Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Dick Eklund
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Ray Leonard 146 lbs beat Dick Eklund 146 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10
- Date: 1978-07-18
- Location: Hynes Convention Center , Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Referee: Tommy Rawson 100-89
- Judge: Barbara Roach 100-90
- Judge: Joe Martin 99-89
Notes
- Leonard's purse was $30,000 and Eklund's was $4,500.
- Leonard knocked Eklund down in rounds six and nine. Eklund also went down in round ten, but the referee did not call it a knockdown.
- Leonard went down in round nine, but it was ruled a slip. For years, Eklund bragged that he knocked Leonard down, but he later admitted, "No, I didn't knock him down. That was bulls**t. He slipped."
- Leonard was announced as the winner by unanimous decision, but the judges' scores were not read.