During his year professional career, Leonard also won world titles in the welterweight, junior middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight divisions— the first boxer to win world titles in five different weight classes. In the inspiring autobiography, the boxing legend vulnerably confronts his greatest competitor: himself. McGregor fight. The photogenic Sugar Ray, meanwhile, had the smile and the charm. Behind the clean-cut image, however, he was drinking heavily, doing drugs and cheating on his wife.
In the ring, though, Leonard did himself proud and he remembers each of his rivals in their own way. Yet even today, more than three decades after they last squared up, he is most closely linked with Duran.
It remains one of the most unforgettable boxing matches of all time and it still confounds the victor. The fight, and its denouement, was so astonishing that a third decider had to happen. After beating and drawing with Hearns and overcoming Hagler in a highly controversial split-decision, Leonard faced Duran again in , beating the year-old to retain the WBC super-middleweight belt. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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