Who Did Sugar Ray Leonard Lose To. It has been revealed that sugar ray leonard nearly lost all of his teeth in his first fight against roberto duran and that he considered retirement as a result. Yes ron aurit fought sugar ray leonard in 1976.
Leonard received 1 million and benitez a two division champion with a record of 38 0 1 received 1 2 million. On december 7 1989 the boxer sugar ray leonard triumphs over a lackluster roberto duran in a unanimous 12 round decision at the mirage hotel in las vegas. Leonard lost the title to roberto duran in a june bout but regained it in a november rematch after duran quit the fight in the eighth round reportedly telling the referee no mass no more.
Leonard fought wilfred benítez for the wbc welterweight championship on november 30 1979 at caesar s palace in las vegas nevada.
Leonard retired for good after that. Fans flinched as much as sugar ray leonard himself when roberto duran landed a right handed punch on leonard s left eye late in the 11th round of their fight in las vegas last week. And not only did ron aurit fight sugar ray and lost by a split decision at the legendary blue horizon he also founded the boxing scholarship. Leonard made one last comeback six years later against héctor camacho where he was knocked out for the first and only time in his career.
