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Johnny Gant vs Sugar Ray Leonard — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Gant

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Sugar Ray Leonard

Johnny Gant (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) and Sugar Ray Leonard (36-3-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Gant

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Leonard

36

Wins25 KO · 69%

3

Losses

1

Draw40 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Leonard leads 1–0

Johnny Gant and Sugar Ray Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Johnny Gant and Sugar Ray Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1979Jan 11Series
Johnny GantFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sugar Ray LeonardFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Gant 0 · Leonard 6 of 6 measurable rows
GantLeonard
Record†
1-436-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
91.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
0
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—69.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
69% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 11
0
11 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2
0.9
2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
5
40

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Johnny Gant: No height on file
Sugar Ray Leonard: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Johnny Gant: No reach on file
Sugar Ray Leonard: 74″
Agenot held
Johnny Gant: No date of birth
Sugar Ray Leonard: 70
Stance
Johnny Gant: Not recorded
Sugar Ray Leonard: Orthodox

Johnny Gant left, Sugar Ray Leonard right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Johnny Gant1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Johnny Gant: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Sugar Ray Leonard36 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Sugar Ray Leonard: 36 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (69%) and 11 on the cards (31%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 69%11 on the cards 31%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Gant 5, Sugar Ray Leonard 40 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Johnny Gant last boxed on Jan 11, 1979 — 17,452 days ago. Gant had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Jesús Apr 1973Lewis Dec 1973Garcia Jul 1974Espada Oct 1975Leonard Jan 19790.9 tracked bouts per year

Sugar Ray Leonard last boxed on Mar 1, 1997 — 10,828 days ago. Leonard had lost two straight, after one straight win.WDWLL

Lalonde Nov 1988Hearns Jun 1989Durán Dec 1989Norris Feb 1991Camacho Mar 19972 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Gant and Sugar Ray Leonard ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Gant and Sugar Ray Leonard met once on January 11, 1979, and Sugar Ray Leonard won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

LJan 11, 1979 · Leonard · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gant or Leonard?
Johnny Gant is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sugar Ray Leonard is 36-3-1. Sugar Ray Leonard has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gant1–420%

Leonard36–3–191.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gant or Leonard?
Johnny Gant has 0 knockout wins and Sugar Ray Leonard has 25. Sugar Ray Leonard has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gant0

Leonard2569.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gant and Leonard have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Gant and Sugar Ray Leonard have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gant and Leonard?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Gant and 40 bouts tracked for Sugar Ray Leonard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gant5bouts

Leonard40bouts

How They Win ↓

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