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Welterweight–Light Heavyweight · Television Era (1960–1989)

Sugar Ray Leonard

Top 100 · #18 · 67.5 points
36
Wins
3
Losses
1
Draws
25
KOs
69%
KO %
Born
1956
Died
—
Nationality
USA
Career
1977–1997

The golden boy of the Four Kings era, blending speed, flair and a champion's will.

Titles & Honours

Career Timeline

1977–1997
  1. Milestone

    Olympic Gold (1976)

    Year from profile honours.

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  2. Milestone

    First recorded professional bout

    vs Luis Vega · W UD

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  3. Milestone

    25th recorded win

    vs Andy Price · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.

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  4. Signature fight

    vs Roberto Durán

    W RTD8 Roberto Durán (1980) – 'No Más' · Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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  5. Signature fight

    vs Roberto Durán

    W RTD8 Roberto Durán (1980) – 'No Más' · Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

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  6. Signature fight

    vs Thomas Hearns

    W TKO14 Thomas Hearns (1981) · Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

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  7. Signature fight

    vs Marvin Hagler

    W PTS12 Marvin Hagler (1987) · Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

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  8. Milestone

    Latest recorded bout

    vs Héctor Camacho · L TKO. Not necessarily the retirement date.

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Title wins · dates not yet documented

Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.

Photo Archive

Sugar Ray Leonard posing with posters of Muhammad Ali
Sugar Ray Leonard posing with posters of Muhammad Ali
Sugar Ray Leonard signs autographs at a Tristar Productions sports collectors show in Houston in January 2014.
Sugar Ray Leonard signs autographs at a Tristar Productions sports collectors show in Houston in January 2014.
From Washington D.C. 1998 © copyright John Mathew Smith 2001
From Washington D.C. 1998 © copyright John Mathew Smith 2001
African American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard
African American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard
Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson leans on the ropes after knocking down challenger Tyrell Biggs in the seventh round of their championship bout at Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on
Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson leans on the ropes after knocking down challenger Tyrell Biggs in the seventh round of their championship bout at Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on

5 archival photographs under their original licences.

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Fight-by-Fight Record

DateResultOpponentMethodRoundVenue
1977-02-05WLuis VegaUD6Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
1977-05-14WWillie RodriguezUD6Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
1977-06-10WVinnie DeBarrosTKO3Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
1977-09-24WFrank SantoreKO5Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
1977-11-05WAugustin EstradaKO6Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1977-12-17WHector DiazKO2D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., U.S.
1978-02-04WRocky RamonUD8Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
1978-03-01WArt McKnightTKO7Hara Arena, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
1978-03-19WJavier MunizKO1Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
1978-04-13WBobby HaymonRTD3Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, U.S.
1978-05-13WRandy MiltonTKO8Memorial Auditorium, Utica, New York, U.S.
1978-06-03WRafael RodriguezUD10Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
1978-07-18WDicky EklundUD10John B. Hynes Memorial Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
1978-09-09WFloyd Mayweather Sr.TKO10Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
1978-10-06WRandy ShieldsUD10Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
1978-11-03WBernardo PradaUD10Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Maine, U.S.
1978-12-09WArmando MunizRTD6Civic Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
1979-01-11WJohnny GantTKO8Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, U.S.
1979-02-11WFernand MarcotteTKO8Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
1979-03-24WDaniel Aldo GonzalezTKO1Community Center, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
1979-04-21WAdolfo ViruetUD10Dunes, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1979-05-20WMarcos GeraldoUD10Riverside Centroplex, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
1979-06-24WTony ChiaveriniRTD4Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1979-08-12WPete RanzanyTKO4Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1979-09-28WAndy PriceKO1Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1979-11-30WWilfred BenítezTKO15Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1980-03-31WDave Boy GreenKO4Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, U.S.
1980-06-20LRoberto DuránUD15Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1980-11-25WRoberto DuránTKO8Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
1981-03-28WLarry BondsTKO10Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York, U.S.
1981-06-25WAyub KaluleTKO9Astrodome, Houston, Texas, U.S.
1981-09-16WThomas HearnsTKO14Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1982-02-15WBruce FinchTKO3Centennial Coliseum, Reno, Nevada, U.S.
1984-05-11WKevin HowardTKO9Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
1987-04-06WMarvin HaglerSD12Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1988-11-07WDonny LalondeTKO9Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1989-06-12DThomas HearnsSD12Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1989-12-07WRoberto DuránUD12The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1991-02-09LTerry NorrisUD12Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
1997-03-01LHéctor CamachoTKO5Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Showing 40 of 40 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-11. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.

Record notes

Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.

Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).

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