Sugar Ray Leonard (36-3-1, 25) was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. on May 17, 1956. At the age of 20 years on February 5, 1977, he made his professional boxing debut against Luis Vega, winning the fight via 6-round unanimous decision.
On his 26th career fight at 23 years old, Leonard became a welterweight world champion on November 30, 1979 after defeating Wilfred Benítez via 15th-round TKO to win the WBC and The Ring titles.
He then went on to become world champion at 3 more weight classes, winning the following titles:
Leonard's last fight was a 5th-round TKO loss to Héctor Camacho at age 40 on March 1, 1997. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
Some of Sugar Ray Leonard's best fights have been against Roberto Durán, Wilfred Benítez, Ayub Kalule, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Donny Lalonde, Thomas Hearns and Dave Boy Green.
Leonard has 3 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40  | Mar 1, 1997 40 years, 9 months 36-3-1 (25) | 34 years, 9 months 62-3-1 (30) | MD | 5 | TKO | LOSS |
39  | Feb 9, 1991 34 years, 8 months 36-2-1 (25) | 23 years, 7 months 25-3 (14) | SWL | 12 | UD | LOSS For WBC |
38  | Dec 7, 1989 33 years, 6 months 36-1-1 (25) | 38 years, 5 months 85-7 (61) | SMD | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBC |
37  | Jun 12, 1989 33 years 35-1-1 (25) | 30 years, 7 months 46-3 (38) | SMD | 12 | SD | DRAW Defended WBC For WBO |
36  | Nov 7, 1988 32 years, 5 months 35-1 (25) | 28 years, 7 months 31-2 (26) | SMD | 9 | TKO | WIN Won WBC |
35  | Apr 6, 1987 30 years, 10 months 34-1 (24) | 32 years, 10 months 62-2-2 (52) | MD | 12 | SD | WIN Won WBC, The Ring |
34 | May 11, 1984 27 years, 11 months 33-1 (24) | Kevin Howard | 9 | TKO | WIN | |
33 | Feb 15, 1982 25 years, 8 months 32-1 (23) | Bruce Finch | WL | 3 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
32 | Sep 16, 1981 25 years, 3 months 31-1 (22) | 22 years, 10 months 32-0 (30) | WL | 14 | TKO | WIN Won WBA Defended WBC, The Ring |
31  | Jun 25, 1981 25 years, 1 months 30-1 (21) | 27 years, 5 months 36-0 (18) | SWL | 9 | TKO | WIN Won WBA, The Ring |
30 | Mar 28, 1981 24 years, 10 months 29-1 (20) | Larry Bonds | WL | 10 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
29 | Nov 25, 1980 24 years, 6 months 28-1 (19) | 29 years, 5 months 72-1 (56) | WL | 8 | TKO | WIN Won WBC, The Ring |
28 | Jun 20, 1980 24 years, 1 months 27-1 (18) | 29 years 71-1 (56) | WL | 15 | UD | LOSS Lost WBC, The Ring |
27  | Mar 31, 1980 23 years, 10 months 27-0 (18) | 26 years, 9 months 33-2 (26) | WL | 4 | KO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
26  | Nov 30, 1979 23 years, 6 months 26-0 (17) | 21 years, 2 months 38-0-1 (25) | WL | 15 | TKO | WIN Won WBC, The Ring |
25 | Sep 28, 1979 23 years, 4 months 25-0 (16) | Andy Price | WL | 1 | KO | WIN |
24 | Aug 12, 1979 23 years, 2 months 24-0 (15) | Pete Ranzany | WL | 4 | TKO | WIN |
23 | Jun 24, 1979 23 years, 1 months 23-0 (14) | Tony Chiaverini | 4 | RTD | WIN | |
22  | May 20, 1979 23 years 22-0 (13) | 24 years, 7 months 51-14 (30) | 10 | UD | WIN | |
21 | Apr 21, 1979 22 years, 11 months 21-0 (13) | Adolfo Viruet | 10 | UD | WIN | |
20 | Mar 24, 1979 22 years, 10 months 20-0 (13) | Daniel Aldo Gonzalez | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
19 | Feb 11, 1979 22 years, 8 months 19-0 (12) | Fernand Marcotte | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
18 | Jan 11, 1979 22 years, 7 months 18-0 (11) | Johnny Gant | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
17 | Dec 9, 1978 22 years, 6 months 17-0 (10) | Armando Muniz | 6 | RTD | WIN | |
16 | Nov 3, 1978 22 years, 5 months 16-0 (9) | Bernardo Prada | 10 | UD | WIN | |
15 | Oct 6, 1978 22 years, 4 months 15-0 (9) | Randy Shields | 10 | UD | WIN | |
14  | Sep 9, 1978 22 years, 3 months 14-0 (9) | 25 years, 10 months 15-1 (7) | 10 | TKO | WIN | |
13 | Jul 18, 1978 22 years, 2 months 13-0 (8) | Dicky Eklund | 10 | UD | WIN | |
12 | Jun 3, 1978 22 years 12-0 (8) | Rafael Rodriguez | 10 | UD | WIN | |
11 | May 13, 1978 21 years, 11 months 11-0 (8) | Randy Milton | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
10 | Apr 13, 1978 21 years, 10 months 10-0 (7) | Bobby Haymon | 3 | RTD | WIN | |
9 | Mar 19, 1978 21 years, 10 months 9-0 (6) | Javier Muniz | 1 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Mar 1, 1978 21 years, 9 months 8-0 (5) | Art McKnight | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Feb 4, 1978 21 years, 8 months 7-0 (4) | Rocky Ramon | 8 | UD | WIN | |
6 | Dec 17, 1977 21 years, 7 months 6-0 (4) | Hector Diaz | 2 | KO | WIN | |
5 | Nov 5, 1977 21 years, 5 months 5-0 (3) | Augustin Estrada | 6 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Sep 24, 1977 21 years, 4 months 4-0 (2) | Frank Santore | 5 | KO | WIN | |
3 | Jun 10, 1977 21 years 3-0 (1) | Vinnie DeBarros | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | May 14, 1977 20 years, 11 months 2-0 (0) | Willie Rodriguez | 6 | UD | WIN | |
1 | Feb 5, 1977 20 years, 8 months 1-0 (0) | Luis Vega | 6 | UD | WIN |
