Sugar Ray Leonard - one of the greatest boxers that ever entered the ring
Sugar Ray was a successful amateur and professional boxer. His career in amateur hit its peak when he won a gold medal in the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
From there he went into professional boxing due to his parents becoming ill and his wife demanding child support. His professional career was hugely successful and he won fight after fight from there.
Sugar Ray Leonard's Amateur Titles
- 2 Amateur Athletics Championships
- 3 National Golden Gloves
- Gold Medal in 1976 Montreal Olympics.
- 1975 Pan-American Games crown
Sugar Ray's Amateur Career
Sugar Ray's boxing career started in 1969 at Palmer Park along with his older brother, Roger. It wasn't until 1972 that Sugar Ray had his first bout when he fought in the featherweight quarterfinals of the National AAU Tournament. Unfortunately this fight resulted in a loss by decision to Jerome Artis. It was the first defeat of his career.
His next major competition was the Eastern Olympic trials where he lied about his age to gain entry to a tournament in which you had to be over 17. At the time Leonard was just 16. Even though he was a year younger than the youngest there he managed to reach the semifinals and lost to a disputed decision to Greg Whaley.
It was during this time that Sugar Ray got his nickname when assistant coach of the US Olympic Team said to Dave Jacob's "That kid you got is sweet as sugar".
Sugar Ray Leonard ended his amateur career with a fight record of 145 - 5.
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Sugar Ray Leonard Tribute Video
Sugar Ray's Professional Career
Sugar Ray fought Floyd Mayweather Sr (father of Floyd Mayweather Jr.) in 1978 and he won by a 10th round knockout.
Sugar Ray went on to win 36 fights in his professional career with 3 losses, 1 draw and 25 knockouts. He 'retired' 4 times but each time returned for another fight. His last fights were plagued by injury and his final fight was cancelled at the last minute after he cited a lack of motivation.
Sugar Ray Leonards 1977 Pro Fight Record
5 Feb
Luis Vega
Las Vegas
NV
W 6
14 May
Willie Rodriguez
Baltimore
MD
W 6
10 Jun
Vinnie DeBarros
Hartford
CT
KO 3
24 Sep
Frank Santore
Baltimore
MD
KO 5
5 Nov
Augustin Estrada
Las Vegas
NV
KO 5
17 Dec
Hector Diaz
Washington
DC
KO 2
Sugar Ray Leonards 1978 Pro Fight Record
4 Feb
Rocky Ramon
Baltimore
MD
W 8
1 Mar
Art McKnight
Dayton
OH
KO 7
19 Mar
Javier Muniz
New Haven
CT
KO 1
13 Apr
Bobby Haymon
Landover
MD
KO 3
13 May
Randy Milton
Utica
NY
KO 8
3 Jun
Rafael Rodriguez
Baltimore
MD
W 10
18 Jul
Dick Eckland
Boston
MA
W 10
9 Sep
Floyd Mayweather
Providence
RI
KO 10
6 Oct
Randy Shields
Baltimore
MD
W 10
3 Nov
Bernardo Prada
Portland
ME
W 10
9 Dec
Armando Muniz
Springfield
IL
KO 6
Sugar Ray Leonard's 1979 Pro Fight Record
1979 is the year Leonard won the WBC Welterweight title
11 Jan
Johnny Gant
Landover
MD
KO 8
11 Feb
Fernand Marcotte
Miami Beach
FL
KO 8
24 Mar
Daniel Gonzales
Tucson
AZ
KO 1
21 Apr
Adolfo Viruet
Las Vegas
NV
W 10
20 May
Marcos Geraldo
New Orleans
LA
W 10
24 Jun
Tony Chiaverini
Las Vegas
NV
KO 4
12 Aug
Pete Ranzany
Las Vegas
NV
KO 4
28 Sep
Andy Price
Las Vegas
NV
KO 1
30 Nov
Wilfredo Benitez
Las Vegas
NV
KO 15
1980-1989 Pro Fight Record
31 Mar 1980
Dave Green
Landover
MD
KO 4
20 Jun 1980
Roberto Duran
Montreal
Canada
L 15
25 Nov 1980
Roberto Duran
New Orleans
LA
KO 8
28 Mar 1981
Larry Bonds
Syracuse
NY
KO 10
25 Jun 1981
Ayub Kalule
Houston
TX
KO 9
16 Sep 1981
Thomas Hearns
Las Vegas
NV
KO 14
15 Feb 1982
Bruce Finch
Reno
NV
KO 3
11 May 1984
Kevin Howard
Worcester
MA
KO 9
6 Apr 1987
Marvin Hagler
Las Vegas
NV
W 12
7 Nov 1988
Don Lalonde
Las Vegas
NV
KO 9
12 Jun 1989
Thomas Hearns
Las Vegas
NV
D 12
7 Dec 1989
Roberto Duran
Las Vegas
NV
W 12
Sugar Ray vs. Hearnes
Memories and thoughts about Sugar Ray?
Let the world know if you have any memories or thoughts about Sugar Ray Leonards life inside and out of the ring.
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FeistyBadger May 20, 2010 @ 7:15 am | delete
- hes one of the fastest boxers ive seen. yet to see anyone who can match him for speed.
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