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	Sugar Ray Leonard
	Welterweight Male (Ray Charles Leonard) USA, Palmer Park, Maryland Born: May 17, 1956, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA (some sources report: Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA) Height: 5ft 10in, mt 1,77 Weight: 141-168 lbs brother of Roger Leonard

as an amateur:

1973 US National Golden Gloves winner, 60 kg
1973 United States National Championships 2nd place, 63.500 kg
1974 US National Golden Gloves winner, 63.500 kg
1974 United States National Championships winner, 63.500 kg
1974 North American Championships winner, 63.500 kg
1975 United States National Championships winner, 63.500 kg
1975 North American Championships winner, 63.500 kg
1975 Mexico City, Mexico, Panamerican Games winner, 63.500 kg
1976 Montreal, Canada, Olympic Games gold medal, 63.500 kg

undated amateur result:
1971
+ Bobby Mgruder, Washington, DC, WPTS 3

Amateur Results


1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 24	Anderson Wiggins	Washington, District of Columbia	WWO
+ May 1	Anthony Brown	Washington, District of Columbia	WPTS 3
+ Aug. 10	Leroy Carlton	Washington, District of Columbia	WKO 3
+ Aug. 16	Roger Plate	Washington, District of Columbia	WTKO 2

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 10	Greg Whaley	Cincinnati, Ohio	LPTS 3
+ Nov. 18	Lynard Dixon	Latham, New York	WPTS 3

1973
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
New York City, New York, Dual Match USA vs England, 60 kg
+ Jan. 15	Graham Moughton	New York City, New York	WPTS 3
Las Vegas, Nevada, Dual Match USA vs Soviet Union, 60 kg
+ Jan. 28	Valeri Lvov	Las Vegas, Nevada	WKO 3
Lowell, Massachusetts, US National Golden Gloves winner, 60 kg
+ Mar. 20	John Amello	Lowell, Massachusetts	WKO 3
+ Mar. 21	Rodney Green	Lowell, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 22	Allan Webb	Lowell, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 23	James Kenty (USA)	Lowell, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 22	Julius Murphy	Washington, District of Columbia	WKO 2
Boston, Massachusetts, United States National Championships 2nd place, 63.500 kg
+ May 7	Richard Lazano	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ May 9	Milton Seward (USA)	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ May 10	Bruce Finch (USA)	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ May 11	Pete Ranzany (USA)	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
- May 12	Randy Shields (USA)	Boston, Massachusetts	LPTS 3
+ Sept. 15	Richard Jackson	Hillcrest Heights, Maryland	WPTS 3

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 9	Brunce Thompson	Hillcrest Heights, Maryland	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 16	Wiley Johnson	Washington, District of Columbia	WPTS 3
Denver, Colorado, US National Golden Gloves winner, 63.500 kg
+ Mar. 27	Mike Carter	Denver, Colorado	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 28	Jeff LeMeir	Denver, Colorado	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 28	Terry Silver	Denver, Colorado	WPTS 3
Moscow, Soviet Union, Dual Match Soviet Union vs USA, 63.500 kg
- May 15	Anatoly Kamnev	Moscow, Soviet Union	LPTS 3
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States National Championships winner, 63.500 kg
+ June 14	Shelvy Wilkerson	Knoxville, Tennessee	WPTS 3
+ June 15	Paul Sherry	Knoxville, Tennessee	WPTS 3
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, North American Championships winner, 63.500 kg
+ July 19	Amador Rosario	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	WPTS 3
+ July 20	Robert Proulx	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	WTKO 1
Warsaw and Gdańsk, Poland, Dual Match Poland vs USA, 63.500 kg
+ Oct. 13	Bogdan Gajda	Warsaw, Poland	WPTS 3
- Oct. 24	Jan Kwacz	Gdańsk, Poland	LDQ 1
Washington, District of Columbia, Dual Match USA vs Hungary, 63.500 kg
+ Dec. 7	Laszlo Kovacs	Washington, District of Columbia	WPTS 3

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Las Vegas, Nevada, Dual Match USA vs Soviet Union, 63.500 kg
+ Jan. 18	Anatoly Kamnev	Las Vegas, Nevada	WPTS 3
+ May 31	Dave Brown	Washington, District of Columbia	WTKO 2
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States National Championships winner, 63.500 kg
+ June 10	Tim Green	Shreveport, Louisiana	WPTS 3
+ June 11	Joe Summerville	Shreveport, Louisiana	WTKO 2
+ June 12	Paul Sherry	Shreveport, Louisiana	WPTS 3
+ June 13	Ernie Paige	Shreveport, Louisiana	WWO
+ June 14	Milton Seward (USA)	Shreveport, Louisiana	WPTS 3
Miami, Florida, North American Championships winner, 63.500 kg
+ July 25	Manuel Billaruez	Miami, Florida	WTKO 3
+ July 26	Michel Briere	Miami, Florida	WTKO 2
Madison, Wisconsin, US Panamerican Games Trials winner, 63.500 kg
+ Sept. 5	Samuel Bonds	Madison, Wisconsin	WKO 1
+ Sept. 6	Ernie Paige	Madison, Wisconsin	WDQ 3
Mexico City, Mexico, Panamerican Games winner, 63.500 kg
+ Oct. 18	Michel Briere	Mexico City, Mexico	WKO 1
+ Oct. 21	Segundo Cobenas	Mexico City, Mexico	WTKO 1
+ Oct. 23	Jesus de las Rosas Marte	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS 5:0
+ Oct. 25	Victor Corona	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS 5:0

1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 6	Larry Hinnant	Washington, District of Columbia	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 13	Dale Staley	Washington, District of Columbia	WPTS 3
Miami, Florida, US National Golden Gloves quarter-finals, 63.500 kg
+ Mar. 25	Tony Teague	Miami, Florida	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 25	Marvin Newman	Miami, Florida	WPTS 3
- Mar. 26	Ronnie Shields (USA)	Miami, Florida	LWO
+ May 20	Tyrone Hill	Detroit, Michigan	WKO 1
+ May 21	Fred Lehnertz	Detroit, Michigan	WPTS 3
+ May 22	Anthony Jones	Detroit, Michigan	WTKO 2
Cincinnati, Ohio, US Olympic Trials winner, 63.500 kg
+ June 3	Ronnie Shields (USA)	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ June 4	Samuel Bonds	Cincinnati, Ohio	WKO 1
+ June 5	Bruce Curry (USA)	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
Burlington, Vermont, US Olympic Box-Offs winner, 63.500 kg
+ June 26	Bruce Curry (USA)	Burlington, Vermont	WPTS 3
Montreal, Canada, Olympic Games gold medal, 63.500 kg
+ July 19	Ulf Carlsson	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0
+ July 21	Valeri Limasov	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0
+ July 25	Clinton McKenzie	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0
+ July 27	Ulrich Beyer (GER)	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0
+ July 29	Kazimierz Szczerba (POL)	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0
+ July 31	Andres Aldama (CUB)	Montreal, Canada	WPTS 5:0

Professional record


1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 5	Luis Vega	Baltimore, USA	W 6
+ May 14	Willie Rodriguez	Baltimore, USA	W 6
+ June 10	Vinnie DeBarros	Hartford, USA	TKO 3
+ Sept. 24	Frank Santore Jr	Baltimore, USA	KO 5
+ Nov. 5	Augustin Estrada	Las Vegas, USA	KO 5
+ Dec. 17	Hector Diaz	Washington, USA	KO 2

1978
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 4	Rocky Ramon	Baltimore, USA	W 8
+ Mar. 1	Art McKnight	Dayton, USA	TKO 7
+ Mar. 19	Javier Muniz	New Haven, USA	KO 1
+ Apr. 13	Bobby Hayman	Landover, USA	TKO 3
+ May 13	Randy Milton	Utica, USA	TKO 8
+ June 3	Rafael Rodriguez	Baltimore, USA	W 10
+ July 18	Dick Eklund	Boston, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 9	Floyd Mayweather	Providence, USA	TKO 10
+ Oct. 6	Randy Shields	Baltimore, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 3	Bernardo Prada	Portland, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 9	Armando Muniz	Springfield, USA	TKO 6

1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 11	Johnny Gant	Landover, USA	TKO 8
+ Feb. 11	Fernand Marcotte	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 8
+ Mar. 24	Daniel Aldo Gonzalez	Tucson, USA	KO 1
+ Apr. 21	Adolfo Viruet	Las Vegas, USA	W 10
+ May 20	Marcos Geraldo	Baton Rouge, USA	W 10
+ June 24	Tony Chiaverini	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 4
+ Aug. 12	Pete Ranzany	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 4
NABF Welterweight Title
+ Sept. 28	Andy Price	Las Vegas, USA	KO 1
NABF Welterweight Title
+ Nov. 30	Wilfred Benitez	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 15
WBC Welterweight Title

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 31	Dave Green	Landover, USA	KO 4
WBC Welterweight Title
- June 20	Roberto Duran	Montreal, Canada	L 15
WBC Welterweight Title
+ Nov. 25	Roberto Duran	New Orleans, USA	TKO 8
WBC Welterweight Title

1981
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 28	Larry Bonds	Syracuse, USA	TKO 10
WBC Welterweight Title
+ June 25	Ayub Kalule	Houston, USA	TKO 9
WBA Super-Welterweight Title
+ Sept. 16	Thomas Hearns	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 14
WBA Welterweight Title

1982
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 15	Bruce Finch	Reno, USA	TKO 3
WBC and WBA Welterweight Titles


1983 Inactive

1984
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 11	Kevin Howard	Worcester, USA	TKO 9


1985-1986 Inactive

1987
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 6	Marvin Hagler	Las Vegas, USA	W 12
WBC Middleweight Title

1988
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 7	Donny Lalonde	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 9
vacant WBC Super-Middleweight Title

1989
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= June 12	Thomas Hearns	Las Vegas, USA	Draw 12
WBC and WBO Super-Middleweight Titles
+ Dec. 7	Roberto Duran	Las Vegas, USA	W 12
WBC Super-Middleweight Title


1990 Inactive

1991
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 9	Terry Norris	New York, USA	L 12
WBC Super-Welterweight Title


1992-1996 Inactive

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 1	Hector Camacho	Atlantic City, USA	TKO by 5
International Boxing Council Middleweight Title

Summary

Total bouts: 40, Won: 36 (25 inside the limit), Lost: 3 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0, ND: 0

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