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Kevin Howard vs Sugar Ray Leonard — record, stats and common opponents compared

Kevin Howard

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Sugar Ray Leonard

Kevin Howard (1-5 across 6 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 1 common opponent.

Howard

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 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

Kevin Howard and Sugar Ray Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Kevin Howard and Sugar Ray Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1984May 11Series
Kevin HowardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sugar Ray LeonardFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Howard 0 · Leonard 7 of 7 measurable rows
HowardLeonard
Record†
1-536-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
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‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 11
0
11 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2
0.2
2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
6
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
Kevin Howard: No height on file
Sugar Ray Leonard: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Kevin Howard: No reach on file
Sugar Ray Leonard: 74″
Agenot held
Kevin Howard: No date of birth
Sugar Ray Leonard: 70
Stance
Kevin Howard: Not recorded
Sugar Ray Leonard: Orthodox

Kevin Howard 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
Kevin Howard1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Kevin Howard: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 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 — Kevin Howard 6, Sugar Ray Leonard 40 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Howard

Opponent

Leonard

  • Kevin Howard

    Win, SD

    1982

    EklundEven

    Sugar Ray Leonard

    Win, UD

    1978

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Kevin Howard last boxed on Apr 3, 2014 — 4,585 days ago. Howard had lost five straight.LLLLL

Starling Apr 1983Medal Nov 1983Leonard May 1984Brown Mar 1986Shaw Apr 20140.2 tracked bouts per year

Sugar Ray Leonard last boxed on Mar 1, 1997 — 10,827 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 Kevin Howard and Sugar Ray Leonard ever fought each other?
Yes. Kevin Howard and Sugar Ray Leonard met once on May 11, 1984, and Sugar Ray Leonard won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

LMay 11, 1984 · Leonard · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Howard or Leonard?
Kevin Howard is 1-5 across the 6 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 %

Howard1–516.7%

Leonard36–3–191.3%

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

Howard0

Leonard2569.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Howard and Leonard have any common opponents?
Kevin Howard and Sugar Ray Leonard share 1 common opponent: Dicky Eklund. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Dicky EklundWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Howard and Leonard?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Kevin Howard and 40 bouts tracked for Sugar Ray Leonard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Howard6bouts

Leonard40bouts

How They Win ↓

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