Sugar Ray Leonard

World title reigns and bouts

WBC
WBC
WBO
WBC
RING
WBA
WBC
RING
WBA
WBC
RING
Light Heavyweight
Super Middleweight
Middleweight
Super Welterweight
Welterweight
1980
(23 years old)
1982
(25 years old)
1984
(27 years old)
1986
(29 years old)
1988
(31 years old)
1990
(33 years old)

Timeline of world title events

    30 Nov 1979

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Wilfred Benitez via knockout 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

    31 Mar 1980

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Dave 'Boy' Green via knockout 4/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    20 Jun 1980

    Roberto Duran beats Sugar Ray Leonard via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    25 Nov 1980

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Roberto Duran via knockout 8/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

    28 Mar 1981

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Larry Bonds via knockout 10/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    25 Jun 1981

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Ayub Kalule via knockout 9/15

    Super Welterweight (154 lb)

    Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the RING and WBA Super Welterweight world champion

    16 Sep 1981

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Thomas Hearns via knockout 14/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

    22 Sep 1981

    Sugar Ray Leonard's WBA Super Welterweight world title reign ends

    15 Feb 1982

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Bruce Finch via knockout 3/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    25 Jun 1982

    Sugar Ray Leonard's RING Super Welterweight world title reign ends

    9 Nov 1982

    Sugar Ray Leonard's RING, WBC and WBA Welterweight world title reign ends

    6 Apr 1987

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Marvin Hagler via split decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the RING and WBC Middleweight world champion

    27 May 1987

    Sugar Ray Leonard's WBC Middleweight world title reign ends

    1 Apr 1988

    Sugar Ray Leonard's RING Middleweight world title reign ends

    7 Nov 1988

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Donny Lalonde via knockout 9/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

    Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
    Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the WBC Super Middleweight world champion

    17 Nov 1988

    Sugar Ray Leonard's WBC Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

    12 Jun 1989

    Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns share a draw 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

    7 Dec 1989

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Roberto Duran via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

    27 Aug 1990

    Sugar Ray Leonard's WBC Super Middleweight world title reign ends

    9 Feb 1991

    Terry Norris beats Sugar Ray Leonard via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight (154 lb)