Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Andy Price - Revision history

Walker21 at 21:46, 31 January 2023

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	[[File:Leonard v Price- September 28, 1979 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada..jpg\|~~325px~~\|right]]		[[File:Leonard v Price- September 28, 1979 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada..jpg\|300px\|right]]
	<fight>479</fight>		<fight>479</fight>
	*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard)		*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard)
	*[[:File:Leonard-Price 139371427.jpg\|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Price 139371428.jpg\|Photo 2]]		*[[:File:Leonard-Price 139371427.jpg\|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Price 139371428.jpg\|Photo 2]]
			*[[:File:Holmes-Shavers II poster.jpg\|Fight Poster]]

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Boxsoup at 06:54, 16 July 2015

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	*Leonard's purse was $300,000, and Price's was $40,000.		*Leonard's purse was $300,000, and Price's was $40,000.
	*Leonard entered the fight ranked second by [[Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']].		*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."		*[[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."		*"Andy Price said he was going to upset me," Leonard said after the fight. "The only upset was when he got off the canvas."

Boxsoup at 23:43, 17 January 2015

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	*Leonard's purse was $300,000, and Price's was $40,000.		*Leonard's purse was $300,000, and Price's was $40,000.
	*Leonard entered the fight ranked second by [[Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']].		*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."		*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."		*"Andy Price said he was going to upset me," Leonard said after the fight. "The only upset was when he got off the canvas."

Boxsoup at 18:39, 8 November 2014

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	*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard)		*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard)
	*[[:File:Leonard-Price 139371427.jpg\|Photo #1]], [[:File:Leonard-Price 139371428.jpg\|Photo #2]]		*[[:File:Leonard-Price 139371427.jpg\|Photo 1]], [[:File:Leonard-Price 139371428.jpg\|Photo 2]]

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Boxsoup at 06:12, 5 November 2014

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	<fight>479</fight>		<fight>479</fight>
	*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard)		*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard)
	*[[:File:Leonard-Price 139371427.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:Leonard-Price 139371428.jpg\|Photo #3]]		*[[:File:Leonard-Price 139371427.jpg\|Photo #1]], [[:File:Leonard-Price 139371428.jpg\|Photo #2]]

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Boxsoup at 23:28, 4 November 2014

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	[[File:Leonard v Price- September 28, 1979 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada..jpg\|~~300px~~\|right]]		[[File:Leonard v Price- September 28, 1979 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada..jpg\|325px\|right]]
	<fight>479</fight>		<fight>479</fight>

	*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard)		*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard)
			*[[:File:Leonard-Price 139371427.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:Leonard-Price 139371428.jpg\|Photo #3]]

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	*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]].		*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.		*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 ~~got~~ $40,000.		*Leonard's purse was $300,000, and Price's was $40,000.
	*Leonard entered the fight ranked second by [[Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']].		*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."		*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."		*"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==		==Articles==
	*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_p9HAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bv8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3076,4829368&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+andy+price&hl=en "Leonard scores knockout" ~~The ''Morning Record and Journal''~~, September 28, 1979]		*[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]		*[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]

Earl at 21:52, 12 April 2014

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	*Leonard's purse was $300,000, and Price got $40,000.		*Leonard's purse was $300,000, and Price got $40,000.
	*Leonard entered the fight ranked second by [[Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']].		*Leonard entered the fight ranked second by [[Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']].
	*''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' ~~reported~~: "Andy Price...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."		*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."		*"Andy Price said he was going to upset me," Leonard said after the fight. "The only upset was when he got off the canvas."

Earl at 23:10, 11 April 2014

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	==Articles==		==Articles==
	*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_p9HAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bv8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3076,4829368&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+andy+price&hl=en ~~United Press International -~~ September 28, 1979]		*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_p9HAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bv8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3076,4829368&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+andy+price&hl=en "Leonard scores knockout" The ''Morning Record and Journal'', 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 ''Jet'' - October 18, 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]

Earl at 17:43, 17 January 2014

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	<fight>479</fight>		<fight>479</fight>

	*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (~~first~~ defense by Leonard)		*'''[[NABF]] Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Leonard)

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*The fight was televised live in prime time on ABC~~-TV~~.		*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 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]].		*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.		*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.
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	==Articles==		==Articles==
			*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_p9HAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bv8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3076,4829368&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+andy+price&hl=en 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 ''Jet'' - October 18, 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 ''Jet'' - October 18, 1979]
	*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_p9HAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bv8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3076,4829368&dq=sugar+ray+leonard+andy+price&hl=en United Press International - September 28, 1979]

Boxsoup at 06:41, 25 October 2013

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	*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]].		*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.		*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 got $40,000.		*Leonard's purse was $300,000, and Price got $40,000.
	*Leonard entered the fight ranked second by [[Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']].		*Leonard entered the fight ranked second by [[Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']].
	*''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported: "Andy Price...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."		*''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' reported: "Andy Price...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."