Paternity Suit". The Classic bout between Sugar Ray Leonard V Thomas Hearns.Leonard Snatches Victory from the jaws of defeat with a dramatic late Stoppage! Just five months after one of the greatest fights in modern boxing history, Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran met in a rematch that somehow managed to transcend the original. . Dundee was unhappy with that amount. He was given a scholarship to the University of Maryland, a gift from the citizens of Glenarden, Maryland. [14]:1 He made it to the lightweight semifinals, losing a disputed decision to Greg Whaley, who took such a beating that he wasn't allowed to continue in the trials and never boxed again. 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. The following year, he again won the National AAU Light Welterweight Championship, as well as the Light Welterweight Championship at the Pan American Games. Jacobs had quit in 1980, disagreeing with Leonard's decision to have an immediate rematch with Durn. Bonds was a southpaw, which made him a good opponent for Leonard, given that his next opponent was scheduled to be the WBA Light Middleweight Champion Ayub Kalule, a southpaw. The fight was named "Fight of the Year" and "Upset of the Year" by The Ring. In the second, Durn rocked Leonard with a left hook, sending him into the ropes. Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler fight for the WBC and Ring middleweight titles on April 6, 1987 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Judge Stuart Kirshenbaum had Lalonde ahead 7675. Durn defeated Leonard via unanimous decision . 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. The live gate was $5.9 million, and the revenue from pay-per-view was $7.5 million. He was voted off in Week 4 of the show. "[72], In January 1997, it was announced that Leonard had been voted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, New York. At the final bell, even uniformed ringside security rushed into the ring applauding and lauding Leonard's effort. Hagler hurt Leonard with a left cross and pinned him in a corner. Close Alert. [14]:93 A month later, Leonard defeated his old amateur nemesis Randy Shields by a ten-round unanimous decision. "But then he adjusted to my style. Dave Jacobs disagreed with the decision to have an immediate rematch with Durn and terminated his relationship with Leonard when the rematch was made. Durn hesitated. He died at the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California, on April 12, 1989. They fought before a live crowd of 23,618. Judge Jos Guerra scored the fight 118110 for Leonard. 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. Wherever he went, he brought a large entourage of trainers, women and family members. 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". The fight, promoted as "The Super Fight" and "The King of the Ring", was scheduled for April 6, 1987, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Roberto Duran, known as one of the greatest boxers of all time, held world championships in four weight classes during his career and met Sugar Ray Leonard in the ring for the first time in June 1980. His partner was Anna Trebunskaya. Early in the ninth, Lalonde hurt Leonard with a right to the chin. After the bout Hagler stated it may be his last fight. Leonard finally hurt him with a right to the head. During the night Durn was admitted to a hospital with stomach pains, and discharged the following day. This latest eye problem further fueled the flames of those who opposed Leonard's comeback. Correa was instructed not to spare the whip. His father worked as a supermarket night manager and his mother was a nurse. In round seven, Leonard started to taunt Durn. [50], Leonard and Howard fought on May 11, 1984, in Worcester, Massachusetts. Sign In I never had to go to school once because of him."[13]. Associated Press had it 144141 for Durn, while The New York Times had Leonard ahead 144142. 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. Outside of the ring, Robinson relished his celebrity, parading around Harlem with a pink Cadillac and making appearances at his high-profile Harlem nightclub. Floyd bounced back and won two in a row over Sanchez to secure his spot in Atlanta. He staggered Bonds with a right in the fourth round and dropped him with a follow-up combination. He was also named "Athlete of the Year" by ABC's Wide World of Sports and "Sportsman of the Year" by Sports Illustrated. After that, Leonard decided to box Hagler. Leonard decided to fight Camacho after commentating on Camacho's fight with the 45-year-old Roberto Durn the previous year, describing the disputed unanimous decision as "an early Christmas gift". Over his 25-year career, Robinson won the world welterweight and middleweight crowns and was dubbed "pound for pound, the best." Janks Morton and Dave Jacobs trained Leonard for the Lalonde fight. But New York proved rough in other ways. The scores were 120110, 119109, and 116111. Lalonde tried to tie up Leonard, but got dropped with a powerful left hook. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. .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." Always moving forward, he mauled and wrestled Leonard, scoring inside with hooks and rights. The fight ended in a 12 . "[91] In 2011, Leonard revealed in an NPR interview that he had been free of alcohol since July 2006. Named after Ray Charles, Leonard's parents reportedly wanted him to become a singer, although as . "He does have a heart. [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. Durn retired from boxing . On March 28, 1981, Leonard defended his title against Larry Bonds, the WBC sixth-ranked contender, at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. Career Highlights Sugar Ray Leonard fought a total of 40 times during his professional career. . I snapped it back again. Leonard is also the godfather of Khlo Kardashian and has appeared on many episodes of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. WASHINGTON POST. [34], After the Montreal fight Durn went on a partying binge and ballooned in weight. 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. According to Bill Nack: It was, from almost the opening salvo, a fight that belonged to Durn. Leonard had no answer for the skillful, younger, faster man. His doctor suggested that he cancel the fight, but Leonard wanted to go through with it. 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.. Answer (1 of 8): Hearns and Leonard fought twice. After the verdict was announced, Leonard announced his retirement. In his prime, he was unstoppable. Hearns, with too much faith in his powerful right hand, lost to Sugar Ray Leonard in their first match. [18] He planned to study business administration and communications. What is known is that Robinson grew up in Detroit, and he was 11 years old when his mother, tired of her husband's absence from the family's life, up and left the city, moving herself, her son and two daughters to Harlem. 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. I was so ready, I wanted to get my title, my world championship belt back so bad! "I'm watching John 'The Beast' Mugabi outbox Hagler. Even though Leonard dominated, hurting Hearns and battering him, all three judges gave both rounds to Leonard by a 109 margin. Astrological Sign: Taurus. He continued to score well in the fourth and opened a cut above Leonard's right eye. For the Camacho fight, Leonard had a new trainer, Adrian Davis. November 30, 1979: Leonard wins his first world titles by defeating Wilfred Bentez via 15th round TKO. [14]:63, When Leonard decided to turn professional, Janks Morton introduced him to Mike Trainer, a friend of his who was an attorney. We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,contact us! He has also appeared in several movies, including I Spy and most recently The Fighter (2010), starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg. In his later years, Robinson worked in show business, even doing some television acting. By 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. "All I can do is say I'm sorry, but that is not enough. "I was ringside", Leonard said. Hagler took a few months to decide, then agreed to the match.[52]. Unlike the fight in Montreal, Leonard used his superior speed and movement to outbox and befuddle Durn. "My idea is that he should have a tuneup fight before he fights with Roberto again", Jacobs said. Robinson inspired Ali's famous matador style, which he used to defeat Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title in 1964. [88] In 1984, they had another son, Jarrell. Leonard and Robi were married at Leonard's $8.7 million estate in Pacific Palisades, California in August 1993. Round ten was tame by comparison, as the pace slowed after the furious action of the previous round but with Hagler having more spectacular moments. He went to a doctor and discovered that he had a detached retina. "The whole fight, I was moving, I was moving", Leonard said. After several comebacks, Leonard ended his professional career with 36 wins, three losses, and one draw. His then wife . Julio Cesar Chavez and Sugar Ray Leonard. March 13, 2021. by Larry Brown. Hearns was ahead on points." 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. We never could tell what he was thinking. Juanita Wilkinson, Leonard's high school girlfriend, told him she was pregnant in the summer of 1973. 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. Despite requests from the Hagler camp, Leonard was uninterested in a rematch and retired on May 27, 1987. Sugar Ray Leonard reflected on his famous fight with Marvin Hagler following the news on Saturday about his late opponent's death at the age of 66. Roy Jones Jr. Ensuite Who defeated Mayweather? Leonard's observation that the Hagler who beat John Mugabi was older and slower proved to be spot on. I don't believe it. "He has really helped me get ready. Foreman had an 84 inch reach. "[58] A month after Hagler's formal retirement in June 1988, Leonard would announce another comeback. Dickie's fight against Sugar Ray Leonard was on July 18, 1978 at the Hynes Memorial Auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts. Every time Hagler scored, Leonard came back with something flashier and more eye-catching, if not as effective. Hagler did better, but Leonard's superior speed and boxing skill still allowed him to control the fight. "It took this fight to show me it is no longer my time", Leonard said. He called Mike Trainer and said, "I can beat Hagler". The referee stopped the fight with Camacho teeing off on a defenseless Leonard on the ropes. In 1989, Leonard was introduced to Bernadette Robi by Kenny G at a Luther Vandross concert. "I wanted more", Leonard said. Hearns managed to rise, but was dropped by a flurry of hard punches near the end of the round. In the semifinals, he faced Kazimierz Szczerba and won a 50 decision. [60][61], Lalonde's size and awkwardness troubled Leonard. 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. Former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard acknowledged today that he took cocaine and drank heavily during the early 1980's when his career was jeopardized by an eye injury.. 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. 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.. Of all people, John 'The Beast' Mugabi." [89] They were divorced in 1990. 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. If he had scored it 109, as his two colleagues did, Hearns would have won by a split decision. [75] He was scheduled to fight Tony Menefee on February 15, 1998, in Australia, but he pulled out of the fight, saying that he didn't have the motivation. Kalule and his handlers had expected Leonard to use lateral movement against him, but Leonard chose to fight inside instead. "[43], The fight was named "Fight of the Year" by The Ring. However, he was able to outpunch Hagler along the ropes and got the better of several bristling exchanges. A strange night, a boring fight. [14]:6568, Leonard made his professional debut on February 5, 1977, before a crowd of 10,270 at the Civic Center in Baltimore. However, Lalonde later told HBO's Larry Merchant that he didn't have any trouble making weight.[59]. [48], A bout with Philadelphia's Kevin Howard, who was 2041, was scheduled for February 25, 1984. I didn't want anyone to tell me my career had to end." In his last years Robinson battled Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. Bonds got up and continued to move, with Leonard in pursuit. Sugar Ray Leonard (def. Sugar Ray Leonard: The Final Fight. I know how Hagler felt now."[70]. Dave Jacobs was one of the people let go, leaving Correa as the sole trainer. 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. In a career that spanned 25 years, Robinson amassed 175 wins, 110 knockouts and just 19 losses. Durn was guaranteed $7.6 million and Leonard's arrangement guaranteed him over $13 million.[65]. I took great pride in it. You're blowing it!". Durn's manager, Carlos Eleta, said, "Durn didn't quit because of stomach cramps. His most famous commercial was a 7 Up ad he did with his son, Ray Jr., Roberto Durn and Durn's son Roberto Jr. in the early 1980s. Many of the people being considered wanted absolute control and a cut somewhere near the manager's traditional 33%. 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? Duran and Leonard would go on to fight two more times, once in November 1980 and again . 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. They decided to have the baby but marriage would be put off until after the Olympics in 1976. Shirley was the only judge to give Leonard a 108 margin in the twelfth. [81], In 2001, Leonard launched Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing Inc., a boxing promotional company, and announced the company's strategic partnership with ESPN. Leonard received $1 million and Benitez, a two-division champion with a record of 3801, received $1.2 million. With only a few seconds left in the fight, a Leonard combination forced another standing eight count. [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. This would be Leonard's first professional fight without Angelo Dundee. He won his first Golden Gloves title (featherweight) in 1939, and then repeated the accomplishment in 1940. Sugar Ray Robinson's birth name was Walker Smith Jr. Many consider the 1976 U.S. team to be the greatest boxing team in the history of the Olympics. 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]. To make matters worse, his father was hospitalized with meningitis and his mother had a heart attack. 1 in its book "The 100 Greatest Boxers of All Time.". "I did the best I could", Leonard said. "No one, I mean no one, can make me miss punches like that", Leonard said. In 2002, Leonard was voted by The Ring as the ninth greatest fighter of the last 80 years. Later that year, he boxed in the Eastern Olympic Trials. Leonard competed on season 12 of Dancing with the Stars, which premiered on Monday, March 21, 2011, on ABC. . [44], On February 15, 1982, Leonard defended the unified title against Bruce Finch, the WBC fourth-ranked contender, in a bout at Reno, NV. Winding up his right hand, as if to throw a bolo punch, Leonard snapped out a left jab and caught Durn flush in the face. Late in the third, Leonard dropped Benitez on the seat of his pants with a stiff left jab. It was promoted as "The War". Robi is the daughter of Paul Robi, one of the original Platters, and she is the ex-wife of Lynn Swann. The roles reversed: Leonard became the stalker and Hearns became the boxer. When Robinson finally did get his shot at the belt in 1946, he took home the crown with a unanimous 15-round decision over Tommy Bell; Robinson would hold the welterweight title until 1951. Benitez was very slick. Leonard entered the bout as a 3-1 favorite but Norris dominated the fight, giving Leonard a heavy beating. I used when I felt bad, I used when I missed competing at that level", he said. The judges scored the fight a draw and Leonard retained the title. The work greatly helped salvage his finances and was the reason he eventually settled in Southern California with his second wife, Millie. But I never had any problems with him. [15], Sarge Johnson, assistant coach of the US Olympic Boxing Team, said to Dave Jacobs, "That kid you got is sweet as sugar". . He hit more oftenHe made Hagler into what he perceived him to be throughout his careera brawler, a swarmer, a man who could club you to death only if you stood there and let him. 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. On June 12, 1989, Leonard defended the WBC Super Middleweight Championship in a rematch with Thomas Hearns at Caesar's Palace. 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. Leonard was the winner by a technical knockout at 2:44 of round eight, regaining the WBC Welterweight Championship. The rules state that a boxer must be retired for five years before being eligible for induction. Leonard testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs in 2009. Leonard was guaranteed $11 million, and Hagler was guaranteed $12 million. [94], In his autobiography The Big Fight: My Life in and out of the Ring, published in June 2011, Leonard reveals that as a young boxer he was the victim of sexual abuse from an Olympic trainer as well as another man, a benefactor. During divorce proceedings, Juanita Leonard testified that her husband physically abused her while under the influence of alcohol. [74], Leonard said he planned to have a series of tuneup fights before fighting a champion. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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