On March 31, 1980, Sugar Ray Leonard (26-0, 17 KOs), the welterweight WBC and The Ring champion, defends his titles against English challenger, Dave Boy Green (33-2, 26 KOs).
Sugar Ray Leonard is coming in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate; his last fight was a 15th round TKO victory over Wilfred Benítez, 4 months and 1 day ago. Dave Boy Green is on a 2-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, with his last fight being a points decision win over Dick Eklund, 3 months and 27 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Sugar Ray Leonard at 99-1 winning odds. Dave Boy Green really doesn't have much to present against Leonard.
Sugar Ray Leonard stopped Dave Boy Green via KO in the 4th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC and The Ring welterweight titles. Leonard improves his record to 27-0 (18 KOs), while Green adds a loss to his record at 33-3.