Answer (1 of 8): Hearns and Leonard fought twice. Leonard competed on season 12 of Dancing with the Stars, which premiered on Monday, March 21, 2011, on ABC. Durn retired from boxing . [49], Before the fight with Howard, Dave Jacobs rejoined Leonard's team in a limited role. [11], Leonard, the fifth of seven children of Cicero and Getha Leonard, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. By the fifth, Leonard, who was moving a lot, began to tire and Hagler started to get closer. He drove him to the ropes and unleashed a furious assault. She named Leonard as the father and the county's state attorney's office filed a civil suit against Leonard to establish paternity and get support payments for the child. Kalule got up but the referee waved it off. [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. The action see-sawed back and forth for the rest of the round, with each man having his moments. My journey has ended, my dream is fulfilled. His older brother, Roger, started boxing first. Between rounds eleven and twelve, Leonard's trainer: Angelo Dundee, implored Sugar Ray to get up off his stool yelling "We got three minutesnew champnew champ!" Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard breaks down some of his most iconic fights of all time, including his fights with Andrs Aldama in 1976, Dick Eklund in 1978,. 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. I snapped it back again. I never had to go to school once because of him."[13]. At the post-fight press conference, Leonard surprised everyone by announcing his retirement again, saying he just didn't have it anymore.[51]. No. 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. 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 quit because he was embarrassed. Leonard, having slowed down, was obliged to fight more and move less. In 2007 he was awarded The Ambassador Award of Excellence by the LA Sports & Entertainment Commission at the Riviera Country Club for his continued community involvement. Leonard and . "To make a man quit, to make Roberto Durn quit, was better than knocking him out."[35]. But New York proved rough in other ways. In the fifth, Camacho dropped Leonard with a right followed by two left uppercuts. The judges scored the fight a draw and Leonard retained the title. I know this. The young boxer quickly moved up the ranks. Now I want to go to school." 2 . His opponent was Dave "Boy" Green. 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". These seven fights are the highlight of his career. Leonard was also the subject of a Seinfeld episode (season 6, episode 22) where George tries to flatter his boss by saying he looks like Sugar Ray Leonard. He has also appeared in several movies, including I Spy and most recently The Fighter (2010), starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg. Leonard, with a badly swollen left eye, came out roaring for the thirteenth round. . Dickie's fight against Sugar Ray Leonard was on July 18, 1978 at the Hynes Memorial Auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts. He made him look like a guy chasing a bus. He had a falling out with partner Bjorn Rebney, whom he called "a cancer in my company. "It made his eyes water", Leonard said. Janks Morton and Dave Jacobs trained Leonard for the Lalonde fight. Everyone was surprised by Durn's actions, none more so than his veteran trainers, Freddie Brown and Ray Arcel. What is known is that Robinson grew up in Detroit, and he was 11 years old when his mother, tired of her husband's absence from the family's life, up and left the city, moving herself, her son and two daughters to Harlem. Always moving forward, he mauled and wrestled Leonard, scoring inside with hooks and rights. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professionally between 1977 and 1997, winning world titles in five weight classes; the lineal championship in three weight classes;[3] as well as the undisputed welterweight championship. "I'm watching John 'The Beast' Mugabi outbox Hagler. He is the celebrity spokesperson for the Atlanta law firm John Foy and Associates, PC. This is terrible. Judge Dave Moretti scored it 115113 for Leonard, while judge Lou Filippo had it 115113 for Hagler. Asked if Leonard was the best he ever fought, Durn thought for a moment and then answered, "Si, si." Complete Fight Highlights: LEONARD vs. DURAN 'NO MAS' (1980) Watch on Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran's 1980 rematch, known as the No Mas Fight. Six years later, Robinson captured the middleweight title for the first time by defeating Jake LaMotta. After the Los Angeles Times broke the story, Leonard held a press conference and publicly acknowledged that the accusations were true. 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 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. 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. He continued to score well in the fourth and opened a cut above Leonard's right eye. 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. 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. [18] He planned to study business administration and communications. "I'll try, I'll give it a shot", Leonard said of his latest retirement. Roberto Duran Speaks: The Untold Story Is Finally Revealed!, Bill Brubaker, The Boxing Writers Association of America, List of light middleweight boxing champions, "Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard lead the way", "The Fabulous Four Hagler, Hearns, Duran, and Leonard", "Ring Magazine's 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years", "Who is the greatest fighter alive? . He died at the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California, on April 12, 1989. They decided to have the baby but marriage would be put off until after the Olympics in 1976. I took great pride in it. He was voted off in Week 4 of the show. For his services, Dundee would get 15% of Leonard's purse. [45] Leonard's next fight was scheduled to be against Roger Stafford on May 14, 1982, in Buffalo, New York. [4] Leonard was part of the "Four Kings",[5] a group of boxers who all fought each other throughout the 1980s, consisting of Leonard, Roberto Durn, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler. Leonard received $7 million and Durn received $8 million. In the fourth round, a right hand to the top of Leonard's head dropped him for just the second time in his career. Remembering "The Showdown": Hearns and Leonard fought 35 years ago. [6][7] Leonard was also the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses, and was named "Boxer of the Decade" in the 1980s. 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 crutch, something that enabled me to forget." Leonard served as host and mentor to the aspiring fighters on The Contender. "I don't have contracts. Leonard's 1987 fight with Hagler, which served as a comeback after a three-year retirement, is one of the greatest fights ever. Then his friends came to help. Durn was awarded a unanimous decision, although it was mistakenly read as a majority decision in the ring. Augie Sanchez had defeated Mayweather earlier that summer in qualifiers after a tight 11-12 decision. "[43], The fight was named "Fight of the Year" by The Ring. Leonard made his first title defense in Landover, Maryland, on March 31, 1980. The boxer continued his dominance until 1991 when he lost by decision to Terry Norris and retired again. But at that point in the fight, Hagler appeared to be slightly more ring-general and clearly more aggressive. It was promoted as "The War". Leonard's observation that the Hagler who beat John Mugabi was older and slower proved to be spot on. Leonard got up, but was unable to ward off Camacho. Between rounds twelve and thirteen, Angelo Dundee told Leonard, "You're blowing it, son! The odds started at 41, then settled at 31. The fight ended in a split draw, meaning both fighters retained their respective titles. What was the score of the Sugar Ray Leonard fight? 17 May 1956 -. "I think I pretty much fought from the heart." On May 1, 1986, Leonard announced on a Washington, D.C. talk show that he would return to the ring to fight Hagler. 19522000: 6063.5 kg, 20042012: 6064 kg. Leonard was the winner by a technical knockout at 2:44 of round eight, regaining the WBC Welterweight Championship. . 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. [62], After the fight, Leonard vacated the light heavyweight title, but kept the super middleweight title. Despite requests from the Hagler camp, Leonard was uninterested in a rematch and retired on May 27, 1987. Early in the ninth, Lalonde hurt Leonard with a right to the chin. "I think he won the fight with Durn, but I don't think it is healthy for him to be fighting Durn right away". Leonard was on a eight-fight win streak with 25 KO wins. [26] "[72], In January 1997, it was announced that Leonard had been voted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, New York. When Leonard left the show, he was replaced as host by Tony Danza for the final season. He got up, but after a few more punches, the referee stopped the fight. 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. Leonard won the fight in 12 rounds on a split decision. [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. Dundee was unhappy with that amount. He said he started using medication after he retired in 1982, following surgery to repair a detached retina. The scores were 120104, 119103, and 116110. [89] They were divorced in 1990. Dave Jacobs, a former boxer, and Janks Morton volunteered as boxing coaches. Friends and family mourned the loss of the welterweight champion at wake . Career Highlights Sugar Ray Leonard fought a total of 40 times during his professional career. The fight was cancelled, and Leonard had surgery to repair the retina on May 9, 1982. "No one, I mean no one, can make me miss punches like that", Leonard said. We never could tell what he was thinking. His father worked as a supermarket night manager and his mother was a nurse. 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. Where did Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran have their first fight? Sugar Ray Leonard (def. 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. In 1972, Leonard boxed in the featherweight quarterfinals of the National AAU Tournament, losing by decision to Jerome Artis. WASHINGTON POST. Pat Putnam of Sports Illustrated wrote, "Leonard gave them artistic perfection when they wanted heated battle, and they booed lustily. He tried to get me against the ropes, I'd pivot, spin off and Pow! Astrological Sign: Taurus. Sign In In snowshoesLeonard repeatedly beat Hagler to the punch. Durn forced the issue and took the fight to Leonard, cutting off the ring and denying Leonard space to fight his fight. [15], Sarge Johnson, assistant coach of the US Olympic Boxing Team, said to Dave Jacobs, "That kid you got is sweet as sugar". March 13, 2021. by Larry Brown. Hearns was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage. In October 1996, the 40-year-old Leonard announced that he was coming out of retirement to fight 34-year-old Hctor Camacho for the lightly regarded International Boxing Council (IBC) Middleweight Championship. HBO believed it would be inappropriate for Leonard to continue with them if they couldn't bid on his fights. The fight was one of the many battles between the top fighters of the era (Duran, Leonard, Hearns, Hagler). Leonard's attorney, Mike Trainer, said, "There never has been a linkage between his broadcasting and his fighting. I've handled thousands of fighters and never had anyone quit on me. He had a career record of 79-6-3 and was a showman in the ring, chanting 'It . "I wanted that arena. Leonard testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs in 2009. Afterward, Leonard announced, "I'm finishedI've fought my last fight. She also said he was an occasional cocaine user. Leonard was ahead on all three scorecards at the time of the stoppage. Hearns, with too much faith in his powerful right hand, lost to Sugar Ray Leonard in their first match. 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. 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. When Leonard boxed in the Olympics, he had a picture of Wilkinson taped to his sock. A paying crowd of 12,379 generated a live gate of $6.2 million. .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. Leonard got hit by sparring partner Quincy Taylor and was badly buckled. With Hearns fatigued, Leonard came back and had a strong finish to the round. Judge Stuart Kirshenbaum had Lalonde ahead 7675. [86] He appeared as a guest at the chef's table, along with Tito Ortiz, during the tenth season of Hell's Kitchen. Dave Jacobs was one of the people let go, leaving Correa as the sole trainer. With too much money to be lost by cancelling the fight, the matchmaker for the bout, Ron Katz, found a . Leonard was awarded a 50 decision and the Olympic gold medal. The rules state that a boxer must be retired for five years before being eligible for induction. When the vote took place, Leonard had been retired for more than five years, therefore, he was eligible, even though he had a fight scheduled. 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.. The rules stated that a boxer had to be seventeen to box in international competition, so Leonard, only sixteen, lied about his age. If you moved, he was lost."[57]. Later that year, he boxed in the Eastern Olympic Trials. It was his first defeat. In the first round, Leonard rocked Benitez with a left hook that came off a jab and right cross. Lalonde tried to tie up Leonard, but got dropped with a powerful left hook. . "I wanted more", Leonard said. Leonard was guaranteed $11 million, and Hagler was guaranteed $12 million. The fight ended in a 12 . Leonard led by scores of 6866, 6866 and 6766.[35]. Many felt that Hagler deserved the decision because he was the aggressor and landed the harder punches. The feared warrior who had defeated Sugar Ray Leonard and battled Marvelous Marvin for fifteen back-and-forth rounds had been rendered helpless by Thomas Hearns in just four minutes, left face down in the resin dust, a sight few had imagined they might ever behold. However, Emanuel Steward, Hearns' manager and trainer, said, "I felt that the referee was justified in stopping the fight Tommy did not have enough energy to make it through the fight. By 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. 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. The real Leonard (a Seinfeld fan) mentioned that he was told about the episode by friends and family, but had never seen it for himself until a friend gave him the DVD set for a gift. Leonard was the aggressor throughout, with Bonds circling the ring. When his fighting days were over, however, he was getting beaten up. 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!". Robinson, who was unapologetic for his lavish spending, is estimated to have earned more than $4 million as a fighter, all of which he burned through, forcing him to continue boxing much longer than he should have. Later, when he made . "At the end of the fifth round, I got cramps in my stomach and it kept getting worse and worse", Duran later said. His decision was to push Froot Loops onto the Finals, where they were taken out by Cinnamon Toast Crunch. . Winding up his right hand, as if to throw a bolo punch, Leonard snapped out a left jab and caught Durn flush in the face. 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]. 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.. How many times did Tommy Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard fight? On June 12, 1989, Leonard defended the WBC Super Middleweight Championship in a rematch with Thomas Hearns at Caesar's Palace. Roy Jones Jr. Ensuite Who defeated Mayweather? For the first bout of his career in 1936, he borrowed the Amateur Athletic Union card of another boxer, whose name was Ray Robinson, to enter the ring. He would also choose Leonard's opponents. He then announced, "I am retiring from boxing right now." I used when I felt bad, I used when I missed competing at that level", he said. Hagler was a heavy favorite. [82] Leonard's boxing promotional company was dissolved in 2004. 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. In round fourteen, after staggering Hearns with an overhand right, Leonard pinned Hearns against the ropes, where he unleashed another furious combination, prompting referee Davey Pearl to stop the contest and award Sugar Ray Leonard the Unified World Welterweight Championship. He staggered Bonds with a right in the fourth round and dropped him with a follow-up combination. "[58] A month after Hagler's formal retirement in June 1988, Leonard would announce another comeback. Juanita Wilkinson, Leonard's high school girlfriend, told him she was pregnant in the summer of 1973. Although he would prescribe the training procedures, he would leave the day-to-day work to Dave Jacobs and Janks Morton. Roger won some trophies and showed them off in front of Ray, goading him to start boxing. "I was ringside", Leonard said. To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will. [14]:4243 He finished his amateur career with a record of 1655 and 75 KOs.[19]. Before the fight, he was given a shot of novocaine. [citation needed] After eight tough rounds, Leonard was ahead although Kalule appeared to be coming on strong in the eight and ninth. [38], "I made him quit", Leonard said. [54], Leonard threw 629 punches and landed 306, while Hagler threw 792 and landed 291. "This is different. He lost a disputed decision to Anatoli Kamnev in Moscow, after which, Kamnev gave the winner's trophy to Leonard. The bout took place on June 20, 1980 at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada. [14]:78, In 1973, Leonard won the National Golden Gloves Lightweight Championship, but lost to Randy Shields in the lightweight final of the National AAU Tournament. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Leonard landed the harder punches and had Benitez hurt several times late in the fight, but Leonard couldn't put him away. [53], Many were surprised that Hagler, a natural southpaw, opened the fight boxing out of an orthodox stance. However, given his style and first name, it was probably only a matter of time before people started calling him Sugar Ray, after the man many consider to be the best boxer of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson. Yet the book is not really about boxing. His lower lip was cut from a headbutt in the fourth round, his left eye was cut in the eleventh round, and his right eye was cut in the twelfth round. In Poland, local fighter Jan Kwacz was given a disqualification victory over Leonard after being knocked down three times in the first round but the referee ruled that Leonard had punched after the bell.[16]. Hearns was the WBA champion while Leonard held the WBC title. Hearns (left) had not lost in his 32 fights before facing Leonard. Leonard learned of the suit several days after returning home from the Olympics. Hagler backed off, and Leonard danced away with Hagler in pursuit. Camacho, a light-hitting southpaw, was a three-time world champion with a record of 6231. "He almost knocked me out", Leonard said. Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler fight for the WBC and Ring middleweight titles on April 6, 1987 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. A strange night, a boring fight. Judge Jerry Roth scored the fight 113112 for Hearns, Judge Tom Kazmarek scored it 113112 for Leonard, and Judge Dalby Shirley scored it 112112. Moore fought and lost to Sugar Ramos for the inaugural WBC title. [23] Leonard won by a tenth-round knockout. The Boxing Writers Association of America and The Ring named Leonard "Fighter of the Year" for 1979. Hagler hurt Leonard with a left cross and pinned him in a corner. 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 . He testified about the burden of diabetes and the need for continued research funding to find a cure.[93]. [94], In his autobiography The Big Fight: My Life in and out of the Ring, published in June 2011, Leonard reveals that as a young boxer he was the victim of sexual abuse from an Olympic trainer as well as another man, a benefactor. The headline in the Washington Star read, "Sugar Ray Leonard Named in Welfare Dept. Voom! I knew he would indulge himself, he'd gain 4050 lbs and then sweat it off to make 147." Just five months after one of the greatest fights in modern boxing history, Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran met in a rematch that somehow managed to transcend the original. Leonard landed several good left hooks in the first round. Leonard fought Wilfred Bentez for the WBC Welterweight Championship on November 30, 1979, at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. In a fight that many considered to be very boring, both fighters were booed often by the fans and many left the arena before the decision was announced. 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