On March 1, 1997, a 40-year-old Sugar Ray Leonard (36-2-1, 25 KOs) and a 34-year-old Puerto Rican boxer Héctor Camacho (62-3-1, 30 KOs) met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Leonard came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 years and 20 days. Camacho was on a 5-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months.
Héctor Camacho stopped Sugar Ray Leonard via TKO in the 5th round. Camacho improves his record to 63-3-1 (31 KOs), while Leonard adds a loss to his record at 36-3-1.
On February 9, 1991, a 34-year-old Sugar Ray Leonard (36-1-1, 25 KOs) got a shot at the super-welterweight WBC title held by 23-year-old Terry Norris (25-3, 14 KOs).
Leonard came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 2 months, and 2 days. Norris was on a 5-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 27 days.
Terry Norris defeated Sugar Ray Leonard via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC super-welterweight title. Norris improves his record to 26-3, while Leonard adds a loss to his record at 36-2-1.
On June 20, 1980, the 24-year-old WBC and The Ring welterweight world champion, Sugar Ray Leonard (27-0, 18 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán (71-1, 56 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Leonard came in to the fight on a 27-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 20 days. Durán was on a 40-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Roberto Durán defeated Sugar Ray Leonard via unanimous decision and wins the WBC and The Ring titles. Durán improves his record to 72-1, while Leonard adds a loss to his record at 27-1.