He then announced, "I am retiring from boxing right now." Leonard's 1987 fight with Hagler, which served as a comeback after a three-year retirement, is one of the greatest fights ever. [82] Leonard's boxing promotional company was dissolved in 2004. Leonard celebrated his victory with a full 360-degree, no-hands flip. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some incredible performances in his fights. Hagler took a few months to decide, then agreed to the match.[52]. For three rounds Durn drove at Sugar Ray with a fury, and there were moments when it seemed the fight could not last five. However, Camacho was also considered to be past his prime. Hagler's punches lacked snap and, although he was scoring solidly to the body, he looked nothing like the powerful fighter who had dominated the middleweight division for the previous five years. Leonard started to do better by the fifth round, finding some punching room and throwing numerous multi-punch combinations. However, Lalonde later told HBO's Larry Merchant that he didn't have any trouble making weight.[59]. Six years later, Robinson captured the middleweight title for the first time by defeating Jake LaMotta. May 11 - Kevin Howard, Massachusetts, KO 9 1987 Leonard won the WBC middleweight title in a 12-round contest against Marvin Hagler in April. 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. Although he would prescribe the training procedures, he would leave the day-to-day work to Dave Jacobs and Janks Morton. Of all people, John 'The Beast' Mugabi." Sugar Ray Leonard: The Final Fight. Leonard and his wife, Bernadette, founded the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and its annual Walk for a Cure. He was voted off in Week 4 of the show. Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durn, billed as " The Brawl in Montreal ", was a welterweight professional boxing match contested between WBC, The Ring and lineal champion Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durn. Friends and family mourned the loss of the welterweight champion at wake . The legendary boxer Sugar Ray Leonard had an impressive professional boxing career, with a total of 36 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss. Leonard decided to fight Camacho after commentating on Camacho's fight with the 45-year-old Roberto Durn the previous year, describing the disputed unanimous decision as "an early Christmas gift". But New York proved rough in other ways. Standing in a boxing ring with Howard Cosell, the master of ceremonies, Leonard announced his retirement, saying a bout with Hagler would unfortunately never happen. "[72], In January 1997, it was announced that Leonard had been voted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, New York. [14]:63, When Leonard decided to turn professional, Janks Morton introduced him to Mike Trainer, a friend of his who was an attorney. [45] Leonard's next fight was scheduled to be against Roger Stafford on May 14, 1982, in Buffalo, New York. November 30, 1979: Leonard wins his first world titles by defeating Wilfred Bentez via 15th round TKO. "[43], The fight was named "Fight of the Year" by The Ring. He stayed home a lot, reading comic books and playing with his dog. Or why Roberto Durn was acting out of prudence, not cowardice, when he quit in his second fight against Leonard. It was then that Leonard decided to come back and fight Hagler. [26] When his fighting days were over, however, he was getting beaten up. Lalonde tried to tie up Leonard, but got dropped with a powerful left hook. If he had scored it 109, as his two colleagues did, Hearns would have won by a split decision. Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns during their first fight, on September 16, 1981 in Las Vegas. [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. "I can never erase the pain or the scars I have made through my stupidity, my selfishness", Leonard said. By 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. Over his 25-year career, Robinson won the world welterweight and middleweight crowns and was dubbed "pound for pound, the. Durn defeated Leonard via unanimous decision . Durn retired from boxing . 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 . He hit more oftenHe made Hagler into what he perceived him to be throughout his careera brawler, a swarmer, a man who could club you to death only if you stood there and let him. The fight was named "Fight of the Year" and "Upset of the Year" by The Ring. The rules state that a boxer must be retired for five years before being eligible for induction. [17] Leonard won his first four Olympic bouts by 50 decisions. [8] The Ring magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1979 and 1981, while the Boxing Writers Association of America named him Fighter of the Year in 1976, 1979, and 1981. [34], After the Montreal fight Durn went on a partying binge and ballooned in weight. The fight was cancelled, and Leonard had surgery to repair the retina on May 9, 1982. 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. It was a fascinating fight in which a determined Leonard roared back from the brink of defea. After Foreman's thrilling challenge of Holyfield-Don King asked Tyson to fight him. 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. 17 May 1956 -. All Rights Reserved. The "Four Kings" created a wave of popularity in the lower weight classes that kept boxing relevant in the post-Muhammad Ali era, during which Leonard defeated future fellow International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees Hearns, Durn, Hagler, and Wilfred Bentez. Many of the people being considered wanted absolute control and a cut somewhere near the manager's traditional 33%. 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. TYson had warched film of Foreman destroying Joe Frazier. The working environment was not healthy."[84]. This is terrible. Leonard landed several good left hooks in the first round. But the TV show came about and made my decision a lot easier. Hosted (yes, there was a host) by Mario Lopez,. Robinson wouldn't go by his birth name for the rest of his career. "The whole fight, I was moving, I was moving", Leonard said. Hearns was paid $5.1 million, and Leonard made over $11 million. His most famous commercial was a 7 Up ad he did with his son, Ray Jr., Roberto Durn and Durn's son Roberto Jr. in the early 1980s. Fearful that her son would get pulled into this shady world, Robinson's mother turned to the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, where a man by the name of George Gainford had just started a boxing club. Leonard, with a badly swollen left eye, came out roaring for the thirteenth round. Sylvester Stallone, who co-hosted during the first season, was one of the executive producers, along with Mark Burnett. [78][79] Leonard is among the most sought-after motivational/inspirational speakers in the world today. Roger helped start the boxing program, urging the center's director, Ollie Dunlap, to form a team. His father worked as a supermarket night manager and his mother was a nurse. He was given a scholarship to the University of Maryland, a gift from the citizens of Glenarden, Maryland. Leonard and . In the final round, Hagler continued to chase Leonard. Bonds rose but Leonard didn't let him off the hook. 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!". Leonard won the fight in 12 rounds on a split decision. Picking himself off the canvas twice, Leonard showed . To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will. Hagler hurt Leonard with a left cross and pinned him in a corner. Leonard married his high school sweetheart, Juanita Wilkinson, in January 1980. He hit Leonard with a big left hand and backed him into a corner. Hagler's undisputed status ended when the WBA stripped him of the title for choosing to fight Sugar Ray Leonard instead of mandatory challenger, Herol Graham. 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.. With too much money to be lost by cancelling the fight, the matchmaker for the bout, Ron Katz, found a . The scores were 120110, 119109, and 116111. [10] BoxRec ranks him as the 14th greatest boxer of all time, pound for pound. Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor. Leonard battled back again and again, but he had to work just to find room to breathe and swing, at times simply to survive. In 1989, Leonard was introduced to Bernadette Robi by Kenny G at a Luther Vandross concert. 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. [38], "I made him quit", Leonard said. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. The fight ended with Hagler and Leonard exchanging along the ropes. With little money Robinson helped his mother save for an apartment by earning change dancing for strangers in Times Square the Smiths built their new life in a section of Harlem dominated by flophouses and gangsters. "All I can do is say I'm sorry, but that is not enough. Dave Jacobs, a former boxer, and Janks Morton volunteered as boxing coaches. The judges scored the fight a draw and Leonard retained the title. By his last retirement in 1991, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard had become the first fighter to win titles in five divisions-every weight class from welteweight to light heavyweight. He had a falling out with partner Bjorn Rebney, whom he called "a cancer in my company. In the first round, Leonard rocked Benitez with a left hook that came off a jab and right cross. 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. .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 continued to score well in the fourth and opened a cut above Leonard's right eye. [18] He planned to study business administration and communications. Sugar Ray Robinson's birth name was Walker Smith Jr. Kalule got up but the referee waved it off. The British challenger had a record of 332. After the quick and slick Leonard won the first two rounds on all three scorecards, Hagler started the third round as a southpaw. Hearns was the WBA champion while Leonard held the WBC title. Many were critical of the fact that Lalonde's light heavyweight title was on the line when the weight limit of the fight with Leonard was at 168 pounds, and critical of Leonard for stipulating that his opponenta natural 175-poundershould weigh less than his usual fighting weight, which could possibly weaken him. Leonard boasted that he would have a couple of ten-round bouts and then take on Milton McCrory, Donald Curry, Durn, Hearns and finally Hagler. "I didn't feel like being bothered by all those complications by asking him for any money for support", she said. Durn was guaranteed $7.6 million and Leonard's arrangement guaranteed him over $13 million.[65]. "He almost knocked me out", Leonard said. On May 1, 1986, Leonard announced on a Washington, D.C. talk show that he would return to the ring to fight Hagler. He had a career record of 79-6-3 and was a showman in the ring, chanting 'It . In the second, Durn rocked Leonard with a left hook, sending him into the ropes. Leonard fought Wilfred Bentez for the WBC Welterweight Championship on November 30, 1979, at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. [95] He has since made public appearances to bring attention to the issue of child sex abuse, declaring himself a "poster child" for the cause and encouraging victims to report their abuse.[96]. "No one, I mean no one, can make me miss punches like that", Leonard said. . Howard knocked Leonard flat on his back in the fourth round. It supports accessible housing, healthcare services, and educational services and job training. He knocked Leonard down with a left hook in the second round, and in the seventh, he dropped Leonard again with a short right. Leonard led by scores of 6866, 6866 and 6766.[35]. Early in the seventh round, Hearns hurt Leonard but punched himself out going for the knockout. I took great pride in it. Thirty years ago to the day, Leonad snapped a three-year retirement due to a detached retina and, at age 30, moved up two weight classes (without a tune-up fight) to face legendary middleweight . 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. They fought for Lalonde's WBC Light Heavyweight Championship and the newly created WBC Super Middleweight Championship, which meant that Lalonde had to make 168lbs. [14]:4243 He finished his amateur career with a record of 1655 and 75 KOs.[19]. At the age of 20 (1977), Leonard won his first professional fight, only setting the stage for a collection of the most memorable fights in all of boxing history. Leonard served as host and mentor to the aspiring fighters on The Contender. Hearns dropped Leonard with a right cross in the third round, but Leonard came back and battered Hearns around the ring in the fifth. The Classic bout between Sugar Ray Leonard V Thomas Hearns.Leonard Snatches Victory from the jaws of defeat with a dramatic late Stoppage! I'm in the best shape possible. He was paid $40,044 for the fight. Blood flowed down his forehead and the bridge of his nose but stayed out of his eyes. Camacho, a light-hitting southpaw, was a three-time world champion with a record of 6231. In March 2019, Leonard made a guest appearance on the popular daily morning show on YouTube, Good Mythical Morning, hosted by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. Leonard dropped him again in the tenth. [48], A bout with Philadelphia's Kevin Howard, who was 2041, was scheduled for February 25, 1984. However, less than a week after the fight, Leonard said he planned to fight again. Hearns started to stick and move, and he started to pile up points again. Leonard got up, but was unable to ward off Camacho. When they fought again a . "It took this fight to show me it is no longer my time", Leonard said. What was the score of the Sugar Ray Leonard fight? His incredible achievements include winning world titles in five weight divisions, including the WBC welterweight, WBA light middleweight, and WBC middleweight titles. Leonard received $7 million and Durn received $8 million. [42] Some also considered the stoppage premature. 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. His decision was to push Froot Loops onto the Finals, where they were taken out by Cinnamon Toast Crunch. [14]:75, In his fourteenth professional fight, Leonard fought his first world-ranked opponent, Floyd Mayweather, who was ranked seventeenth. After that, Leonard decided to box Hagler. His older brother, Roger, started boxing first. Hearns (left) had not lost in his 32 fights before facing Leonard. Robinson's ability to cross weight classes caused boxing fans and writers to dub him "pound for pound, the best," a sentiment that has not faded over the years. Frazier had a 73 reach. He requested a contract for the Lalonde fight and Leonard refused. [44], On February 15, 1982, Leonard defended the unified title against Bruce Finch, the WBC fourth-ranked contender, in a bout at Reno, NV. Leonard got hit by sparring partner Quincy Taylor and was badly buckled. [89] They were divorced in 1990. Robinson finally retired from the sport for good in 1965. "I don't have contracts. Duran and Leonard would go on to fight two more times, once in November 1980 and again . Roberto Duran takes on Sugar Ray Leonard at the Superdome in New Orleans in November 1980. . Leonard had no answer for the skillful, younger, faster man. After the verdict was announced, Leonard announced his retirement. [14]:6568, Leonard made his professional debut on February 5, 1977, before a crowd of 10,270 at the Civic Center in Baltimore. But eventually you and Durn had a rematch that you ended up winning. 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. I snapped his head back with a jab. Dave Jacobs disagreed with the decision to have an immediate rematch with Durn and terminated his relationship with Leonard when the rematch was made. Later, when he made . Hearns' legs were clearly gone and after more pressure from Leonard he was bundled through the ropes, no knockdown was given as it wasn't a punch that sent him there. Leonard, having slowed down, was obliged to fight more and move less. Augie Sanchez had defeated Mayweather earlier that summer in qualifiers after a tight 11-12 decision. [81], In 2001, Leonard launched Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing Inc., a boxing promotional company, and announced the company's strategic partnership with ESPN. I already had it in the back of my mind to dissolve the company. 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. Bonds was a southpaw, which made him a good opponent for Leonard, given that his next opponent was scheduled to be the WBA Light Middleweight Champion Ayub Kalule, a southpaw. . Benitez was very slick. Hearns was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage. Julio Cesar Chavez and Sugar Ray Leonard. [50], Leonard and Howard fought on May 11, 1984, in Worcester, Massachusetts. Outside of the ring, Robinson relished his celebrity, parading around Harlem with a pink Cadillac and making appearances at his high-profile Harlem nightclub. [12] The family moved to Washington, D.C., when he was three, and they settled permanently in Palmer Park, Maryland when he was ten. Hearns managed to rise, but was dropped by a flurry of hard punches near the end of the round. 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