On November 30, 1979, Wilfred Benítez (38-0-1, 25 KOs), the welterweight WBC and The Ring champion, defends his titles against American challenger, Sugar Ray Leonard (25-0, 16 KOs).
Wilfred Benítez is coming in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Harold Weston, 8 months and 5 days ago. Sugar Ray Leonard is on a 25-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Andy Price, 2 months and 2 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 95.6-4.4 in favor of Sugar Ray Leonard. Wilfred Benítez won't be able to do much against Leonard.
Sugar Ray Leonard stopped the champion via TKO in the final round of the 15-round world-title fight, winning the first world titles of his career, and is crowned the new WBC and The Ring welterweight champion. Leonard improves his record to 26-0 (17 KOs), while Benítez adds a loss to his record at 38-1-1.