Sugar Ray Leonard Record & Stats

Sugar Ray Leonard Record & Stats

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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).

Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
“Sugar”
Born
May 17, 1956
Age
67
Debut
Feb 5, 1977
Record
36-3-1
Rounds
306
KOs
25 (62.5%)
Height
179 cm
Reach
188 cm
Ape Index
9 cm
Stance
Orthodox
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      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.

      Fight Record

      Total Fights40
      Wins36
      Losses3
      Draws1
      No-Contests0
      KO Wins25
      Total Title Wins10
      Title Defenses5
      Title-Fight KO Wins8
      Losses via KO1
      #DateAgeOpponentResultVia
      40Mar 1, 199740Héctor CamachoLossTKO5
      39Feb 9, 199134Terry NorrisLoss *UD
      38Dec 7, 198933Roberto DuránWin *UD
      37Jun 12, 198933Thomas HearnsDraw *SD
      36Nov 7, 198832Donny LalondeWin *TKO9
      35Apr 6, 198730Marvelous Marvin HaglerWin *SD
      34May 11, 198427Kevin HowardWinTKO9
      33Feb 15, 198225Bruce FinchWin *TKO3
      32Sep 16, 198125Thomas HearnsWin *TKO14
      31Jun 25, 198125Ayub KaluleWin *TKO9
      30Mar 28, 198124Larry BondsWin *TKO10
      29Nov 25, 198024Roberto DuránWin *TKO8
      28Jun 20, 198024Roberto DuránLoss *UD
      27Mar 31, 198023Dave Boy GreenWin *KO4
      26Nov 30, 197923Wilfred BenítezWin *TKO15
      25Sep 28, 197923Andy PriceWinKO1
      24Aug 12, 197923Pete RanzanyWinTKO4
      23Jun 24, 197923Tony ChiaveriniWinRTD4
      22May 20, 197923Marcos GeraldoWinUD
      21Apr 21, 197922Adolfo ViruetWinUD
      20Mar 24, 197922Daniel Aldo GonzalezWinTKO1
      19Feb 11, 197922Fernand MarcotteWinTKO8
      18Jan 11, 197922Johnny GantWinTKO8
      17Dec 9, 197822Armando MunizWinRTD6
      16Nov 3, 197822Bernardo PradaWinUD
      15Oct 6, 197822Randy ShieldsWinUD
      14Sep 9, 197822Floyd Mayweather Sr.WinTKO10
      13Jul 18, 197822Dicky EklundWinUD
      12Jun 3, 197822Rafael RodriguezWinUD
      11May 13, 197821Randy MiltonWinTKO8
      10Apr 13, 197821Bobby HaymonWinRTD3
      9Mar 19, 197821Javier MunizWinKO1
      8Mar 1, 197821Art McKnightWinTKO7
      7Feb 4, 197821Rocky RamonWinUD
      6Dec 17, 197721Hector DiazWinKO2
      5Nov 5, 197721Augustin EstradaWinKO6
      4Sep 24, 197721Frank SantoreWinKO5
      3Jun 10, 197721Vinnie DeBarrosWinTKO3
      2May 14, 197720Willie RodriguezWinUD
      1Feb 5, 197720Luis VegaWinUD

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      World Titles

      Leonard was a four-weight-division world champion. He has held 10 world titles, all 10 of which were lineal championship wins.

      Weight DivisionWorld Titles Held
      Super-middleweightWBC
      MiddleweightWBC, The Ring
      Super-welterweightWBA, The Ring
      WelterweightWBA, WBC 2x, The Ring 2x

      Statistics

      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.

      Career Summary

      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.

      Career Highlights

      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.

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