's thrilling challenge of Holyfield-Don King asked Tyson to fight him. The rematch, billed as "Stone vs. Sugar.. Once Again", took place November 25, 1980 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans in front of 25,038 fans. Leonard battered Hearns in rounds six and seven, but Hearns regrouped. "[72], In January 1997, it was announced that Leonard had been voted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, New York. The fight took place at the new Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. Leonard and Robi were married at Leonard's $8.7 million estate in Pacific Palisades, California in August 1993. In the second, he dropped Aldama with a left to the chin. Paternity Suit". In the first round, Leonard rocked Benitez with a left hook that came off a jab and right cross. He wasn't afraid, he was being a smart businessman. He died at the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California, on April 12, 1989. Dec. 16, 1989 12 AM PT. The rules state that a boxer must be retired for five years before being eligible for induction. Leonard pledged he would support his son, even if he had to scrap plans to attend college. They decided to have the baby but marriage would be put off until after the Olympics in 1976. Leonard got up, but was unable to ward off Camacho. Judge Stuart Kirshenbaum had Lalonde ahead 7675. [85] During his appearance on The Colbert Report in 2011, Leonard was defeated by host Stephen Colbert in a thumb wrestling contest. Between rounds twelve and thirteen, Angelo Dundee told Leonard, "You're blowing it, son! "All I can do is say I'm sorry, but that is not enough. "I don't have contracts. He blamed his loss on a torn right calf muscle. Leonard made his first title defense in Landover, Maryland, on March 31, 1980. Look back on this free fight from 1986 at "The Super Fight" between #MarvinHagler and #SugarRayLeonardNext Up for Top Rank Boxing, WBO/IBF unified junior li. The work greatly helped salvage his finances and was the reason he eventually settled in Southern California with his second wife, Millie. Yet the book is not really about boxing. By his last retirement in 1991, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard had become the first fighter to win titles in five divisions-every weight class from welteweight to light heavyweight. 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 . "No one, I mean no one, can make me miss punches like that", Leonard said. In this episode [87] of the "March Milkness" series (where Rhett and Link created a March Madness style bracket to determine the best breakfast cereal), Leonard was brought in to break a tie between the Fruity Region Champion, Froot Loops, and the Chocolatey Region Champion, Oreo O's. Leonard competed on season 12 of Dancing with the Stars, which premiered on Monday, March 21, 2011, on ABC. Leonard started boxing at the Palmer Park Recreation Center in 1969. The fight with Camacho took place on March 1, 1997, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was then that Leonard decided to come back and fight Hagler. I never had to go to school once because of him."[13]. His older brother, Roger, started boxing first. [75] He was scheduled to fight Tony Menefee on February 15, 1998, in Australia, but he pulled out of the fight, saying that he didn't have the motivation. We never could tell what he was thinking. He has appeared in numerous television shows, including Half & Half, L.A. Heat, Married with Children, Renegade and Tales From The Crypt. It was a highly competitive and tactical battle. [11], Leonard, the fifth of seven children of Cicero and Getha Leonard, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. What was the score of the Sugar Ray Leonard fight? Camacho, a light-hitting southpaw, was a three-time world champion with a record of 6231. Dave Jacobs was one of the people let go, leaving Correa as the sole trainer. "But then he adjusted to my style. Dickie Eklund (left) smiles before the Sugar Ray fight. Leonard is also the godfather of Khlo Kardashian and has appeared on many episodes of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. It was like looking in a mirror". As an amateur, he took an Olympic gold medal in the light-welterweight class at the 1976 Games in Montreal. Asked if Leonard was the best he ever fought, Durn thought for a moment and then answered, "Si, si." In the final round, Hagler continued to chase Leonard. Leonard entered the bout as a 3-1 favorite but Norris dominated the fight, giving Leonard a heavy beating. Eventually, Leonard admitted that Hearns deserved the decision[citation needed]. Bonds rose but Leonard didn't let him off the hook. Over his 25-year career, Robinson won the world welterweight and middleweight crowns and was dubbed "pound for pound, the. Although Price landed multiple good blows, Leonard knocked him out in the first round, advancing his record to 250 with 16 knockouts.[28]. Early in the ninth, Lalonde hurt Leonard with a right to the chin. It's less revisionist and says right up front, in the first sentence of the prologue, what Sugar Ray won't confess to: "On the night of April 6, 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard stole a fight. [15], Sarge Johnson, assistant coach of the US Olympic Boxing Team, said to Dave Jacobs, "That kid you got is sweet as sugar". On December 7, 1989, Leonard defended the title against Roberto Durn, who was the reigning WBC Middleweight Champion. [14]:75, In his fourteenth professional fight, Leonard fought his first world-ranked opponent, Floyd Mayweather, who was ranked seventeenth. Leonard was awarded a 50 decision and the Olympic gold medal. "I think I pretty much fought from the heart." [24][25], On August 12, 1979, Leonard knocked out Pete Ranzany in four rounds to win the NABF Welterweight Championship. In 1972, Leonard boxed in the featherweight quarterfinals of the National AAU Tournament, losing by decision to Jerome Artis. [60][61], Lalonde's size and awkwardness troubled Leonard. He made three successful title defenses, stopping Luis Primera, Randy Shields, and Pablo Baez. I used when I felt bad, I used when I missed competing at that level", he said. Leonard got hit by sparring partner Quincy Taylor and was badly buckled. After hurting Hearns with a right, Leonard exploded with a combination of punches. Hosted (yes, there was a host) by Mario Lopez,. Hearns' legs were clearly gone and after more pressure from Leonard he was bundled through the ropes, no knockdown was given as it wasn't a punch that sent him there. In the fourth round, a right hand to the top of Leonard's head dropped him for just the second time in his career. "Sugar Ray Robinson had a nice ring to it," Robinson later said. Judge Dave Moretti scored it 115113 for Leonard, while judge Lou Filippo had it 115113 for Hagler. Going into the final round, Leonard led by scores of 137130, 137133, and 136134. By the fifth, Leonard, who was moving a lot, began to tire and Hagler started to get closer. The boxer continued his dominance until 1991 when he lost by decision to Terry Norris and retired again. The announcement generated a lot of controversy because of Leonard's inactivity and eye injuries, yet it also excited many sports fans who had hoped to see them fight years earlier. Durn, the former Undisputed World Lightweight Champion for .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}6+12 years, had a record of 711 and was the #1 welterweight contender and considered the best "Pound for Pound" fighter in the world. With Hearns fatigued, Leonard came back and had a strong finish to the round. However, he was able to outpunch Hagler along the ropes and got the better of several bristling exchanges. However, given his style and first name, it was probably only a matter of time before people started calling him Sugar Ray, after the man many consider to be the best boxer of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson. The British challenger had a record of 332. Sign In But I never had any problems with him. Durn was awarded a unanimous decision, although it was mistakenly read as a majority decision in the ring. Of all people, John 'The Beast' Mugabi." "I wanted more", Leonard said. Leonard and Duran fought the fiercest battle in welterweight history, fuelled by Duran's utter hatred for the pretty boy with lots of money and Ray's refusal to back down. [citation needed] After eight tough rounds, Leonard was ahead although Kalule appeared to be coming on strong in the eight and ninth. Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the fastest boxers in history and his speed was just otherworldly. The time was 2:54 of round fifteen.[29]. "He almost knocked me out", Leonard said. With little money Robinson helped his mother save for an apartment by earning change dancing for strangers in Times Square the Smiths built their new life in a section of Harlem dominated by flophouses and gangsters. The fight billed as a classic showdown between a powerful knockout artist and the best boxer/puncher the welterweight division had seen in decades devolved into a slow, tactical fight. Leonard was the winner by a technical knockout at 2:44 of round eight, regaining the WBC Welterweight Championship. In a career that spanned 25 years, Robinson amassed 175 wins, 110 knockouts and just 19 losses. 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. [44], On February 15, 1982, Leonard defended the unified title against Bruce Finch, the WBC fourth-ranked contender, in a bout at Reno, NV. Winding up his right hand, as if to throw a bolo punch, Leonard snapped out a left jab and caught Durn flush in the face. Leonard yelled "Yeah!" HBO believed it would be inappropriate for Leonard to continue with them if they couldn't bid on his fights. Early in the seventh round, Hearns hurt Leonard but punched himself out going for the knockout. Even though Leonard dominated, hurting Hearns and battering him, all three judges gave both rounds to Leonard by a 109 margin. First, in 1991, he lost by decision to Terry Norris. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some incredible performances in his fights. Moore fought and lost to Sugar Ramos for the inaugural WBC title. In his last years Robinson battled Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. He then announced, "I am retiring from boxing right now." Leonard looked to be in trouble, but he furiously fought his way out of the corner. Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. on May 3, 1921, although the location is a source of debate. Camacho applied pressure from the opening bell and started to score well in the third. Roberto Duran Speaks: The Untold Story Is Finally Revealed!, Bill Brubaker, The Boxing Writers Association of America, List of light middleweight boxing champions, "Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard lead the way", "The Fabulous Four Hagler, Hearns, Duran, and Leonard", "Ring Magazine's 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years", "Who is the greatest fighter alive? Although he would prescribe the training procedures, he would leave the day-to-day work to Dave Jacobs and Janks Morton. With too much money to be lost by cancelling the fight, the matchmaker for the bout, Ron Katz, found a . Frazier had a 73 reach. Leonard maintained his eye was fully healed, but that he just didn't want to box anymore. "I'll try, I'll give it a shot", Leonard said of his latest retirement. . . [12] The family moved to Washington, D.C., when he was three, and they settled permanently in Palmer Park, Maryland when he was ten. Hagler never seized total control of the fight as he had against Thomas Hearns two years earlier, when he brutalized Hearns and scored a third-round knockout. Leonard finally hurt him with a right to the head. This is terrible. In 1984 The Ring magazine placed Robinson No. Picking himself off the canvas twice, Leonard showed . His opponent was Luis "The Bull" Vega, whom he defeated by a six-round unanimous decision. [89] They were divorced in 1990. During a 20-year period, Sugar Ray Leonard was considered one of the greatest boxers. For Leonard's fight with Hagler, Dundee worked without a contract and received $175,000, which was less than 2% of Leonard's purse. Leonard led by scores of 6866, 6866 and 6766.[35]. Lalonde tried to tie up Leonard, but got dropped with a powerful left hook. Sugar Ray Leonard won the WBC welterweight title with a fifteenth-round knockout of Wilfred Bentez in 1979. 1 in its book "The 100 Greatest Boxers of All Time.". His incredible achievements include winning world titles in five weight divisions, including the WBC welterweight, WBA light middleweight, and WBC middleweight titles. Unlike the fight in Montreal, Leonard used his superior speed and movement to outbox and befuddle Durn. It was his first defeat. "I can never erase the pain or the scars I have made through my stupidity, my selfishness", Leonard said. 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. Round nine was the most exciting round of the fight. 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. Durn was guaranteed $7.6 million and Leonard's arrangement guaranteed him over $13 million.[65]. Sugar Ray Robinson died just about broke, he suffered 19 career defeats and he didn't beat as many world champions in consecutive fights (there were of course far less world champions back in . After the quick and slick Leonard won the first two rounds on all three scorecards, Hagler started the third round as a southpaw. Voom! Robert Durn's hair flies as Sugar Ray Leonard throws a punch in the early rounds of their welterwight fight on 25 November 1980. 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 . He finished his career in 1965 with 175 victories. Astrological Sign: Taurus. . In snowshoesLeonard repeatedly beat Hagler to the punch. Duran rode out his trilogy with Sugar Ray Leonard with little fire. When his fighting days were over, however, he was getting beaten up. He never liked being called "The Hit Man," and after going nearly 14 rounds with nemesis Sugar Ray Leonard under the bright lights at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Tommy . Wherever he went, he brought a large entourage of trainers, women and family members. The scores were 120104, 119103, and 116110. Sylvester Stallone, who co-hosted during the first season, was one of the executive producers, along with Mark Burnett. "But you guys know me. Sugar Ray Leonard's raw and uplifting memoir reveals in intimate detail for the first time the complex human who waged his own personal battle with depression, rage . The decision was read. Hagler's punches lacked snap and, although he was scoring solidly to the body, he looked nothing like the powerful fighter who had dominated the middleweight division for the previous five years. Floyd bounced back and won two in a row over Sanchez to secure his spot in Atlanta. Jacobs had quit in 1980, disagreeing with Leonard's decision to have an immediate rematch with Durn. He tried to get me against the ropes, I'd pivot, spin off and Pow! From 1977-1997, Leonard only lost three professional fights. Many of the people being considered wanted absolute control and a cut somewhere near the manager's traditional 33%. [88] In 1984, they had another son, Jarrell. Juanita Wilkinson, Leonard's high school girlfriend, told him she was pregnant in the summer of 1973. In Poland, local fighter Jan Kwacz was given a disqualification victory over Leonard after being knocked down three times in the first round but the referee ruled that Leonard had punched after the bell.[16]. His most famous commercial was a 7 Up ad he did with his son, Ray Jr., Roberto Durn and Durn's son Roberto Jr. in the early 1980s. There was a capacity crowd of about 4,600. The fight ended in a split draw, meaning both fighters retained their respective titles. [23] Leonard won by a tenth-round knockout. It was the only time in Leonard's career that he was knocked out. The two went toe-to-toe in the fifteenth. He stuck out his chin, inviting Durn to hit it. "I didn't feel like being bothered by all those complications by asking him for any money for support", she said. The fight was a classic match between a slugger in Marvin Hagler, left, and a boxer in Sugar Ray Leonard. Leonard fired back and hurt Lalonde with a right. On May 1, 1986, Leonard announced on a Washington, D.C. talk show that he would return to the ring to fight Hagler. Many felt that Hagler deserved the decision because he was the aggressor and landed the harder punches. The first fight occurred in '81 and was a highly anticipated welterweight unification match. Hagler did better, but Leonard's superior speed and boxing skill still allowed him to control the fight. Always moving forward, he mauled and wrestled Leonard, scoring inside with hooks and rights. 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