Leonard won the National Golden Gloves and National AAU Light Welterweight Championships in 1974. You're blowing it!". 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. Sugar Ray Leonard (def. In round seven, Leonard started to taunt Durn. Hearns' legs were clearly gone and after more pressure from Leonard he was bundled through the ropes, no knockdown was given as it wasn't a punch that sent him there. Benitez was very slick. 1 in its book "The 100 Greatest Boxers of All Time.". Robert Durn's hair flies as Sugar Ray Leonard throws a punch in the early rounds of their welterwight fight on 25 November 1980. The decision was read. Leonard won the fight in 12 rounds on a split decision. 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. [62], After the fight, Leonard vacated the light heavyweight title, but kept the super middleweight title. and played to the screaming crowd. The two fought with great intensity throughout the fight. The fight began as expected, Leonard boxing from a distance and Hearns stalking. "[36] Arcel was angry. In rounds, he had it three for Durn, two for Leonard, and ten even. In the fourth round, Leonard knocked Green out with a devastating left hook. [14]:4243 He finished his amateur career with a record of 1655 and 75 KOs.[19]. Later, when he made . October 30, 1974 - Kinshasa, Zaire It was the way that Ali won which made it the defining moment of his career, shocking the world by defeating a supposedly unbeatable Foreman by spending a good. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Trainer talked 24 of his friends and clients into underwriting Leonard's career with an investment of $21,000 to be repaid within four years at 8% interest. .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." Sugar Ray Leonard's raw and uplifting memoir reveals in intimate detail for the first time the complex human who waged his own personal battle with depression, rage . He lost it to Roberto Durn by a close decision in June 1980 and regained it five months later in the infamous No Ms Fight, in which Duran quit in the eighth round. Durn said. [49], Before the fight with Howard, Dave Jacobs rejoined Leonard's team in a limited role. Standing in a boxing ring with Howard Cosell, the master of ceremonies, Leonard announced his retirement, saying a bout with Hagler would unfortunately never happen. Close Alert. Hearns was ahead on points." In this episode [87] of the "March Milkness" series (where Rhett and Link created a March Madness style bracket to determine the best breakfast cereal), Leonard was brought in to break a tie between the Fruity Region Champion, Froot Loops, and the Chocolatey Region Champion, Oreo O's. By 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. Leonard got up, but was unable to ward off Camacho. Augie Sanchez had defeated Mayweather earlier that summer in qualifiers after a tight 11-12 decision. He blamed his loss on a torn right calf muscle. 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. It was a highly competitive and tactical battle. No. His opponent was Dave "Boy" Green. [18] He planned to study business administration and communications. Hearns started to stick and move, and he started to pile up points again. 17 May 1956 -. Leonard was the aggressor throughout, with Bonds circling the ring. [89] They were divorced in 1990. "Sugar Walker Smith wouldn't have been the same.". He also had the distinction of being the first boxer ever to earn $100 million in purses. [54], Leonard threw 629 punches and landed 306, while Hagler threw 792 and landed 291. Or why Roberto Durn was acting out of prudence, not cowardice, when he quit in his second fight against Leonard. However, he was able to outpunch Hagler along the ropes and got the better of several bristling exchanges. Leonard fired back and hurt Lalonde with a right. Known for his punching power, he won world championships in four weight classes, though his reputation took a hit with his "no ms" loss to Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980. 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. For three rounds Durn drove at Sugar Ray with a fury, and there were moments when it seemed the fight could not last five. "At the end of the fifth round, I got cramps in my stomach and it kept getting worse and worse", Duran later said. Roger helped start the boxing program, urging the center's director, Ollie Dunlap, to form a team. The fight took place on September 9, 1978. She also said he was an occasional cocaine user. He rose but was soon down again, and the fight was stopped. Leonard's attorney, Mike Trainer, said, "There never has been a linkage between his broadcasting and his fighting. Hagler backed off, and Leonard danced away with Hagler in pursuit. WASHINGTON POST. [1] He was named after Ray Charles, his mother's favorite singer. The following year, he again won the National AAU Light Welterweight Championship, as well as the Light Welterweight Championship at the Pan American Games. I've handled thousands of fighters and never had anyone quit on me. How many times did Tommy Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard fight? Leonard responded with a furious flurry, landing few punches but whipping the upset-hoping crowd into a frenzy. His father worked as a supermarket night manager and his mother was a nurse. 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. "But then he adjusted to my style. [14]:63, When Leonard decided to turn professional, Janks Morton introduced him to Mike Trainer, a friend of his who was an attorney. He knocked Leonard down with a left hook in the second round, and in the seventh, he dropped Leonard again with a short right. Leonard also won a light welterweight gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The two went toe-to-toe in the fifteenth. . Durn attacked at almost every turn. Hearns, 320 with 30 knockouts, won the WBA Welterweight Championship in 1980, scoring a second-round knockout of Jos "Pipino" Cuevas in Detroit, Michigan. I'm in the best shape possible. "I'll try, I'll give it a shot", Leonard said of his latest retirement. Although Price landed multiple good blows, Leonard knocked him out in the first round, advancing his record to 250 with 16 knockouts.[28]. Leonard testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs in 2009. 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 does have a heart. April - Marvin Hagler, Las Vegas, W 12 1988 Leonard won the WBC light heavyweight and super middleweight titles by knocking out Don Lalonde in November. It was his first defeat. In 1984 The Ring magazine placed Robinson No. "To make a man quit, to make Roberto Durn quit, was better than knocking him out."[35]. Robinson, who had a son from a previous marriage, helped raise Millie's two children. "I was shocked", Brown said. It's less revisionist and says right up front, in the first sentence of the prologue, what Sugar Ray won't confess to: "On the night of April 6, 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard stole a fight. Durn, the former Undisputed World Lightweight Champion for .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}6+12 years, had a record of 711 and was the #1 welterweight contender and considered the best "Pound for Pound" fighter in the world. He lost a disputed decision to Anatoli Kamnev in Moscow, after which, Kamnev gave the winner's trophy to Leonard. I don't believe it. 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. [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. [17] Leonard won his first four Olympic bouts by 50 decisions. Leonard married his high school sweetheart, Juanita Wilkinson, in January 1980. 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. [14]:6568, Leonard made his professional debut on February 5, 1977, before a crowd of 10,270 at the Civic Center in Baltimore. 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. I snapped it back again. Robinson wouldn't go by his birth name for the rest of his career. Leonard celebrated his victory with a full 360-degree, no-hands flip. The fight was a classic match between a slugger in Marvin Hagler, left, and a boxer in Sugar Ray Leonard. [40] Despite an official stoppage time of 2.59, the fight was actually stopped at 3.06 into the round, meaning Kalule should have been saved by the bell.[41]. Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns feature in fight one of a BBC Sounds look back at some of boxing's greatest fights. Robi is the daughter of Paul Robi, one of the original Platters, and she is the ex-wife of Lynn Swann. With too much money to be lost by cancelling the fight, the matchmaker for the bout, Ron Katz, found a . In a career that spanned 25 years, Robinson amassed 175 wins, 110 knockouts and just 19 losses. Judges Chuck Giampa and Franz Marti had Leonard ahead by scores of 7774 and 7775, respectively. Hagler continued to score somewhat effectively in round six. Durn received $1.5 million and Leonard, working for a percentage of the closed-circuit gate as well as a guarantee, received over $9 million. "I think he won the fight with Durn, but I don't think it is healthy for him to be fighting Durn right away". But New York proved rough in other ways. Durn defeated Leonard via unanimous decision . [42] Some also considered the stoppage premature. But at that point in the fight, Hagler appeared to be slightly more ring-general and clearly more aggressive. "He has really helped me get ready. He never liked being called "The Hit Man," and after going nearly 14 rounds with nemesis Sugar Ray Leonard under the bright lights at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Tommy . He then announced, "I am retiring from boxing right now." "[58] A month after Hagler's formal retirement in June 1988, Leonard would announce another comeback. Associated Press had it 144141 for Durn, while The New York Times had Leonard ahead 144142. Correa was instructed not to spare the whip. In his testimony, Leonard confirmed his wife's claims and went on to reveal that the problems of their marriage were not due to drug and alcohol use.[90]. His decision was to push Froot Loops onto the Finals, where they were taken out by Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Sugar Ray Leonard, the world welterweight champion, underwent two hours of surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore yesterday to repair a partially detached retina in his left eye.. Leonard served as host and mentor to the aspiring fighters on The Contender. [85] During his appearance on The Colbert Report in 2011, Leonard was defeated by host Stephen Colbert in a thumb wrestling contest. Bonds got up and continued to move, with Leonard in pursuit. He made three successful title defenses, stopping Luis Primera, Randy Shields, and Pablo Baez. Leonard battled back again and again, but he had to work just to find room to breathe and swing, at times simply to survive. 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. 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. The working environment was not healthy."[84]. To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will. Knowing he needed a big finish, Leonard fought furiously and had a big final round. During the night Durn was admitted to a hospital with stomach pains, and discharged the following day. Leonard is also the godfather of Khlo Kardashian and has appeared on many episodes of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. When Leonard left the show, he was replaced as host by Tony Danza for the final season. [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. Frazier had a 73 reach. [80], Leonard has also worked as an actor. Durn forced the issue and took the fight to Leonard, cutting off the ring and denying Leonard space to fight his fight. Sugar Ray Leonard boxed Marvin Hagler and forced him to fight away from his strengths while using what he did bestflurrying with the mindset of disrupting Hagler and not trying to hurt or drop himwhich was something Ray knew could only fail, and open the door for Hagler to nail him. TYson had warched film of Foreman destroying Joe Frazier. "[72], In January 1997, it was announced that Leonard had been voted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, New York. Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor. himself. Yet the book is not really about boxing. His older brother, Roger, started boxing first. When he did, he hit harder. Kalule and his handlers had expected Leonard to use lateral movement against him, but Leonard chose to fight inside instead. Many consider the 1976 U.S. team to be the greatest boxing team in the history of the Olympics. The judges scored the fight a draw and Leonard retained the title. Ray Charles Leonard, known as the boxing champion "Sugar Ray" Leonard (after the champion boxer Sugar Ray Robinson), was born on May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina to Getha Leonard and Cicero Leonard, who boxed in the Navy. There was a capacity crowd of about 4,600. Durn said he quit because of stomach cramps, caused by overeating after the weigh-in. His speech, entitled "Power" (Prepare, Overcome and Win Every Round), is consistently booked with major Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States and abroad. Their six-year-old son, Ray Jr., served as the ring bearer. At the age of 20 (1977), Leonard won his first professional fight, only setting the stage for a collection of the most memorable fights in all of boxing history. The scorecard of judge Angelo Poletti was incorrectly added and announced as 147147. After the Los Angeles Times broke the story, Leonard held a press conference and publicly acknowledged that the accusations were true. Leonard and . 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. . My word is my bond", Leonard said. Lalonde tried to tie up Leonard, but got dropped with a powerful left hook. All Rights Reserved. First, in 1991, he lost by decision to Terry Norris. The bout took place on June 20, 1980 at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada. Leonard had no answer for the skillful, younger, faster man. . 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]. Then his friends came to help. In 2009, the foundation expanded to support programs that help people rebuild their communities in ten cities across the United States. Leonard looked to be in trouble, but he furiously fought his way out of the corner. At the final bell, even uniformed ringside security rushed into the ring applauding and lauding Leonard's effort. Leonard would continue to pursue his Olympic dream while she and the baby, Ray Charles Leonard Jr., lived with her parents. They fought before a live crowd of 23,618. With the fight in control, Leonard would begin taunting Duran, much to the chagrin of . The fight with Camacho took place on March 1, 1997, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He would also choose Leonard's opponents. 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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. Everyone was surprised by Durn's actions, none more so than his veteran trainers, Freddie Brown and Ray Arcel. His incredible achievements include winning world titles in five weight divisions, including the WBC welterweight, WBA light middleweight, and WBC middleweight titles. "For the first time in a long time, I allowed someone to push me", Leonard said. 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. In 2002, Leonard was voted by The Ring as the ninth greatest fighter of the last 80 years. After the fight, there was controversy due to the scoring of rounds six and seven. goes on to explain what went through his mind before he quit the fight - a bout in which he wasn't . Lalonde, 312 with 26 knockouts, was guaranteed at least $6 million and Leonard was guaranteed over $10 million. Robinson's birth certificate lists his place of birth as Ailey, Georgia, while the boxer stated in his autobiography that he was born in Detroit, Michigan. Come under with a punch.". The fight grossed over $35 million. [15], Sarge Johnson, assistant coach of the US Olympic Boxing Team, said to Dave Jacobs, "That kid you got is sweet as sugar". 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. "I don't have contracts. Julio Cesar Chavez and Sugar Ray Leonard. Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns during their first fight, on September 16, 1981 in Las Vegas. Six years later, Robinson captured the middleweight title for the first time by defeating Jake LaMotta. He was given a scholarship to the University of Maryland, a gift from the citizens of Glenarden, Maryland. He stayed home a lot, reading comic books and playing with his dog. It was like looking in a mirror". Foreman had an 84 inch reach. It was promoted as "The War". "I think I pretty much fought from the heart." [88] In 1984, they had another son, Jarrell. Leonard maintained his eye was fully healed, but that he just didn't want to box anymore. 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". "There was no indication that he was in pain or getting weak. Leonard's observation that the Hagler who beat John Mugabi was older and slower proved to be spot on. [95] He has since made public appearances to bring attention to the issue of child sex abuse, declaring himself a "poster child" for the cause and encouraging victims to report their abuse.[96]. 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]. Despite Leonard's obvious fatigue, he boxed well in the eleventh. Every time Hagler scored, Leonard came back with something flashier and more eye-catching, if not as effective. 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. 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. His then wife . 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. "[43], The fight was named "Fight of the Year" by The Ring. [44], On February 15, 1982, Leonard defended the unified title against Bruce Finch, the WBC fourth-ranked contender, in a bout at Reno, NV. Hearns was leading by scores of 124122, 125122, and 125121. 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 finished his career with a record of 3631 with 25 knockouts. I took great pride in it. [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. Sylvester Stallone, who co-hosted during the first season, was one of the executive producers, along with Mark Burnett. [47], Missing the limelight and the competition, Leonard announced in December 1983 that he was returning to the ring. [14]:75, In his fourteenth professional fight, Leonard fought his first world-ranked opponent, Floyd Mayweather, who was ranked seventeenth. Look back on this free fight from 1986 at "The Super Fight" between #MarvinHagler and #SugarRayLeonardNext Up for Top Rank Boxing, WBO/IBF unified junior li. I already had it in the back of my mind to dissolve the company. AP Photo/Lennox McLendon What it's really about is boxing's great aesthetic divide. 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