While training, Leonard started to see floaters. Most fight fans would not spend a dime to watch Van Gogh paint Sunflowers, but they would fill Yankee Stadium to see him cut off his ear. "[36] Arcel was angry. His opponent was Luis "The Bull" Vega, whom he defeated by a six-round unanimous decision. 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. [74], Leonard said he planned to have a series of tuneup fights before fighting a champion. . Lalonde tried to tie up Leonard, but got dropped with a powerful left hook. Leonard made his first title defense in Landover, Maryland, on March 31, 1980. Afterward, Leonard announced, "I'm finishedI've fought my last fight. During divorce proceedings, Juanita Leonard testified that her husband physically abused her while under the influence of alcohol. His relationship with HBO lasted for more than a decade. 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. It was the only time in Leonard's career that he was knocked out. We never could tell what he was thinking. 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. We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,contact us! The fight began as expected, Leonard boxing from a distance and Hearns stalking. "The whole fight, I was moving, I was moving", Leonard said. [53], Many were surprised that Hagler, a natural southpaw, opened the fight boxing out of an orthodox stance. 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 . On December 7, 1989, the boxer Sugar Ray Leonard triumphs over a lackluster Roberto Duran in a unanimous 12-round decision at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. However, Lalonde later told HBO's Larry Merchant that he didn't have any trouble making weight.[59]. 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. Bonds got up and continued to move, with Leonard in pursuit. [21], Leonard had hoped to get lucrative endorsements following his gold medal win, but the negative publicity from the paternity suit chased off any big commercial possibilities. Having lost, Sugar Ray Leonard believed he could catch Duran out of shape due to celebrating his victory in the first match. The decision was read. 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. "I wasn't aware I was in a championship early because I hit him so easy", Leonard said. Late in the round, Leonard dropped Benitez with a left. [22] After the fight, Leonard paid back his $21,000 loan to the investors. Leonard received $7 million and Durn received $8 million. He was also named "Athlete of the Year" by ABC's Wide World of Sports and "Sportsman of the Year" by Sports Illustrated. 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. Sugar Ray Robinson turned pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights. After Foreman's thrilling challenge of Holyfield-Don King asked Tyson to fight him. Durn defeated Leonard via unanimous decision . His speech, entitled "Power" (Prepare, Overcome and Win Every Round), is consistently booked with major Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States and abroad. Leonard fired back and hurt Lalonde with a right. [82] Leonard's boxing promotional company was dissolved in 2004. "This is different. Despite Leonard's obvious fatigue, he boxed well in the eleventh. Judge Jerry Roth scored the fight 113112 for Hearns, Judge Tom Kazmarek scored it 113112 for Leonard, and Judge Dalby Shirley scored it 112112. You're blowing it!". 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. Sugar Ray Leonard reflected on his famous fight with Marvin Hagler following the news on Saturday about his late opponent's death at the age of 66. It supports accessible housing, healthcare services, and educational services and job training. 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. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. Associated Press had it 144141 for Durn, while The New York Times had Leonard ahead 144142. Leonard also won a light welterweight gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 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. "[83] Speaking of his promotional company, Leonard said, "We did some great shows with evenly matched fights. This movie brought back memories of his fight with Dicky Eklund. Going into the final round, Leonard led by scores of 137130, 137133, and 136134. [14]:63, When Leonard decided to turn professional, Janks Morton introduced him to Mike Trainer, a friend of his who was an attorney. 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. 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. Judges Raymond Baldeyrou and Harry Gibbs scored the fight 146144 and 145144, respectively. He drove him to the ropes and unleashed a furious assault. Leonard came back to stop Howard in the ninth round, but the stoppage was disputed, with some feeling that the referee stopped the fight prematurely. 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He was paid $40,044 for the fight. He also had the distinction of being the first boxer ever to earn $100 million in purses. Round ten was tame by comparison, as the pace slowed after the furious action of the previous round but with Hagler having more spectacular moments. Leonard, becoming more aggressive, hurt Hearns in the sixth with a left hook to the chin. He wasn't afraid, he was being a smart businessman. It was a fascinating fight in which a determined Leonard roared back from the brink of defea. Scottish boxing journalist Hugh McIlvanney wrote that Leonard's plan was to "steal rounds with a few flashy and carefully timed flurrieshe was happy to exaggerate hand speed at the expense of power, and neither he nor two of the scorers seemed bothered by the fact that many of the punches landed on the champion's gloves and arms. I already had it in the back of my mind to dissolve the company. 1 in its book "The 100 Greatest Boxers of All Time.". "[91] In 2011, Leonard revealed in an NPR interview that he had been free of alcohol since July 2006. "All I can do is say I'm sorry, but that is not enough. Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. on May 3, 1921, although the location is a source of debate. The live gate was $5.9 million, and the revenue from pay-per-view was $7.5 million. I never had to go to school once because of him."[13]. Benitez was very slick. Their six-year-old son, Ray Jr., served as the ring bearer. Floyd bounced back and won two in a row over Sanchez to secure his spot in Atlanta. 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!". Hosted (yes, there was a host) by Mario Lopez,. May 11 - Kevin Howard, Massachusetts, KO 9 1987 Leonard won the WBC middleweight title in a 12-round contest against Marvin Hagler in April. "I was shocked", Brown said. 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. Hearns was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage. I snapped his head back with a jab. The roles reversed: Leonard became the stalker and Hearns became the boxer. The fight was a classic match between a slugger in Marvin Hagler, left, and a boxer in Sugar Ray Leonard. In the closing seconds of the eighth round, Durn turned his back to Leonard and quit, saying to referee Octavio Meyran, "No Ms" (English: "No more"). Leonard was guaranteed $11 million, and Hagler was guaranteed $12 million. AP Photo/Lennox McLendon What it's really about is boxing's great aesthetic divide. His older brother, Roger, started boxing first. After hurting Hearns with a right, Leonard exploded with a combination of punches. He rose but was soon down again, and the fight was stopped. Despite requests from the Hagler camp, Leonard was uninterested in a rematch and retired on May 27, 1987. "I didn't feel like being bothered by all those complications by asking him for any money for support", she said. Leonard looked to be in trouble, but he furiously fought his way out of the corner. Many of the people being considered wanted absolute control and a cut somewhere near the manager's traditional 33%. Leonard was ahead on all three scorecards at the time of the stoppage. Early in the ninth, Lalonde hurt Leonard with a right to the chin. .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." Leonard got up, but was unable to ward off Camacho. Come under with a punch.". Hagler never seized total control of the fight as he had against Thomas Hearns two years earlier, when he brutalized Hearns and scored a third-round knockout. However, Camacho was also considered to be past his prime. Sugar Ray Leonard (def. In 1984 The Ring magazine placed Robinson No. To revisit this article, select My Account, then View saved stories. If he had scored it 109, as his two colleagues did, Hearns would have won by a split decision. She also said he was an occasional cocaine user. Sugar Ray Leonard: The Final Fight. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some incredible performances in his fights. Leonard moved up to the junior middleweight division and faced Kalule on June 25, 1981, at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. [18] He planned to study business administration and communications. Or why Roberto Durn was acting out of prudence, not cowardice, when he quit in his second fight against Leonard. [64] Hearns was guaranteed $11 million and Leonard was guaranteed $14 million. [85] During his appearance on The Colbert Report in 2011, Leonard was defeated by host Stephen Colbert in a thumb wrestling contest. "But then he adjusted to my style. 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. The work greatly helped salvage his finances and was the reason he eventually settled in Southern California with his second wife, Millie. Leonard landed the harder punches and had Benitez hurt several times late in the fight, but Leonard couldn't put him away. In the first round, Leonard rocked Benitez with a left hook that came off a jab and right cross. When Leonard boxed in the Olympics, he had a picture of Wilkinson taped to his sock. 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. "Sugar Walker Smith wouldn't have been the same.". On March 28, 1981, Leonard defended his title against Larry Bonds, the WBC sixth-ranked contender, at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. When Robinson finally did get his shot at the belt in 1946, he took home the crown with a unanimous 15-round decision over Tommy Bell; Robinson would hold the welterweight title until 1951. [76], Leonard has worked as a boxing analyst for ABC, CBS, NBC, ESPN, HBO and EPIX. Leonard celebrated his victory with a full 360-degree, no-hands flip. Leonard ended the series with his hand raised in victory, but the boos couldn't be hidden and many fled the arena long before the final bell. Correa was instructed not to spare the whip. [49], Before the fight with Howard, Dave Jacobs rejoined Leonard's team in a limited role. himself. Durn hesitated. At the wedding ceremony, the grounds were converted into a garden with 10,000 roses and blossoms of other flowers flown in from the Netherlands.[92]. Judge Dave Moretti scored it 115113 for Leonard, while judge Lou Filippo had it 115113 for Hagler. On June 12, 1989, Leonard defended the WBC Super Middleweight Championship in a rematch with Thomas Hearns at Caesar's Palace. Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor. Boxing in Serenity 17 May 1956 -. Even though Leonard dominated, hurting Hearns and battering him, all three judges gave both rounds to Leonard by a 109 margin. In 1991 the brilliant career of Sugar Ray Leonard appeared to have finally come to an end. In the second, Durn rocked Leonard with a left hook, sending him into the ropes. "[66] Although Leonard dominated the fight, he suffered several cuts. On May 1, 1986, Leonard announced on a Washington, D.C. talk show that he would return to the ring to fight Hagler. Sign In On March 10, 1986, Marvin Hagler knocked out John Mugabi in eleven rounds to retain the Undisputed World Middleweight Championship for the twelfth time and advance his record to 6222. His opponent was Dave "Boy" Green. WBA-WBC era (1963-1983) No . The team also included Leon and Michael Spinks, Howard Davis Jr., Leo Randolph, Charles Mooney, and John Tate. There was a capacity crowd of about 4,600. This fight proved to be one of the most controversial fights to date. Then his friends came to help. the fighter 2010 movie brother of micky ward did he knock down sugar ray leonard Richard"Dicky" Eklund (born January 1, 1958) is a former welterweight boxer from the mill city of Lowell,. The boxer continued his dominance until 1991 when he lost by decision to Terry Norris and retired again. Hagler hurt Leonard with a left cross and pinned him in a corner. Promoted as "The Showdown", Leonard fought Thomas Hearns on September 16, 1981, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to unify the World Welterweight Championship in a scheduled fifteen-rounder. By 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. Leonard was named "Fighter of the Year" by The Ring and The Boxing Writers Association of America. [12] The family moved to Washington, D.C., when he was three, and they settled permanently in Palmer Park, Maryland when he was ten. 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. Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the fastest boxers in history and his speed was just otherworldly. Roberto Duran takes on Sugar Ray Leonard at the Superdome in New Orleans in November 1980. . Leonard's attorney, Mike Trainer, said, "There never has been a linkage between his broadcasting and his fighting. The British challenger had a record of 332. After the bout Hagler stated it may be his last fight. The referee stopped the fight with Bonds taking punishment in a corner.[39]. Astrological Sign: Taurus. The nickname "Sugar" came from Gainford, who had described the young boxer as "sweet as sugar"; reporters soon began using the moniker. After the Los Angeles Times broke the story, Leonard held a press conference and publicly acknowledged that the accusations were true. [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. 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,. Voom! In his last years Robinson battled Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. "[72], In January 1997, it was announced that Leonard had been voted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, New York. Durn's manager, Carlos Eleta, said, "Durn didn't quit because of stomach cramps. The legendary boxer Sugar Ray Leonard had an impressive professional boxing career, with a total of 36 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss. Durn said. Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns feature in fight one of a BBC Sounds look back at some of boxing's greatest fights. 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