In a career spanning 20 years, Sugar Ray Leonard fought 40 times with 36 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw. By his last professional fight on March 1, 1997, Leonard's boxing record stood at 36-3-1 (25 KO wins, 1 KO loss).
WBA | WBC | TheRing |
---|---|---|
sMD w1 d2 | ||
MD w1 d0 | MD w1 d0 | |
sWL w1 d0 | sWL w1 d0 | |
WL w1 d1 | WL w2 d4 | WL w2 d4 |
Featured Opponents
Sugar Ray Leonard (Sugar) is a retired American professional boxer. He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. on May 17, 1956. Leonard made his professional boxing debut at the age of 20, on February 5, 1977. He is a former four-weight-class world champion. Leonard turned 67 last month, on the 17th. Leonard is a Hall of Famer.
Total Fights | 40 |
---|---|
Wins | 36 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 25 |
---|---|
Total Title Wins | 10 |
Title Defenses | 5 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 8 |
Losses via KO | 1 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | Mar 1, 1997 | 40 | Héctor Camacho | Loss | TKO5 |
39 | Feb 9, 1991 | 34 | Terry Norris | Loss * | UD |
38 | Dec 7, 1989 | 33 | Roberto Durán | Win * | UD |
37 | Jun 12, 1989 | 33 | Thomas Hearns | Draw * | SD |
36 | Nov 7, 1988 | 32 | Donny Lalonde | Win * | TKO9 |
35 | Apr 6, 1987 | 30 | Marvelous Marvin Hagler | Win * | SD |
34 | May 11, 1984 | 27 | Kevin Howard | Win | TKO9 |
33 | Feb 15, 1982 | 25 | Bruce Finch | Win * | TKO3 |
32 | Sep 16, 1981 | 25 | Thomas Hearns | Win * | TKO14 |
31 | Jun 25, 1981 | 25 | Ayub Kalule | Win * | TKO9 |
30 | Mar 28, 1981 | 24 | Larry Bonds | Win * | TKO10 |
29 | Nov 25, 1980 | 24 | Roberto Durán | Win * | TKO8 |
28 | Jun 20, 1980 | 24 | Roberto Durán | Loss * | UD |
27 | Mar 31, 1980 | 23 | Dave Boy Green | Win * | KO4 |
26 | Nov 30, 1979 | 23 | Wilfred Benítez | Win * | TKO15 |
25 | Sep 28, 1979 | 23 | Andy Price | Win | KO1 |
24 | Aug 12, 1979 | 23 | Pete Ranzany | Win | TKO4 |
23 | Jun 24, 1979 | 23 | Tony Chiaverini | Win | RTD4 |
22 | May 20, 1979 | 23 | Marcos Geraldo | Win | UD |
21 | Apr 21, 1979 | 22 | Adolfo Viruet | Win | UD |
20 | Mar 24, 1979 | 22 | Daniel Aldo Gonzalez | Win | TKO1 |
19 | Feb 11, 1979 | 22 | Fernand Marcotte | Win | TKO8 |
18 | Jan 11, 1979 | 22 | Johnny Gant | Win | TKO8 |
17 | Dec 9, 1978 | 22 | Armando Muniz | Win | RTD6 |
16 | Nov 3, 1978 | 22 | Bernardo Prada | Win | UD |
15 | Oct 6, 1978 | 22 | Randy Shields | Win | UD |
14 | Sep 9, 1978 | 22 | Floyd Mayweather Sr. | Win | TKO10 |
13 | Jul 18, 1978 | 22 | Dicky Eklund | Win | UD |
12 | Jun 3, 1978 | 22 | Rafael Rodriguez | Win | UD |
11 | May 13, 1978 | 21 | Randy Milton | Win | TKO8 |
10 | Apr 13, 1978 | 21 | Bobby Haymon | Win | RTD3 |
9 | Mar 19, 1978 | 21 | Javier Muniz | Win | KO1 |
8 | Mar 1, 1978 | 21 | Art McKnight | Win | TKO7 |
7 | Feb 4, 1978 | 21 | Rocky Ramon | Win | UD |
6 | Dec 17, 1977 | 21 | Hector Diaz | Win | KO2 |
5 | Nov 5, 1977 | 21 | Augustin Estrada | Win | KO6 |
4 | Sep 24, 1977 | 21 | Frank Santore | Win | KO5 |
3 | Jun 10, 1977 | 21 | Vinnie DeBarros | Win | TKO3 |
2 | May 14, 1977 | 20 | Willie Rodriguez | Win | UD |
1 | Feb 5, 1977 | 20 | Luis Vega | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
Leonard was a four-weight-division world champion. He has held 10 world titles, all 10 of which were lineal championship wins.
Weight Division | World Titles Held |
---|---|
Super-middleweight | WBC |
Middleweight | WBC, The Ring |
Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring |
Welterweight | WBA, WBC 2x, The Ring 2x |
Sugar Ray Leonard is 179 cm tall (5' 10.47") with a reach of 188 cm (6' 2.02"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 9 cm (3.54").
Leonard has a 62.5% KO rate. Of his total 25 KO wins, 10 were in the early rounds, eight in the mid rounds, and seven in the later rounds. He has three first-round KO wins.
Sugar Ray Leonard's professional boxing career spanned more than 20 years — from 1977 to 1997.
Leonard made his professional boxing debut against Luis Vega at the age of 20 on February 5, 1977, defeating Vega via 6 round unanimous decision. He went on to win 26 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 18 wins via stoppage.
Leonard had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on November 30, 1979 after 25 professional fights, against Wilfred Benítez for the welterweight WBC and The Ring titles. He defeated Benítez via 15th round TKO to become the welterweight champion of the world.
He was a one-time undisputed welterweight world champion, and has won 10 world titles at four weight classes. For all the details about Leonard's world title wins and defenses refer to "Sugar Ray Leonard World Titles".
Some of Leonard's best fights and notable victories include wins over four Hall-of-Famers (Roberto Durán, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, and Wilfred Benítez), Ayub Kalule, Donny Lalonde, and Dave Boy Green.
Leonard had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Puerto Rican boxer Héctor Camacho on March 1, 1997. Leonard lost the fight via 5th round TKO. It's been 26 years, 3 months, and 8 days since this fight.
Leonard fought a total of 40 times during his professional career, which includes 13 world-title fights at four weight divisions — super-welterweight, super-middleweight, middleweight, and welterweight. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some incredible performances in his fights. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.
November 30, 1979: Leonard wins his first world titles by defeating Wilfred Benítez via 15th round TKO. He is now the WBC and The Ring welterweight world champion.
March 31, 1980: Leonard successfully defends the WBC and The Ring welterweight titles against Dave Boy Green, winning the fight via 4th round KO.
November 25, 1980: Leonard wins the WBC and The Ring welterweight titles from Roberto Durán, by beating Durán via 8th round TKO.
June 25, 1981: Leonard wins the WBA and The Ring super-welterweight titles from Ayub Kalule, by beating Kalule via 9th round TKO.
September 16, 1981: Leonard becomes the undisputed welterweight world champion by defeating Thomas Hearns via 14th round TKO. He now holds the WBC, The Ring, and WBA welterweight world-champion belts.
April 6, 1987: Leonard wins the WBC and The Ring middleweight titles from Marvelous Marvin Hagler, by beating Hagler via 12 round split-decision.
November 7, 1988: Leonard wins the WBC super-middleweight title from Donny Lalonde, by beating Lalonde via 9th round TKO.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Leonard's boxing career; all the way from his debut, to winning world-titles, to his last fight against Héctor Camacho, and all the other wins and losses of his career.
On March 1, 1997, a 40-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (36-2-1, 25 KO) fought Puerto Rican boxer Héctor Camacho, who was 34 years old with a record of 62-3-1. Camacho was on a five-fight win streak with 30 KO wins. Leonard was the taller of the two by 10 cms and also had a 13 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Camacho had three losses, but had never been stopped.
Leonard lost to Camacho via 5th round TKO. He is now on a two-fight losing streak. This was the last professional fight of his boxing career.
On February 9, 1991, a 34-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (36-1-1, 25 KO) faced fellow American boxer Terry Norris, who was 23 years old with a record of 25-3. Leonard was challenging Norris' WBC super-welterweight title. Norris was on a five-fight win streak with 14 KO wins. Leonard was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 14 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Norris had three losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Leonard lost to Norris via 12 round unanimous decision.
On December 7, 1989, in their 3rd fight, a 33-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (35-1-1, 25 KO) faced Roberto Durán again, who was now 38 years old with a record of 85-7 in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. Durán was on a six-fight win streak with 61 KO wins. Leonard was the taller of the two by 9 cms and also had a 20 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Durán had seven losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Leonard defeated Durán via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the WBC super-middleweight title.
On June 12, 1989, in their 2nd fight, a 33-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (35-1, 25 KO) faced Thomas Hearns again, who was now 30 years old with a record of 46-3 in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. Hearns was on a one-fight win streak with 38 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage over Leonard. Coming into this fight, Hearns had three losses, all of which were via stoppage
The fight ended in a 12 round split-decision draw and both the boxers retained their titles and added a draw to their respective records. A good performance, nonetheless.
On November 7, 1988, a 32-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (34-1, 24 KO) faced Canadian boxer Donny Lalonde, who was 28 years old with a record of 31-2 for Lalonde's WBC super-middleweight title. Lalonde was on a 12-fight win streak with 26 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 9 cms and also had a 8 cm reach advantage over Leonard. Coming into this fight, Lalonde had two losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Leonard defeated Lalonde via 9th round TKO to win the WBC super-middleweight title. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak.
On April 6, 1987, a 30-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (33-1, 24 KO) faced fellow American boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who was 32 years old with a record of 62-2-2 for Hagler's WBC and Ring Magazine middleweight titles. Hagler was on a 16-fight win streak with 52 KO wins. Leonard was the taller of the two by 2 cms but Hagler had a 3 cm reach advantage over Leonard. Coming into this fight, Hagler had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Leonard defeated Hagler via 12 round split-decision to win the WBC and Ring Magazine middleweight titles. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak.
On May 11, 1984, a 27-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (32-1, 23 KO) fought Kevin Howard in his 34th professional fight. He defeated Howard via 9th round TKO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On February 15, 1982, a 25-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (31-1, 22 KO) faced Bruce Finch in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. He defeated Finch via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBA, WBC, and Ring Magazine welterweight titles. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On September 16, 1981, a 25-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (30-1, 21 KO) faced an undefeated fellow American boxer Thomas Hearns for the first time, who was 22 years old with a record of 32-0 in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. Hearns was on a 32-fight win streak with 30 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage over Leonard.
Leonard defeated Hearns via 14th round TKO to win the WBA welterweight title and retain the WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight titles. He handed Hearns the first loss of his career, and put an end to Hearns' 32-fight win streak. Leonard is now on a four-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On June 25, 1981, a 25-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (29-1, 20 KO) faced an undefeated Ugandan boxer Ayub Kalule, who was 27 years old with a record of 36-0 for Kalule's WBA and Ring Magazine super-welterweight titles. Kalule was on a 36-fight win streak with 18 KO wins. Leonard was the taller of the two by 4 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage.
Leonard defeated Kalule via 9th round TKO to win the WBA and Ring Magazine super-welterweight titles. He handed Kalule the first loss of his career, and put an end to Kalule's 36-fight win streak. Leonard is now on a three-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On March 28, 1981, a 24-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (28-1, 19 KO) faced Larry Bonds in a welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Bonds via 10th round TKO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight titles. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On November 25, 1980, in their 2nd fight, which was an immediate rematch, a 24-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (27-1, 18 KO) faced Roberto Durán again, who was now 29 years old with a record of 72-1 for Durán's WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight titles. Leonard had lost to Durán in their last fight. Leonard was the taller of the two by 9 cms and also had a 20 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Durán had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Leonard defeated Durán via 8th round TKO to win the WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight titles, making a successful comeback from his last loss.
On June 20, 1980, a 24-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (27-0, 18 KO) faced Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán for the first time, who was 29 years old with a record of 71-1 in a welterweight title-defense fight. Durán was on a 40-fight win streak with 56 KO wins. Leonard was the taller of the two by 9 cms and also had a 20 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Durán had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Leonard lost to Durán via 15 round unanimous decision and lost the WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight titles. He suffers the first loss of his career, and his 27-fight win streak comes to an end with this loss.
On March 31, 1980, a 23-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (26-0, 17 KO) faced English boxer Dave Boy Green, who was 26 years old with a record of 33-2 in a welterweight title-defense fight. Green was on a two-fight win streak with 26 KO wins. Leonard was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 11 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Green had two losses, both of which were via stoppage.
Leonard defeated Green via 4th round KO to retain the WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight titles. He is now on a 27-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On November 30, 1979, in his 26th professional fight, a 23-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (25-0, 16 KO) had his first world title fight against an undefeated Puerto Rican boxer Wilfred Benítez for Benítez' WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight belts. Benítez was 21 years old with a record of 38-0-1. Benítez was on a 10-fight win streak with 25 KO wins. Leonard was the taller of the two by 1 cm and also had a 10 cm reach advantage.
Leonard defeated Benítez via 15th round TKO to win the WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight titles. He handed Benítez the first loss of his career, and put an end to Benítez' 10-fight win streak. Leonard is now on a 26-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On September 28, 1979, a 23-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (24-0, 15 KO) fought Andy Price in his 25th professional fight. He defeated Price via 1st round KO. He is now on a 25-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On August 12, 1979, a 23-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (23-0, 14 KO) fought Pete Ranzany in his 24th professional fight. He defeated Ranzany via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 24-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On June 24, 1979, a 23-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (22-0, 13 KO) fought Tony Chiaverini in his 23rd professional fight. He defeated Chiaverini via 4th round RTD. He is now on a 23-fight winning streak.
On May 20, 1979, a 23-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (21-0, 13 KO) fought Marcos Geraldo in his 22nd professional fight. He defeated Geraldo via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 22-fight winning streak.
On April 21, 1979, a 22-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (20-0, 13 KO) fought Adolfo Viruet in his 21st professional fight. He defeated Viruet via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 21-fight winning streak.
On March 24, 1979, a 22-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (19-0, 12 KO) fought Daniel Aldo Gonzalez in his 20th professional fight. He defeated Gonzalez via 1st round TKO. He is now on a 20-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On February 11, 1979, a 22-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (18-0, 11 KO) fought Fernand Marcotte in his 19th professional fight. He defeated Marcotte via 8th round TKO. He is now on a 19-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On January 11, 1979, a 22-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (17-0, 10 KO) fought Johnny Gant in his 18th professional fight. He defeated Gant via 8th round TKO. He is now on a 18-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On December 9, 1978, a 22-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (16-0, 9 KO) fought Armando Muniz in his 17th professional fight. He defeated Muniz via 6th round RTD. He is now on a 17-fight winning streak.
On November 3, 1978, a 22-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (15-0, 9 KO) fought Bernardo Prada in his 16th professional fight. He defeated Prada via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 16-fight winning streak.
On October 6, 1978, a 22-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (14-0, 9 KO) fought Randy Shields in his 15th professional fight. He defeated Shields via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 15-fight winning streak.
On September 9, 1978, a 22-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (13-0, 8 KO) fought fellow American boxer Floyd Mayweather Sr., who was 25 years old with a record of 15-1. Mayweather Sr. was on a 11-fight win streak with 7 KO wins. Leonard was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 15 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Mayweather Sr. had a single loss, which was via stoppage.
Leonard defeated Mayweather Sr. via 10th round TKO. He is now on a 14-fight winning streak.
On July 18, 1978, a 22-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (12-0, 8 KO) fought Dicky Eklund in his 13th professional fight. He defeated Eklund via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 13-fight winning streak.
On June 3, 1978, a 22-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (11-0, 8 KO) fought Rafael Rodriguez in his 12th professional fight. He defeated Rodriguez via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 12-fight winning streak.
On May 13, 1978, a 21-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (10-0, 7 KO) fought Randy Milton in his 11th professional fight. He defeated Milton via 8th round TKO. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On April 13, 1978, a 21-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (9-0, 6 KO) fought Bobby Haymon in his 10th professional fight. He defeated Haymon via 3rd round RTD. He is now on a 10-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On March 19, 1978, a 21-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (8-0, 5 KO) fought Javier Muniz in his 9th professional fight. He defeated Muniz via 1st round KO. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On March 1, 1978, a 21-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (7-0, 4 KO) fought Art McKnight in his 8th professional fight. He defeated McKnight via 7th round TKO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak.
On February 4, 1978, a 21-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (6-0, 4 KO) fought Rocky Ramon in his 7th professional fight. He defeated Ramon via 8th round unanimous decision. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak.
On December 17, 1977, a 21-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (5-0, 3 KO) fought Hector Diaz in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Diaz via 2nd round KO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On November 5, 1977, a 21-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (4-0, 2 KO) fought Augustin Estrada in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Estrada via 6th round KO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On September 24, 1977, a 21-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (3-0, 1 KO) fought Frank Santore in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Santore via 5th round KO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On June 10, 1977, a 21-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (2-0) fought Vinnie DeBarros in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated DeBarros via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On May 14, 1977, a 20-year old Sugar Ray Leonard (1-0) fought Willie Rodriguez in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Rodriguez via 6th round unanimous decision. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On February 5, 1977, a 20-year old Sugar Ray Leonard successfully debuted against Luis Vega. He defeated Vega via 6th round unanimous decision.
Leonard knocked out 25 of his 40 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 62.5%. Of his total 36 wins, 25 of them were via KO (69.4%).