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Wilfred Benítez vs. Sugar Ray Leonard

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came in the 15th round. With Benítez behind on the scorecards, he fought aggressively, but Leonard held his ground and went toe-to-toe with the champion. With 30 seconds remaining in the round, a Leonard left uppercut sent Benítez down on his knees. Though clearly hurt, Benítez was able to get back up and continue, but after Leonard landed two more punches, the referee Carlos Padilla stopped the fight and Leonard won by technical knockout at 2:54 of round 15. At the time of the stoppage, Leonard was ahead on all three of the judge's scorecards with scores of 137–133, 137–130 and 136–134.
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Hagler would dominate much of the fight with his jab and hooks, although Antuofermo would come on strong late as both men would come out swinging. At the end of 15 rounds, Judge Dalby Shirley had it 144–142 for Antuofermo, Duane Ford 145–141 for Hagler and Hal Miller had it 143–143 meaning Antuofermo
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In a close, tactical fight, Leonard scored a technical knockout with only six seconds remaining in the 15th and final round. Leonard scored the only two knockdowns of the fight, first sending Benítez down on the seat of his pants with a well-timed left jab in the third round. The second knockdown
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magazine titled "Why Benitez Will Lose His Title" in which he claimed his son was not training hard enough for the fight and stating that he wouldn't work his son's corner "Even if they gave me $ 200,000." Gregorio later admitted that he had written the article to motivate his son for the fight.
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said "From a technical standpoint, there was more done in this fight than I've seen done for a long time. You saw two smart, scientific fighters—two champions in the ring at the same time. They brought the best out of each other."
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Benitez earned $ 1.2 million while Leonard netted $ 1 million, making their fight the richest non-heavyweight bout in boxing history at the time.
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organized a two-city boxing event (with one card taking place in Nevada's Caesars Palace and the other in New Orleans'
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was a professional boxing match contested on November 30, 1979, for the
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Benítez's father and trainer Gregorio had written an article for
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When Eras Collided: The 40-year Anniversary of Leonard-Benitez
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being in line for a title shot regardless of the victor.
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Professional boxing match contested on November 30, 1979
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In the chief support Undisputed middleweight champion
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defending his undisputed middleweight title against
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Caesars Palace
Paradise, Nevada
U.S.
WBC
The Ring
Wilfred Benítez
Ray Leonard
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Palmer Park, Maryland
WBC
The Ring
WBC
Wilfred Benítez
Sugar Ray Leonard
WBC
The Ring
Top Rank
Bob Arum
Superdome
Vito Antuofermo
Marvin Hagler
Victor Galindez
Marvin Johnson
The Ring
WBA
WBC
The Ring
undisputed
Italy

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