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Larry Bonds vs Sugar Ray Leonard — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Sugar Ray Leonard

Larry Bonds (1-1 across 2 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.

Bonds

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 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

Larry Bonds and Sugar Ray Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Larry Bonds and Sugar Ray Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1981Mar 28Series
Larry BondsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sugar Ray LeonardFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR101Meeting

The Numbers

Bonds 0 · Leonard 6 of 6 measurable rows
BondsLeonard
Record†
1-136-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
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
0.3
2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
2
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
Larry Bonds: No height on file
Sugar Ray Leonard: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Larry Bonds: No reach on file
Sugar Ray Leonard: 74″
Agenot held
Larry Bonds: No date of birth
Sugar Ray Leonard: 70
Stance
Larry Bonds: Not recorded
Sugar Ray Leonard: Orthodox

Larry Bonds 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
Larry Bonds1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Larry Bonds: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 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 — Larry Bonds 2, 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

Larry Bonds last boxed on Mar 28, 1981 — 16,642 days ago. Bonds had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Sugar Ray Leonard.WL

Garcia Feb 1975Leonard Mar 19810.3 tracked bouts per year

Sugar Ray Leonard last boxed on Mar 1, 1997 — 10,825 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 Larry Bonds and Sugar Ray Leonard ever fought each other?
Yes. Larry Bonds and Sugar Ray Leonard met once on March 28, 1981, and Sugar Ray Leonard won by TKO in round 10.
The meeting

LMar 28, 1981 · Leonard · TKO R10

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bonds or Leonard?
Larry Bonds is 1-1 across the 2 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 %

Bonds1–150%

Leonard36–3–191.3%

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

Bonds0

Leonard2569.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bonds and Leonard have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Larry Bonds and Sugar Ray Leonard have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bonds and Leonard?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Larry Bonds and 40 bouts tracked for Sugar Ray Leonard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bonds2bouts

Leonard40bouts

How They Win ↓

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