"There was no indication that he was in pain or getting weak. However, Emanuel Steward, Hearns' manager and trainer, said, "I felt that the referee was justified in stopping the fight Tommy did not have enough energy to make it through the fight. Durn retired from boxing . It supports accessible housing, healthcare services, and educational services and job training. "But you guys know me. AP Photo/Lennox McLendon What it's really about is boxing's great aesthetic divide. In the fifth, Camacho dropped Leonard with a right followed by two left uppercuts. The legendary boxer Sugar Ray Leonard had an impressive professional boxing career, with a total of 36 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss. He finished his career in 1965 with 175 victories. I don't believe it. [49], Before the fight with Howard, Dave Jacobs rejoined Leonard's team in a limited role. His doctor suggested that he cancel the fight, but Leonard wanted to go through with it. "He has really helped me get ready. 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. The nickname "Sugar" came from Gainford, who had described the young boxer as "sweet as sugar"; reporters soon began using the moniker. Complete Fight Highlights: LEONARD vs. DURAN 'NO MAS' (1980) Watch on Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran's 1980 rematch, known as the No Mas Fight. In their 2nd fight, a 30-year old Thomas Hearns (46-3, 38 KO) faced Sugar Ray Leonard again, who was now 33 years old with a record of 35-1 in a super-middleweight title defense fight. Hagler buckled Leonard's knees with a right uppercut near the end of the round, which finished with Leonard on the ropes. Boxing in Serenity Many consider the 1976 U.S. team to be the greatest boxing team in the history of the Olympics. This latest eye problem further fueled the flames of those who opposed Leonard's comeback. "[56], Many others felt that Leonard deservedly got the decision, arguing that Leonard landed more punches and showed better defense and ring generalship. Leonard received $7 million and Durn received $8 million. [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]. [22] After the fight, Leonard paid back his $21,000 loan to the investors. Six years later, Robinson captured the middleweight title for the first time by defeating Jake LaMotta. Kalule, who was 360, had been the WBA Light Middleweight Champion for two years. However, Camacho was also considered to be past his prime. When the vote took place, Leonard had been retired for more than five years, therefore, he was eligible, even though he had a fight scheduled. "The whole fight, I was moving, I was moving", Leonard said. himself. Leonard dropped him again in the tenth. After Foreman's thrilling challenge of Holyfield-Don King asked Tyson to fight him. 2 . He died at the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California, on April 12, 1989. Hearns won rounds nine through twelve on all three scorecards. "[72], In January 1997, it was announced that Leonard had been voted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, New York. I snapped it back again. [60][61], Lalonde's size and awkwardness troubled Leonard. Despite requests from the Hagler camp, Leonard was uninterested in a rematch and retired on May 27, 1987. .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}Remembering Just Fontaine and His World Cup Record, The Man Behind the First All-Black Basketball Team, 8 Times Brothers Have Faced Off in a Championship, Every Black Quarterback to Play in the Super Bowl, Soccer Star Christian Atsu Survived an Earthquake. [44], On February 15, 1982, Leonard defended the unified title against Bruce Finch, the WBC fourth-ranked contender, in a bout at Reno, NV. Hagler took a few months to decide, then agreed to the match.[52]. I know this. Hagler was a heavy favorite. However, given his style and first name, it was probably only a matter of time before people started calling him Sugar Ray, after the man many consider to be the best boxer of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson. Or why Roberto Durn was acting out of prudence, not cowardice, when he quit in his second fight against Leonard. The fight was named "Fight of the Year" and "Upset of the Year" by The Ring. 19522000: 6063.5 kg, 20042012: 6064 kg. With little money Robinson helped his mother save for an apartment by earning change dancing for strangers in Times Square the Smiths built their new life in a section of Harlem dominated by flophouses and gangsters. However, he was able to outpunch Hagler along the ropes and got the better of several bristling exchanges. He took control, attacking and driving Leonard against the ropes, bulling him back, hitting him with lefts and rights to the body as he maneuvered the champion against the ropes from corner to corner. Durn was guaranteed $7.6 million and Leonard's arrangement guaranteed him over $13 million.[65]. I know how Hagler felt now."[70]. Leonard also won a light welterweight gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 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. Leonard entered the bout as a 3-1 favorite but Norris dominated the fight, giving Leonard a heavy beating. In a career that spanned 25 years, Robinson amassed 175 wins, 110 knockouts and just 19 losses. The fight took place on September 9, 1978. During the night Durn was admitted to a hospital with stomach pains, and discharged the following day. Fans flinched as much as Sugar Ray Leonard himself when Roberto Duran landed a right-handed punch on Leonard's left eye late in the 11th round of their . "I didn't feel like being bothered by all those complications by asking him for any money for support", she said. She named Leonard as the father and the county's state attorney's office filed a civil suit against Leonard to establish paternity and get support payments for the child. In the semifinals, he faced Kazimierz Szczerba and won a 50 decision. March 13, 2021. by Larry Brown. His then wife . It was promoted as "The War". Leonard called it "the hardest single punch I ever threw."[30]. Robinson, who had a son from a previous marriage, helped raise Millie's two children. Leonard kept it up, continuing to move, stop, and mug. The fight took place at the new Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. [15], Sarge Johnson, assistant coach of the US Olympic Boxing Team, said to Dave Jacobs, "That kid you got is sweet as sugar". There was a capacity crowd of about 4,600. Judge Jos Guerra scored the fight 118110 for Leonard. Leonard fired back and hurt Lalonde with a right. The scorecard of judge Angelo Poletti was incorrectly added and announced as 147147. [48], A bout with Philadelphia's Kevin Howard, who was 2041, was scheduled for February 25, 1984. "[83] Speaking of his promotional company, Leonard said, "We did some great shows with evenly matched fights. His father worked as a supermarket night manager and his mother was a nurse. This movie brought back memories of his fight with Dicky Eklund. [53], Many were surprised that Hagler, a natural southpaw, opened the fight boxing out of an orthodox stance. Associated Press had it 144141 for Durn, while The New York Times had Leonard ahead 144142. Three booming rights from Hearns sent Leonard down for the second time in the fight. They fought before a live crowd of 23,618. The nickname stuck. The fight billed as a classic showdown between a powerful knockout artist and the best boxer/puncher the welterweight division had seen in decades devolved into a slow, tactical fight. For the Durn fight, Leonard cut his entourage from twenty-one to six. With neither parent able to work, with his child and the mother of his child to support, and without any endorsement opportunities, Leonard decided to become a professional boxer. He has also appeared in several movies, including I Spy and most recently The Fighter (2010), starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg. Leonard was named "Fighter of the Year" by The Ring and The Boxing Writers Association of America. Fearful that her son would get pulled into this shady world, Robinson's mother turned to the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, where a man by the name of George Gainford had just started a boxing club. The announcement generated a lot of controversy because of Leonard's inactivity and eye injuries, yet it also excited many sports fans who had hoped to see them fight years earlier. By the end of round five, Leonard had a growing swelling under his left eye, and Hearns had built a considerable lead on the scorecards. After the fight, there was controversy due to the scoring of rounds six and seven. He drove him to the ropes and unleashed a furious assault. On June 12, 1989, Leonard defended the WBC Super Middleweight Championship in a rematch with Thomas Hearns at Caesar's Palace. 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. The referee stopped the fight with Camacho teeing off on a defenseless Leonard on the ropes. WASHINGTON POST. Durn said. He was given a scholarship to the University of Maryland, a gift from the citizens of Glenarden, Maryland. Picking himself off the canvas twice, Leonard showed . 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.. "[43], The fight was named "Fight of the Year" by The Ring. The real Leonard (a Seinfeld fan) mentioned that he was told about the episode by friends and family, but had never seen it for himself until a friend gave him the DVD set for a gift. Judge Dave Moretti scored it 115113 for Leonard, while judge Lou Filippo had it 115113 for Hagler. [14]:4243 He finished his amateur career with a record of 1655 and 75 KOs.[19]. Judge Stuart Kirshenbaum had Lalonde ahead 7675. Hagler did better, but Leonard's superior speed and boxing skill still allowed him to control the fight. Sugar Ray Leonard walked away from boxing for good in 1997 when, at the age of 40, Hector Camacho ended his ill-fated comeback by stopping him in five rounds.. It was like looking in a mirror". "He's got the three B's," Sammy Davis Jr. said of Seales at a 1984 benefit for the fighter. The Panamanian seized the evening and gave it what shape and momentum it had. 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Many were critical of the fact that Lalonde's light heavyweight title was on the line when the weight limit of the fight with Leonard was at 168 pounds, and critical of Leonard for stipulating that his opponenta natural 175-poundershould weigh less than his usual fighting weight, which could possibly weaken him. Come under with a punch.". When Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran met on Nov. 25, 1980, for an immediate rematch of their showdown that saw "Hands of Stone" give Leonard his first loss, few could have possibly anticipated what would take place at The Superdome in New Orleans. Between rounds eleven and twelve, Leonard's trainer: Angelo Dundee, implored Sugar Ray to get up off his stool yelling "We got three minutesnew champnew champ!" 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. Shortly afterward, Leonard dropped him with a flurry of punches. Everyone was surprised by Durn's actions, none more so than his veteran trainers, Freddie Brown and Ray Arcel. In his later years, Robinson worked in show business, even doing some television acting. Leonard and Duran fought the fiercest battle in welterweight history, fuelled by Duran's utter hatred for the pretty boy with lots of money and Ray's refusal to back down. "He's a great trainer, a throwback", Leonard said. By 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. 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"It was stupid for me to fight Norris at 154 lbs", Leonard said. "[58] A month after Hagler's formal retirement in June 1988, Leonard would announce another comeback. 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. The team also included Leon and Michael Spinks, Howard Davis Jr., Leo Randolph, Charles Mooney, and John Tate. Durn said he quit because of stomach cramps, caused by overeating after the weigh-in. By his last retirement in 1991, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard had become the first fighter to win titles in five divisions-every weight class from welteweight to light heavyweight. Leonard received $1 million and Benitez, a two-division champion with a record of 3801, received $1.2 million. 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. May 11 - Kevin Howard, Massachusetts, KO 9 1987 Leonard won the WBC middleweight title in a 12-round contest against Marvin Hagler in April. Foreman had an 84 inch reach. Robi is the daughter of Paul Robi, one of the original Platters, and she is the ex-wife of Lynn Swann. [27] Price, an up-and-coming contender who was sponsored by Marvin Gaye, had a reputation for prolonged bouts in earlier fights and was believed by sports reporters to defeat or give a long fight to Leonard. The two went toe-to-toe in the fifteenth. [14]:3334,43, Wilkinson went to the Olympics to watch Leonard box, but she did not tell him about the suit and never asked him for any money. According to Bob Arum, the fight grossed $78 million (which equates to around $179 million in 2020). The fight with Camacho took place on March 1, 1997, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Howard knocked Leonard flat on his back in the fourth round. Moore fought and lost to Sugar Ramos for the inaugural WBC title. At the final bell, even uniformed ringside security rushed into the ring applauding and lauding Leonard's effort. In the final, Leonard boxed the great Cuban knockout artist Andrs Aldama, who scored five straight knockouts to reach the final. Jim Murray, long-time sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times, wrote, "It wasn't even closeHe didn't just outpoint Hagler, he exposed him. . The scores were 120104, 119103, and 116110. Photo: Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images, Remembering Just Fontaine and His World Cup Record, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads, Name: Sugar Ray Robinson, Birth Year: 1921, Birth date: May 3, 1921, Birth State: Georgia, Birth City: Ailey, Birth Country: United States. Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns during their first fight, on September 16, 1981 in Las Vegas. Roberto Duran takes on Sugar Ray Leonard at the Superdome in New Orleans in November 1980. . [74], Leonard said he planned to have a series of tuneup fights before fighting a champion. 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. . Leonard won the National Golden Gloves and National AAU Light Welterweight Championships in 1974. Many felt that Hagler deserved the decision because he was the aggressor and landed the harder punches. "Tonight was my last fight. A strange night, a boring fight. He tried to get me against the ropes, I'd pivot, spin off and Pow! Leonard became a sensation in. Frazier had a 73 reach. Hagler's punches lacked snap and, although he was scoring solidly to the body, he looked nothing like the powerful fighter who had dominated the middleweight division for the previous five years. He staggered Bonds with a right in the fourth round and dropped him with a follow-up combination. 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. Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the fastest boxers in history and his speed was just otherworldly. He knocked Leonard down with a left hook in the second round, and in the seventh, he dropped Leonard again with a short right. Late in the third, Leonard dropped Benitez on the seat of his pants with a stiff left jab. HBO believed it would be inappropriate for Leonard to continue with them if they couldn't bid on his fights. He hit Leonard with a big left hand and backed him into a corner. 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. Sugar Ray Robinson turned pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights. The action see-sawed back and forth for the rest of the round, with each man having his moments. The live gate was $5.9 million, and the revenue from pay-per-view was $7.5 million. [68] He then offered Hearns a third fight, but Hearns said he could no longer make the weight and moved up to the light heavyweight division. 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. Had a son from a previous marriage, helped raise Millie 's two children they n't... 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