Sugar Ray Leonard - Awards And Accomplishments
| Leonard retired in 1991 with a career record of 36-2-1. | |
| 1975 | Gold medal at the Pan American Games |
| 1976 | Gold medal at the Montreal Olympics |
| 1979 | Defeated Wifredo Benitez for the World Boxing Council welterweight championship; named fighter of the year by Ring magazine |
| 1980 | Reclaimed World Boxing Council welterweight title |
| 1981 | Defeated Ajub Kalube for the WBA junior middleweight title; unified the welterweight belts by defeating WBA champion Thomas Hearns; named sportsman of the year by Sports Illustrated; named fighter of the year by Ring magazine; named Athlete of the Year by ABC's Wide World of Sports; hailed for the fight of the year by Ring magazine |
| 1987 | Defeated Marvin Hagler for the middleweight championship; hailed for the fight of the year by Ring magazine |
| 1988 | Defeated Donny Lalonde for the WBC super middleweight and light heavyweight championships |
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