Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Fernand Marcotte - Revision history

Walker21 at 22:48, 2 February 2023

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	"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.		"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."		"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==		==Notes==
	*There was a crowd of 6,043.		*There was a crowd of 6,043.
	*The fight was televised live by [[NBC]], but it was blacked out locally.		*The fight was televised live by [[NBC]], but it was blacked out locally.
	*Marcotte entered the fight as the Canadian middleweight champion.		*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.		*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~~==		==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]		*[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]

Walker21 at 21:44, 2 February 2023

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	"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.		"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]~~		"I think he (Leonard) should be the champion of the world."

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*There was a crowd of 6,043.		*There was a crowd of 6,043.
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	*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.		*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~~==		==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=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]

Boxsoup at 16:59, 16 July 2015

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	"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.		"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."		"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==		==Notes==
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	==Article==		==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]		*[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]

Boxsoup at 18:38, 8 November 2014

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	'''Sugar Ray Leonard Defeats Marcotte'''		'''Sugar Ray Leonard Defeats Marcotte'''

Boxsoup at 23:03, 4 November 2014

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	*The fight was televised live by [[NBC]], but it was blacked out locally.		*The fight was televised live by [[NBC]], but it was blacked out locally.
	*Marcotte entered the fight as the Canadian middleweight champion.		*Marcotte entered the fight as the Canadian middleweight champion.
	*Leonard entered the fight ranked ~~10th~~ among welterweights by the [[World Boxing Council]], ~~6th~~ by the [[World Boxing Association]] and ~~2nd~~ by [[Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine.		*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==		==Article==
	*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19790211&id=6j1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7330,5868902 "Marcotte bout Leonard's toughest yet" ~~The ''Spokesman-Review''~~, February 11, 1979]		*[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" ~~The ''Spartanburg Herald''~~, February 12, 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]

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'''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 10th among welterweights by the [[World Boxing Council]], 6th by the [[World Boxing Association]] and 2nd 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" The ''Spokesman-Review'', February 11, 1979]
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19790212&id=c4QsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=us0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6748,2449482 "Sugar Ray Leonard Defeats Marcotte" The ''Spartanburg Herald'', February 12, 1979]