In the semifinals, he faced Kazimierz Szczerba and won a 50 decision. The following year, he again won the National AAU Light Welterweight Championship, as well as the Light Welterweight Championship at the Pan American Games. Duran rode out his trilogy with Sugar Ray Leonard with little fire. Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns feature in fight one of a BBC Sounds look back at some of boxing's greatest fights. This fight proved to be one of the most controversial fights to date. Leonard fought Wilfred Bentez for the WBC Welterweight Championship on November 30, 1979, at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Leonard was undefeated (12-0) going . Afterward, Leonard announced, "I'm finishedI've fought my last fight. The team also included Leon and Michael Spinks, Howard Davis Jr., Leo Randolph, Charles Mooney, and John Tate. Camacho, a light-hitting southpaw, was a three-time world champion with a record of 6231. Sugar Ray Leonard, the world welterweight champion, underwent two hours of surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore yesterday to repair a partially detached retina in his left eye.. He then announced, "I am retiring from boxing right now." Trainer then made Leonard the sole stockholder in Sugar Ray Leonard, Inc. Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali's trainer, was brought in to be Leonard's trainer and manager. Morton was replaced as co-trainer by Pepe Correa, who had worked with Leonard for most of the previous fifteen years.[63]. [45] Leonard's next fight was scheduled to be against Roger Stafford on May 14, 1982, in Buffalo, New York. Then his friends came to help. For the Durn fight, Leonard cut his entourage from twenty-one to six. The fight was a classic match between a slugger in Marvin Hagler, left, and a boxer in Sugar Ray Leonard. However, Hagler's moments were more spectacular and one of Hagler's cornermen: Roger Perron (in an interview that took place on an episode of HBO's Legendary Nights episode segments in 2003) later stated that: "the ninth round was probably Marvin (Hagler)'s, best round". "I'll try, I'll give it a shot", Leonard said of his latest retirement. Despite years away from the ring, Leonard defeated Hagler and secured his place as one of the best. . "It took this fight to show me it is no longer my time", Leonard said. . Hometown: Palmer Park, Maryland, USA Birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA Stance: Orthodox Height: 175cm Reach: 179cm Promoter: Record Pro Boxer: Record Amateur Boxer: Record Trainers: Angelo Dundee, Dave Jacobs, Janks Morton, Pepe Correa, Adrian Davis Manager: Mike Trainer Sugar Ray Leonard Gallery Contents 1 Amateur Achievements [17] Leonard won his first four Olympic bouts by 50 decisions. Now and then he got loose and counteredleft-right-left to Durn's bobbing headbut he missed punches and could not work inside, could not jab, could not mount an offense to keep Durn at bay.[31]. Later, when he made . Frazier had a 73 reach. Leonard moved up to the junior middleweight division and faced Kalule on June 25, 1981, at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. It was a fascinating fight in which a determined Leonard roared back from the brink of defea. Hagler was a heavy favorite. Known for his punching power, he won world championships in four weight classes, though his reputation took a hit with his "no ms" loss to Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980. The live gate was $5.9 million, and the revenue from pay-per-view was $7.5 million. In his last years Robinson battled Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. Sugar Ray Leonard (def. If he had scored it 109, as his two colleagues did, Hearns would have won by a split decision. Many of the people being considered wanted absolute control and a cut somewhere near the manager's traditional 33%. Durn hesitated. Robinson, who had a son from a previous marriage, helped raise Millie's two children. Leonard was aware of this, and in an interview for Beyond the Glory he said: "My intention was to fight Durn ASAP because I knew Durn's habits. In this episode [87] of the "March Milkness" series (where Rhett and Link created a March Madness style bracket to determine the best breakfast cereal), Leonard was brought in to break a tie between the Fruity Region Champion, Froot Loops, and the Chocolatey Region Champion, Oreo O's. I was so ready, I wanted to get my title, my world championship belt back so bad! Look back on this free fight from 1986 at "The Super Fight" between #MarvinHagler and #SugarRayLeonardNext Up for Top Rank Boxing, WBO/IBF unified junior li. The induction ceremony was on June 15, 1997.[73]. Having lost, Sugar Ray Leonard believed he could catch Duran out of shape due to celebrating his victory in the first match. But at that point in the fight, Hagler appeared to be slightly more ring-general and clearly more aggressive. [14]:3334,43, Wilkinson went to the Olympics to watch Leonard box, but she did not tell him about the suit and never asked him for any money. Leonard battled back again and again, but he had to work just to find room to breathe and swing, at times simply to survive. (Photo . Sports Illustrated called his scorecard "a monument to indecision." Associated Press had it 144141 for Durn, while The New York Times had Leonard ahead 144142. His older brother, Roger, started boxing first. Leonard called it "the hardest single punch I ever threw."[30]. Round nine was the most exciting round of the fight. He continued to score well in the fourth and opened a cut above Leonard's right eye. Their six-year-old son, Ray Jr., served as the ring bearer. Judges Raymond Baldeyrou and Harry Gibbs scored the fight 146144 and 145144, respectively. "The whole fight, I was moving, I was moving", Leonard said. [55], Leonard was awarded a controversial split-decision. Durn, the former Undisputed World Lightweight Champion for .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}6+12 years, had a record of 711 and was the #1 welterweight contender and considered the best "Pound for Pound" fighter in the world. Leonard was ahead on all three scorecards at the time of the stoppage. The original fight plan for Leonard was to go toe-to-toe with Hagler and try to cut him, but the plan changed about five days before the fight. .css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#A00000;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Muhammad Ali liked to call Robinson "the king, the master, my idol." Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. Leonard battered Hearns in rounds six and seven, but Hearns regrouped. "It was a crutch, something that enabled me to forget." Fans flinched as much as Sugar Ray Leonard himself when Roberto Duran landed a right-handed punch on Leonard's left eye late in the 11th round of their . [75] He was scheduled to fight Tony Menefee on February 15, 1998, in Australia, but he pulled out of the fight, saying that he didn't have the motivation. Leonard's attorney, Mike Trainer, said, "There never has been a linkage between his broadcasting and his fighting. The working environment was not healthy."[84]. It supports accessible housing, healthcare services, and educational services and job training. Leonard won the National Golden Gloves and National AAU Light Welterweight Championships in 1974. Sugar Ray Robinson turned pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights. The fight with Camacho took place on March 1, 1997, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. "All I can do is say I'm sorry, but that is not enough. "I can never erase the pain or the scars I have made through my stupidity, my selfishness", Leonard said. "[83] Speaking of his promotional company, Leonard said, "We did some great shows with evenly matched fights. The Senate hearing was titled "Type 1 Diabetes Research: Real Progress and Real Hope for a Cure". Together, Leonard and ESPN would produce and promote "Sugar Ray Leonard and ESPN II Presents Friday Night Fights", which would air the first Friday of every month for twelve months. He died at the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California, on April 12, 1989. [14]:93 A month later, Leonard defeated his old amateur nemesis Randy Shields by a ten-round unanimous decision. [86] He appeared as a guest at the chef's table, along with Tito Ortiz, during the tenth season of Hell's Kitchen. He has appeared in numerous television shows, including Half & Half, L.A. Heat, Married with Children, Renegade and Tales From The Crypt. "I'm watching John 'The Beast' Mugabi outbox Hagler. The fight took place at the new Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. With neither parent able to work, with his child and the mother of his child to support, and without any endorsement opportunities, Leonard decided to become a professional boxer. Late in the round, Leonard dropped Benitez with a left. Shortly afterward, Leonard dropped him with a flurry of punches. In the fifth, Camacho dropped Leonard with a right followed by two left uppercuts. 17 May 1956 -. 19522000: 6063.5 kg, 20042012: 6064 kg. Rounds nine and ten were good rounds for Leonard, but he ran into trouble in the eleventh round. [80], Leonard has also worked as an actor. "But you guys know me. The scorecard of judge Angelo Poletti was incorrectly added and announced as 147147. Leonard kept it up, continuing to move, stop, and mug. [14]:75, In his fourteenth professional fight, Leonard fought his first world-ranked opponent, Floyd Mayweather, who was ranked seventeenth. "My idea is that he should have a tuneup fight before he fights with Roberto again", Jacobs said. Hearns dropped Leonard with a right cross in the third round, but Leonard came back and battered Hearns around the ring in the fifth. Leonard blamed his poor performance against Norris on lack of motivation, a rib injury, moving down in weight, and divorce, which was being litigated while he was in training. Leonard was a shy child, and aside from the time he nearly drowned in a creek during a flood in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, his childhood was uneventful. His incredible achievements include winning world titles in five weight divisions, including the WBC welterweight, WBA light middleweight, and WBC middleweight titles. .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}Remembering Just Fontaine and His World Cup Record, The Man Behind the First All-Black Basketball Team, 8 Times Brothers Have Faced Off in a Championship, Every Black Quarterback to Play in the Super Bowl, Soccer Star Christian Atsu Survived an Earthquake. He said he quit using drugs in early 1986, when he woke up one morning and "what I saw in the mirror was scary." [82] Leonard's boxing promotional company was dissolved in 2004. [27] Price, an up-and-coming contender who was sponsored by Marvin Gaye, had a reputation for prolonged bouts in earlier fights and was believed by sports reporters to defeat or give a long fight to Leonard. Bonds rose but Leonard didn't let him off the hook. On June 12, 1989, Leonard defended the WBC Super Middleweight Championship in a rematch with Thomas Hearns at Caesar's Palace. [85] During his appearance on The Colbert Report in 2011, Leonard was defeated by host Stephen Colbert in a thumb wrestling contest. He became known as Sugar Ray Robinson as an under-aged boxer, after using a fellow boxer's Amateur Athletic Union card to fight in a show. Always moving forward, he mauled and wrestled Leonard, scoring inside with hooks and rights. He quit because he was embarrassed. "I was shocked", Brown said. All Rights Reserved. [46], On November 9, 1982, Leonard invited Marvin Hagler and other boxing dignitaries to a charity event in Baltimore, Maryland to hear him announce whether he would continue his career. "For the first time in a long time, I allowed someone to push me", Leonard said. Leonard competed on season 12 of Dancing with the Stars, which premiered on Monday, March 21, 2011, on ABC. Sugar Ray Leonard, byname of Ray Charles Leonard, (born May 17, 1956, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.), American boxer, known for his agility and finesse, who won 36 of 40 professional matches and various titles. Leonard entered the bout as a 3-1 favorite but Norris dominated the fight, giving Leonard a heavy beating. "[36] Arcel was angry. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis Even though Leonard dominated, hurting Hearns and battering him, all three judges gave both rounds to Leonard by a 109 margin. Former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard acknowledged today that he took cocaine and drank heavily during the early 1980's when his career was jeopardized by an eye injury.. 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Moore fought and lost to Sugar Ramos for the inaugural WBC title. Over his 25-year career, Robinson won the world welterweight and middleweight crowns and was dubbed "pound for pound, the best." After that, Leonard decided to box Hagler. Jim Murray, long-time sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times, wrote, "It wasn't even closeHe didn't just outpoint Hagler, he exposed him. Leonard led by scores of 6866, 6866 and 6766.[35]. "I didn't feel like being bothered by all those complications by asking him for any money for support", she said. The rematch, billed as "Stone vs. Sugar.. Once Again", took place November 25, 1980 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans in front of 25,038 fans. My word is my bond", Leonard said. In rounds, he had it three for Durn, two for Leonard, and ten even. Considered one of the greatest boxers of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and by 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. [53], Many were surprised that Hagler, a natural southpaw, opened the fight boxing out of an orthodox stance. 2 . Juanita Wilkinson, Leonard's high school girlfriend, told him she was pregnant in the summer of 1973. The referee stopped the fight with Bonds taking punishment in a corner.[39]. Best Known For: Considered one of the greatest boxers of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and by 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. The two fought with great intensity throughout the fight. Sign In Hagler looked stiff and mechanical and missed the speedy Leonard time and again prompting CBS ringside commentator Gil Clancy to remark "and is he ever missingLeonard isn't doing anything to make him miss, he's just missing!". [22] After the fight, Leonard paid back his $21,000 loan to the investors. The British challenger had a record of 332. Leonard married his high school sweetheart, Juanita Wilkinson, in January 1980. After Foreman's thrilling challenge of Holyfield-Don King asked Tyson to fight him. Going into the final round, Leonard led by scores of 137130, 137133, and 136134. When they fought again a . WBA-WBC era (1963-1983) No . His doctor suggested that he cancel the fight, but Leonard wanted to go through with it. "Sugar Walker Smith wouldn't have been the same.". Lalonde tried to tie up Leonard, but got dropped with a powerful left hook. "[91] In 2011, Leonard revealed in an NPR interview that he had been free of alcohol since July 2006. Robinson's birth certificate lists his place of birth as Ailey, Georgia, while the boxer stated in his autobiography that he was born in Detroit, Michigan. Shirley was the only judge to give Leonard a 108 margin in the twelfth. Sugar Ray Robinson died just about broke, he suffered 19 career defeats and he didn't beat as many world champions in consecutive fights (there were of course far less world champions back in . The two went toe-to-toe in the fifteenth. "I felt weaker and weaker in my body and arms." "I think I pretty much fought from the heart." We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,contact us! Leonard landed several good left hooks in the first round. Terry Norris battered Leonard all around the ring in Madison Square Garden on his way to a one-sided decision that convinced Leonard his day in the sun had ended. Roberto Duran, known as one of the greatest boxers of all time, held world championships in four weight classes during his career and met Sugar Ray Leonard in the ring for the first time in June 1980. [74], Leonard said he planned to have a series of tuneup fights before fighting a champion. Sugar Ray Leonard walked away from boxing for good in 1997 when, at the age of 40, Hector Camacho ended his ill-fated comeback by stopping him in five rounds.. He attended Parkdale High School. The scores were 120104, 119103, and 116110. Leonard was on a eight-fight win streak with 25 KO wins. Leonard and Duran fought the fiercest battle in welterweight history, fuelled by Duran's utter hatred for the pretty boy with lots of money and Ray's refusal to back down. He had beaten the best of his . After several comebacks, Leonard ended his professional career with 36 wins, three losses, and one draw. Later that year, he boxed in the Eastern Olympic Trials. 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