Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Javier Muniz
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Ray Leonard 144 lbs beat Javier Muniz 144 lbs by KO at 2:45 in round 1 of 8
- Date: 1978-03-19
- Location: Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Referee: Sal Maltempo
- Judge: Pinky Morris
- Judge: Duke Lawson
Notes
- Leonard vs. Muniz was televised by ABC on Wide World of Sports.
- Leonard hurt Muniz early in the first round and put him down for the count with a flurry of punches at the 2:45 mark.
- This was the only knockout loss of Muniz's career.
- In his previous fight, Muniz had gone ten rounds with Roberto Duran.
- Nine months after this fight, Leonard stopped Javier's older brother, Armando Muniz, in six rounds.