Seiya Tsutsumi clashes with Donaire! Kosuke Takami will be unifying the light flyweight title! Olascuaga vs Taku Kuwahara.
Leonard, the former 139-pound Olympic gold medalist at Montreal and 21-0 as a pro, spent the early rounds solving Viruet's unorthodox style before taking command of the fight. Giving up three inches in reach and three pounds, Leonard used his swarming offense to build a big lead in the 10-round battle.
After making Roberto Duran quit in their highly anticipated rematch, "Sugar" Ray Leonard makes the first defense of his second reign as WBC Welterweight Champion against unheralded contender Larry Bonds.
Wilfred Benítez vs. Sugar Ray Leonard was a professional boxing match contested on November 30, 1979 for the WBC and The Ring welterweight titles. Benitez was scheduled to earn $1.2 million while Leonard would net $1 million, making their fight the richest non-heavyweight bout in boxing history at the time.
Sugar Ray Leonard, in his first test against a middleweight opponent, befuddled Canadian titleholder Fernand Marcotte with speed, then laid on the power to deliver a fight-ending right hook Sunday in the eighth round of their scheduled 10-round fight.
Sugar Ray Leonard 22-0 (13 KOs) vs. Tony Chiaverini 30-4 (21 KOs) The WBC ranked Leonard third at welterweight and Chiaverini sixth at super welterweight. Leonard made $140,000, and Chiaverini got $61,000. The fight took place at the Caesars Palace Sports Pavilion. Chiaverini requested an 18-foot ring, and the Leonard camp acquiesced. The fight was televised nationally by ABC on Wide World of Sports.
Roy Jones, Jr. (49-4, 38 KOs) returns to the ring for the first time since dropping a unanimous decision to Antonio Tarver in their trilogy bout, to take on Prince Badi “The Boxing Prince” Ajamu (25-2-1, 14 KOs). The unheralded Prince Badi, apparently holds five fringe title belts in the light hevayweight division, the NABO, WBC Continental Americas, WBC CABOFE, IBC Intercontinental and Pennsylvania State title. Only the NABO light heavyweight title is on the line.
Sugar Ray did the expected, hammering the challenger into defeat in the third round at the Centennial Coliseum (Reno, Nevada) to retain his undisputed would welterweight title, and says he wants to defend his championship three more times before the end of the year.
In his quest for a title in a second division, WBC Welterweight Champion "Sugar" Ray Leonard moves up to super welterweight to take on WBA Champion Ayub Kalule in Houston.
Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Kevin Howard, billed as The Best is Back! was a professional boxing match contested on May 11, 1984.
WBO World Cruiserweight Title: Lawrence Okolie vs. Michal Cieslak
Josh Taylor defends his undisputed super-lightweight title against Jack Catterall at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. (21-0) enjoys a step up in opposition, facing off against tough super-welterweight puncher Serhii Bohachuk (24-1). With Bohachuck putting his WBC 'interim' status on the line, could Ortiz snatch pole position at 154lbs?
Super-featherweight contender Eduardo 'Rocky' Hernandez (35-2) enjoys his second bout of 2024, facing Thomas Mattice (22-3-1) in Mexico. With Hernandez eying future world title opportunities, can Mattice shake things up in Hermosillo?
Justin Goodson (8-0) takes on Jan Paul Rivera (9-0) at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Charlie Edwards challenges title holder Thomas Essomba for the EBU European bantamweight title. Essomba is managed by Charlie’s brother, Sunny, and so their relationship will be pushed to breaking point as ‘Showtime’ helps plot his sibling’s downfall in the ring at the world-famous York Hall.
Australian heavyweight prospect Justis Huni (9-0) gets the chance to fight on home soil for the first time since November 2022, taking on Troy Pilcher (9-0-1) at the Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane.
Phumlani, a young and ambitious boxer trained by Ta Max, has a big fight coming up when fate deals him a bad turn and he is tragically left paralyzed in a wheelchair after a random freak accident. The young man soon spirals into a state of depression, having lost all his will to live as a cripple.
WBC bantamweight world champion, three-weight king, and rising pound-for-pound superstar Junto Nakatani defends his strap against Filipino contender Vincent Astrolabio at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
Enjoy a thrilling super-featherweight main event inside Atlanta's Overtime Elite Arena, as the undefeated Haven Brady (12-0) looked to extend his run of form against the dangerous Jesus Vasquez Jr. (11-2).