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Sugar Ray Leonard

2023-02-11T19:51:21Z

Walker21:

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*'''Trainers:''' [[Angelo Dundee]], [[Dave Jacobs]], [[Janks Morton]], [[Pepe Correa]], [[Adrian Davis]]
*'''Manager:''' [[Mike Trainer]]
*'''[[:Category:Sugar Ray Leonard Gallery|Sugar Ray Leonard Gallery]]
==Amateur Achievements==
[[File:SRL76.jpg|right|thumb|325px|<center>Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Ulrich Beyer (1976 Olympics)</center>]]
[[File:Leonard-Aldama.jpg|thumb|325px|<center>Leonard's hand being raised after defeating Andres Aldama to win the Olympic Gold Medal at 139 lbs</center>]]
[[File:SRL154347366.jpg|thumb|325px|<center>Leonard on the medal podium at the Olympics</center>]]
*Record: 145-5 with 75 knockouts
*1972 National [[AAU]] Featherweight Quarterfinalist, losing on points to [[Jerome Artis]]
*1972 Eastern Olympic Trials Featherweight Semifinalist, losing on points to Greg Whaley
*1972 Junior National AAU Lightweight Champion, outpointing Lynard Dixon
*1973 National [[Golden Gloves]] Lightweight Champion. Results:
**John Amello KO 3
**Rodney Green W 3
**Allen Webb W 3
**[[Hilmer Kenty]] W 3
*1973 National AAU Light Welterweight Championship Finalist. Results:
**Richard Lazano KO 2
**[[Milton Seward]] W 3
**[[Bruce Finch]] W 3
**[[Pete Ranzany]] W 3
**[[Randy Shields]] L 3
*1974 National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champion. Results:
**[[Wiley Johnson]] W 3
**Mike Carter W 3
**Terrence Silver W 3
**Jeff Lemeir W 3
*1974 National AAU Light Welterweight Champion. Results:
**Luis Rodriguez KO 1
**Paul Sherry W 3
*Light Welterweight Gold Medalist at the 1974 North American Championships in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Results:
**Amador Rosario (Puerto Rico) W 3
**Robert Proulx (Canada) RSC 1
*1975 National AAU Light Welterweight Champion. Results:
**Tim Green W 3
**Joe Summerville RSC 2
**Paul Sherry W 3
**Ernest Paige WO
**[[Milton Seward]] W 3
*Light Welterweight Gold Medalist at the 1975 North American Championships in Miami, Florida. Results:
**Manuel Billarrulez (Panama) RSC 2
**Michel Briere (Canada) RSC 2
*Light Welterweight Gold Medalist at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico. Results:
**Michel Briere (Canada) KO 1
**Segundo Cobenas (Peru) KO 1
**Jesus de las Rosas Marte (Dominican Republic) 5-0
**Victor Corona (Cuba) 5-0
*1976 U.S. Olympic Trials Light Welterweight Champion. Results:
**[[Ronnie Shields]] W 3
**Samuel Bonds RSC 1
**[[Bruce Curry]] W 3
*1976 U.S. Olympic Box-Offs Champion, outpointing Bruce Curry
*Light Welterweight Gold Medalist at the 1976 [[Olympics]] in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Results:
**Ulf Carlsson (Sweden) W 3 (5-0)
**Valery Limasov (Soviet Union) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Clinton McKenzie]] (Great Britain) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Ulrich Beyer]] (East Germany) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Kazimierz Szczerba]] (Poland) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Andres Aldama]] (Cuba) W 3 (5-0)

==Professional Titles==
[[File:Leonard-Hearns I 81442402.jpg|thumb|295px|<center>Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I ''The Ring'' 1981 Fight of the Year</center>]]
[[File:Leonard-Hagler 53112038.jpg|thumb|295px|<center>Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler ''The Ring'' 1987 Fight of the Year</center>]]
[[File:Leonard 81862950.jpg|thumb|295px|thumb|<center>Leonard holding up the WBC middleweight title</center>]]
*Mid-Atlantic Welterweight Championship ([[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Johnny Gant|TKO 8]] [[Johnny Gant]] - January 11, 1979)
*[[NABF]] Welterweight Championship ([[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Pete Ranzany|TKO 4]] [[Pete Ranzany]] - August 12, 1979)
*[[WBC]] Welterweight Championship ([[Wilfred Benitez vs. Sugar Ray Leonard|TKO 15]] [[Wilfred Benitez]] - November 30, 1979)
*WBC Welterweight Championship ([[Roberto Duran vs. Sugar Ray Leonard (2nd meeting)|TKO 8]] [[Roberto Duran]] - November 25, 1980)
*[[WBA]] Junior Middleweight Championship ([[Ayub Kalule vs. Sugar Ray Leonard|TKO 9]] [[Ayub Kalule]] - June 25, 1980)
*WBA Welterweight Championship ([[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (1st meeting)|TKO 14]] [[Thomas Hearns]] - September 16, 1981)
*WBC Middleweight Championship ([[Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard|W 12]] [[Marvin Hagler|Marvelous Marvin Hagler]] - April 6, 1987)
*WBC Super Middleweight Championship ([[Donny Lalonde vs. Sugar Ray Leonard|TKO 9]] [[Donny Lalonde]] - November 7, 1989)
*WBC Light Heavyweight Championship TKO 9 Donny Lalonde - November 7, 1989)

==Awards & Recognition==
*''[[Boxing Illustrated]]'' Fighter of the Year (1979, 1981, and 1987)
*[[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1976, 1979, and 1981)
*[[KO Magazine|''KO'']] Fighter of the Year (1979, 1981, and 1987)
*[[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1979 and 1981)
*''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' [[:File:SI5527.jpg|Sportsman of the Year]] (1981)
*[[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (1st meeting)|Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I]] was named ''The Ring'' Fight of the Year (1981)
*U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame inductee (1985)
*[[Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard|Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvelous Marvin Hagler]] was named ''The Ring'' Fight of the Year and [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year|Upset of the Year]] (1987)
*''The Ring'' Fighter of the Decade (1980s)
*''KO'' [[:File:KOMag.8908.JPG|Outstanding Fighter of the Decade]] (1980s)
*[[Mark Grossinger Etess Award]] for Boxer of the Decade (1980s)
*''Boxing Illustrated'' named Leonard the second greatest welterweight of all-time (1989)
*''The Ring'' named Leonard the [[The Top 50 Fighters of the Last 50 Years|fifth greatest fighter of the last 50 years]] (1996)
*[[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductee (1997)
*''[[International Boxing Digest]]'' named Leonard the [[:File:Sc00064da5.jpg|fourth greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time]] (1997)
*The Associated Press named Leonard the third greatest welterweight of the 20th century (1999)
*''The Ring'' named Leonard the [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years|ninth greatest fighter of the last 80 years]] (2002)
*[[Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductee (2015)
*''The Ring'' named Leonard the [[The Ring Magazine - Miscellaneous Lists|greatest living fighter]] (2016)

==International Boxing Hall of Fame Record==
'''International Boxing Hall of Fame Record'''
*Has a record of 5-3-1 (3 by KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/benitez.html Wilfred Benitez], [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/duran.html Roberto Duran] (2x), [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/hearns.html Thomas Hearns], and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/hagler.html Marvin Hagler].
**Lost against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/duran.html Roberto Duran], [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/norris.html Terry Norris], and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/camacho.html Hector Camacho].
**Drew with [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/hearns.html Thomas Hearns].

==Professional Record==
'''Championship Record'''
*Has defeated 9 opponents (8 by KO) in world title fights.
**1 opponent (1 by KO) for World Light Heavyweight Title.
**2 opponents (1 by KO) for World Super Middleweight Title.
**1 opponent ([[Donny Lalonde]]) beaten (by KO) in a fight where both World Light Heavyweight and World Super Middleweight titles were on the line.
**1 opponent (0 by KO) for World Middleweight Title.
**1 opponent (1 by KO) for World Light Middleweight Title.
**6 opponents (6 by KO) for World Welterweight Title.
**1 opponent ([[Roberto Duran]]) beaten for World Super Middleweight (by UD) and World Welterweight (by KO) titles.
*Has a record of 10-2-1 (8 by KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 7-3-1 (5 by KO) against former world champions:
**Won against [[Wilfred Benitez]], [[Roberto Duran]] (twice), [[Ayub Kalule]], [[Thomas Hearns]], [[Marvin Hagler]], and [[Donny Lalonde]].
**Lost against [[Roberto Duran]], [[Terry Norris]], and [[Hector Camacho]].
**Drew with [[Thomas Hearns]].

==Notes==
*Ray Charles Leonard was named after Ray Charles, his mother's favorite singer.
*Leonard's father, Cicero Leonard, boxed in the Navy. He was U.S. Navy Champion at 156 pounds and had a record of 46-1.
*Leonard's older brother, [[Roger Leonard]], was also a professional boxer.
*At the age of 14, Leonard started boxing at the Palmer Park Recreation Center in Palmer Park, Maryland.
*When Leonard was 16, he competed in the 1972 Eastern Olympic Trials in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rules stated that a boxer must be 17 to compete in the Olympics, so Leonard lied about his age. He lost a controversial decision to Greg Whaley of Cincinnati in the semifinals. Whaley took such a beating that he wasn't allowed to continue in the trials, and he never boxed again.
*Leonard lost to Anatoli Kamnev by a controversial decision in Russia on May 16, 1974. The crowd booed the decision, and Kamnev gave Leonard the championship trophy he had just won. Leonard outpointed Kamnev in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 18, 1975.
*Leonard lost to Kazimierz Szczerba in Poland in 1974. Leonard dominated the first two rounds and dropped Szczerba three times in the third round, but the referee ruled that the third knockdown came after the bell and disqualified Leonard. They fought again in the semifinals of the 1976 Olympics, and Leonard won by a 5-0 decision.
*After winning the Olympics, Leonard announced that he was retiring from boxing. He planned to go to the University of Maryland and major in business administration and communications. However, when his mother suffered a heart attack and his father was stricken by meningitis and tuberculosis, Leonard decided to turn professional to make money for his family.
*From November 1979 to September 1981, Leonard fought Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran (twice), Ayub Kalule, and Thomas Hearns. They had a combined record of 177-1-1 when he faced them. Frank Deford of ''Sports Illustrated'' wrote, "Did any boxer ever have five fights against such diverse and accomplished opponents in such a short period? Damn few."
*Leonard was scheduled to defend the Undisputed World Welterweight Championship against [[Roger Stafford]] on May 14, 1982. He was then going to defend the title against [[Aaron Pryor]] in the fall. While training to fight Stafford, Leonard discovered that he had a detached retina in his left eye. The fight was canceled, and Leonard had successful surgery to repair the retina on May 9, 1982. He announced his retirement on November 9, 1982.
*Leonard retired and unretired numerous times.
*Leonard was the first boxer to earn over $100 million dollars in purses.
*From 1978 to 1990, Leonard was a commentator for [[HBO]].
*From 2001 to 2004, Leonard had a promotional company, SRL Boxing. The company had a deal to promote fights on the first Friday of every month on ESPN II. In addition to promoting the shows, Leonard provided special guest commentary during the broadcasts.
*Leonard became the host of the boxing reality series [[The Contender (Season 1)|''The Contender'']] in 2004.
*''[[The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring]]'', Leonard's autobiography, was published on June 6, 2011. It became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. In the book, Leonard reveals that he was sexually abused as a young fighter by an unnamed “prominent Olympic boxing coach.”

==External Links==
*[http://www.sugarrayleonard.com/ Official Web Site]
*[http://www.reocities.com/pedrinet/leonard.html Amateur Record]
*[https://pgparks.com/4596/Boxing Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing Center]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1977/02/14/616367/the-day-the-gold-turned-green "The Day The Gold Turned Green" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', February 14, 1977]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/23/sports/leonard-yields-a-wba-title.html "Leonard Yields A W.B.A. Title" The ''New York Times'', September 23, 1981]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19821115&id=8QEzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5942,3477066 "Don't count out Pryor-Leonard" By Dave Anderson, ''Wilmington Morning Star'', November 15, 1982]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CK5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6305,804152&dq=sugar+ray+leonard&hl=en "Uncertainty over on-again, off-again fight" ''New Straits Times'', November 19, 1988]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oLQiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E7UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6540,5455727&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+super+middleweight&hl=en "Leonard gives up title" ''Beaver County Times'', August 28, 1990]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=20050306&id=O6kkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B3IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6311,1813614 "A night recalled oh, so, beautifully" By Dave Kindred, ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', March 6, 2005]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/sports/in-book-sugar-ray-leonard-says-coach-sexually-abused-him.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& "In Book, Sugar Ray Leonard Says Coach Sexually Abused Him" By Harvey Araton, The ''New York Times'', May 17, 2011]
*[http://www.npr.org/2011/06/06/136855138/sugar-ray-leonards-fight-in-and-out-of-the-ring "Sugar Ray Leonard's Fight 'In And Out Of The Ring'" ''NPR.org'', June 6, 2011]
*[[Wikipedia:Sugar_Ray_Leonard|Wikipedia Bio]]

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Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (1st meeting)

2023-02-11T18:53:08Z

Walker21:

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<fight>736</fight>
*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 126-122 Leonard
*'''Unofficial ''New York Times'' scorecard:''' 124-123 Hearns
*[[WBA]] Welterweight Title (4th defense by Hearns)
*[[WBC]] Welterweight Title (2nd defense of 2nd reign by Leonard)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Main Events]]
*[[:File:Lenard-Hearns I poster $ 57.JPG|Fight Poster 1]], [[:File:1981-09-16 - Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (Poster).jpeg|Fight Poster 2]], [[:File:Show 2085 - Caesars Palace - Outdoor Arena - Las Vegas - Nevada - USA.jpg|Fight Poster 3]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Hearns program.JPG|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Hearns I box srl h 03.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Hearns I 56401708.jpg|Photo 2]], [[:File:Leonard-Hearns I 81442402.jpg|Photo 3]], [[:File:Leonard-Hearns I 81446531.jpg|Photo 4]], [[:File:Leonard vs. Hearns I .jpg|Photo 5]], [[:File:Leonard-Hearns I 150586176.jpg|Photo 6]]
*'''See also:''' [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (2nd meeting)|Leonard vs. Hearns II]]

==Notes==
*Leonard and Hearns fought for the Undisputed World Welterweight Championship. Leonard was the [[WBC]] champion, and Hearns was the [[WBA]] champion.
*Leonard suffered an eye injury during training. In his 2011 autobiography, ''[[The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring]]'', Leonard wrote:
:Everything was proceeding according to plan until, about two weeks before the bout, one of my sparring partners, [[Odell Hadley]], accidentally struck me on my left eye with his elbow. . . .

:By the next morning, my eye started to swell, and there was talk of possibly postponing the fight. Trying to beat Tommy Hearns would be hard enough, let alone with an eye that was less than 100 percent.

:There would be no postponement. I was determined to fight on September 16 as long as I could breathe.
*On September 3, 1981, a right hand by Hearns broke the jaw of sparring partner [[Marlon Starling]], who had been scheduled to headline the live card accompanying the closed-circuit telecast at the Hartford Civic Center in Connecticut.
*The fight was promoted by [[Main Events]]. This was their first major promotion.
*Leonard was guaranteed $8 million, and Hearns was assured a minimum of $5 million. Each boxer also received a percentage of the revenue. Leonard ended up with more than $11 million, and Hearns got about $8 million.
*The fight was shown live on closed circuit television in 298 locations, with 1.5 million seats in the United States and Canada.
*Pay-per-view was available to one million homes in 24 cities in the United States.
*The fight was televised live or delayed in about 50 countries. Some 300 million people worldwide saw the unification match.
*[[HBO]] secured the rebroadcast rights for $750,000 and aired the fight on September 26, 1981.
*Tickets were priced from $50 up to $500 for ringside seats.
*A sellout crowd of 23,618 attended the fight in a temporary outdoor arena erected on the [[Caesars Palace]] tennis courts.
*The fight grossed over $35 million. The live gate was $5.9 million, and the revenue from pay-per-view was $7.5 million.
*Leonard, who opened as an 8 to 5 favorite, was a 7 to 5 underdog by fight time.
*In a UPI poll, 34 of 48 writers picked Leonard to win.
*[[Dave Anderson]] of the ''New York Times'' reported:
:When the bell rang for the 14th round, Sugar Ray Leonard was trailing substantially on all three judges' scorecards. Unless he was able to dominate Thomas Hearns so much that some of the officials awarded him a 2-point edge, 10-8, in a round or two, there was no way he would have won the undisputed welterweight title.

:And so Sugar Ray Leonard did what he had to do. He did what a great fighter does. He knocked out another great fighter who was beating him. Always remember that as good as Sugar Ray Leonard was last night, Thomas Hearns was almost as good. In a sense, Thomas Hearns was even better over the first 13 rounds. But then Sugar Ray knocked him out in a fight that will be remembered as long as people talk about boxing.

:Through the early rounds, Thomas Hearns was in command. Dictating the tempo with his long left jab, the almost stick-like slugger from Detroit kept moving at Sugar Ray, who was dancing away, the red and white tassels on his high white boxing shoes flopping rhythmically the way [[Muhammad Ali]]'s once did. But in the sixth round Sugar Ray began landing the punches that Thomas Hearns, unbeaten in 32 previous bouts with 30 knockouts, had been expected to land.

:In the seventh, Sugar Ray strafed Thomas Hearns with some solid right hands. When the bell ended that round, Hearns wobbled back to his corner.

:But in the eighth, Thomas Hearns was up on his toes again. Obviously he had summoned his second wind. He hurried through the ninth round, then both took a rest in the 10th. In the 11th, with Sugar Ray's left eye slowly closing and a dark smudge developing under it, the 1976 [[Olympics|Olympic]] champion appeared in jeopardy.

:By then all the sneering and the smiling and the snarling and the staring had ended. All the psychology had been forgotten. At the end of some of the earlier rounds, Sugar Ray Leonard had smiled smugly at Thomas Hearns, as if to show that the punches hadn't really hurt. At the end of other rounds, Thomas Hearns had stared down at his shorter foe. But when the bell ended the 12th round, they softly tapped gloves. At last each had earned the other's respect.

:During the intermission before that 12th round, a chant of ''Tommee, Tomm-ee'' thundered through the desert night. Hearing it, Thomas Hearns jumped up from his stool and began waving his arms, as if cheering for himself to finish Sugar Ray Leonard then and there. But he didn't. And he would never get another chance.

:In the 13th, Sugar Ray somehow landed a right hand that shook Thomas Hearns to his toes. Sensing a chance for the kill, Sugar Ray pounced as if he were a puma leaping out of a tree. And if there were any doubts that Sugar Ray is not a gladiator, he dispelled them now. Slashing and shoving, he half-punched and half-pushed Thomas Hearns through the ropes onto the ring apron which Referee [[Davey Pearl]] ruled to be a push rather than a knockdown. But moments later Sugar Ray clearly knocked Thomas Hearns through the ropes. Davey Pearl counted to nine and was waving Sugar Ray Leonard to resume the brawl when the bell rang.

:But through 13 rounds, Thomas Hearns was ahead on all three officials' cards - 125-121, 125-122, 124-122. On my card, Hearns was ahead, 124-123 in points and 7-5-1 in rounds.

:Through those 13 rounds, Thomas Hearns had outboxed Sugar Ray Leonard most of the time. But now Sugar Ray Leonard was about to outpunch the puncher. When Referee Davey Pearl stopped it after 1:45 of the 14th round, Sugar Ray Leonard was swinging savagely but Thomas Hearns was still on his feet. Wobbling, but still on his feet. That's the way this one should have ended. No matter which fighter was the loser, he deserved not to be counted out.
*The three official judges — [[Duane Ford]], [[Chuck Minker]] and [[Lou Tabat]] — agreed on 10 of the 13 finished rounds: round one (Hearns 10-9), round two (Hearns 10-9), round four (Hearns 10-9), round five (Hearns 10-9), round six (Leonard 10-9), round seven (Leonard 10-9), round nine (Hearns 10-9), round 11 (Hearns 10-9), round 12 (Hearns 10-9) and round 13 (Leonard 10-8). Ford scored rounds three and eight 10-9 for Leonard, and he had the 10th round 10-9 for Hearns; Minker awarded rounds three, eight and 10 to Hearns by 10-9 margins; and Tabat scored the third round 10-9 for Hearns, the eighth round 10-9 for Leonard and the 10th round 10-10.
*The scoring was controversial. Many felt that rounds six and seven should have been scored 10-8 for Leonard. [[Pat Putnam]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' opined:
:Leonard dominated the fight and dictated the pace. The only excitement and action were produced by Leonard. There were only three lopsided rounds, the sixth, seventh and 13th, and Leonard won them all. And the only fighter really hurt was Hearns. But each of the three judges for the WBC-WBA title unification bout had Leonard behind—by four, three and two points—at the end. All of them inexplicably equated a slap on the wrist with a mugging.

:Leonard had Hearns reeling in the sixth and seventh rounds; was within a couple of punches of knocking him out in the 13th; and finally bullied him so brutally in the 14th that Pearl had to stop it. However, if the fight had run its 15-round course, Hearns no doubt would have won because of the judges' distorted scoring.

:The scoring was on the 10-point must system, which is a fair method if competently applied. The winner of a round receives 10 points while the loser has to settle for nine or less. It is the "or less" that seems to have been miscalculated by judges Lou Tabat--who has been known to count punches on his fingers--Duane Ford and Chuck Minker. . . .

:The flaw in the 10-point system was plainly evident when you compare the scoring for Rounds 1 and 2 with that for Rounds 6 and 7.

:Hearns won Rounds 1 and 2, with a 10-9 edge, mainly because he was the one moving forward. Leonard's powerful domination of 6 and 7 was unjustly rewarded by one-point margins also.
*Closed circuit commentators [[Don Dunphy]] and [[Ferdie Pacheco]] were critical of referee Davey Pearl's decision to stop the fight. However, Pacheco said he changed his mind after he watched a replay of the fight. Pacheco expressed his regret to syndicated columnist Gary Deeb. The following appeared in [[:File:Boxing doctor blasts Hearns' trainers 10-18-1981.jpg|Deeb's column]] on October 16, 1981:
:"I really regret saying that the fight shouldn't have been stopped," Pacheco told this column. "That's the way I felt at the moment, but as soon as I looked at the tape-replay, I changed my mind—absolutely. It's a very sensitive point with me because boxing safety is one of my crusades. In my mind nothing is more important than saving a guy from a bad battering.
:"The problem with the Hearns fight is that the guy was so far ahead that it was frustrating to watch him blow it. But I was wrong and I regret it and yes, the fight should have been stopped and yes, the referee was right."
*[[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] named Leonard vs. Hearns the [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year|Fight of the Year]] for 1981 and the ninth [[:The 100 Greatest Title Fights of All-Time|greatest title fight of all-time]] in 1996.

==Quotes==
*[[Cus D'Amato]] before the fight: "This fight won't be won by skill; it will be won by the one with the will to win."
*[[Angelo Dundee]], Leonard's trainer, to Sugar Ray between rounds 12 and 13: "You're blowing it, son. You're blowing it."
*Sugar Ray Leonard: "I proved I'm the best welterweight in the world. This fight surpasses all my professional accomplishments."
*Thomas Hearns: "I knew I was ahead. There was only one problem: I got hit with a good shot. I didn't think the fight should have been stopped. I wasn't hurt . . . but that's the breaks."
*[[Janks Morton]], Leonard's co-trainer: "The sixth should have been the last round. Ray had him and he got a little excited. If he had just shortened up his punches he'd have knocked him out."
*[[Emanuel Steward]], Hearns' manager and trainer, on the stoppage of the fight: "I have no qualms about the referee's decision. Some people said because Tommy was ahead on the scorecards he should have been given a chance to finish the fight, but the truth is, if he'd made it out of that round he couldn't even have made it back to the corner, much less lasted another round. His legs were gone. He was cooked."
*Referee Davey Pearl on the scoring: "I figured Hearns was winning all those light-hitting rounds. But Leonard was doing all the heavy damage. I thought it was close. Jeez, what if I had let the fight go on and Ray just barely won the last round, and they gave Hearns the decision? Caesars wouldn't have had to tear the stadium down for the Grand Prix [a Formula I auto race that took place at Caesars Palace on October 17]. The people would have done it for them."

==Articles==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19810915&id=K6NPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WwYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3542,7976235 "Leonard, Hearns Set For Championship Bout" Associated Press, September 15, 1981]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19810916&id=RWsjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ae4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6228,827948 "Leonard puts hit on Hearns" By Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, September 17, 1981]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/17/sports/sports-of-the-times-two-for-history-with-a-twist.html "TWO FOR HISTORY, WITH A TWIST" By Dave Anderson, ''New York Times'', September 17, 1981]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19810918&id=id4hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SaEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5689,4943776 "Leonard, Hearns Have Respect for Each Other" United Press International, September 18, 1981]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-eUCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=leonard+hearns+favorite&source=bl&ots=HTXt952-DR&sig=9B8ljq8evuyH0sipcmMNk8Pis0Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wNlfVP2KBYSryQScq4KADA&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=leonard%20hearns%20favorite&f=false "BLOOD AND MONEY IN LAS VEGAS" By Vic Ziegel, ''New York'', September 28, 1981]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1981/09/28/825975/on-top-of-the-world-on-a-hot-summer-desert-night-sugar-ray-leonard-punched-thomas-hearnss-lights-out-and-became-the-undisputed-welterweight-champion "On Top Of The World" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', September 28, 1981]

Michael Nunn

2023-02-11T18:21:05Z

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*'''[[:Category:Michael Nunn Gallery|Michael Nunn Photo Gallery]]'''

==Amateur Career==
*Amateur record: 168-8
* 1982 Iowa Golden Gloves Champion at 147 pounds
* 1983 Iowa Golden Gloves Champion at 156 pounds
* 1984 Iowa Golden Gloves Champion at 165 pounds
*Lost a 4-1 decision to [[Virgil Hill]] at the 1984 [[Olympics|Olympic]] Trials in Fort Worth, Texas. Nunn then defeated Hill by a 5-0 decision in the first Box-Off in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the third and deciding bout, Hill scored a first-round knockdown on his way to a 5-0 decision win. Hill went on to win the Olympic Silver Medal at 165 pounds.

==Professional Career==
*Has defeated 10 opponents (6 by KO) in world title fights.
**4 opponents (2 by KO) in world super middleweight title fights.
**6 opponents (4 by KO) in world middleweight title fights.
*Has a record of 11-4 (6 KOs) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 8-4 (5 KOs) against former world titlists.
**Won against [[Frank Tate]], [[Sumbu Kalambay]], [[Iran Barkley]], [[Marlon Starling]], [[Donald Curry]], [[Victor Cordoba]] (twice), [[William Guthrie]].
**Lost against [[James Toney]], [[Steve Little]], [[Frankie Liles]], [[Graciano Rocchigiani]].
*Defeated [[Alex Ramos]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision to win the California State Middleweight Championship in November 1986.
*Defeated [[Darnell Knox]] by a fourth-round knockout to win the [[NABF]] Middleweight Championship in October 1987.
*Defeated [[Frank Tate]] by a ninth-round knockout to win the [[IBF]] Middleweight Championship in July 1988.
*Defeated [[Sumbu Kalambay]] by a first-round knockout in March 1989 in [[Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year|The Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year]].
*After five successful title defenses, lost the IBF Middleweight Championship to [[James Toney]] by an eleventh-round knockout in May 1991.
*Defeated [[Randall Yonker]] by a tenth-round knockout to win the [[NABF]] Super Middleweight Championship in November 1991.
*Defeated [[Victor Cordoba]] by a twelve-round split decision to win the [[WBA]] Super Middleweight Championship in September 1992.
*After four successful title defenses, lost the WBA Super Middleweight Championship by a twelve-round split decision to [[Steve Little]] in February 1994.
*Lost a twelve-round unanimous decision to [[Frankie Liles]] for the WBA Super Middleweight Championship in November 1994.
*Defeated [[John Scully]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision to win the [[NABO]] Super Middleweight Championship in December 1995.
*Defeated [[Rudy Nix]] by a second-round knockout to win the [[NABF]] Light Heavyweight Championship in January 1997.
*Lost a twelve-round split decision to [[Graciano Rocchigiani]] for the vacant [[WBC]] Light Heavyweight Championship in March 1998.

==Awards==
*Recipient of [[Ring Magazine Defunct Awards|The Ring Magazine Progress of the Year Award]] for 1988.
*[[KO Magazine]] Fighter of the Year for 1988.
*Awarded a championship belt by the WBC in 2021 and proclaimed the WBC Light Heavyweight Champion for 1998 after an investigation by the sanctioning body found irregularities in his fight against Graciano Rocchigiani.
*Inducted into the [[West Coast Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2021.
*Inducted into the [[Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2022.

==Prison==
Nunn was arrested on August 6, 2002, at a hotel in his hometown of Davenport, Iowa, moments after paying an agent $200 for one kilogram of cocaine that had an estimated street value of $24,000. He pleaded guilty on May 23, 2003, to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

On January 30, 2004, Nunn was sentenced to 292 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge William Gritzner.

Gritzner agreed to a higher sentencing guideline after considering Nunn's long history in drug trafficking and the likelihood he used a firearm during drug deals.

During the three-day sentencing hearing, prosecutors called witnesses who testified about Nunn's drug activity dating back as far as 1993. Nunn, who accepted responsibility for buying the drugs in August 2002, denied his involvement in drug trafficking, pointing out that several of the witnesses were in prison and could have their sentences reduced for providing testimony.

Nunn accused government lawyers of lying and scheming to bring him down.

"You guys haven't shown me nothing," Nunn said in his statement to the judge. "Where are your facts, Mr. Prosecutor?"

Nunn's original sentence was shortened by 57 months due to legislation regarding federal drug offenders, and he was released from prison on February 6, 2019.

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[[Category:Southpaw World Champions]]
[[Category:NABF Light Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:NABF Super Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:NABO Super Middleweight Champions]]
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[[Michael Nunn]]
[[Category:Michael Nunn Gallery]]

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2023-02-11T17:58:49Z

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Graciano Rocchigiani vs. Michael Nunn

2023-02-11T17:55:48Z

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<fight>12432</fight>
*'''[[WBC]] Light Heavyweight Championship''' (Vacant)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Wilfried Sauerland]]

'''Rocchigiani Tops Nunn for WBC Title'''

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Graciano Rocchigiani pounded American Michael Nunn over 12 rounds Saturday to win the WBC light heavyweight title in a close fight ruled a split decision by the judges.

Nunn landed far more blows against Rocchigiani, slipping jabs repeatedly through the German’s closed peek-a-boo defense in the bout for the title vacated by Roy Jones Jr.

But it was Rocchigiani, a former [[IBF]] super middleweight champion, who rocked Nunn with the harder punches, snapping the faster American’s head back during the in-fighting and on the ropes.

"I thought I won the fight, but the judges saw it differently," said the disappointed Nunn. "I landed more blows, probably three-to-one."

The judges ruled the bout 118-111 and 115-113 for the German fighter and 116-113 for Nunn in a high-tempo fight that often had the 10,500 spectators roaring.

The record of Nunn, the former IBF middleweight and [[WBA]] super middleweight champion, fell to 52-4 with 34 knockouts. The WBC No. 1 challenger, he has now lost three straight title bouts.

Rocchigiani, the No. 2 challenger with a record of 40-4-1 and 19 knockouts, revived his career by winning the battle of 34-year-old left-handers. He had lost his last four title bouts, three of them controversially.

"This is special for me, being 34, and coming 10 years after my last title," said Rocchigiani, who won his IBF crown in 1988.

Nunn’s promoter, [[Dan Goossen]], filed a protest with the WBC immediately after the fight, believing the German commissioners ringside had acted illegally. He said they slipped Rocchigiani’s corner the judge’s scores between rounds.

"It’s unheard of that’s an unfair advantage," Goossen said.

Rocchigiani, hit by a jab, bled from a cut above the eye during the second round of a match originally scheduled for April 7. The German pulled out of that fight with a flu.

Nunn taunted the German while leaning on the ropes during the round, standing with lowered hands, daring Rocchigiani to hit his head.

But Rocchigiani’s corner closed the cut, and the German began to catch Nunn with both lefts and rights when he forced the American onto the ropes during the middle rounds.

Neither Nunn, with his flurry of punches from outside, nor Rocchigiani appeared in danger of being knocked out.

"My people were telling me I was winning by five or six points," Nunn said. "I just laughed when I heard the decision."

Both Rocchigiani and Nunn weighed 174 pounds.

==Rocchigiani's Lawsuit Against the WBC==

Rocchigiani defeated Nunn to win the vacant WBC light heavyweight championship on March 21, 1998.

The previous champion, [[Roy Jones Jr.]], had relinquished the championship to move up to the heavyweight division.

Jones signed a contract to fight [[James (Buster) Douglas]], the former undisputed world heavyweight champion, for the [[International Boxing Association]] heavyweight title in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on May 2, 1998.

However, after discussing the fight with his father, Jones changed his mind and backed out of the Douglas fight. Roy Jones Sr. convinced his son to stay at light heavyweight, telling him that he would be "risking his life" fighting Douglas.

In June 1998, the WBC stated that Jones was the "champion in recess" and Rocchigiani was the "interim" champion. The WBC said its references in promotions and contracts to the Rocchigiani-Nunn fight as a championship bout, and to Rocchigiani as the champion, had been typographical errors.

Rocchigiani sued the WBC and was awarded $31 million in lost earnings and other damages by a New York court in 2002. The court also retroactively restored Rocchigiani’s official WBC light heavyweight championship status, but only from March 28, 1998 (when he defeated Nunn) to April 15, 2000 (when he [[Dariusz Michalczewski vs. Graciano Rocchigiani (2nd meeting)|lost]] to [[Dariusz Michalczewski]]).

In 2003, the WBC filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This chapter of the Bankruptcy Code generally provides for reorganization. A chapter 11 debtor usually proposes a plan of reorganization to keep its business alive and pay creditors over time.

Rocchigiani was offered a settlement of $3.5 million from the WBC, but he rejected it. He also rejected an offer to fight [[Antonio Tarver]] for the WBC light heavyweight title.

The WBC announced in June 2004 that it planned to file for chapter 7 bankruptcy. This chapter of the Bankruptcy Code provides for "liquidation"—the sale of a debtor's nonexempt property and the distribution of the proceeds to creditors.

In August 2004, the WBC reached a settlement agreement with Rocchigiani and withdrew its plans to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but BoxingTalk.com reported that the WBC agreed to pay Rocchigiani $4.5 million.

==Note==
The WBC awarded Nunn a championship belt in 2021 and proclaimed him the WBC light heavyweight champion for 1998 after an investigation by the WBC found irregularities in Nunn's fight against Rocchigiani.

==Articles==
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/30/sports/plus-boxing-jones-douglas-for-heavyweight-title.html "Jones-Douglas for Heavyweight Title" The New York Times, January 30, 1998]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/05/sports/plus-boxing-jones-douglas-is-off.html "Jones-Douglas Is Off" The New York Times, February 5, 1998]
*[https://apnews.com/article/d534f1b6ec14a2f0f1f0138e9fcf4b8f "Rocchigiani Tops Nunn for WBC Title" Associated Press, March 21, 1998]
*[http://www.espn.com/boxing/news/2002/0921/1434892.html "Rocchigiani wins lawsuit against WBC" Associated Press, September 21, 2002]
*[http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=1867821 "Sanctioning body halts bankruptcy plan" ESPN, August 25, 2004]
*[http://boxingtalk.com/WBC-Soliciting-Payments-From-Promoters "WBC Soliciting Payments From Promoters" By Scott Shaffer and G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, December 13, 2004]
*[https://www.clintonherald.com/news/local_news/from-champion-to-convict-michael-nunn-offers-advice-to-boxing-students/article_b34cc524-5c36-11eb-9c66-4b41b048d596.html "From champion to convict, Michael Nunn offers advice to boxing students" Clinton Herald, January 25, 2021]

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[[Category:Michael Nunn Gallery]] [[Graciano Rocchigiani vs. Michael Nunn]]

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Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (1st meeting)

2023-02-07T06:25:06Z

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<fight>736</fight>
*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 126-122 Leonard
*'''Unofficial ''New York Times'' scorecard:''' 124-123 Hearns
*[[WBA]] Welterweight Title (4th defense by Hearns)
*[[WBC]] Welterweight Title (2nd defense of 2nd reign by Leonard)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Main Events]]
*[[:File:Lenard-Hearns I poster $ 57.JPG|Fight Poster 1]], [[:File:1981-09-16 - Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (Poster).jpeg|Fight Poster 2]], [[:File:Show 2085 - Caesars Palace - Outdoor Arena - Las Vegas - Nevada - USA.jpg|Fight Poster 3]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Hearns program.JPG|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Hearns I box srl h 03.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Hearns I 56401708.jpg|Photo 2]], [[:File:SRLTH81451637.jpg|Photo 3]], [[:File:Leonard-Hearns I 81442402.jpg|Photo 4]], [[:File:Leonard-Hearns I 81446531.jpg|Photo 5]], [[:File:Leonard vs. Hearns I .jpg|Photo 6]], [[:File:Leonard-Hearns I 150586176.jpg|Photo 7]]
*'''See also:''' [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (2nd meeting)|Leonard vs. Hearns II]]

==Notes==
*Leonard and Hearns fought for the Undisputed World Welterweight Championship. Leonard was the [[WBC]] champion, and Hearns was the [[WBA]] champion.
*Leonard suffered an eye injury during training. In his 2011 autobiography, ''[[The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring]]'', Leonard wrote:
:Everything was proceeding according to plan until, about two weeks before the bout, one of my sparring partners, [[Odell Hadley]], accidentally struck me on my left eye with his elbow. . . .

:By the next morning, my eye started to swell, and there was talk of possibly postponing the fight. Trying to beat Tommy Hearns would be hard enough, let alone with an eye that was less than 100 percent.

:There would be no postponement. I was determined to fight on September 16 as long as I could breathe.
*On September 3, 1981, a right hand by Hearns broke the jaw of sparring partner [[Marlon Starling]], who had been scheduled to headline the live card accompanying the closed-circuit telecast at the Hartford Civic Center in Connecticut.
*The fight was promoted by [[Main Events]]. This was their first major promotion.
*Leonard was guaranteed $8 million, and Hearns was assured a minimum of $5 million. Each boxer also received a percentage of the revenue. Leonard ended up with more than $11 million, and Hearns got about $8 million.
*The fight was shown live on closed circuit television in 298 locations, with 1.5 million seats in the United States and Canada.
*Pay-per-view was available to one million homes in 24 cities in the United States.
*The fight was televised live or delayed in about 50 countries. Some 300 million people worldwide saw the unification match.
*[[HBO]] secured the rebroadcast rights for $750,000 and aired the fight on September 26, 1981.
*Tickets were priced from $50 up to $500 for ringside seats.
*A sellout crowd of 23,618 attended the fight in a temporary outdoor arena erected on the [[Caesars Palace]] tennis courts.
*The fight grossed over $35 million. The live gate was $5.9 million, and the revenue from pay-per-view was $7.5 million.
*Leonard, who opened as an 8 to 5 favorite, was a 7 to 5 underdog by fight time.
*In a UPI poll, 34 of 48 writers picked Leonard to win.
*[[Dave Anderson]] of the ''New York Times'' reported:
:When the bell rang for the 14th round, Sugar Ray Leonard was trailing substantially on all three judges' scorecards. Unless he was able to dominate Thomas Hearns so much that some of the officials awarded him a 2-point edge, 10-8, in a round or two, there was no way he would have won the undisputed welterweight title.

:And so Sugar Ray Leonard did what he had to do. He did what a great fighter does. He knocked out another great fighter who was beating him. Always remember that as good as Sugar Ray Leonard was last night, Thomas Hearns was almost as good. In a sense, Thomas Hearns was even better over the first 13 rounds. But then Sugar Ray knocked him out in a fight that will be remembered as long as people talk about boxing.

:Through the early rounds, Thomas Hearns was in command. Dictating the tempo with his long left jab, the almost stick-like slugger from Detroit kept moving at Sugar Ray, who was dancing away, the red and white tassels on his high white boxing shoes flopping rhythmically the way [[Muhammad Ali]]'s once did. But in the sixth round Sugar Ray began landing the punches that Thomas Hearns, unbeaten in 32 previous bouts with 30 knockouts, had been expected to land.

:In the seventh, Sugar Ray strafed Thomas Hearns with some solid right hands. When the bell ended that round, Hearns wobbled back to his corner.

:But in the eighth, Thomas Hearns was up on his toes again. Obviously he had summoned his second wind. He hurried through the ninth round, then both took a rest in the 10th. In the 11th, with Sugar Ray's left eye slowly closing and a dark smudge developing under it, the 1976 [[Olympics|Olympic]] champion appeared in jeopardy.

:By then all the sneering and the smiling and the snarling and the staring had ended. All the psychology had been forgotten. At the end of some of the earlier rounds, Sugar Ray Leonard had smiled smugly at Thomas Hearns, as if to show that the punches hadn't really hurt. At the end of other rounds, Thomas Hearns had stared down at his shorter foe. But when the bell ended the 12th round, they softly tapped gloves. At last each had earned the other's respect.

:During the intermission before that 12th round, a chant of ''Tommee, Tomm-ee'' thundered through the desert night. Hearing it, Thomas Hearns jumped up from his stool and began waving his arms, as if cheering for himself to finish Sugar Ray Leonard then and there. But he didn't. And he would never get another chance.

:In the 13th, Sugar Ray somehow landed a right hand that shook Thomas Hearns to his toes. Sensing a chance for the kill, Sugar Ray pounced as if he were a puma leaping out of a tree. And if there were any doubts that Sugar Ray is not a gladiator, he dispelled them now. Slashing and shoving, he half-punched and half-pushed Thomas Hearns through the ropes onto the ring apron which Referee [[Davey Pearl]] ruled to be a push rather than a knockdown. But moments later Sugar Ray clearly knocked Thomas Hearns through the ropes. Davey Pearl counted to nine and was waving Sugar Ray Leonard to resume the brawl when the bell rang.

:But through 13 rounds, Thomas Hearns was ahead on all three officials' cards - 125-121, 125-122, 124-122. On my card, Hearns was ahead, 124-123 in points and 7-5-1 in rounds.

:Through those 13 rounds, Thomas Hearns had outboxed Sugar Ray Leonard most of the time. But now Sugar Ray Leonard was about to outpunch the puncher. When Referee Davey Pearl stopped it after 1:45 of the 14th round, Sugar Ray Leonard was swinging savagely but Thomas Hearns was still on his feet. Wobbling, but still on his feet. That's the way this one should have ended. No matter which fighter was the loser, he deserved not to be counted out.
*The three official judges — [[Duane Ford]], [[Chuck Minker]] and [[Lou Tabat]] — agreed on 10 of the 13 finished rounds: round one (Hearns 10-9), round two (Hearns 10-9), round four (Hearns 10-9), round five (Hearns 10-9), round six (Leonard 10-9), round seven (Leonard 10-9), round nine (Hearns 10-9), round 11 (Hearns 10-9), round 12 (Hearns 10-9) and round 13 (Leonard 10-8). Ford scored rounds three and eight 10-9 for Leonard, and he had the 10th round 10-9 for Hearns; Minker awarded rounds three, eight and 10 to Hearns by 10-9 margins; and Tabat scored the third round 10-9 for Hearns, the eighth round 10-9 for Leonard and the 10th round 10-10.
*The scoring was controversial. Many felt that rounds six and seven should have been scored 10-8 for Leonard. [[Pat Putnam]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' opined:
:Leonard dominated the fight and dictated the pace. The only excitement and action were produced by Leonard. There were only three lopsided rounds, the sixth, seventh and 13th, and Leonard won them all. And the only fighter really hurt was Hearns. But each of the three judges for the WBC-WBA title unification bout had Leonard behind—by four, three and two points—at the end. All of them inexplicably equated a slap on the wrist with a mugging.

:Leonard had Hearns reeling in the sixth and seventh rounds; was within a couple of punches of knocking him out in the 13th; and finally bullied him so brutally in the 14th that Pearl had to stop it. However, if the fight had run its 15-round course, Hearns no doubt would have won because of the judges' distorted scoring.

:The scoring was on the 10-point must system, which is a fair method if competently applied. The winner of a round receives 10 points while the loser has to settle for nine or less. It is the "or less" that seems to have been miscalculated by judges Lou Tabat--who has been known to count punches on his fingers--Duane Ford and Chuck Minker. . . .

:The flaw in the 10-point system was plainly evident when you compare the scoring for Rounds 1 and 2 with that for Rounds 6 and 7.

:Hearns won Rounds 1 and 2, with a 10-9 edge, mainly because he was the one moving forward. Leonard's powerful domination of 6 and 7 was unjustly rewarded by one-point margins also.
*Closed circuit commentators [[Don Dunphy]] and [[Ferdie Pacheco]] were critical of referee Davey Pearl's decision to stop the fight. However, Pacheco said he changed his mind after he watched a replay of the fight. Pacheco expressed his regret to syndicated columnist Gary Deeb. The following appeared in [[:File:Boxing doctor blasts Hearns' trainers 10-18-1981.jpg|Deeb's column]] on October 16, 1981:
:"I really regret saying that the fight shouldn't have been stopped," Pacheco told this column. "That's the way I felt at the moment, but as soon as I looked at the tape-replay, I changed my mind—absolutely. It's a very sensitive point with me because boxing safety is one of my crusades. In my mind nothing is more important than saving a guy from a bad battering.
:"The problem with the Hearns fight is that the guy was so far ahead that it was frustrating to watch him blow it. But I was wrong and I regret it and yes, the fight should have been stopped and yes, the referee was right."
*[[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] named Leonard vs. Hearns the [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year|Fight of the Year]] for 1981 and the ninth [[:The 100 Greatest Title Fights of All-Time|greatest title fight of all-time]] in 1996.

==Quotes==
*[[Cus D'Amato]] before the fight: "This fight won't be won by skill; it will be won by the one with the will to win."
*[[Angelo Dundee]], Leonard's trainer, to Sugar Ray between rounds 12 and 13: "You're blowing it, son. You're blowing it."
*Sugar Ray Leonard: "I proved I'm the best welterweight in the world. This fight surpasses all my professional accomplishments."
*Thomas Hearns: "I knew I was ahead. There was only one problem: I got hit with a good shot. I didn't think the fight should have been stopped. I wasn't hurt . . . but that's the breaks."
*[[Janks Morton]], Leonard's co-trainer: "The sixth should have been the last round. Ray had him and he got a little excited. If he had just shortened up his punches he'd have knocked him out."
*[[Emanuel Steward]], Hearns' manager and trainer, on the stoppage of the fight: "I have no qualms about the referee's decision. Some people said because Tommy was ahead on the scorecards he should have been given a chance to finish the fight, but the truth is, if he'd made it out of that round he couldn't even have made it back to the corner, much less lasted another round. His legs were gone. He was cooked."
*Referee Davey Pearl on the scoring: "I figured Hearns was winning all those light-hitting rounds. But Leonard was doing all the heavy damage. I thought it was close. Jeez, what if I had let the fight go on and Ray just barely won the last round, and they gave Hearns the decision? Caesars wouldn't have had to tear the stadium down for the Grand Prix [a Formula I auto race that took place at Caesars Palace on October 17]. The people would have done it for them."

==Articles==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19810915&id=K6NPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WwYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3542,7976235 "Leonard, Hearns Set For Championship Bout" Associated Press, September 15, 1981]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19810916&id=RWsjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ae4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6228,827948 "Leonard puts hit on Hearns" By Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, September 17, 1981]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/17/sports/sports-of-the-times-two-for-history-with-a-twist.html "TWO FOR HISTORY, WITH A TWIST" By Dave Anderson, ''New York Times'', September 17, 1981]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19810918&id=id4hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SaEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5689,4943776 "Leonard, Hearns Have Respect for Each Other" United Press International, September 18, 1981]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-eUCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=leonard+hearns+favorite&source=bl&ots=HTXt952-DR&sig=9B8ljq8evuyH0sipcmMNk8Pis0Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wNlfVP2KBYSryQScq4KADA&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=leonard%20hearns%20favorite&f=false "BLOOD AND MONEY IN LAS VEGAS" By Vic Ziegel, ''New York'', September 28, 1981]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1981/09/28/825975/on-top-of-the-world-on-a-hot-summer-desert-night-sugar-ray-leonard-punched-thomas-hearnss-lights-out-and-became-the-undisputed-welterweight-champion "On Top Of The World" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', September 28, 1981]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Larry Bonds

2023-02-07T06:21:45Z

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<fight>652</fight>
*'''[[WBC]] World Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard)
*'''Promoters:''' [[Bob Arum]] ([[Top Rank]]), Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
*'''Ring Announcer:''' [[Dick Tobin (Announcer)|Dick Tobin]]
*'''Aired On:''' [[HBO World Championship Boxing]] (Main Event)
*[[:File:Leonard vs. Bonds 0044.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:LeonardDropsBonds.jpg|Photo 2]], [[:File:Leonard-Bonds 163935255.jpg|Photo 3]], [[:File:Leonard-Bonds 163935222.jpg|Photo 4]], [[:File:Leonardmarch81.jpg|Photo 5]]

==Notes==
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*The credentials of Bonds, ranked sixth at welterweight by the [[World Boxing Council]], were questioned by some. "We wanted to fight [[Clint Jackson]], which would be a better fight, but he isn't ranked," said [[Mike Trainer]], Leonard's attorney. "And the WBC says a champion has to fight every four months against a rated fighter."
*The WBC's top five welterweight contenders were [[Wilfred Benitez]], [[Pipino Cuevas]], [[Alfredo Ruben Lucero|Alfredo Lucero]], [[Randy Shields]] and [[Joergen Hansen]]. Benitez, Lucero, and Shields turned down offers. Hansen, at age 38, was considered too old to be credible, and Trainer was saving Cuevas as a fall alternative. Finally, a call was made to Bobby Lewis, one of Bonds' co-managers.
*Bonds said, "My manager called me March 2. I was at home shooting eight-ball pool with my wife, Gloria. I didn't get too excited . . . although I did lose the game to her."
*Leonard's purse was $750,000, and Bonds got $100,000. Prior to fighting Leonard, Bonds' biggest purse was $1,500.
*When Leonard fought Bonds, he was already signed to challenge [[WBA]] Junior Middleweight Champion [[Ayub Kalule]] on June 25, 1981. Since both Bonds and Kalule were southpaws, the Bonds fight was viewed as a tune-up for Leonard.
*Leonard had fought southpaws only twice as a professional: In 1979, he outpointed [[Adolfo Viruet]] over ten rounds and stopped [[Tony Chiaverini]] in four rounds.
*Tickets were priced from $60 for ringside seats down to $10.
*More than 21,000 fans attended the fight.
*Leonard was the aggressor against the slick boxing southpaw. "I saw early there wasn't any use dancing with him," Leonard said after the bout. "Then we'd both be dancing and nobody would be punching much. To stop him I had to be a bully."
*Bonds was knocked down once in the 4th and once in the 10th. He got up and was battered by Leonard until the fight was stopped by the referee.

==Articles==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19810303&id=6isdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5863,1890846 "'Dynamite fight' says Sugar Ray" Associated Press, March 3, 1981]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1981/04/06/825519/in-sum-it-was-sweet-for-sugar-though-ray-leonard-took-some-lumps-from-a-challenging-garbage-man-he-retained-his-title-and-strengthened-his-future-bargaining-position "In Sum, It Was Sweet For Sugar" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', April 6, 1981]

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*'''[[WBC]] Middleweight Championship''' (12th defense by Hagler)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Bob Arum]] [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|(Top Rank)]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Hagler 53112038.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Hagler box d 01.jpg|Photo 2]], [[:File:Leonard-Hagler 56401700.jpg|Photo 3]], [[:File:Leonard-Hagler 4755400.jpg|Photo 4]], [[:File:Leonardhagler5.jpg|Photo 5]], [[:File:Leonardhagler3.jpg|Photo 6]], [[:File:Leonard-Hagler 81862950.jpg|Photo 7]]
*[[:File:Hagler vs. Leonard On-Site Poster.jpg|On-Site Poster]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Hagler Poster 68747b.jpeg|Budweiser Fight Poster]]
*[[:File:F15237P.jpg|Program Cover]]

==Notes==
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*Leonard decided to challenge Hagler after watching his fight with [[John Mugabi]] on [[Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi|March 10, 1986]]. "I was at ringside, sitting with Michael J. Fox," Leonard said, "We were sitting there having a few beers, and I'm watching John 'The Beast' Mugabi outbox Hagler. Of all people, John 'The Beast' Mugabi. Now, I had had a few beers, and I said, 'Michael, Michael, I can beat Hagler.' And he said, 'Ray, do you want another beer?' I said, 'Yes I do, but I can beat Hagler.' "
*On May 1, 1986, Leonard was interviewed on WDVM-TV in Washington, D.C., and made his desire to come back and fight Hagler public. "I know exactly what it takes to beat the man," Leonard said. At the time, Hagler was vacationing on a private yacht in the Caribbean. Hagler did not comment on Leonard's challenge until July 2, when he held a press conference and said he was considering retirement and didn't know if he would fight Leonard or anyone else.
*On August 18, Hagler announced that he would fight Leonard, and the fight was officially announced at a press conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan on November 3, 1986.
*Hagler was guaranteed $12 million plus a percentage of the revenue. Leonard was guaranteed $11 million plus 50 percent of the closed circuit television rights in the Baltimore-Washington area. Hagler ended up with about $20 million and Leonard $12 million. After Leonard agreed to let Hagler have the larger purse, Hagler agreed to let Leonard choose the gloves (10-ounce Reyes), the number of rounds (12) and the size of the ring (20-foot).
*The fight was available on pay-per-view to about three million homes in the United States, and there were between 1,500 and 1,600 closed circuit locations, with about three million seats, in the United States and Canada. The fight was also televised in about 75 foreign countries.
*The fight took place in a 15,336-seat outdoor arena at Caesars Palace. Tickets prices were $700, $600, $500, $400, $200 and $100. The fight sold out in 16 days. "We've had to turn away some of our better customers because the demand was so great," a Caesars Palace spokesman said." A paying crowd 12,379 generated a live gate of $6.2 million.
*[[HBO]] paid $3.1 million for the delayed rights and showed the fight five times between April 11 and April 18.
*According to Bob Arum, the fight grossed $78 million.
*Hagler had made 12 successful defenses of the World Middleweight Championship, which he won with a third-round TKO of [[Alan Minter]] in London, England, on [[Alan Minter vs. Marvin Hagler|September 27, 1980]].
*Hagler and Leonard fought for the [[WBC]] title only. The [[WBA]] stripped Hagler for not fighting [[Herol Graham]], its top-ranked contender. The [[IBF]] did not strip Hagler, but it refused to sanction the fight and said the title would be declared vacant if Hagler should lose to Leonard.
*Hagler had not lost a fight since dropping a ten-round unanimous to [[Willie (the Worm) Monroe]] on [[Marvin Hagler vs. Willie Monroe (1st meeting)|March 9, 1976]]. Hagler would defeat Monroe twice in 1977, winning by a 12th-round TKO on [[Marvin Hagler vs. Willie Monroe (2nd meeting)|February 15]] and by a second-round TKO on [[Marvin Hagler vs. Willie Monroe (3rd meeting)|August 23]].
*Leonard, who held the Undisputed World Welterweight Championship from 1981 to 1982 and the WBA Junior Middleweight Championship in 1981, had never fought as a middleweight.
*Leonard had not fought in three years and had fought just once in the previous five years. He had retired on November 9, 1982, six months after undergoing surgery to repair a detached retina in his left eye. Leonard returned to the ring on [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Kevin Howard|May 11, 1984]], and defeated [[Kevin Howard]] by a ninth-round TKO. But Leonard, who suffered the first knockdown of his professional career in the fourth round against Howard, was so disappointed in his performance that he announced at the post-fight press conference that he was going back into retirement.
*Although Leonard had been medically cleared to fight Hagler, many feared for his safety and did not believe that he should have been allowed to fight. [[Ferdie Pacheco|Dr. Ferdie Pacheco]] stated, "This match endangers the eyesight of Leonard, as well as his life, and makes a mockery of the credibility of any boxing commission that sanctions it."
*More than 1,100 reporters and photographers from 32 countries received press credentials.
*In a UPI poll of 21 writers covering the fight, 18 picked Hagler to win and three picked Leonard.
*Hagler opened as a 4-1 betting favorite when the match was announced in November 1986. By the day of the fight, the odds had fallen to 3-1.
*Hagler entered the fight ranked as the No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world by ''[[KO Magazine]]''.
*[[William Nack]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported:
:Leonard came out dancing and moving and making Hagler lunge and miss. In the early rounds he was the consummate boxer, firing combinations as he kept from harm's way. Leonard put on a show, twisting and turning and popping Hagler -- here an uppercut, there a jab, at one point grabbing the rope in his right hand and mugging at the champion, at another point delivering a low-blow bolo punch sure to further inflame an already frustrated opponent. Hagler was having a devil of a time connecting with anything close to a serious blow. Leonard was getting off more quickly, consistently stealing a march on Hagler. Looking off-balance and disoriented, Hagler missed frequently and often wildly.

:Leonard won the first four rounds outright, but by the fifth and sixth, Hagler was beginning to find the range and Leonard was no longer moving with his early verve. In the seventh, a Hagler hook rocked Leonard and the challenger briefly sagged. Now, Hagler battled Leonard to the ropes, firing shots up and down. He had Leonard in trouble as the bell sounded.

:But the champion was still behind in the scoring, and it was patently clear that, if his legs held up, Leonard would win. In the eighth round, an impatient Hagler snarled to Leonard, "Come on, slug!"

:"No chance," said Leonard.

:But Hagler was beginning to catch Leonard on the ropes, and the challenger was growing weary. In the ninth, surely the best round of the fight, Hagler pinned Leonard in the latter's corner and was whaling at him ferociously with both hands, rocking the challenger and looking to finish him.

:But no, double no! In an instant, Leonard retaliated with a flurry that had Hagler's head snapping left and right. Leonard then spun away and escaped. Hagler pursued, thinking he still had Leonard in trouble. But when Hagler caught up, Leonard flurried again, drawing upon reserves he had no right to have. Throughout the fight, even with Leonard right in front of him, Hagler had problems solving his foe's rich boxing style. He couldn't seem to put combinations together, and whenever he seemed to have Leonard in trouble, he couldn't muster the savvy to put him away.

:The 12th round underscored that failing as well as any other, and Leonard's spent condition at the end was testimony to the strength of character it had taken to score this upset of upsets. In the face of his long layoff and the odds against him -- five to two in Vegas betting parlors -- Leonard had fought magnificently and displayed great courage and resolve.
*The split decision in favor of Leonard was very controversial. Judge Jose Guerra's score of 118-110 in favor of Leonard was heavily criticized. "JoJo Guerra should be put in jail," [[Pat Petronelli]], Hagler's co-trainer, said. [[Harry Gibbs]] of England was originally scheduled to be a judge, but the Hagler camp objected. They said they believed English judges favor boxers and requested a Mexican judge, so the commission replaced Gibbs with Guerra. Watching the fight at home two weeks later, Gibbs scored the fight for Hagler.
*After the decision was announced, Leonard told the crowd that he would see them "six months and fifteen pounds later," implying that he would next fight WBC Light Heavyweight Champion [[Thomas Hearns]]. Leonard later said he "was only joking."
*Bob Arum and rival promoter [[Don King]], who was just a spectator at the bout, got into a shoving match when Arum prevented King from entering the ring after the fight. They were separated by security. "That man had nothing to do with this fight," Arum said. "There was no way he belonged in the ring."
*On May 27, 1987, Leonard announced that he was going back into retirement, but he left open the possibility of another comeback. "You guys know me," he said. Leonard would return to the ring the following year to fight [[Donny Lalonde]] for two titles. "I told you guys some time ago I was going to try to retire," he said to the press. "I tried. It didn't work."
*On July 2, 1987, sports anchor John Dennis of WNEV-TV in Boston reported that Hagler was involved in "widespread abuse of both alcohol and cocaine." Dennis went on to say: "Those closest to Marvin Hagler say it was that decision on April 6 that started him on the downward spiral. Almost immediately after his return home to Boston, they say Marvin's despair over the loss steered him toward alcohol and cocaine." The following day, during an interview with Dennis, Hagler denied the allegations. "I want to reassure the public I have no problem with drugs or alcohol," Hagler said. He suggested that jealousy within his family was responsible for the report.
*Hagler announced his retirement after watching his half-brother, [[Robbie Sims]], lose to WBA Middleweight Champion [[Sumbu Kalambay]] by a 12-round unanimous decision on [[Sumbu Kalambay vs. Robbie Sims|June 13, 1988]]. Unlike Leonard, Hagler stayed retired. He moved to Italy and acted in several action movies.
*There was talk of a rematch, but it never happened. Seth Abraham, who was president of HBO Sports, said, "Marvin made it very clear — he thought he was jobbed and he was never going to fight again. And he never did. There were conversations, but they were never at the level of negotiations. If people say Marvin wanted the fight and Ray didn’t, that’s revisionist history."
*Hagler vs. Leonard was named [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year|Fight of the Year]] and [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year|Upset of the Year]] by [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']]. The fight was later named [[:File:90Mar.jpg|Upset of the Decade]].

==Unofficial Scorecards==
*Mitch Albom of the ''Detroit Free Press'': Leonard ("Hagler was outfoxed")
*[[Dave Anderson]] of the ''New York Times'': 114-114
*Tom Archdeacon of the ''Miami News'': 116-112 Hagler
*[[Bob Arum]]: 7-5 Hagler
*''Baltimore Sun'': 7-5 in rounds Leonard
*[[Al Bernstein]] of [[ESPN]]: 115-113 Hagler
*[[Dave Bontempo]] of ESPN: 114-114
*Ron Borges of the ''Boston Globe'': 115-113 Hagler
*''Boston Herald'' 116-113 Leonard
*''Chicago Sun-Times'': 115-114 Hagler
*[[Gil Clancy]]: 115-113 Leonard
*[[Nigel Collins]] of ''[[Ring Magazine|The Ring]]'': 115-113 Leonard
*[[Howard Cosell]]: 117-112 Leonard
*Bernard Fernandez of the ''Philadelphia Daily News'': 7-4-1 Leonard
*[[Eddie Futch]]: Hagler ("probably by two or three rounds")
*[[Bill Gallo]] of the ''New York Daily News'': Hagler ("slightly ahead")
*Joe Gergen of ''Newsday'': 115-114 Hagler
*Stan Hochman of the ''Philadelphia Daily News'': 116-112 Leonard
*''Houston Chronicle'': 115-114 Leonard
*Jerry Izenberg of the ''Newark Star-Ledger'': Hagler
*[[Jim Jacobs]]: Leonard ("I thought Ray won clearly")
* Jim Jenkins of the ''Sacramento Bee'': 116-114 Hagler
*[[Michael Katz]] of the ''New York Daily News'': 117-112 Leonard
*Steve Kelley of the ''Seattle Times'': 115-113 Hagler
*George Kimball of ''[[Boxing Illustrated]]'': 116-114 Leonard
*James Lawton of the ''Daily Express'' (UK): 7-5 in rounds Hagler
*[[Harold Lederman]] of HBO: 115-113 Leonard
*Bernie Lincicome of the ''Chicago Tribune'': 8-4 Hagler
*Jerry Lisker of the ''New York Post'': 115-113 Hagler
*Greg Logan of ''Newsday'': 114-114
*Bill Lyon of the ''Philadelphia Inquirer'': 115-113 Leonard
*Steve Marantz of the Boston Globe: 117-111 Leonard
*Phill Marder of ''The Ring'': 114-114
*[[Hugh McIlvanney]] of ''The Observer'' (UK)/''Sports Illustrated'': 116-112 Hagler
*[[Larry Merchant]] of HBO: 114-114
*Norm Miller of the ''New York Post'': 114-114
*[[Harry Mullan]] of ''British Boxing News'': 116-113 Hagler
*Jim Murray of the ''Los Angeles Times'': 117-111 Leonard
*[[William Nack]] of ''Sports Illustrated'': 116-114 Leonard
*[[Barney Nagler]] of Daily Racing Form: 116-114 Hagler
*Dave Newhouse of the ''Oakland Tribune'': 117-112 Leonard
*''New York Daily News'': 117-111 Leonard
*[[Floyd Patterson]]: Leonard ("a slight edge")
*Edwin Pope of the ''Miami Herald'': 116-112 Hagler
*Mark Purdy of the ''San Jose Mercury-News'': 116-115 Hagler
*George Puscas of the ''Detroit Free Press'': 115-113 Hagler
*[[Pat Putnam]] of ''Sports Illustrated'': 115-113 Hagler
*Jeff Ryan of ''[[KO Magazine]]'': 118-111 Leonard
*[[Tim Ryan]] of [[CBS]]: 115-114 Hagler
*[[Ed Schuyler]] of the Associated Press: 117-112 Hagler
*Steve Sneddon of the ''Reno Gazette-Journal'': 117-113 Leonard
*Elmer Smith of the ''Philadelphia Daily News'': 7-5 Hagler
*[[Emanuel Steward]]: Hagler ("by a point")
*Ira Kaufman of United Press International: 116-112 Leonard
*Bob Verdi of the ''Chicago Tribune'': 115-113 Hagler
*''Washington Post'': 114-114
*Dick Young of the ''New York Post'': 115-113 Leonard
*''Newsday'' polled 25 ringside journalists and asked them who they thought won the fight; 12 said Hagler, 10 said Leonard, and 3 called it a draw.

==Articles==
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/03/sports/sports-of-the-times-hagler-s-surprise-punch.html "HAGLER'S SURPRISE PUNCH" By Dave Anderson, ''New York Times'', July 3, 1986]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19861104&id=fUYRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5OkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6570,1068753&hl=en "Hagler, Leonard sign for richest fight in history" By Hal Bock, Associated Press, November 4, 1986]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19870405&id=mNkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4xMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6958,1764727 "Leonard returns to ring to challenge Hagler for title" Associated Press, April 5, 1987]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/06/sports/sports-of-the-times-fact-fantasy-and-fear.html "FACT, FANTASY AND FEAR" By Dave Anderson, ''New York Times'', April 6, 1987]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/07/sports/sports-of-the-times-sugar-doesn-t-rust.html "SUGAR DOESN'T RUST" By Dave Anderson, ''New York Times'', April 7, 1987]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/08/sports/judgment-day-for-ring-judge.html "JUDGMENT DAY FOR RING JUDGE" By Phil Berger, ''New York Times'', April 8, 1987]
*[https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/04/13/comeback-for-the-ages "COMEBACK FOR THE AGES" By William Nack, ''Sports Illustrated'', April 13, 1987]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1987/09/28/116258/let-the-world-know-im-ok-despite-reports-to-the-contrary-marvin-hagler-says-he-hasnt-let-his-life-go-to-pieces-since-losing-to-sugar-ray-leonard " 'LET THE WORLD KNOW I'M O.K.' " By William Nack, ''Sports Illustrated'', September 28, 1987]
*[http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6983512/hagler-vs-leonard "Disputed: Hagler vs. Leonard" By Eric Raskin, ''Grantland'', September 22, 2011]
*[http://espn.go.com/blog/boxing/post/_/id/1110/leonard-hagler-resonates-25-years-later "Leonard-Hagler resonates 25 years later" By Richard Fletcher, ''ESPN.com'', April 6, 1987]
*[https://boxingjunkie.usatoday.com/2021/03/marvin-hagler-would-settle-for-nothing-less-than-greatness "Marvin Hagler would settle for nothing less than greatness" By Michael Rosenthal, ''Boxing Junkie'', March 15, 2021]

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Roberto Duran vs. Sugar Ray Leonard (2nd meeting)

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*'''Unofficial UPI scorecard:''' 69-65 Leonard
*'''[[WBC]] Welterweight Championship''' (1st defense by Duran) 
*'''Promoter:''' [[Don King]] ([[Don King Productions]])
*[[:File:Leonard-Duran Poster.jpg|Fight Poster]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Duran-II-cc poster.jpg|Closed Circuit Poster]]
*[[:File:Programduranleonard2.jpg|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Duran II 81340446.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Duran II 81346946.jpg|Photo 2]], [[:File:Leonard-Duran II 117737558.jpg|Photo 3]], [[:File:Leonard-Duran II - Leonard Taunts Duran.jpg|Photo 4]]
*'''See also:''' [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran (1st meeting)|Leonard vs. Duran I]] 
*'''See also:''' [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran (3rd meeting)|Leonard vs. Duran III]] 

== Notes ==
*The fight was shown live on closed circuit television at 345 locations in the United States and Canada. The fight was also televised in about 60 foreign countries.
*The fight was shown in prime time by [[ABC (American Broadcasting Company)|ABC]] on December 19. ABC paid more than $2.5 million for the rights, which was the highest fee ever paid for a delayed telecast.
*Tickets at the Superdome were priced between $40 and $1,000.
*Duran was guaranteed $8 million, and Leonard was guaranteed $7 million.
*The fight was promoted by [[Don King]].
*After losing to Duran, Leonard had a falling-out with [[Dave Jacobs]], his trainer since his amateur days. Jacobs had wanted Leonard to take a couple of tune-up fights before he met Duran again, but Leonard insisted on the rematch immediately. So Jacobs quit.
*Duran put on a lot of weight after his victory against Leonard. Carlos Eleta, Duran's long-time manager, said he weighed as much as 183 pounds before he started training for the rematch with Leonard. In New Orleans, before the fight, Luis Henriquez, Duran's interpreter, had put the top figure at 168½. And [[Freddie Brown]], Duran's co-trainer, said he went into training camp in September at 173 and still weighed 160 as late as the first week of November.
*Carlos Eleta said Duran used diuretic medication to help him lose weight three days before the fight. Duran and his personal physician, Dr. Orlando Nunez, denied the claim.
*On the morning of the fight, Duran weighed 148 pounds, and he spent the hours before the weigh-in drying out. He came in at 146. Immediately afterward, he drank a large thermos of consommé and half a thermos of hot tea. He then wolfed down an orange as big as a grapefruit. At 1:00 p.m., Duran ate lunch: two large T bone steaks, French fries, four large glasses of orange juice, two glasses of water, and a cup of tea. At 5:00 p.m. Duran ate half a steak and drank tea.
*Leonard, who also came in at 146, had a large breakfast on the day of the fight: two eggs and grits, two pieces of toast, peaches, and Kool-Aid. For dinner, at 4:00 p.m., Leonard had fried chicken, green peas, a glass of water, and Kool-Aid.
*A crowd of 25,038 at the Superdome produced a gate of $3 million. When all the closed circuit receipts were counted, the fight generated $38 million.
*Leonard was a 6 to 5 favorite.
*When Leonard fought, he usually wore red, white, and blue trunks and had tassels on his shoes, but for the rematch with Duran, Leonard wore black trunks and black shoes with no tassels. Before leaving his dressing room, Leonard asked his attorney, Mike Trainer, "How do I look?" Trainer smiled and said, "You look like a mix of the Grim Reaper and an assassin," Leonard replied, "Good."
*Ray Charles sang "America The Beautiful" in the ring before the fight. When he finished, he gave his namesake, Ray Charles Leonard, a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Leonard's trainer, [[Angelo Dundee]], later said, "When Ray Charles started singing, we were in like Flynn."
*[[William Nack]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported:
:Leonard seized the issue in the first round and never yielded it. Near mid-round, after the two men had cautiously felt one another out, Duran lunged into Leonard and bulled him to the ropes, just as he had done so effectively last June. But now Leonard spun away and landed a right hand. They exchanged punches. And Leonard jabbed. When the challenger caught Duran with a one-two at the end of the round, Duran smiled.
:The pace quickened in the second round, and Leonard's effectiveness became more pronounced. He banged two rights to Duran's head, snapping it back, and then he circled and jabbed. Duran seemed puzzled. He started a right but then held it, sensing that Leonard had it measured. While Duran scored well in the third and fifth rounds—he won the third on all three cards, the fifth on two—he was never able to take over the fight as he had in June. He stalked his man, but Leonard repeatedly escaped, feinting to keep Duran off balance, walking away, dancing. Leonard had made a weapon of his jab, which he had not done in Montreal, and as the fight went on, he was countering well with his hook when Duran tried to move inside. . . .
:Except in the fifth round, when Leonard went to the ropes and Dundee scolded him for it, Duran could not find a place inside. Leonard had learned how to push and pivot away. And when Duran had him inside, attacking the body, Leonard answered him with whistling uppercuts. Neither man was ever hurt, but Leonard could sense Duran's increasing frustration as the rounds went by. . . .
:If it was one thing for Duran to be frustrated, unable to mount a sustained attack, it was another to be made a fool of, to be taunted and dared to throw a punch. Leonard does not know why he did what he did in the seventh round, but he had planned in his mind to be cute, to try to anger Duran. Late in the seventh, Leonard threw the most memorable punch of the night. Winding up his right hand, as if to throw a bolo, he suddenly snapped out a left jab that caught Duran flush on the face. "It made his eyes water," Leonard says. Having made a fool of him, Leonard continued taunting Duran mercilessly. He stuck out his chin, inviting Duran to hit him. Duran hesitated. Leonard kept it up, moving, stopping, mugging. Leonard scored again with a hook and two right hands. At the bell, Duran seemed to smile as he walked back to his corner. Three minutes later the fight was over.
*Leonard averaged 29 thrown punches per round and 17 connects, while Duran averaged 43 thrown punches and 8 connects.
*In the [[ESPN]] documentary ''No Mas'', Duran said he didn’t say "No Mas." He said [[Howard Cosell]] "made that up.” However, referee Octavio Meyran said Duran did say those now infamous words. "I said, 'Fight!' in Spanish," Meyran stated in the documentary. "He said, 'No more.' I ask again to continue boxing so I can assure myself and not commit an error. And Duran said, 'No more.' "
*Following Duran's surrender, there was great confusion. A report went around ringside that Duran had not quit but had merely misunderstood the referee about something. Minutes after the fight, [[WBC]] president [[Jose Sulaiman]] said, "Roberto told me that when he threw a right hand in that round, something happened to his shoulder." Duran, however, told the media he quit because of stomach cramps.
*"I ate too much. I was eating hot food and drinking cold juice. That's what caused the cramps. That's why I quit the fight," Duran said in an [[:File:Roberto Duran interview1981.jpg|interview]] with journalist Bill Brubaker, which appeared in the [[:File:IntBox8106.jpg|June 1981]] issue of ''[[International Boxing]]''. "I actually wanted to stop the fight in the ''fifth'' round because my whole body was feeling paralyzed because I had these stomach cramps. . . . I felt slow and tired and I wasn't sweating. And I wasn't breathing enough. In the eighth round, I felt I could have feinted if I continued."
*William Nack reported: "Carlos Eleta, Duran's manager, shrugged at the suggestion that Duran had overeaten. The stomach of stone, Eleta insists, always ate that way before a fight."
*Carlos Eleta told Bill Brubaker: "Duran exploded at that moment, not realizing what he was doing. He was so angry . . . because Sugar Ray was making fun of him. So, at that instance, in the eighth round, he said, 'To ''hell'' with this fellow. He's making fun of me and I'm not going to fight anymore.' Stomach Cramps? Maybe that's true, maybe it's not. But Duran didn't quit because of stomach cramps. He quit because he was embarrassed. I ''know'' this. Roberto was crying after the fight when I took him to the hospital for a checkup. In the car, he said to me, 'I'm ashamed of myself. I never should have done that. That's not me. I am not proud of myself.' "
*Fabio Matos, who was a ringside guest of Duran's at the fight, told Bill Brubaker: "Maybe I shouldn't say this because Roberto is my friend, but after the fight, Duran told me in his hotel room that the story about the cramps was false . . . He said he had to tell that story because he knows people want an explanation." When asked why Duran quit, Matos said, "Roberto couldn't do anything with Leonard . . . Duran was being humiliated. Aware that he was being humiliated, he quit."
*Duran's purse was withheld by the athletic commission. The day after the fight, Duran was fined $7,500 for his "non-performance" and the rest of his purse was released.

==Post-Fight Quotes==
*Sugar Ray Leonard: "I did everything I said I was going to do, and he couldn't accept it. He was frustrated, confused. I did everything I could to make him go off, like a clock wound up too tight. He got wound up so tight, he blew a spring. . . . I made him quit. To make a man quit, to make a Roberto Duran quit, was better than knocking him out."
*Roberto Duran: "I am retiring from boxing right now. I don't want to fight anymore."
*Angelo Dundee, Leonard's trainer: "We were sky-high in the dressing room. Different from last time. Everything was cool, smooth, good."
*[[Ray Arcel]], Duran's trainer: "That's it. I've had it. This is terrible. I've handled thousands of fighters and never had anyone quit on me. I think this guy needs a psychiatrist more than he needs anything else."
*[[Freddie Brown]], Duran's co-trainer: "I was shocked. There was no indication he was getting weak."

==Articles==
*[http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/11.25.html "The Champ Throws in the Towel" By Red Smith, ''New York Times'', November 25, 1980]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19801126&id=1wdHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZOkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2814,9711303 "Leonard Gains Crown; Duran Quits in Eighth" By Ed Schuyler Jr., ''Schenectady Gazette'', November 26, 1980]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19801205&id=G59RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yW0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7089,1374652 "Manager says entourage destroyed Duran" by Neil Amdur, ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', December 5, 1980]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1980/12/08/825205/the-big-bellyache-in-a-stunning-fall-from-glory-roberto-duran-the-apostle-of-machismo-blamed-stomach-cramps-as-he-surrendered-his-welterweight-title-to-sugar-ray-leonard "The Big Bellyache" by William Nack, ''Sports Illustrated'', December 8, 1980]
*[http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/articles/310-no-mas-my-version "No Mas: My Version" by Randy Gordon, ''The Sweet Science'', April 25, 2004]

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Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Dave 'Boy' Green

2023-02-05T04:22:07Z

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<fight>530</fight>
*[[WBC]] Welterweight Championship (1st defense by Leonard)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Bob Arum]] [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|(Top Rank)]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Green Program.jpg|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:Sugar Ray Leonard, Angelo Dundee, Dave Jacobs before Dave Green fight.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Green.jpg|Photo 2]], [[:File:Leonard-Green80.jpg|Photo 3]], [[:File:Leonard-Green 139369660.jpg|Photo 4]]
 
==Notes==
*The fight was shown live in prime time on [[ABC (American Broadcasting Company)|ABC]]. The telecast featured four world title fights from three different locations. The first two fights were in Knoxville, Tennessee: [[Eddie Mustafa Muhammad|Eddie Gregory]] stopped [[Marvin Johnson]] to win the [[WBA]] Light Heavyweight Title, and [[Mike Weaver]] knocked out [[John Tate]] to win the WBA Heavyweight Title. Leonard was up next, knocking out Green in Landover, Maryland. In the final fight of the night, [[Larry Holmes]] stopped [[Leroy Jones]] to defend the [[WBC]] Heavyweight Title in Las Vegas, Nevada.
*This was Green's second shot at the WBC Welterweight Title. In his first title try, Green was stopped in eleven rounds by champion [[Carlos Palomino]] on June 14, 1977.
*Green was ranked tenth by the WBC.
*Leonard was a 6 to 1 favorite.
*Leonard made $1.4 million for the fight.
*There was a crowd of about 12,000 at the Capital Centre.
*Leonard put the British challenger on his back for the count with a devastating left hook in the fourth round. Green was down for several minutes.
*[[Angelo Dundee]], Leonard's trainer, was on his way to the post-fight press conference when he ran into Joe Saunders, described as a "hanger-on" in the Leonard camp. Dundee told him to move out of the aisle, and Saunders punched Dundee in the mouth, knocking him to the floor. Dundee was checked for a possible concussion, and Saunders was taken into police custody.
==Article==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=seMPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qIsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2242,38077&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+green&hl=en "Green no match for Leonard" By Tom Seppy, Associated Press, April 1, 1980]

Ayub Kalule vs. Sugar Ray Leonard

2023-02-05T04:21:01Z

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<fight>696</fight>
*'''[[WBA]] Junior Middleweight Championship''' (5th defense by Kalule)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Bob Arum]] [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|(Top Rank)]]
*[[:File:Closed Circuit poster.jpg|Caesars Palace Closed Circuit Poster]]
*[[:File:Astro Wars cc poster.jpg|Cotillion Ballroom Closed Circuit Poster]]
*[[:File:Astrowars Program.jpg|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:LeonardKalule.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Kalule 0042.jpg|Photo 2]], [[:File:Leonard-Kalule 0043.jpg|Photo 3]]
 
== Notes ==
*The Associated Press reported that Kalule got to fight Leonard because [[WBC]] Super Welterweight Champion [[Maurice Hope]] "priced himself out of the match."
*Leonard was guaranteed $2.5 million, while Kalule's guarantee was $150,000.
*The fight was shown live on closed circuit television and was rebroadcast by [[NBC]] on [[NBC Sportsworld|''Sports World'']] on July 5.
*[[Bob Arum]]'s [[Top Rank]] promoted the fight. Arum predicted that Kalule would beat Leonard and told the media that it was only at the insistence of Leonard's attorney, Mike Trainer, that he agreed to promote the fight. "I don't want to take the blame when Leonard loses this fight," Arum said. "The match wasn't my idea." He stated that a loss to Kalule would hurt the gate for Leonard's upcoming fight against [[Thomas Hearns]]. "That's why this fight is idiotic," Arum said. Trainer responded, "I don't think it makes much sense for Bob Arum to make an issue of why Ray Leonard is fighting Ayub Kalule. But, then, Bob Arum quite often does things that don't make much sense." Trainer added, "I am Ray's business manager, but I don't make boxing decisions. When they make a decision on opponents, I don't even get a vote."
*[[Irving Rudd]], a Top Rank press agent, brought a witch doctor named Mugimba to Houston to drum up publicity. Kalule wanted nothing to do with him. "I am embarrassed," he said. "Why do they do this to me, like I am a fool? I didn't just come out of the jungle. Take him away."
*Leonard's trunks for the fight were black and had a yellow cobra head on the left leg. While Leonard was training in Phoenix, he dispatched an aide to the local library to research Ugandan witch doctors. Witch doctors, came back the report, fear the color black and aren't all that happy with snakes, which are too quick to put a spell on.
*The crowd at the Astrodome was estimated at between 25,000 and 30,000.
*The Associated Press reported:
:Leonard seemed to have the fight in complete control for six rounds, but Kalule came on in the seventh and eighth. In the seventh the defending champion landed two good rights to Leonard's head and followed with a right hook that backed Leonard up. Late in the round Leonard missed four straight head shots and Kalule answered with a left-right to the head that had the crowd roaring. Both men, who each weighed 153, scored well to the head and body in the eighth round, but Kalule was more aggressive and had the best of an exchange right before the bell. Early in the ninth, Leonard shook Kalule with a left hook and right to the head and backed him to the ropes with a flurry of head punches. But Kalule fought back with body shots and Leonard backed off. Then, suddenly, Kalule was in trouble again after taking two ringing rights to the head. Again, the left-handed champion fought back, but as the round was drawing to a close, Leonard shook Kalule to his heels with a right to the head. As Kalule staggered backwards, Leonard shot home a left hook and another right that dropped Kalule to the seat of his pants in a neutral corner. He got up, but the referee had seen enough.
*After the fight was stopped, Leonard attempted a full 360-degree, no-hands flip. However, although he had successfully practiced this move in training, he hadn't allowed for the restrictive protective cup and ended up on the seat of his trunks.
*Kalule told New York sportscaster Bill Mazer, who was doing the closed circuit broadcast, "I told the referee to stop it."
*In the co-main event, Thomas Hearns stopped [[Pablo Baez]] in four rounds to defend the [[WBA]] Welterweight Championship.

== Articles ==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19810618&id=cX5iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e3cNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3234,2994186 "Arum Flouts Bout; 'This Isn't A Hype'" Associated Press, June 18, 1981]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=892&dat=19810622&id=eLlOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2EwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6683,2342460 "Leonard respects Kalule as champ" By Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, June 23, 1981]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19810626&id=eH5iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e3cNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1014,4242983&hl=en "Two Titles For Leonard" Associated Press, June 26, 1981]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1981/07/06/825764/clearing-the-way-for-the-big-payday-against-a-background-of-lurid-dealing-sugar-ray-leonard-and-thomas-hearns-won-their-houston-semis-and-advanced-to-the-welter-finals "Clearing The Way For The Big Payday" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', July 6, 1981]

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Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Bruce Finch

2023-02-05T04:14:32Z

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<fight>812</FIGHT>
*[[WBA]] Welterweight Championship (1st defense by Leonard)
*[[WBC]] Welterweight Championship (3rd defense of 2nd reign by Leonard)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Main Events]]
*[[:File:Leonard vs. Finch Poster.jpg|Fight Poster]]
*[[:File:1982-02.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard drops Finch.JPG|Photo 2]]

==Notes==
*The fight was promoted by [[Main Events]] and billed as "Reno's Got It."
*This was Reno's first championship fight since [[Jack Johnson]] knocked out [[James J. Jeffries]] to successfully defend the World Heavyweight Championship on [[Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries|July 4, 1910]].
*This was Leonard's first defense of the Undisputed World Welterweight Championship.
*Finch, the [[NABF]] welterweight champion, was ranked third by the [[WBA]], fourth by the [[WBC]] and sixth by [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].
*Leonard and Finch fought as amateurs in 1973, with Leonard winning by a three-round decision.
*''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported that Leonard's purse was $1.3 million and Finch's was $85,000.
*The fight was televised live on [[HBO]] and was later shown by [[ABC (American Broadcasting Company)|ABC]] on [[ABC Wide World of Sports|''Wide World of Sports'']].
*The ''Washington Post'' reported that a sellout crowd of 7,330 at Centennial Coliseum produced a gross gate of $584,000.
*Leonard got off to a slow start and lost the first round on all three official scorecards. He blamed his slow start on a technical problem that pushed back the start of the fight. Leonard said he warmed up well in his dressing room, but he cooled down during the delay.
*Leonard dropped Finch twice in the second round and once in the third.
*Leonard's next fight was scheduled to be against [[Roger Stafford]] on May 14, but the bout was canceled after it was discovered that Leonard had a detached retina in his left eye.
*Following successful surgery to repair his retina, Leonard decided to retire. He made the announcement on November 9, 1982.
*Leonard announced his return to the ring on December 10, 1983.

==Article==
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19820216&id=XRYSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1u4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3844,153612&hl=en "Leonard hammers Finch in 3" By Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, February 16, 1982]
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1982/02/16/leonard-retains-title-with-tko-of-finch-in-3rd/fccd4eaa-4419-483f-be66-c5e37f5649a6/ "Leonard Retains Title With TKO Of Finch in 3rd" By Steve Hershey, ''Washington Post'', February 16, 1982]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1982/03/01/564785/finch-was-a-pigeon-for-sugar-ray "Finch Was A Pigeon For Sugar Ray" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', March 1, 1982]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Hector Camacho

2023-02-05T04:07:14Z

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<fight>11443</fight>
* '''[[International Boxing Council|IBC]] Middleweight Championship''' (1st defense by Camacho)
*'''Promoter:''' Dillon Promotions, [[Mike Acri|Michael Acri Boxing Promotions]]
*[[:File:Leonardcamacho.jpg|Program Cover]]

==Notes==
[[File:Leonard-Camacho BX001846.jpg|right|355px]] [[File:Leonard-Camacho 350913.jpg|right|355px]] [[File:Camacho drops Leonard.jpg|Program Cover|right|355px]] [[File:Camacho-Leonard 350932.jpg|right|355px]]
*Leonard's purse was $4 million, and Camacho's was $2 million.
*Leonard was 40 years old and had not fought in six years. In his previous fight, he lost to [[WBC]] Super Welterweight Champion [[Terry Norris]] by a lopsided decision. He blamed the loss on a fractured rib, difficulty getting down to 154 pounds, and divorce proceedings.
*After announcing his return to the ring, Leonard appeared on the [[:File:SI8609.jpg|cover]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''.
*[[Adrian Davis]] trained Leonard for the fight.
*The Associated Press reported the following on January 14, 1997:
:After the bout was derailed because of alleged ties to organized crime by one of the original promoters, Leonard’s comeback against Hector "Macho" Camacho has been reset for Saturday night, March 1, instead of Feb. 28. The Atlantic City Convention Center remains the site, but the promotion and pay-per-view distributor have changed.
:"We’ve been keeping this fight together in a number of ways," said Bernard Dillon, who was involved in the original promotion and who remains a promoter.
:Dillion will promote as Dillon Promotions instead of New Contenders. Mike Acri Boxing [Camacho's promoter] will remain as a promoter, while Caesars Atlantic City replaces Sun International Hotel, Ltd., and Griffin Gaming & Entertainment as site promoter and Titan Sports replaces TVKO as pay-per-view distributor. . . .
:The Feb. 28 fight was to have been promoted by New Contenders, whose president was Dillon and whose chairman was Michael Blutrich.
:The fight ran into trouble when the New Jersey Casino Control Commission was asked by regulators to ban New Contenders from promoting it because of alleged ties to organized crime. The allegation centered on Michael Blutrich, a lawyer for Scores, a New York City topless dance club raided in November by federal agents investigating links to the Gambino crime family. Blutrich also was listed as chairman of New Contenders.
:The sponsors pulled out of the fight, as did TVKO, the pay-per-view division of Time-Warner Sports.
:Dillon resigned from New Contenders and announced his intention to keep the fight together.
*Leonard was a 7 to 5 favorite.
*The fight was shown live on pay-per-view and rebroadcast on the [[USA Network]] on April 1, 1997.
*The Associated Press reported on March 2, 1997:
:With a crowd of 10,324 rooting him on, Leonard landed some nice punches in the first round but quickly looked like the old fighter he is and not the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] fighter he used to be.
:Leonard bloodied Camacho's nose in the second round but Camacho returned the favor by ripping a cut over Leonard's left eye in the fourth. Then Camacho opened the fifth with a solid left to Leonard's head and, at about 50 seconds of the round, the left-handed Camacho landed a right and three left uppercuts that dropped Leonard, who had been knocked down twice in losing a one-sided decision to junior middleweight champion [[Terry Norris]] on Feb. 9, 1991.
:Leonard started to get up at the count of three, then fell back down, but struggled up to easily beat the 10-count.
:Camacho then leaped to the attack and landed a barrage of 10 punches to the head that made referee [[Joe Cortez]] move in to save Leonard from further punishment.
*Camacho was ahead on two scorecards and even on the third. The scores were 39-37, 39-37 and 38-38.
*From the start of the fight, Leonard had difficulty keeping his feet beneath him. He tripped once and almost stumbled to the canvas a second time. Afterward, he revealed that he had torn his right calf on January 31 while training in Chandler, Arizona. "I should have canceled the fight," said J.D. Brown, Leonard's adviser. "There were rumors that he was hospitalized and they were true." Leonard denied the rumors and said his son, Ray Jr., who was trying out for a local Arena Football League team, had been the Leonard in question. His doctor suggested that the fight be postponed, but Leonard refused. He didn't spar for two weeks. When he resumed sparring, he quickly re-injured his leg. His camp then closed his workouts to the press and public so nobody would see how hobbled he was. "It was something we camouflaged because we thought it was going to heal," said J.D. Brown. Leonard said his doctor injected him with a painkiller two hours before the fight. However, he was insistent that nobody take it as an excuse. "Do not write that this was the reason I lost," Leonard said.
*"For sure, my career is definitely over," Leonard said in the Convention Center ring after the fight. However, just a few days later, he changed his mind and said he would return with a series of tuneup fights before fighting a champion.
*Leonard was scheduled to fight Danny Phippen on June 1, 1997, but the bout was postponed until July 22 after Leonard said his calf needed more time to heal. After Phippen skipped out on a stipulated tuneup match, Leonard was set to face [[Dan Connolly]] on July 25, but he backed out because he said he didn't have enough time to train. Leonard then planned to meet [[Tony Menefee]] on February 15, 1998, in Sydney, Australia, but he pulled out of that fight as well. According to J.D. Brown, Leonard didn't have the motivation. The Camacho fight was Leonard's last fight.
== Articles ==
*[https://apnews.com/article/e2ef9b7f3deb5ba6ff9ef81b96f80b17 "Leonard-Camacho fight back on for March 1" By Ed Schuyler, Associated Press, January 14, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kUtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3831,732259&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+hector+camacho&hl=en "Camacho sends Leonard back into retirement" Associated Press, March 2, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_C0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1wcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2513,535004&dq=ray+leonard+camacho+son+hospital&hl=en "Leonard camp defends choice to fight injured" Associated Press, March 3, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-PxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MhUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4781,653701&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+hector+camacho&hl=en "Sugar Ray may fight again despite beating" Reuter, March 8, 1997]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1997/03/10/223655/sweet-n-low-sugar-ray-leonard-looked-all-of-his-40-years-in-another-ill-fated-comeback "Sweet 'n Low" By Richard Hoffer, ''Sports Illustrated'', March 10, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970520&id=6vxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GRUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1309,4337609 "Sugar Ray's opponent missing since Friday" Associated Press, May 20, 1997]
*[http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1998/Sugar-Ray-Exits-Australian-Bout/id-37d65fb1a42df8e8a4cf3640530bdefd "Sugar Ray Exits Australian Bout" Associated Press, January 12, 1998]

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Terry Norris vs. Sugar Ray Leonard

2023-02-05T04:02:56Z

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<fight>4934</fight>
*'''[[WBC]] Super Welterweight Championship''' (2nd defense by Norris)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Mike Trainer]] (Victory Promotions)
*[[:File:Leonard-norris.jpg|Fight Poster]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Norris program.jpg|Program Cover]]

== Notes ==
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[[File:Leonard-Norris 174009377.jpg|right|410px]]
*Leonard was fighting for the first time in fourteen months.
*Leonard, who had been fighting at middleweight and super middleweight, was moving down in weight. This was his first fight at junior middleweight since defeating [[Kevin Howard]] in 1984.
*Norris was eleven years younger than Leonard.
*The fight was promoted by Victory Promotions, the company of [[Mike Trainer]], Leonard's attorney.
*The fight was televised live on [[Showtime]].
*[[HBO]] released Leonard from his broadcasting contract because the cable network was not given an opportunity to bid on the televised rights to Leonard's fight with Norris. Leonard had been a ringside commentator for HBO since 1978. HBO Sports Executive Producer [[Ross Greenburg]] said, "We feel, therefore, if HBO is treated in this fashion, it is inappropriate for Ray to continue as a commentator on ''World Championship Boxing'' telecasts." Mike Trainer responded, "There never has been a linkage between his broadcasting and his fighting."
*Leonard was expected to make more than $4 million, and Norris was expected to get at least $1 million. "The fighters are both on percentages," Mike Trainer said. "When we take in all our receipts -- the gate, the live telecast money from Showtime, foreign sales, and so forth -- we'll subtract expenses and split up what's left according to the respective percentages of the fighters."
*Leonard was a 12 to 5 favorite.
*A crowd of 7,495 attended the fight at [[Madison Square Garden]].
*[[Pat Putnam]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported:
:Eliminate the bout's historic significance and it wasn't much of a fight, just a lopsided whipping of a stubborn but aged challenger by a young champion. Leonard had said that he expected an ugly fight, but this wasn't quite what he pictured. Norris, 23 and quicker, knocked Leonard down with a left hook in the second round and with a short, crisp right in the seventh. Leonard was never in danger of not finishing the fight. Only the body had grown older; the will and the heart remained young and strong.

:"I knew I didn't have it when I entered the ring," said Leonard, who was fighting for the first time since beating [[Roberto Duran]] in a super middleweight bout in December 1989. After the second-round knockdown, Leonard, on legs that no longer responded to his commands, was reduced to setting ambushes, none of which were successful against the overly cautious Norris, who might well have knocked out Leonard had he been more aggressive. "He was trying to bait me," said Norris, "but it didn't work."
*After the decision was announced, Leonard took the ring microphone and announced, "This is my last fight."
==Quotes==
*Norris: "It was a sad victory. He's my idol and I beat him badly. I didn't want it to be that way. He's still my idol."
*Leonard: "He was quick and too smart. He's a young Sugar Ray Leonard. He's going to get better. If he maintains the same focus, he's going to be around a long time."
== Articles ==
*[http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-15/sports/sp-2083_1_ray-leonard "Ray Leonard, HBO Cut Ties After 12 Years" Associated Press, October 15, 1990]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1991/02/18/123646/so-long-sugar-after-taking-a-beating-from-terry-norris-11-years-his-junior-ray-leonard-says-he-is-retiring-for-good "So Long, Sugar" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', February 18, 1991]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Hector Camacho

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<fight>11443</fight>
* '''[[International Boxing Council|IBC]] Middleweight Championship''' (1st defense by Camacho)
*[[:File:Leonardcamacho.jpg|Program Cover]]

==Notes==
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*Leonard's purse was $4 million, and Camacho's was $2 million.
*Leonard was 40 years old and had not fought in six years. In his previous fight, he lost to [[WBC]] Super Welterweight Champion [[Terry Norris]] by a lopsided decision. He blamed the loss on a fractured rib, difficulty getting down to 154 pounds, and divorce proceedings.
*After announcing his return to the ring, Leonard appeared on the [[:File:SI8609.jpg|cover]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''.
*[[Adrian Davis]] trained Leonard for the fight.
*The Associated Press reported the following on January 14, 1997:
:After the bout was derailed because of alleged ties to organized crime by one of the original promoters, Leonard’s comeback against Hector "Macho" Camacho has been reset for Saturday night, March 1, instead of Feb. 28. The Atlantic City Convention Center remains the site, but the promotion and pay-per-view distributor have changed.
:"We’ve been keeping this fight together in a number of ways," said Bernard Dillon, who was involved in the original promotion and who remains a promoter.
:Dillion will promote as Dillon Promotions instead of New Contenders. Mike Acri Boxing [Camacho's promoter] will remain as a promoter, while Caesars Atlantic City replaces Sun International Hotel, Ltd., and Griffin Gaming & Entertainment as site promoter and Titan Sports replaces TVKO as pay-per-view distributor. . . .
:The Feb. 28 fight was to have been promoted by New Contenders, whose president was Dillon and whose chairman was Michael Blutrich.
:The fight ran into trouble when the New Jersey Casino Control Commission was asked by regulators to ban New Contenders from promoting it because of alleged ties to organized crime. The allegation centered on Michael Blutrich, a lawyer for Scores, a New York City topless dance club raided in November by federal agents investigating links to the Gambino crime family. Blutrich also was listed as chairman of New Contenders.
:The sponsors pulled out of the fight, as did TVKO, the pay-per-view division of Time-Warner Sports.
:Dillon resigned from New Contenders and announced his intention to keep the fight together.
*Leonard was a 7 to 5 favorite.
*The fight was shown live on pay-per-view and rebroadcast on the [[USA Network]] on April 1, 1997.
*The Associated Press reported on March 2, 1997:
:With a crowd of 10,324 rooting him on, Leonard landed some nice punches in the first round but quickly looked like the old fighter he is and not the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] fighter he used to be.
:Leonard bloodied Camacho's nose in the second round but Camacho returned the favor by ripping a cut over Leonard's left eye in the fourth. Then Camacho opened the fifth with a solid left to Leonard's head and, at about 50 seconds of the round, the left-handed Camacho landed a right and three left uppercuts that dropped Leonard, who had been knocked down twice in losing a one-sided decision to junior middleweight champion [[Terry Norris]] on Feb. 9, 1991.
:Leonard started to get up at the count of three, then fell back down, but struggled up to easily beat the 10-count.
:Camacho then leaped to the attack and landed a barrage of 10 punches to the head that made referee [[Joe Cortez]] move in to save Leonard from further punishment.
*Camacho was ahead on two scorecards and even on the third. The scores were 39-37, 39-37 and 38-38.
*From the start of the fight, Leonard had difficulty keeping his feet beneath him. He tripped once and almost stumbled to the canvas a second time. Afterward, he revealed that he had torn his right calf on January 31 while training in Chandler, Arizona. "I should have canceled the fight," said J.D. Brown, Leonard's adviser. "There were rumors that he was hospitalized and they were true." Leonard denied the rumors and said his son, Ray Jr., who was trying out for a local Arena Football League team, had been the Leonard in question. His doctor suggested that the fight be postponed, but Leonard refused. He didn't spar for two weeks. When he resumed sparring, he quickly re-injured his leg. His camp then closed his workouts to the press and public so nobody would see how hobbled he was. "It was something we camouflaged because we thought it was going to heal," said J.D. Brown. Leonard said his doctor injected him with a painkiller two hours before the fight. However, he was insistent that nobody take it as an excuse. "Do not write that this was the reason I lost," Leonard said.
*"For sure, my career is definitely over," Leonard said in the Convention Center ring after the fight. However, just a few days later, he changed his mind and said he would return with a series of tuneup fights before fighting a champion.
*Leonard was scheduled to fight Danny Phippen on June 1, 1997, but the bout was postponed until July 22 after Leonard said his calf needed more time to heal. After Phippen skipped out on a stipulated tuneup match, Leonard was set to face [[Dan Connolly]] on July 25, but he backed out because he said he didn't have enough time to train. Leonard then planned to meet [[Tony Menefee]] on February 15, 1998, in Sydney, Australia, but he pulled out of that fight as well. According to J.D. Brown, Leonard didn't have the motivation. The Camacho fight was Leonard's last fight.
== Articles ==
*[https://apnews.com/article/e2ef9b7f3deb5ba6ff9ef81b96f80b17 "Leonard-Camacho fight back on for March 1" By Ed Schuyler, Associated Press, January 14, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kUtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3831,732259&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+hector+camacho&hl=en "Camacho sends Leonard back into retirement" Associated Press, March 2, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_C0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1wcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2513,535004&dq=ray+leonard+camacho+son+hospital&hl=en "Leonard camp defends choice to fight injured" Associated Press, March 3, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-PxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MhUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4781,653701&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+hector+camacho&hl=en "Sugar Ray may fight again despite beating" Reuter, March 8, 1997]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1997/03/10/223655/sweet-n-low-sugar-ray-leonard-looked-all-of-his-40-years-in-another-ill-fated-comeback "Sweet 'n Low" By Richard Hoffer, ''Sports Illustrated'', March 10, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970520&id=6vxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GRUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1309,4337609 "Sugar Ray's opponent missing since Friday" Associated Press, May 20, 1997]
*[http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1998/Sugar-Ray-Exits-Australian-Bout/id-37d65fb1a42df8e8a4cf3640530bdefd "Sugar Ray Exits Australian Bout" Associated Press, January 12, 1998]

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Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Fernand Marcotte

2023-02-02T22:48:44Z

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<fight>432</fight>
*[[:File:Leonard-Marcotte 008.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Marcotte.jpg|Photo 2]]

'''Sugar Ray Leonard Defeats Marcotte'''

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sugar Ray Leonard, in his first test against a middleweight opponent, befuddled Canadian titleholder Fernand Marcotte with speed, then laid on the power to deliver a fight-ending right hook Sunday in the eighth round of their scheduled 10-round fight.

Leonard took charge from the first and said it was just a matter of waiting out the tough Canadian middleweight champion. "I picked my shots and watched for the right opportunity," said Leonard, a former [[Olympics|Olympic]] gold medal winner, who was unmarked and unruffled.

"I hit him when he brought his chin close to me."

It was Leonard's 19th professional victory without a defeat.

Fighting at 149½ pounds, he gave away six pounds and said he wanted to stay clear of the heavier Marcotte, at 155½.

"My strategy was to move from side to side and not to let him lean on me," Leonard said.

The proximity of the chin and glove occurred at 2:33 of the eighth round when Marcotte, blood streaming from his eye and nose, left himself open and Leonard delivered a surging right hook that dropped the Canadian. Marcotte has never been knocked out and made it up this time at the count of eight, but referee Jay Edson stopped it.

"It was a perfect shot," admitted the 29-year-old Marcotte's father and trainer, Fernard, Sr., doing the talking, as he often does, for his French-Canadian son, who speaks limited English.

"I think he (Leonard) should be the champion of the world." [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19790212&id=c4QsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=us0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6748,2449482]
==Notes==
*There was a crowd of 6,043.
*The fight was televised live by [[NBC]], but it was blacked out locally.
*Marcotte entered the fight as the Canadian middleweight champion.
*The fight was promoted by [[Chris Dundee]], the older brother of Leonard's manager, [[Angelo Dundee]].
*Leonard entered the fight ranked tenth among welterweights by the [[World Boxing Council]], sixth by the [[World Boxing Association]] and second by [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] magazine.

==Article==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19790211&id=6j1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7330,5868902 "Marcotte bout Leonard's toughest yet" Associated Press, February 11, 1979]

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Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Fernand Marcotte

2023-02-02T21:44:22Z

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<fight>432</fight>
*[[:File:Leonard-Marcotte 008.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Marcotte.jpg|Photo 2]]

'''Sugar Ray Leonard Defeats Marcotte'''

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sugar Ray Leonard, in his first test against a middleweight opponent, befuddled Canadian titleholder Fernand Marcotte with speed, then laid on the power to deliver a fight-ending right hook Sunday in the eighth round of their scheduled 10-round fight.

Leonard took charge from the first and said it was just a matter of waiting out the tough Canadian middleweight champion. "I picked my shots and watched for the right opportunity," said Leonard, a former [[Olympics|Olympic]] gold medal winner, who was unmarked and unruffled.

"I hit him when he brought his chin close to me."

It was Leonard's 19th professional victory without a defeat.

Fighting at 149½ pounds, he gave away six pounds and said he wanted to stay clear of the heavier Marcotte, at 155½.

"My strategy was to move from side to side and not to let him lean on me," Leonard said.

The proximity of the chin and glove occurred at 2:33 of the eighth round when Marcotte, blood streaming from his eye and nose, left himself open and Leonard delivered a surging right hook that dropped the Canadian. Marcotte has never been knocked out and made it up this time at the count of eight, but referee Jay Edson stopped it.

"It was a perfect shot," admitted the 29-year-old Marcotte's father and trainer, Fernard, Sr., doing the talking, as he often does, for his French-Canadian son, who speaks limited English.

"I think he (Leonard) should be the champion of the world."
==Notes==
*There was a crowd of 6,043.
*The fight was televised live by [[NBC]], but it was blacked out locally.
*Marcotte entered the fight as the Canadian middleweight champion.
*Leonard entered the fight ranked tenth among welterweights by the [[World Boxing Council]], sixth by the [[World Boxing Association]] and second by [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] magazine.

==Articles==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19790211&id=6j1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7330,5868902 "Marcotte bout Leonard's toughest yet" Associated Press, February 11, 1979]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19790212&id=c4QsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=us0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6748,2449482 "Sugar Ray Leonard Defeats Marcotte" Associated Press, February 12, 1979]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Bobby Hayman

2023-02-02T21:36:58Z

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<fight>376</fight>
==Notes==
*15,272 fans attended the fight at the Capital Centre. It was the largest crowd ever to see an indoor boxing card in Maryland. The previous record of 12,472 was set by [[Muhammad Ali vs. Jimmy Young]], which took place at the Capital Centre on April 30, 1976.
*Leonard knocked Haymon down in a corner at the 1:55 mark of the third round. Leonard dropped him again at the end of the round. Haymon, who was draped over the bottom strand of ring ropes, was dragged to his corner by his handlers. Haymon was ruled unfit to continue, and Leonard was awarded a TKO victory.
*The TKO sparked a heated protest by Haymon's handlers, who insisted their fighter had been hit after the bell had sounded to end the round. A television replay supplied by the Capitol Centre showed that Leonard landed a hard right as the bell sounded and then dropped Haymon with a left hook as referee Harry Cecchini started to step in.
*The Associated Press reported:
:Under Maryland State Athletic Commission rules, if Leonard actually landed his punch before the bell, the referee was compelled to count Haymon out.
:"That's what Cecchini should have done," commission secretary Jack Cohen said. "It should have gone in the books as a knockout, but under the circumstances, it has to be a third round TKO because he didn't answer the bell for the fourth (round)."
*Bobby Haymon is the brother of boxing adviser/manager [[Al Haymon]].

==Quotes==
*Sugar Ray Leonard: "I hit him before the bell. He was on his way down."
*Dominick Polo (Hayman's manager): "Leonard hit him three times after the bell. I talked to the officials, and they said they couldn't do anything about it. That's because they had 15,000 people here, and they didn't have the guts to do anything about it."
*Referee Harry Cecchini: "As soon as the bell rang, I jumped right in there. You expect them (Hayman's handlers) to say those things. It's the only defense they've got."

==Articles==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vFs_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yVIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4863,5795967&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+bobby+haymon&hl=en "Tainted victory for Sugar Ray" Associated Press, April 14, 1978]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2211&dat=19780422&id=vSEmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hv4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2343,1531998 "Victory No. 10 for Sugar Ray" By Tom Whitfield, ''Afro-American'', April 22, 1978]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Kevin Howard

2023-02-02T06:50:36Z

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<fight>1304</fight>
*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 77-74 Leonard
*'''Unofficial ''[[KO Magazine]]'' scorecard:''' 77-75 Leonard
*'''Promoter:''' Dan Doyle
*[[:File:Leonard-Howard program.jpeg|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Howard 139369704.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Howard 139369684.jpg|Photo 2]], [[:File:Leonard-Howard 139369679.jpg|Photo 3]], [[:File:Leonard-Howard 139369681.jpg|Photo 4]], [[:File:Leonard-Howard 173351016.jpg|Photo 5]], [[:File:1984-05-11.jpg|Photo 6]]

==Notes==
*This was [[Sugar Ray Leonard]]'s first fight since [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Bruce Finch|February 15, 1982]], when he knocked out [[Bruce Finch]] in three rounds to successfully defend the Undisputed World Welterweight Championship. After defeating Finch, Leonard was scheduled to fight [[Roger Stafford]] on May 14 in Buffalo, New York. While training for the fight, Leonard started to see spots and was diagnosed with a detached retina in his left eye. On May 9, Dr. Ron Michels of John Hopkins Hospital performed surgery to repair the retina. Although the surgery was successful and Dr. Michels cleared Leonard to fight again, Leonard decided to retire. He made the announcement on November 9 at a charity event in Baltimore.
*On December 10, 1983, after boxing a six-round exhibition at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Leonard announced that he was returning to the ring.
*On December 20, 1983, WDVM-TV in Washington, D.C., quoted unnamed sources as saying Leonard would fight [[Kevin Howard]], [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'' magazine's]] eighth-ranked welterweight contender, on February 25, 1984.
*[[Mike Trainer]], Leonard's attorney, called [[John Condon]], the president of [[Madison Square Garden]]'s boxing department, and asked about holding Leonard's comeback fight at the Garden on February 25. Condon said the date was already taken for a concert by the rock band Yes. After illness forced Yes to cancel the concert, Condon called Trainer to inform him that the arena was now available. Trainer, who had already made plans to hold the fight in Atlantic City, turned it down. Trainer then decided against Atlantic City due to the city's nine percent luxury tax.
*On January 26, 1984, a press conference was held to officially announce that Leonard would fight Kevin Howard on February 25 at the 13,866-seat Centrum (later the DCU Center) in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tickets were priced from $10 to $300.
*At the press conference, Leonard said he planned to fight every three months and predicted he would regain his welterweight crown "by the fall." He also said that he looked forward to fighting [[Marvin Hagler]] "two or three years down the road. I am not going to rush anything."
*The Massachusetts Boxing Commission required Leonard to be examined by Dr. Edward Ryan, a retinal specialist at the Eye and Ear Infirmary of Massachusetts General Hospital, before it would grant him a license. Leonard's left eye was okay, but Dr. Ryan discovered that the retina in his right eye was loose. As a result, the fight was indefinitely postponed. "There could have been further damage," Dr. Ryan said. "We decided right away that he should not fight." Dr. Ron Michels, Leonard's personal ophthalmologist, knew of the right eye's condition for two years. He said the "abnormal areas were not thought to be a threat." He added, "When seen by Dr. Ryan, it was felt these areas had deteriorated." Dr. Ryan performed a five-minute corrective treatment called cryotherapy, in which a small freezing probe is used to create adhesion around weak areas of the retina.
*After examining Leonard on February 24, Dr. Ryan said his right retina had "responded properly to the treatment and is well healed." He added, "I have contacted the Massachusetts State Boxing Commission and stated that the eyes appear stable." The commission granted Leonard a boxing license, and the fight with Howard was rescheduled for May 11.
*Both fighters wore thumbless gloves, which Leonard insisted on as a precaution against eye injuries.
*Leonard's purse was $3 million, and Howard's was $125,000.
*The fight was televised live on [[HBO]].
*The crowd of 10,461 at the Centrum included World Middleweight Champion [[Marvin Hagler]]. "I purchased a ringside seat for him," Leonard said. "I talked to him a few days ago, and he said he would be there."
*The ''New York Times'' reported that Mike Trainer said if Leonard "says afterwards that he's back where he was when he beat [[Thomas Hearns]]," there was a "possibility" of challenging Hagler for the middleweight title in the fall.
*The Associated Press reported:
:Sugar Ray Leonard climbed up from the first knockdown of his pro career in the fourth round Friday night and then stopped Kevin Howard with a furious barrage of head blows in the ninth round of his comeback fight.
:Leonard, fighting for the first time in 27 months, landed a crashing left hook that almost put Howard down in the ninth. But Howard grabbed Leonard and kept from falling. Then, after the two fighters were separated, Leonard landed several more shots to the head before referee [[Dick Flaherty|Richard Flaherty]] stopped the fight with 32 seconds to go in the round.
:Howard's corner protested vehemently and many in the crowd of 10,461 at the Centrum booed. But it did appear that Howard was all but out on his feet. Howard came to fight and although Leonard, who relinquished his undisputed welterweight title after undergoing surgery to repair a detached retina, was in control all the way, he was never dominant.
:In the fourth round, Leonard landed a four or five punch series to the head and then mugged at Howard, his chin sticking forward. Suddenly, the 23-year-old from Philadelphia did something that [[Roberto Duran]] hadn't been able to do in 23 rounds, something that Thomas Hearns couldn't do in his 14-round brawl with Leonard.
:Kevin Howard knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard with a right to the jaw that followed a pawing left. Leonard hit the seat of his pants, then got up at three to take a mandatory eight count.
:Howard resumed the attack and landed two good left hooks to the jaw but Leonard was able to withstand them.
:In the fifth round, Howard motioned Leonard to come to him. Leonard won the round with several hard body shots in the last minute. Leonard also held the edge in the sixth, seventh and eighth and then the former champion won the fight on the force of that tremendous hook in the ninth.
*Leonard was so disappointed in his performance that he announced his re-retirement at the post-fight press conference. "As of this moment I am retired," he told the assembled press. "There's no sense in fooling myself or anyone else. It's just not there. I just can't go on and humiliate myself. I fought with apprehension. I had fear for my eyes. I had fear for my whole body. But now I am content. I did try."

==Articles==
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19831210&id=C4ofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=stIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6121,7152009&hl=en "Sugar Ray Leonard Coming Out Of Retirement" Associated Press, December 11, 1983]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19831220&id=sTQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1661,6430824&hl=en "Sugar Ray Leonard to face Kevin Howard" Associated Press, December 21, 1983]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/20/sports/sports-people-garden-may-get-bout.html "Garden May Get Bout" ''New York Times'', January 20, 1984]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19840128&id=2YwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O-gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3431,2983554&hl=en "Sugar Ray to take on Kevin Howard" Associated Press, January 28, 1984]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/15/sports/leonard-is-advised-to-quit-fighting.html "LEONARD IS ADVISED TO QUIT FIGHTING" ''New York Times'', February 15, 1984]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/18/sports/leonard-decides-to-continue-career.html "LEONARD DECIDES TO CONTINUE CAREER" By Michael Katz, ''New York Times'', February 18, 1984]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19840225&id=2RBJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qAUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2548,4234320&hl=en "Leonard Resumes Career May 11" Associated Press, February 25, 1984]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/11/sports/leonard-returns-more-vulnerable.html "LEONARD RETURNS MORE VULNERABLE" By Michael Katz, May 10, 1984]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1907&dat=19840510&id=s2YrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=99gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4121,3126325&hl=en "Hagler will keep an eye on Leonard return" Associated Press, May 10, 1984]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19840512&id=HVhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9u4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4400,7843772&hl=en "Comeback see Ray get off his back" Associated Press, May 12, 1984]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19840512&id=4nwgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=82cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3587,2139458 "Leonard Wins, Retires Again" By Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, May 12, 1984]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1984/05/21/627364/for-leonard-it-was-down-and-then-out "For Leonard It Was Down, And Then Out" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', May 21, 1984]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (2nd meeting)

2023-02-02T06:36:41Z

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*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 113-112 Leonard
*'''Unofficial UPI scorecard:''' 113-112 Leonard
*'''Unofficial ''Boston Herald'' scorecard:''' 113-112 Hearns
*'''Unofficial ''[[KO Magazine]]'' scorecard:''' 115-112 Hearns
*'''[[WBC]] World Super Middleweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard) 
*'''Promoter:''' [[Bob Arum]] [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|(Top Rank)]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Hearns 2 poster.jpg|Fight Poster]]
*[[:File:F3521P.jpg|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:SI7026.jpg|''Sports Illustrated'' Cover]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Hearns II 93686928.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Hearns II 53441782.jpg|Photo 2]]
*'''See also:''' [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (1st meeting)|Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I]]

==Notes==
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*On January 24, 1989, promoter [[Bob Arum]] announced that Leonard and Hearns would fight on June 12. The contracts were signed at a press conference in New York City on January 31.
*The fight was billed as "The War."
*Leonard was guaranteed $13 million, and Hearns was guaranteed $11 million. Leonard also received 40 percent of the promotional gross over $30 million, and Hearns received 35 percent.
*Leonard was the [[WBC]] Super Middleweight Champion, and Hearns was the WBC No. 1-ranked super middleweight contender. Hearns was also the [[WBO]] Super Middleweight Champion, but his title was not at stake. Leonard refused to have anything to do with the WBO due to its involvement with fighters from apartheid South Africa.
*Leonard dictated the terms of the rematch, including a reported clause that carried big financial penalties if either fighter weighed more than 164 pounds at the official weigh-in.
*[[Caesars Palace]] paid $8 million to host the fight. It took place in an outdoor stadium before a capacity crowd of 15,300.
*The fight was shown live on closed-circuit television in 1,600 locations and on pay-per-view, which was available to about nine million homes in the United States.
*On June 8, at the final pre-fight press conference at Caesars Palace, Hearns and [[Emanuel Steward]], his manager and trainer, accused Leonard of taking steroids. Leonard, who had noticeably bulked up for the fight, laughed off the allegation and offered to take a drug test. "It's a joke," said [[Mike Trainer]], Leonard's attorney. "They're throwing it out to stir things up and get some more publicity for the fight." The [[Nevada State Athletic Commission]] said they had no plans to test either boxer for steroids, although urine tests for other drugs would be taken immediately before the fight.
*Henry Hearns, the 22-year-old brother of Thomas Hearns, was charged with first-degree murder on the day of the fight. He was accused of shooting his 19-year-old finance, Nancy Birale, two days earlier after she threatened to leave him. Birale's body was found in a bedroom of Thomas' Detroit home. She had been shot once in the head with Thomas' .44 Magnum handgun. Emanuel Steward told the press that Thomas was "totally shocked" when he learned of the shooting. "But when the fight starts, Tommy will put it out of his mind," Steward added. Henry testified at his trial that the shooting occurred accidentally as he tried to wrestle the gun from Barile to keep her from killing herself. But Ricardo Veeder, who was in the home at the time of the shooting, testified that he heard Henry threaten to kill Barile moments before she was shot. Henry was convicted of second-degree murder on November 22, 1989, and received a sentence of 25 to 50 years in prison. In 1992, Thomas agreed to pay the woman's family $685,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. Henry was discharged from prison on February 20, 2015.
*Leonard was a 3 to 1 favorite, and the odds were 15 to 1 against the fight ending in a draw.
*Leonard wore red and white striped trunks with the word "AMANDLA" on the waistband. Amandla means "power" in Zulu and was commonly used in anti-apartheid demonstrations. The day of the fight marked the 25th anniversary of Nelson Mandela being sentenced to life in prison for conspiring to overthrow the apartheid government of South Africa.
*[[Phil Berger]] of the ''New York Times'' reported:
:Hearns, 30 years old and weighing 162½ pounds, was a far better fighter against Leonard, 33 and 160, than he had been in recent bouts against [[Juan Domingo Roldan|Juan Roldan]], [[Iran Barkley]] and [[James Kinchen]]. He showed a warrior's grit as he stood up to Leonard's best punches, and in the process, he at least partly refuted harsh assessments by the news media that he no longer operated with sound legs or firm chin.
:Although Leonard wobbled him in the fifth round with a right-left combination and then pounded him liberally through the rest of the round, Hearns managed to stay erect even though he appeared to be in deep trouble.
:In the 12th and final round, Hearns looked shaky again as Leonard landed big blows from all angles. But Hearns weathered Leonard's furious assault and was still on his feet when the fight ended.
:It was Leonard who hit the deck, twice, during the vigorously fought bout. The referee, [[Richard Steele]], credited Hearns with a knockdown in the third round when Hearns grazed the top of Leonard's head with a right and, as Leonard's back foot slid from under him, gave him a nudge with his gloves - more push, it seemed, than punch - that sent Leonard to the canvas.
:The knockdown that Hearns scored in the 11th round was real. Two rights by Hearns sent Leonard down.
:The bout had the ebb and flow of a classic match. Both fighters repeatedly fought back when hurt, taking turns controlling the action.
*The crowd booed when it was announced that the fight was a draw, as most thought Hearns had won. Most of the reporters scoring at ringside had Hearns slightly ahead, but a significant minority — including the AP and UPI — scored it for Leonard.
*Neither fighter complained about the decision. Hearns said, "I'm proud of having a draw. It could have gone the other way, so I'm grateful I got a draw." Leonard concurred. "Like Tommy said, we'll leave it to the judges. I accept it," he stated. Years later, Leonard remarked, "Hearns should have gotten the decision. I admit that."
*Judges [[Jerry Roth]] and [[Dalby Shirley]] scored the first eleven rounds identically: round one (10-9 Hearns), two (Hearns 10-8), round three (10-8 Hearns), round four (10-9 Leonard), round five (10-8 Leonard), round six (10-9 Hearns), round seven (10-9 Leonard), round eight (10-9 Hearns), round nine (10-9 Leonard), round ten (10-9 Leonard), round eleven (10-8 Hearns). They disagreed on round twelve. Both scored the round for Hearns, but Roth had it 10-9 and Shirley had it 10-8. Judge [[Tommy Kaczmarek]] disagreed with his fellow judges on rounds one, two, four, six, and seven. He agreed with Roth on the 12th round.
*Dalby Shirley said he thought Hearns had won the fight and was taken aback when it was announced that he had scored the fight 112-112. "I was kind of surprised it came out a draw, because I did not keep a running total," Shirley said. During an interview with [[Larry Merchant]] on [[HBO]], which replayed the fight on June 17, Merchant joked to Shirley that if the judge had been in the stands, he might have booed his own scoring. After the interview, Merchant said he was surprised by his own score. Thinking Hearns had won decisively, Merchant added up his score and discovered that he had Hearns winning by only one point.
*On July 7, the ''New York Times'' reported that Emanuel Steward said he expected Leonard-Hearns III to take place on November 2 at Caesars Palace. "We are tentatively set to go into training for that bout on September 1," Steward was quoted as saying. "But this time Thomas will have parity in the purses paid the fighters." However, Mike Trainer said, "Everybody who has a Thomas Hearns fight signed and sealed for November 2 at Caesars Palace is way ahead of the game." On July 26, it was announced that Leonard would fight [[Roberto Duran]] on [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran (3rd meeting)|December 7]]. "This is a better deal for Ray, because Hearns was seeking parity," Trainer said. "He wanted as much money as Ray." Leonard was guaranteed $15 million, while Duran was guaranteed $7.6 million. After Leonard defeated Duran, he pursued another match with Hearns. However, the two fighters could not agree on a weight limit. Leonard wanted the same weight limit as the second fight, but Hearns said he could no longer make that weight. Trainer said, "Both of them were like-minded in one respect: they wanted to fight each other again."

==Articles==
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1907&dat=19890609&id=9lwrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ldgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3673,7678732&hl=en "Hearns' corner suggests Leonard took steroids to bulk up for bout" Associated Press, June 9, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19890612&id=tVhYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6vkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5880,1607583&hl=en "Hearns brother arrested in death" Associated Press, June 12, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19890613&id=9Mw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=DI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6739,5969302&hl=en "Leonard-Hearns bout ends in a draw" United Press International, June 13, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19890613&id=ZzseAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ur4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6642,4871331&hl=en "Hearns, Leonard Both Pleased With Draw" Associated Press, June 13, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19890613&id=0qtJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eA4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4570,4770373&hl=en "Hearns was set to face Leonard" Associated Press, June 13, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19890613&id=rOYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5421,4992385&hl=en "Draw may be right ending for Hearns and Sugar Ray" By Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, June 13, 1989]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/14/sports/hearns-shows-he-can-take-a-punch.html "Hearns Shows He Can Take A Punch" By Phil Berger, ''New York Times'', June 14, 1989]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1989/06/19/120076/another-classic-sugar-ray-leonard-survived-two-knockdowns-and-escaped-with-a-draw-in-a-thrilling-rematch-against-thomas-hearns "ANOTHER CLASSIC" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', June 19, 1989]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/07/sports/leonard-hearns-possible.html "Leonard-Hearns Possible" ''New York Times'', July 7, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19890614&id=-3k0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=oaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2197,3651764&hl=en "Judge surprised fight was draw" Associated Press, June 14, 1989]
*[http://articles.philly.com/1989-07-27/sports/26135665_1_leonard-duran-iii-rematch-five-months-important-fight "Back At It After 9 Years" By Robert Seltzer, ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', July 27, 1989]
*[http://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-07/sports/sp-421_1_thomas-hearns "Hearns' Brother Sent to Prison" ''Los Angeles Times'', February 7, 1990]
*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0D8133DF93BA35751C0A967958260&scp=1&sq=sugar%20ray%20leonard%20hearns%20norris&st=cse "Leonard Has Norris at Hand, but Hearns on the Mind" By Phil Berger, ''New York Times'', February 8, 1991]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19921009&id=D1hPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SQMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6786,2181559&hl=en "Boxer Hearns agrees to pay $685,000 to family of woman slain in his home" Associated Press, October 9, 1992]

Terry Norris vs. Sugar Ray Leonard

2023-02-02T06:27:53Z

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[[File:Leonard-Norris 7247875.jpg|right|410px]]
<fight>4934</fight>
*'''[[WBC]] Super Welterweight Championship''' (2nd defense by Norris)
*[[:File:Leonard-norris.jpg|Fight Poster]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Norris program.jpg|Program Cover]]

== Notes ==
[[File:Leonard-Norris 174009350.jpg|right|410px]]
[[File:Leonard-Norris 174009377.jpg|right|410px]]
*Leonard was fighting for the first time in fourteen months.
*Leonard, who had been fighting at middleweight and super middleweight, was moving down in weight. This was his first fight at junior middleweight since defeating [[Kevin Howard]] in 1984.
*Norris was eleven years younger than Leonard.
*The fight was promoted by Victory Promotions, the company of [[Mike Trainer]], Leonard's attorney.
*The fight was televised live on [[Showtime]].
*[[HBO]] released Leonard from his broadcasting contract because the cable network was not given an opportunity to bid on the televised rights to Leonard's fight with Norris. Leonard had been a ringside commentator for HBO since 1978. HBO Sports Executive Producer [[Ross Greenburg]] said, "We feel, therefore, if HBO is treated in this fashion, it is inappropriate for Ray to continue as a commentator on ''World Championship Boxing'' telecasts." Mike Trainer responded, "There never has been a linkage between his broadcasting and his fighting."
*Leonard was expected to make more than $4 million, and Norris was expected to get at least $1 million. "The fighters are both on percentages," Mike Trainer said. "When we take in all our receipts -- the gate, the live telecast money from Showtime, foreign sales, and so forth -- we'll subtract expenses and split up what's left according to the respective percentages of the fighters."
*Leonard was a 12 to 5 favorite.
*A crowd of 7,495 attended the fight at [[Madison Square Garden]].
*[[Pat Putnam]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported:
:Eliminate the bout's historic significance and it wasn't much of a fight, just a lopsided whipping of a stubborn but aged challenger by a young champion. Leonard had said that he expected an ugly fight, but this wasn't quite what he pictured. Norris, 23 and quicker, knocked Leonard down with a left hook in the second round and with a short, crisp right in the seventh. Leonard was never in danger of not finishing the fight. Only the body had grown older; the will and the heart remained young and strong.

:"I knew I didn't have it when I entered the ring," said Leonard, who was fighting for the first time since beating [[Roberto Duran]] in a super middleweight bout in December 1989. After the second-round knockdown, Leonard, on legs that no longer responded to his commands, was reduced to setting ambushes, none of which were successful against the overly cautious Norris, who might well have knocked out Leonard had he been more aggressive. "He was trying to bait me," said Norris, "but it didn't work."
*After the decision was announced, Leonard took the ring microphone and announced, "This is my last fight."
==Quotes==
*Norris: "It was a sad victory. He's my idol and I beat him badly. I didn't want it to be that way. He's still my idol."
*Leonard: "He was quick and too smart. He's a young Sugar Ray Leonard. He's going to get better. If he maintains the same focus, he's going to be around a long time."
== Articles ==
*[http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-15/sports/sp-2083_1_ray-leonard "Ray Leonard, HBO Cut Ties After 12 Years" Associated Press, October 15, 1990]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1991/02/18/123646/so-long-sugar-after-taking-a-beating-from-terry-norris-11-years-his-junior-ray-leonard-says-he-is-retiring-for-good "So Long, Sugar" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', February 18, 1991]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Hector Camacho

2023-02-02T06:19:00Z

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<fight>11443</fight>
* '''[[International Boxing Council|IBC]] Middleweight Championship''' (1st defense by Camacho)
*[[:File:Leonardcamacho.jpg|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Camacho 350913.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Camacho-Leonard 350932.jpg|Photo 2]]

==Notes==
[[File:Leonard-Camacho BX001846.jpg|right|365px]] [[File:Camacho drops Leonard.jpg|Program Cover|right|365px]]
*Leonard's purse was $4 million, and Camacho's was $2 million.
*Leonard was 40 years old and had not fought in six years. In his previous fight, he lost to [[WBC]] Super Welterweight Champion [[Terry Norris]] by a lopsided decision. He blamed the loss on a fractured rib, difficulty getting down to 154 pounds, and divorce proceedings.
*After announcing his return to the ring, Leonard appeared on the [[:File:SI8609.jpg|cover]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''.
*[[Adrian Davis]] trained Leonard for the fight.
*Leonard was a 7 to 5 favorite.
*The fight was shown live on pay-per-view and rebroadcast on the [[USA Network]] on April 1, 1997.
*The Associated Press reported:
:With a crowd of 10,324 rooting him on, Leonard landed some nice punches in the first round but quickly looked like the old fighter he is and not the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] fighter he used to be.
:Leonard bloodied Camacho's nose in the second round but Camacho returned the favor by ripping a cut over Leonard's left eye in the fourth. Then Camacho opened the fifth with a solid left to Leonard's head and, at about 50 seconds of the round, the left-handed Camacho landed a right and three left uppercuts that dropped Leonard, who had been knocked down twice in losing a one-sided decision to junior middleweight champion [[Terry Norris]] on Feb. 9, 1991.
:Leonard started to get up at the count of three, then fell back down, but struggled up to easily beat the 10-count.
:Camacho then leaped to the attack and landed a barrage of 10 punches to the head that made referee [[Joe Cortez]] move in to save Leonard from further punishment.
*Camacho was ahead on two scorecards and even on the third. The scores were 39-37, 39-37 and 38-38.
*From the start of the fight, Leonard had difficulty keeping his feet beneath him. He tripped once and almost stumbled to the canvas a second time. Afterward, he revealed that he had torn his right calf on January 31 while training in Chandler, Arizona. "I should have canceled the fight," said J.D. Brown, Leonard's adviser. "There were rumors that he was hospitalized and they were true." Leonard denied the rumors and said his son, Ray Jr., who was trying out for a local Arena Football League team, had been the Leonard in question. His doctor suggested that the fight be postponed, but Leonard refused. He didn't spar for two weeks. When he resumed sparring, he quickly re-injured his leg. His camp then closed his workouts to the press and public so nobody would see how hobbled he was. "It was something we camouflaged because we thought it was going to heal," said J.D. Brown. Leonard said his doctor injected him with a painkiller two hours before the fight. However, he was insistent that nobody take it as an excuse. "Do not write that this was the reason I lost," Leonard said.
*"For sure, my career is definitely over," Leonard said in the Convention Center ring after the fight. However, just a few days later, he changed his mind and said he would return with a series of tuneup fights before fighting a champion.
*Leonard was scheduled to fight Danny Phippen on June 1, 1997, but the bout was postponed until July 22 after Leonard said his calf needed more time to heal. After Phippen skipped out on a stipulated tuneup match, Leonard was set to face [[Dan Connolly]] on July 25, but he backed out because he said he didn't have enough time to train. Leonard then planned to meet [[Tony Menefee]] on February 15, 1998, in Sydney, Australia, but he pulled out of that fight as well. According to J.D. Brown, Leonard didn't have the motivation. The Camacho fight was Leonard's last fight.
== Articles ==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kUtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3831,732259&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+hector+camacho&hl=en "Camacho sends Leonard back into retirement" Associated Press, March 2, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_C0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1wcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2513,535004&dq=ray+leonard+camacho+son+hospital&hl=en "Leonard camp defends choice to fight injured" Associated Press, March 3, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-PxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MhUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4781,653701&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+hector+camacho&hl=en "Sugar Ray may fight again despite beating" Reuter, March 8, 1997]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1997/03/10/223655/sweet-n-low-sugar-ray-leonard-looked-all-of-his-40-years-in-another-ill-fated-comeback "Sweet 'n Low" By Richard Hoffer, ''Sports Illustrated'', March 10, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19970501&id=87QaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IjoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3476,1394214 "Leonard postpones fight" Associated Press, May 1, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970520&id=6vxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GRUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1309,4337609 "Sugar Ray's opponent missing since Friday" Associated Press, May 20, 1997]
*[http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1998/Sugar-Ray-Exits-Australian-Bout/id-37d65fb1a42df8e8a4cf3640530bdefd "Sugar Ray Exits Australian Bout" Associated Press, January 12, 1998]

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title=[[IBC Middleweight Title Fights|IBC Middleweight Title Fight]] # 5|
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Donny Lalonde vs. Sugar Ray Leonard

2023-02-02T05:50:53Z

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[[File:Leonard-Lalonde Program.jpeg|right|400px]]
<fight>3074</fight>
*[[WBC]] Light Heavyweight Championship (2nd defense by Lalonde)
*[[WBC]] Super Middleweight Championship (Vacant inaugural title)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Mike Trainer]] (Victory Promotions)
*[[:File:Leonard-Lalonde pose ring.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Lalonde 576x324.jpg|Photo 2]], [[:File:Leonard-Lalonde 81451380.jpg|Photo 3]]
 
==Notes==
[[File:Leonard-Lalonde 81346144.jpg|right|400px]]
[[File:LeonardLalonde.jpg|right|right|400px]]
[[File:Leonard-Lalonde 81371728.jpg|right|400px]]
[[File:Leonard-Lalonde BE054242.jpg|right|400px]]
*On August 4, 1988, a press conference was held in Washington, D.C., to announce that Leonard and Lalonde had signed to fight for Lalonde's [[WBC]] Light Heavyweight Championship and the newly created WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Another press conference was held in New York City on August 18 to announce the date, site and other details of the fight.
*This was Leonard's third return from retirement and his first fight since defeating [[Marvin Hagler|Marvelous Marvin Hagler]] by a 12-round split decision to win the WBC Middleweight Championship on [[Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard|April 6, 1987]].
*This was Lalonde's first fight at super middleweight since defeating Benito Fernandez by a ninth-round TKO on November 6, 1986.
*Mike Trainer, Leonard's attorney, promoted the fight under the banner of Victory Promotions.
*Trainer said Leonard would earn at least $15 million, and Lalonde would earn about $5 million.
*Leonard's purse was the largest ever for a light heavyweight title fight. The previous largest was $1.2 million, which was paid to both [[Michael Spinks]] and [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] when they fought to unify the World Light Heavyweight Championship on [[Michael Spinks vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi|March 18, 1983]].
*Titan Entertainment reportedly paid $9.5 million to be the closed-circuit and pay-per-view distributor. Titan, which previously had success with pay-per-view wrestling events such as Wrestlemania and Summer Slam, was making its first foray into boxing. The fight was distributed to some 800 cable systems with a pay-per-view price of $29.95. "We did gross revenues of $19.5 million and a net just a little under $10 million. Out of 9.5 million homes, we had a buy rate of 6.8 percent," said Jim Troy of Titan. "There was approximately another $1 million from closed-circuit television and about another $2 million from foreign rights."
*The fight was held in a 15,388-seat outdoor stadium at [[Caesars Palace]] in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tickets were priced from $200 and $1,000. Caesars Palace, which reportedly paid a site fee of $7.5 million, announced a crowd 13,246 and a gate of $7.5 million. However, the [[Nevada State Athletic Commission]] claimed there was a paid crowd of 5,590 and a gate of $2,789,800. It was reported that more than 5,000 free tickets were given away to increase the crowd.
*Coors contributed $1 million to the boxers' purses and an additional $2 million into advertising the bout. The day after the fight, Mike Trainer threatened to withhold a portion of Lalonde's purse because his cornermen had not worn the Coors beer insignia on their clothes the night of the bout. [[Dave Wolf]], Lalonde's manager, said Lalonde didn't want to be associated with a brewery because of his advocacy against child abuse. (Lalonde wore a patch on his trunks that read "No Excuse For Child Abuse.") Trainer said, "Their money is going to go to a charity of Donny`s choice. He`s not getting it." A week after the fight, Lalonde's attorney, Norm Kaplan, said he had heard no further on the subject from Trainer. "I spoke to the Coors people and they indicated there was no problem," said Kaplan.
*This was Leonard's first professional fight without trainer [[Angelo Dundee]] in his corner. They parted ways due to a dispute over money. Dundee was unhappy with the amount of money he received for Leonard's fight against Hagler. "They paid me off in the fabulous sum of one percent of Ray's purse, plus something else," Dundee said. "I thought it was a little low, and I resented it." Mike Trainer disputed Dundee's story. "What Angie told you he got paid from Ray is absolutely false," Trainer said. "He made more for the last fight than for any other fight up to that time." Dundee demanded that his payment for the Lalonde fight be negotiated by his attorney, but Leonard refused. [[Janks Morton]], [[Dave Jacobs]] and [[Pepe Correa]] worked Leonard's corner for the Lalonde fight.
*After Leonard weighed a career-high 165 pounds at the official weigh-in, Lalonde took the microphone and said, "I'm not only fighting an old welterweight, I'm fighting an old, fat welterweight." Leonard got on the scale wearing a warmup suit and later revealed that he had silver dollars in his pockets. "I had about 40-50 in each pocket," Leonard said. "What I actually weighed this morning was 159½."
*Leonard was a 3½ to 1 favorite.
*[[Pat Putnam]] of the ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported:
:The end came like a savage storm. Leonard, who had been knocked down by a right hand to the left side of his head when caught off balance in the fourth round, faced a furious assault in the ninth. His chances for world titles four and five -- the WBC super middleweight championship and Lalonde's WBC light heavyweight crown -- suddenly appeared dim as Lalonde threw 31 straight punches, although most lacked power or precision. When Lalonde paused, Leonard attacked. As he came out of the corner, he launched three hooks to Lalonde's head and a hard jab to his nose. A right snapped Lalonde's head back, driving him into his own corner, where he took a savage battering. Leonard slammed fist after fist against Lalonde's head before dropping him with a hard left hook.

:His expression grim, Lalonde struggled to his feet. He nodded at Leonard, as if to say, "O.K., you win." When referee Richard Steele waved Leonard forward, Lalonde grimaced and exhaled sharply, sending a bright red spray into the night air. His eyes widened as Leonard moved swiftly to resume his assault. He hammered a right against Lalonde's head, and Lalonde, who had held his title for not quite a year, tried to clinch, but his strength was gone, and he backed away against the ropes. Leonard set himself and fired a right from the floor that narrowly missed Lalonde. Then, tapping Lalonde's chest gently, almost contemptuously, with a measuring left hand, Leonard cracked him with another right and sent Lalonde to the floor with a hook. It was over.
*Leonard landed 205 of 382 punches (54 percent), and Lalonde connected on 122 of 508 (24 percent).
*Leonard became the second fighter in history to win world championships in five weight divisions. Three days earlier, [[Thomas Hearns]] became the first to accomplish the feat when he defeated [[James Kinchen]] to win the inaugural [[WBO]] Super Middleweight Championship.
*The fight was rebroadcast several times by [[HBO]], starting on November 12, 1988.
*Leonard vacated the light heavyweight title and defended the super middleweight title against Thomas Hearns on June 12, 1989.
*Lalonde was scheduled to fight [[Dennis Andries]] for the vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Championship on June 24, 1989, but retired a month before the fight, saying, "I can no longer justify hurting people for my own gain." He returned to the ring in 1991.
==Articles==
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19881020&id=5ohQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rRIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6740,4815153&hl=en "Dundee pulls out of Leonard's corner" Associated Press, October 20, 1988]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19881106&id=FPglAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5083,1402699&hl=en "Two champs go for new titles" Associated Pres, November 6, 1988]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19881107&id=dXQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4IgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1050,1749375&hl=en "Latest Farewell Fight Should Earn Leonard Big Check, Two Belts" By Tim Dalhberg, Associated Press, November 7, 1988]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/08/sports/leonard-knocks-out-lalonde-to-win-two-titles.html "Leonard Knocks Out Lalonde to Win Two Titles" By Phil Berger, ''New York Times'', November 8, 1988]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19881112&id=W38iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G6oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4256,3600485 "Titan cleans up with Leonard fight" Associated Press, November 12, 1988]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/17/sports/boxing-notebook-the-road-to-leonard-hearns.html "BOXING NOTEBOOK; The Road to Leonard-Hearns" By Phil Berger, ''New York Times'', November 17, 1988]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19881118&id=N-AcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fWMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2088,1794873&hl=en "Sports Digest: Boxing" ''Pittsburgh Press'', November 18, 1988]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1988/11/21/118933/how-sweet-it-was-sugar-ray-leonard-kod-donny-lalonde-and-savored-every-brutal-second-of-it "HOW SWEET IT WAS" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', November 21, 1988]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19900328&id=yxoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OSQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3137,6627979 "Lalonde retires" Associated Press, May 28, 1989]

Donny Lalonde vs. Sugar Ray Leonard

2023-02-02T05:26:34Z

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[[File:Leonard-Lalonde Program.jpeg|right|400px]]
<fight>3074</fight>
*[[WBC]] Light Heavyweight Championship (2nd defense by Lalonde)
*[[WBC]] Super Middleweight Championship (Vacant inaugural title)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Mike Trainer]] (Victory Promotions)
*[[:File:Leonard-Lalonde pose ring.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Lalonde 576x324.jpg|Photo 2]], [[:File:Leonard-Lalonde 81451380.jpg|Photo 3]]
 
==Notes==
[[File:Leonard-Lalonde 81346144.jpg|right|400px]]
[[File:LeonardLalonde.jpg|right|right|400px]]
[[File:Leonard-Lalonde 81371728.jpg|right|400px]]
[[File:Leonard-Lalonde BE054242.jpg|right|400px]]
*On August 4, 1988, a press conference was held in Washington, D.C., to announce that Leonard and Lalonde had signed to fight for Lalonde's [[WBC]] Light Heavyweight Championship and the newly created WBC Super Middleweight Championship. Another press conference was held in New York City on August 18 to announce the date, site and other details of the fight.
*This was Leonard's third return from retirement and his first fight since defeating [[Marvin Hagler|Marvelous Marvin Hagler]] by a 12-round split decision to win the WBC Middleweight Championship on [[Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard|April 6, 1987]].
*This was Lalonde's first fight at super middleweight since defeating Benito Fernandez by a ninth-round TKO on November 6, 1986.
*Mike Trainer, Leonard's attorney, promoted the fight under the banner of Victory Promotions.
*Trainer said Leonard would earn at least $15 million, and Lalonde would earn about $5 million.
*Leonard's purse was the largest ever for a light heavyweight title fight. The previous largest was $1.2 million, which was paid to both [[Michael Spinks]] and [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] when they fought to unify the World Light Heavyweight Championship on [[Michael Spinks vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi|March 18, 1983]].
*Titan Entertainment reportedly paid $9.5 million to be the closed circuit and pay-per-view distributor. Titan, which previously had success with pay-per-view wrestling events such as Wrestlemania and Summer Slam, was making its first foray into boxing. The fight was distributed to some 800 cable systems with a pay-per-view price of $29.95. "We did gross revenues of $19.5 million and a net just a little under $10 million. Out of 9.5 million homes, we had a buy rate of 6.8 percent," said Jim Troy of Titan. "There was approximately another $1 million from closed circuit television and about another $2 million from foreign rights."
*The fight was held in a 15,388-seat outdoor stadium at [[Caesars Palace]] in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tickets were priced from $200 and $1,000. Caesars Palace, which reportedly paid a site fee of $7.5 million, announced a crowd 13,246 and a gate of $7.5 million. However, the [[Nevada State Athletic Commission]] claimed there was a paid crowd of 5,590 and a gate of $2,789,800. It was reported that more than 5,000 free tickets were given away to increase the crowd.
*Coors contributed $1 million to the boxers' purses and an additional $2 million into advertising the bout. The day after the fight, Mike Trainer threatened to withhold a portion of Lalonde's purse because his cornermen had not worn the Coors beer insignia on their clothes the night of the bout. [[Dave Wolf]], Lalonde's manager, said Lalonde didn't want to be associated with a brewery because of his advocacy against child abuse. (Lalonde wore a patch on his trunks that read "No Excuse For Child Abuse.") Trainer said, "Their money is going to go to a charity of Donny`s choice. He`s not getting it." A week after the fight, Lalonde's attorney, Norm Kaplan, said he had heard no further on the subject from Trainer. "I spoke to the Coors people and they indicated there was no problem," said Kaplan.
*This was Leonard's first professional fight without trainer [[Angelo Dundee]] in his corner. They parted ways due to a dispute over money. Dundee was unhappy with the amount of money he received for Leonard's fight against Hagler. "They paid me off in the fabulous sum of one percent of Ray's purse, plus something else," Dundee said. "I thought it was a little low, and I resented it." Mike Trainer disputed Dundee's story. "What Angie told you he got paid from Ray is absolutely false," Trainer said. "He made more for the last fight than for any other fight up to that time." Dundee demanded that his payment for the Lalonde fight be negotiated by his attorney, but Leonard refused. [[Janks Morton]], [[Dave Jacobs]] and [[Pepe Correa]] worked Leonard's corner for the Lalonde fight.
*After Leonard weighed a career-high 165 pounds at the official weigh-in, Lalonde took the microphone and said, "I'm not only fighting an old welterweight, I'm fighting an old, fat welterweight." Leonard got on the scale wearing a warmup suit and later revealed that he had silver dollars in his pockets. "I had about 40-50 in each pocket," Leonard said. "What I actually weighed this morning was 159½."
*Leonard was a 3½ to 1 favorite.
*[[Pat Putnam]] of the ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported:
:The end came like a savage storm. Leonard, who had been knocked down by a right hand to the left side of his head when caught off balance in the fourth round, faced a furious assault in the ninth. His chances for world titles four and five -- the WBC super middleweight championship and Lalonde's WBC light heavyweight crown -- suddenly appeared dim as Lalonde threw 31 straight punches, although most lacked power or precision. When Lalonde paused, Leonard attacked. As he came out of the corner, he launched three hooks to Lalonde's head and a hard jab to his nose. A right snapped Lalonde's head back, driving him into his own corner, where he took a savage battering. Leonard slammed fist after fist against Lalonde's head before dropping him with a hard left hook.

:His expression grim, Lalonde struggled to his feet. He nodded at Leonard, as if to say, "O.K., you win." When referee Richard Steele waved Leonard forward, Lalonde grimaced and exhaled sharply, sending a bright red spray into the night air. His eyes widened as Leonard moved swiftly to resume his assault. He hammered a right against Lalonde's head, and Lalonde, who had held his title for not quite a year, tried to clinch, but his strength was gone, and he backed away against the ropes. Leonard set himself and fired a right from the floor that narrowly missed Lalonde. Then, tapping Lalonde's chest gently, almost contemptuously, with a measuring left hand, Leonard cracked him with another right and sent Lalonde to the floor with a hook. It was over.
*Leonard landed 205 of 382 punches (54 percent), and Lalonde connected on 122 of 508 (24 percent).
*Leonard became the second fighter in history to win world championships in five weight divisions. Three days earlier, [[Thomas Hearns]] became the first to accomplish the feat when he defeated [[James Kinchen]] to win the inaugural [[WBO]] Super Middleweight Championship.
*The fight was rebroadcast several times by [[HBO]], starting on November 12, 1988.
*Leonard vacated the light heavyweight title and defended the super middleweight title against Thomas Hearns on June 12, 1989.
*Lalonde was scheduled to fight [[Dennis Andries]] for the vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Championship on June 24, 1989, but retired a month before the fight, saying, "I can no longer justify hurting people for my own gain." He returned to the ring in 1991.
==Articles==
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19881020&id=5ohQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rRIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6740,4815153&hl=en "Dundee pulls out of Leonard's corner" Associated Press, October 20, 1988]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19881106&id=FPglAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5083,1402699&hl=en "Two champs go for new titles" Associated Pres, November 6, 1988]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19881107&id=dXQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4IgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1050,1749375&hl=en "Latest Farewell Fight Should Earn Leonard Big Check, Two Belts" By Tim Dalhberg, Associated Press, November 7, 1988]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/08/sports/leonard-knocks-out-lalonde-to-win-two-titles.html "Leonard Knocks Out Lalonde to Win Two Titles" By Phil Berger, ''New York Times'', November 8, 1988]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19881112&id=W38iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G6oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4256,3600485 "Titan cleans up with Leonard fight" Associated Press, November 12, 1988]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/17/sports/boxing-notebook-the-road-to-leonard-hearns.html "BOXING NOTEBOOK; The Road to Leonard-Hearns" By Phil Berger, ''New York Times'', November 17, 1988]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19881118&id=N-AcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fWMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2088,1794873&hl=en "Sports Digest: Boxing" ''Pittsburgh Press'', November 18, 1988]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1988/11/21/118933/how-sweet-it-was-sugar-ray-leonard-kod-donny-lalonde-and-savored-every-brutal-second-of-it "HOW SWEET IT WAS" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', November 21, 1988]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19900328&id=yxoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OSQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3137,6627979 "Lalonde retires" Associated Press, May 28, 1989]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran (3rd meeting)

2023-02-02T05:08:47Z

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<fight>3939</fight>
*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 118-111 Leonard
*'''Unofficial [[HBO]] Judge [[Harold Lederman]]:''' 120-106 Leonard
*'''[[WBC]] Super Middleweight Championship''' (2nd defense by Leonard)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Bob Arum]] [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|(Top Rank)]]
*[[:File:Leonard-DuranIIIPoster.jpg|Fight Poster]]
*[[:File:Leonard-duran3.jpg|Program Cover]]
*'''See also:''' [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran (1st meeting)|Leonard vs. Duran I]] 
*'''See also:''' [[Roberto Duran vs. Sugar Ray Leonard (2nd meeting)|Leonard vs. Duran II]]

==Notes==
[[File:Leonard-Duran III.jpg|right|330px]]
[[File:Leonard-Duran III 117737374.jpg|right|330px]]
[[File:Leonard-Duran III 1785345.jpg|right|330px]]
[[File:LeonardDuranIII.jpg|right|330px]]
*On July 26, 1989, a press conference was held to officially announce the fight. The press was told that the site and the date had not yet been determined, but there were three possibilities: [[Caesars Palace]] in Las Vegas on November 2, Trump Plaza in Atlantic City on November 30 and The Mirage in Las Vegas during the first week of December.
*It was announced on July 31 that the fight would take place at The Mirage. The $630 million hotel and casino opened on November 22, 1989, and was the first new resort on the Las Vegas Strip in fifteen years. Steve Wynn, the owner of The Mirage, originally scheduled the opening for December 26, but the date was moved up when he landed the fight.
*[[Mike Trainer]], Leonard's attorney and the fight's co-promoter, said The Mirage and Trump Plaza offered site fees in excess of $8 million. "The money was about the same. It came down to intangibles," Trainer said. "Ray liked the idea of opening this new hotel."
*Trainer's Victory Promotions and [[Bob Arum]]'s [[Top Rank]] promoted the fight.
*The match was billed as "Uno Mas," meaning "one more" in Spanish. It was a reference to the second fight between Leonard and Duran, the "No Mas" fight, in which Duran quit.
*Leonard was the WBC Super Middleweight Champion, and Duran was the WBC Middleweight Champion.
*Leonard and Duran had a contracted weight limit of 162 pounds.
*The fight was shown live on closed-circuit television at approximately 1,200 locations and on pay-per-view, which was available to an estimated 13 million homes in the United States.
*[[HBO]] paid $3 million for the delayed rights.
*A sellout crowd of 16,305 produced a gate of $9 million. Ticket prices were $800, $600, $500, $300, $200 and $100.
*Leonard made at least $15 million and Duran $7.6 million. Leonard's purse from this fight made him the first boxer to earn over $100 million in his career.
*There were seven minutes of fireworks before the fight started.
*Leonard was a 9 to 5 favorite.
*The fight was held in an outdoor arena. It was a chilly night, and Leonard's seconds wrapped a blanket around him between rounds.
*Leonard suffered three cuts during the fight: A headbutt in the fourth round cut his lower lip (it required 10 stitches), a right in the 11th cut his right eyebrow (it required 30 stitches) and a left in the 12th cut his left eyelid (it required 20 stitches).
*[[Pat Putnam]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported:
:Leonard's fight plan could have been devised by Sun Tzu, who wrote the bible of military strategy, The Art of War, in 500 B.C. His tactics were textbook perfect, the sort, as Leonard said after his lopsided victory, "that you try to teach young fighters." The 12-round bout had all the beauty of a bullfight, but without the expected horror of the kill.

:Still, the fans didn't like it; Leonard gave them artistic perfection when they wanted heated battle, and they booed lustily. 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.

:Only in the 11th round, after thoroughly dominating the bewildered Duran, did Leonard give the fans what they asked for: blood. His own. In the last 30 seconds of the round, he met Duran toe-to-toe. Both men fired right hands; Duran's chopped the gash over Leonard's left eye. Moving quickly away, Leonard thought, To hell with that. His mouth already was bleeding from a butt in the fourth round. Very late in the final round, a Duran hook sliced the flesh on Leonard's right eyebrow.

:That finished a high-percentage night for Duran, who landed only 84 of 588 punches, but opened cuts with two of those. In contrast, Leonard landed 227 of 438 punches. His unceasing lateral movement kept Duran in a constant state of befuddlement. His attacks came behind a merciless jab; his combinations were swift and had a mean purity. For one last time Sugar Ray Leonard gave the world Sugar Ray Leonard. The judges' cards read 119-109, 120-110, 116-111, all for Leonard.
==Articles==
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19890727&id=DKNdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AF0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1388,3946398&hl=en "Uno Mas" Associated Press, July 27, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19890801&id=Y_8RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4367,171236&hl=en "Vegas' Mirage will stage third Leonard-Duran III" Gainesville ''Sun'', August 1, 1989]
*[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/76026/LEONARD-DURAN-BOUT-MAY-BE-BOXINGS-RICHEST.html?pg=all "LEONARD-DURAN BOUT MAY BE BOXING'S RICHEST" By Lee Benson, ''Desert News'', December 7, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19891208&id=Yr8LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZlYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6621,1612964&hl=en "Leonard Wins With Unanimous 12-Round Decision" By Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, December 8, 1989]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19891208&id=XANOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TIwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6486,1433653 "No mess for Leonard this time around" By Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press, December 8, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19891209&id=IDZSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PzYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6541,1817410&hl=en "Leonard Sarisfied With Performance" By Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, December 9, 1989]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1989/12/18/121271/one-for-the-ages-sugar-ray-leonard-33-beat-roberto-duran-38-in-a-fight-dedicated-to-posterity "One For The Ages" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', December 18, 1989]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (2nd meeting)

2023-02-02T05:08:02Z

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<fight>3521</fight>
*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 113-112 Leonard
*'''Unofficial UPI scorecard:''' 113-112 Leonard
*'''Unofficial ''Boston Herald'' scorecard:''' 113-112 Hearns
*'''Unofficial ''[[KO Magazine]]'' scorecard:''' 115-112 Hearns
*'''[[WBC]] World Super Middleweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard) 
*'''Promoter:''' [[Bob Arum]] [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|(Top Rank)]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Hearns 2 poster.jpg|Fight Poster]]
*[[:File:F3521P.jpg|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:SI7026.jpg|''Sports Illustrated'' Cover]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Hearns II 93686928.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Hearns II 53441782.jpg|Photo 2]]
*'''See also:''' [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns (1st meeting)|Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I]]

==Notes==
[[File:Leonard-Hearns II 1788992.jpg|right|370px]] [[File:Leonard-Hearns II 93686924.jpg|right|370px]] [[File:Leonard-Hearns-2.jpg|right|370px]] [[File:Leonard-Hearns II BX001862.jpg|right|370px]] [[File:Leonard-Hearns II 6-12-89.jpg|right|370px]] [[File:Leonard-Hearns II 53441768.jpg|right|370px]]
*On January 24, 1989, promoter [[Bob Arum]] announced that Leonard and Hearns would fight on June 12. The contracts were signed at a press conference in New York City on January 31.
*The fight was billed as "The War."
*Leonard was guaranteed $13 million, and Hearns was guaranteed $11 million. Leonard also received 40 percent of the promotional gross over $30 million, and Hearns received 35 percent.
*Leonard was the [[WBC]] Super Middleweight Champion, and Hearns was the WBC No. 1-ranked super middleweight contender. Hearns was also the [[WBO]] Super Middleweight Champion, but his title was not at stake. Leonard refused to have anything to do with the WBO due to its involvement with fighters from apartheid South Africa.
*Leonard dictated the terms of the rematch, including a reported clause that carried big financial penalties if either fighter weighed more than 164 pounds at the official weigh-in.
*[[Caesars Palace]] paid $8 million to host the fight. It took place in an outdoor stadium before a capacity crowd of 15,300.
*The fight was shown live on closed-circuit television in 1,600 locations and on pay-per-view, which was available to about nine million homes in the United States.
*On June 8, at the final pre-fight press conference at Caesars Palace, Hearns and [[Emanuel Steward]], his manager and trainer, accused Leonard of taking steroids. Leonard, who had noticeably bulked up for the fight, laughed off the allegation and offered to take a drug test. "It's a joke," said [[Mike Trainer]], Leonard's attorney. "They're throwing it out to stir things up and get some more publicity for the fight." The [[Nevada State Athletic Commission]] said they had no plans to test either boxer for steroids, although urine tests for other drugs would be taken immediately before the fight.
*Henry Hearns, the 22-year-old brother of Thomas Hearns, was charged with first-degree murder on the day of the fight. He was accused of shooting his 19-year-old finance, Nancy Birale, two days earlier after she threatened to leave him. Birale's body was found in a bedroom of Thomas' Detroit home. She had been shot once in the head with Thomas' .44 Magnum handgun. Emanuel Steward told the press that Thomas was "totally shocked" when he learned of the shooting. "But when the fight starts, Tommy will put it out of his mind," Steward added. Henry testified at his trial that the shooting occurred accidentally as he tried to wrestle the gun from Barile to keep her from killing herself. But Ricardo Veeder, who was in the home at the time of the shooting, testified that he heard Henry threaten to kill Barile moments before she was shot. Henry was convicted of second-degree murder on November 22, 1989, and received a sentence of 25 to 50 years in prison. In 1992, Thomas agreed to pay the woman's family $685,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. Henry was discharged from prison on February 20, 2015.
*Leonard was a 3 to 1 favorite, and the odds were 15 to 1 against the fight ending in a draw.
*Leonard wore red and white striped trunks with the word "AMANDLA" on the waistband. Amandla means "power" in Zulu and was commonly used in anti-apartheid demonstrations. The day of the fight marked the 25th anniversary of Nelson Mandela being sentenced to life in prison for conspiring to overthrow the apartheid government of South Africa.
*[[Phil Berger]] of the ''New York Times'' reported:
:Hearns, 30 years old and weighing 162½ pounds, was a far better fighter against Leonard, 33 and 160, than he had been in recent bouts against [[Juan Domingo Roldan|Juan Roldan]], [[Iran Barkley]] and [[James Kinchen]]. He showed a warrior's grit as he stood up to Leonard's best punches, and in the process, he at least partly refuted harsh assessments by the news media that he no longer operated with sound legs or firm chin. Although Leonard wobbled him in the fifth round with a right-left combination and then pounded him liberally through the rest of the round, Hearns managed to stay erect even though he appeared to be in deep trouble. In the 12th and final round, Hearns looked shaky again as Leonard landed big blows from all angles. But Hearns weathered Leonard's furious assault and was still on his feet when the fight ended. It was Leonard who hit the deck, twice, during the vigorously fought bout. The referee, [[Richard Steele]], credited Hearns with a knockdown in the third round when Hearns grazed the top of Leonard's head with a right and, as Leonard's back foot slid from under him, gave him a nudge with his gloves - more push, it seemed, than punch - that sent Leonard to the canvas. The knockdown that Hearns scored in the 11th round was real. Two rights by Hearns sent Leonard down. The bout had the ebb and flow of a classic match. Both fighters repeatedly fought back when hurt, taking turns controlling the action.
*The crowd booed when it was announced that the fight was a draw, as most thought Hearns had won. Most of the reporters scoring at ringside had Hearns slightly ahead, but a significant minority — including the AP and UPI — scored it for Leonard.
*Neither fighter complained about the decision. Hearns said, "I'm proud of having a draw. It could have gone the other way, so I'm grateful I got a draw." Leonard concurred. "Like Tommy said, we'll leave it to the judges. I accept it," he stated. Years later, Leonard remarked, "Hearns should have gotten the decision. I admit that."
*Judges [[Jerry Roth]] and [[Dalby Shirley]] scored the first eleven rounds identically: round one (10-9 Hearns), two (Hearns 10-8), round three (10-8 Hearns), round four (10-9 Leonard), round five (10-8 Leonard), round six (10-9 Hearns), round seven (10-9 Leonard), round eight (10-9 Hearns), round nine (10-9 Leonard), round ten (10-9 Leonard), round eleven (10-8 Hearns). They disagreed on round twelve. Both scored the round for Hearns, but Roth had it 10-9 and Shirley had it 10-8. Judge [[Tommy Kaczmarek]] disagreed with his fellow judges on rounds one, two, four, six, and seven. He agreed with Roth on the 12th round.
*Dalby Shirley said he thought Hearns had won the fight and was taken aback when it was announced that he had scored the fight 112-112. "I was kind of surprised it came out a draw, because I did not keep a running total," Shirley said. During an interview with [[Larry Merchant]] on [[HBO]], which replayed the fight on June 17, Merchant joked to Shirley that if the judge had been in the stands, he might have booed his own scoring. After the interview, Merchant said he was surprised by his own score. Thinking Hearns had won decisively, Merchant added up his score and discovered that he had Hearns winning by only one point.
*On July 7, the ''New York Times'' reported that Emanuel Steward said he expected Leonard-Hearns III to take place on November 2 at Caesars Palace. "We are tentatively set to go into training for that bout on September 1," Steward was quoted as saying. "But this time Thomas will have parity in the purses paid the fighters." However, Mike Trainer said, "Everybody who has a Thomas Hearns fight signed and sealed for November 2 at Caesars Palace is way ahead of the game." On July 26, it was announced that Leonard would fight [[Roberto Duran]] on [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran (3rd meeting)|December 7]]. "This is a better deal for Ray, because Hearns was seeking parity," Trainer said. "He wanted as much money as Ray." Leonard was guaranteed $15 million, while Duran was guaranteed $7.6 million. After Leonard defeated Duran, he pursued another match with Hearns. However, the two fighters could not agree on a weight limit. Leonard wanted the same weight limit as the second fight, but Hearns said he could no longer make that weight. Trainer said, "Both of them were like-minded in one respect: they wanted to fight each other again."

==Articles==
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1907&dat=19890609&id=9lwrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ldgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3673,7678732&hl=en "Hearns' corner suggests Leonard took steroids to bulk up for bout" Associated Press, June 9, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19890612&id=tVhYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6vkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5880,1607583&hl=en "Hearns brother arrested in death" Associated Press, June 12, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19890613&id=9Mw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=DI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6739,5969302&hl=en "Leonard-Hearns bout ends in a draw" United Press International, June 13, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19890613&id=ZzseAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ur4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6642,4871331&hl=en "Hearns, Leonard Both Pleased With Draw" Associated Press, June 13, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19890613&id=0qtJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eA4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4570,4770373&hl=en "Hearns was set to face Leonard" Associated Press, June 13, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19890613&id=rOYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5421,4992385&hl=en "Draw may be right ending for Hearns and Sugar Ray" By Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, June 13, 1989]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/14/sports/hearns-shows-he-can-take-a-punch.html "Hearns Shows He Can Take A Punch" By Phil Berger, ''New York Times'', June 14, 1989]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1989/06/19/120076/another-classic-sugar-ray-leonard-survived-two-knockdowns-and-escaped-with-a-draw-in-a-thrilling-rematch-against-thomas-hearns "ANOTHER CLASSIC" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', June 19, 1989]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/07/sports/leonard-hearns-possible.html "Leonard-Hearns Possible" ''New York Times'', July 7, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19890614&id=-3k0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=oaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2197,3651764&hl=en "Judge surprised fight was draw" Associated Press, June 14, 1989]
*[http://articles.philly.com/1989-07-27/sports/26135665_1_leonard-duran-iii-rematch-five-months-important-fight "Back At It After 9 Years" By Robert Seltzer, ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', July 27, 1989]
*[http://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-07/sports/sp-421_1_thomas-hearns "Hearns' Brother Sent to Prison" ''Los Angeles Times'', February 7, 1990]
*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0D8133DF93BA35751C0A967958260&scp=1&sq=sugar%20ray%20leonard%20hearns%20norris&st=cse "Leonard Has Norris at Hand, but Hearns on the Mind" By Phil Berger, ''New York Times'', February 8, 1991]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19921009&id=D1hPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SQMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6786,2181559&hl=en "Boxer Hearns agrees to pay $685,000 to family of woman slain in his home" Associated Press, October 9, 1992]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran (3rd meeting)

2023-02-01T22:04:16Z

Walker21:

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*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 118-111 Leonard
*'''Unofficial [[HBO]] Judge [[Harold Lederman]]:''' 120-106 Leonard
*'''[[WBC]] Super Middleweight Championship''' (2nd defense by Leonard)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Bob Arum]] [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|(Top Rank)]]
*[[:File:Leonard-DuranIIIPoster.jpg|Fight Poster]]
*[[:File:Leonard-duran3.jpg|Program Cover]]
*'''See also:''' [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran (1st meeting)|Leonard vs. Duran I]] 
*'''See also:''' [[Roberto Duran vs. Sugar Ray Leonard (2nd meeting)|Leonard vs. Duran II]]

==Notes==
[[File:Leonard-Duran III.jpg|right|330px]]
[[File:Leonard-Duran III 117737374.jpg|right|330px]]
[[File:Leonard-Duran III 1785345.jpg|right|330px]]
[[File:LeonardDuranIII.jpg|right|330px]]
*On July 26, 1989, a press conference was held to officially announce the fight. The press was told that the site and the date had not yet been determined, but there were three possibilities: [[Caesars Palace]] in Las Vegas on November 2, Trump Plaza in Atlantic City on November 30 and The Mirage in Las Vegas during the first week of December.
*It was announced on July 31 that the fight would take place at The Mirage. The $630 million hotel and casino opened on November 22, 1989, and was the first new resort on the Las Vegas Strip in fifteen years. Steve Wynn, the owner of The Mirage, originally scheduled the opening for December 26, but the date was moved up when he landed the fight.
*[[Mike Trainer]], Leonard's attorney and the fight's co-promoter, said The Mirage and Trump Plaza offered site fees in excess of $8 million. "The money was about the same. It came down to intangibles," Trainer said. "Ray liked the idea of opening this new hotel."
*Trainer's Victory Promotions and [[Bob Arum]]'s [[Top Rank]] promoted the fight.
*The match was billed as "Uno Mas," meaning "one more" in Spanish. It was a reference to the second fight between Leonard and Duran, the "No Mas" fight, in which Duran quit.
*Leonard was the WBC Super Middleweight Champion, and Duran was the WBC Middleweight Champion.
*Leonard and Duran had a contracted weight limit of 162 pounds.
*The fight was shown live on closed circuit television at approximately 1,200 locations and on pay-per-view, which was available to an estimated 13 million homes in the United States.
*[[HBO]] paid $3 million for the delayed rights.
*A sellout crowd of 16,305 produced a gate of $9 million. Ticket prices were $800, $600, $500, $300, $200 and $100.
*Leonard made at least $15 million and Duran $7.6 million. Leonard's purse from this fight made him the first boxer to earn over $100 million in his career.
*There were seven minutes of fireworks before the fight started.
*Leonard was a 9 to 5 favorite.
*The fight was held in an outdoor arena. It was a chilly night, and Leonard's seconds wrapped a blanket around him between rounds.
*Leonard suffered three cuts during the fight: A headbutt in the fourth round cut his lower lip (it required 10 stitches), a right in the 11th cut his right eyebrow (it required 30 stitches) and a left in the 12th cut his left eyelid (it required 20 stitches).
*[[Pat Putnam]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported:
:Leonard's fight plan could have been devised by Sun Tzu, who wrote the bible of military strategy, The Art of War, in 500 B.C. His tactics were textbook perfect, the sort, as Leonard said after his lopsided victory, "that you try to teach young fighters." The 12-round bout had all the beauty of a bullfight, but without the expected horror of the kill.

:Still, the fans didn't like it; Leonard gave them artistic perfection when they wanted heated battle, and they booed lustily. 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.

:Only in the 11th round, after thoroughly dominating the bewildered Duran, did Leonard give the fans what they asked for: blood. His own. In the last 30 seconds of the round, he met Duran toe-to-toe. Both men fired right hands; Duran's chopped the gash over Leonard's left eye. Moving quickly away, Leonard thought, To hell with that. His mouth already was bleeding from a butt in the fourth round. Very late in the final round, a Duran hook sliced the flesh on Leonard's right eyebrow.

:That finished a high-percentage night for Duran, who landed only 84 of 588 punches, but opened cuts with two of those. In contrast, Leonard landed 227 of 438 punches. His unceasing lateral movement kept Duran in a constant state of befuddlement. His attacks came behind a merciless jab; his combinations were swift and had a mean purity. For one last time Sugar Ray Leonard gave the world Sugar Ray Leonard. The judges' cards read 119-109, 120-110, 116-111, all for Leonard.
==Articles==
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19890727&id=DKNdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AF0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1388,3946398&hl=en "Uno Mas" Associated Press, July 27, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19890801&id=Y_8RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4367,171236&hl=en "Vegas' Mirage will stage third Leonard-Duran III" Gainesville ''Sun'', August 1, 1989]
*[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/76026/LEONARD-DURAN-BOUT-MAY-BE-BOXINGS-RICHEST.html?pg=all "LEONARD-DURAN BOUT MAY BE BOXING'S RICHEST" By Lee Benson, ''Desert News'', December 7, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19891208&id=Yr8LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZlYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6621,1612964&hl=en "Leonard Wins With Unanimous 12-Round Decision" By Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, December 8, 1989]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19891208&id=XANOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TIwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6486,1433653 "No mess for Leonard this time around" By Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press, December 8, 1989]
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19891209&id=IDZSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PzYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6541,1817410&hl=en "Leonard Sarisfied With Performance" By Ed Schuyler Jr., Associated Press, December 9, 1989]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1989/12/18/121271/one-for-the-ages-sugar-ray-leonard-33-beat-roberto-duran-38-in-a-fight-dedicated-to-posterity "One For The Ages" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', December 18, 1989]

Terry Norris vs. Sugar Ray Leonard

2023-02-01T21:44:52Z

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<fight>4934</fight>
*'''[[WBC]] Super Welterweight Championship''' (2nd defense by Norris)
*[[:File:Leonard-norris.jpg|Fight Poster]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Norris program.jpg|Program Cover]]

== Notes ==
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[[File:Leonard-Norris 174009377.jpg|right|420px]]
*Leonard was fighting for the first time in fourteen months.
*Leonard, who had been fighting at middleweight and super middleweight, was moving down in weight. This was his first fight at junior middleweight since defeating [[Kevin Howard]] in 1984.
*Norris was eleven years younger than Leonard.
*The fight was promoted by Victory Promotions, the company of [[Mike Trainer]], Leonard's attorney.
*The fight was televised live on [[Showtime]].
*[[HBO]] released Leonard from his broadcasting contract because the cable network was not given an opportunity to bid on the televised rights to Leonard's fight with Norris. Leonard had been a ringside commentator for HBO since 1978. HBO Sports Executive Producer [[Ross Greenburg]] said, "We feel, therefore, if HBO is treated in this fashion, it is inappropriate for Ray to continue as a commentator on ''World Championship Boxing'' telecasts." Mike Trainer responded, "There never has been a linkage between his broadcasting and his fighting."
*Leonard was expected to make more than $4 million, and Norris was expected to get at least $1 million. "The fighters are both on percentages," Mike Trainer said. "When we take in all our receipts -- the gate, the live telecast money from Showtime, foreign sales, and so forth -- we'll subtract expenses and split up what's left according to the respective percentages of the fighters."
*Leonard was a 12 to 5 favorite.
*A crowd of 7,495 attended the fight at [[Madison Square Garden]].
*[[Pat Putnam]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported:
:Norris, 23 and quicker, knocked Leonard down with a left hook in the second round and with a short, crisp right in the seventh. Leonard was never in danger of not finishing the fight. Only the body had grown older; the will and the heart remained young and strong. "I knew I didn't have it when I entered the ring," said Leonard, who was fighting for the first time since beating [[Roberto Duran]] in a super middleweight bout in December 1989. After the second-round knockdown, Leonard, on legs that no longer responded to his commands, was reduced to setting ambushes, none of which were successful against the overly cautious Norris, who might well have knocked out Leonard had he been more aggressive. "He was trying to bait me," said Norris, "but it didn't work."
*After the decision was announced, Leonard took the ring microphone and announced, "This is my last fight."
==Quotes==
*Norris: "It was a sad victory. He's my idol and I beat him badly. I didn't want it to be that way. He's still my idol."
*Leonard: "He was quick and too smart. He's a young Sugar Ray Leonard. He's going to get better. If he maintains the same focus, he's going to be around a long time."
== Articles ==
*[http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-15/sports/sp-2083_1_ray-leonard "Ray Leonard, HBO Cut Ties After 12 Years" Associated Press, October 15, 1990]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1991/02/18/123646/so-long-sugar-after-taking-a-beating-from-terry-norris-11-years-his-junior-ray-leonard-says-he-is-retiring-for-good "So Long, Sugar" By Pat Putnam, ''Sports Illustrated'', February 18, 1991]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Hector Camacho

2023-02-01T21:37:30Z

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<fight>11443</fight>
* '''[[International Boxing Council|IBC]] Middleweight Championship''' (1st defense by Camacho)
*[[:File:Leonardcamacho.jpg|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:Leonard-Camacho 350913.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Camacho-Leonard 350932.jpg|Photo 2]]

==Notes==
[[File:Leonard-Camacho BX001846.jpg|right|365px]] [[File:Camacho drops Leonard.jpg|Program Cover|right|365px]]
*Leonard's purse was $4 million, and Camacho's was $2 million.
*Leonard was 40 years old and had not fought in six years. In his previous fight, he lost to [[WBC]] Super Welterweight Champion [[Terry Norris]] by a lopsided decision. He blamed the loss on a fractured rib, difficulty getting down to 154 pounds, and divorce proceedings.
*After announcing his return to the ring, Leonard appeared on the [[:File:SI8609.jpg|cover]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''.
*[[Adrian Davis (Trainer)|Adrian Davis]] trained Leonard for the fight.
*Leonard was a 7 to 5 favorite.
*The fight was shown live on pay-per-view and rebroadcast on the [[USA Network]] on April 1, 1997.
*The Associated Press reported:
:With a crowd of 10,324 rooting him on, Leonard landed some nice punches in the first round but quickly looked like the old fighter he is and not the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] fighter he used to be. Leonard bloodied Camacho's nose in the second round but Camacho returned the favor by ripping a cut over Leonard's left eye in the fourth. Then Camacho opened the fifth with a solid left to Leonard's head and, at about 50 seconds of the round, the left-handed Camacho landed a right and three left uppercuts that dropped Leonard, who had been knocked down twice in losing a one-sided decision to junior middleweight champion [[Terry Norris]] on Feb. 9, 1991. Leonard started to get up at the count of three, then fell back down, but struggled up to easily beat the 10-count. Camacho then leaped to the attack and landed a barrage of 10 punches to the head that made referee [[Joe Cortez]] move in to save Leonard from further punishment.
*Camacho was ahead on two scorecards and even on the third. The scores were 39-37, 39-37 and 38-38.
*From the start of the fight, Leonard had difficulty keeping his feet beneath him. He tripped once and almost stumbled to the canvas a second time. Afterward, he revealed that he had torn his right calf on January 31 while training in Chandler, Arizona. "I should have canceled the fight," said J.D. Brown, Leonard's adviser. "There were rumors that he was hospitalized and they were true." Leonard denied the rumors and said his son, Ray Jr., who was trying out for a local Arena Football League team, had been the Leonard in question. His doctor suggested that the fight be postponed, but Leonard refused. He didn't spar for two weeks. When he resumed sparring, he quickly re-injured his leg. His camp then closed his workouts to the press and public so nobody would see how hobbled he was. "It was something we camouflaged because we thought it was going to heal," said J.D. Brown. Leonard said his doctor injected him with a painkiller two hours before the fight. However, he was insistent that nobody take it as an excuse. "Do not write that this was the reason I lost," Leonard said.
*"For sure, my career is definitely over," Leonard said in the Convention Center ring after the fight. However, just a few days later, he changed his mind and said he would return with a series of tuneup fights before fighting a champion.
*Leonard was scheduled to fight Danny Phippen on June 1, 1997, but the bout was postponed until July 22 after Leonard said his calf needed more time to heal. After Phippen skipped out on a stipulated tuneup match, Leonard was set to face [[Dan Connolly]] on July 25, but he backed out because he said he didn't have enough time to train. Leonard then planned to meet [[Tony Menefee]] on February 15, 1998, in Sydney, Australia, but he pulled out of that fight as well. According to J.D. Brown, Leonard didn't have the motivation. The Camacho fight was Leonard's last fight.
== Articles ==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kUtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3831,732259&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+hector+camacho&hl=en "Camacho sends Leonard back into retirement" Associated Press, March 2, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_C0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1wcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2513,535004&dq=ray+leonard+camacho+son+hospital&hl=en "Leonard camp defends choice to fight injured" Associated Press, March 3, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-PxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MhUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4781,653701&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+hector+camacho&hl=en "Sugar Ray may fight again despite beating" Reuter, March 8, 1997]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/1997/03/10/223655/sweet-n-low-sugar-ray-leonard-looked-all-of-his-40-years-in-another-ill-fated-comeback "Sweet 'n Low" By Richard Hoffer, ''Sports Illustrated'', March 10, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19970501&id=87QaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IjoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3476,1394214 "Leonard postpones fight" Associated Press, May 1, 1997]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970520&id=6vxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GRUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1309,4337609 "Sugar Ray's opponent missing since Friday" Associated Press, May 20, 1997]
*[http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1998/Sugar-Ray-Exits-Australian-Bout/id-37d65fb1a42df8e8a4cf3640530bdefd "Sugar Ray Exits Australian Bout" Associated Press, January 12, 1998]

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Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Andy Price

2023-01-31T21:46:54Z

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<fight>479</fight>
*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard)
*[[:File:Leonard-Price 139371427.jpg|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Price 139371428.jpg|Photo 2]]
*[[:File:Holmes-Shavers II poster.jpg|Fight Poster]]

==Notes==
*The fight was televised live in prime time on [[ABC (American Broadcasting Company)|ABC]].
*The fight took place at the [[Caesars Palace]] Sports Pavilion.
*The card also included [[WBC]] Heavyweight Champion [[Larry Holmes]] vs. [[Earnie Shavers]], [[Roberto Duran]] vs. [[Zeferino Gonzalez]], WBC Super Bantamweight Champion [[Wilfredo Gomez]] vs. [[Carlos Mendoza]], and [[Michael Dokes]] vs. [[Jimmy Young]].
*Singer Marvin Gaye owned one-third of Price's managerial contract and was ringside for the fight. He also sang the U.S. national anthem before the main event between Holmes and Shavers.
*Leonard's purse was $300,000, and Price's was $40,000.
*Leonard entered the fight ranked second by [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].
*[[William Nack]] of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' wrote: "Andy Price, a tough customer out of California . . . was supposed to give Leonard trouble. He never had the chance. Taking the fight to Price in the first round, Leonard mugged him in the middle of the ring, punched him into the ropes and toppled him there with eight seconds left in the round."
*"Andy Price said he was going to upset me," Leonard said after the fight. "The only upset was when he got off the canvas."

==Articles==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_p9HAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bv8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3076,4829368&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+andy+price&hl=en "Leonard scores knockout" United Press International, September 28, 1979]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=QkIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+andy+price+marvin+gaye&source=bl&ots=zQyTDsMf1r&sig=hlRAziwgF4ExIZ5v_InZwXsUHow&hl=en#v=onepage&q=sugar%20ray%20leonard%20andy%20price%20marvin%20gaye&f=false "Leonard Awaits Title" ''Jet'', October 18, 1979]

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Pete Ranzany

2023-01-31T21:29:57Z

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<fight>467</fight>
*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (6th defense by Ranzany)
*[[:File:Leonard-Ranzany 0045.jpg|Fight Photo]]
== Notes ==
*Leonard was ranked second by the [[WBC]], and Ranzany was ranked third.
*Leonard made $150,000, and Ranzany got $75,000.
*The fight took place at the [[Caesars Palace]] Sports Pavilion before a capacity crowd of about 4,500.
*The fight was televised nationally on [[ABC (American Broadcasting Company)|ABC]] on [[ABC Wide World of Sports|''Wide World of Sports'']].
*The Associated Press reported: "Both fighters rarely left the center of the 18-foot ring until Leonard backed Ranzany to the ropes with a flashing series of jabs followed by a half-dozen devastating hooks that put Ranzany down."
*Ranzany was down once in round 4.
*Although Ranzany beat the count and was able to resume the fight, a subsequent barrage of punches from Leonard convinced the referee to call a halt to the fight.
*Ranzany led on all three scorecards going into the 4th round.

== Post-Fight Quotes ==
*Sugar Ray Leonard: "Pete put up a hell of a fight, but he never hurt me, and he didn't throw any punches I wasn't ready for."
*Pete Ranzany: "I feel so disappointed. I don't know what I did wrong. Maybe I was too aggressive. Usually, I'm a slow starter, but today I wanted to be impressive, and I wanted to win this fight so much."

== Article ==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BiEiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8HMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1158,2256024&dq=ranzany+leonard&hl=en "Leonard captures first title" By Patrick Arnold, Associated Press, August 13, 1979]

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