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Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs Sugar Ray Leonard — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Marvelous Marvin Hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Sugar Ray Leonard

Marvelous Marvin Hagler (62-3-2) 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 3 common opponents.

Hagler

62

Wins52 KO · 84%

3

Losses

2

Draws68 tracked bouts

Leonard

36

Wins25 KO · 69%

3

Losses

1

Draw40 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Leonard leads 1–0

Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1987Apr 6Series
Marvelous Marvin HaglerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sugar Ray LeonardFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Hagler 7 · Leonard 1 of 8 measurable rows
HaglerLeonard
Record
62-3-2 (edge)36-3-1
Win %0–100%
94% (edge)
91.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 52
52 (edge)
25
KO rate0–100%
83.87% (edge)
69.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
83% (edge)
69%
Times stopped†max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 11
3
11 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 4.9
4.9 (edge)
2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68
68
40

† 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

HeightLevel
Marvelous Marvin Hagler: 5′10″
Sugar Ray Leonard: 5′10″
Reach+1″
Marvelous Marvin Hagler: 75″ (edge)
Sugar Ray Leonard: 74″
Agenot comparable
Marvelous Marvin Hagler: Died aged 66
Sugar Ray Leonard: 70
Stance
Marvelous Marvin Hagler: Southpaw
Sugar Ray Leonard: Orthodox

Marvelous Marvin Hagler 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
Marvelous Marvin Hagler63 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

Marvelous Marvin Hagler: 63 tracked wins — 52 by KO/TKO (83%), 10 on the cards (16%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 68 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

52 by KO/TKO 83%10 on the cards 16%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

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 — Marvelous Marvin Hagler 68, Sugar Ray Leonard 40 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Hagler better on 1 · even on 2

Hagler

Opponent

Leonard

  • Marvelous Marvin Hagler

    Win, UD

    1983

    DuránHagler better

    Sugar Ray Leonard

    2–1 against

    Win, UD

    1989

    Win, TKO 8

    1980

    Loss, UD

    1980

  • Marvelous Marvin Hagler

    Win, TKO 3

    1985

    HearnsEven

    Sugar Ray Leonard

    1–0–1 against

    Draw, SD

    1989

    Win, TKO 14

    1981

  • Marvelous Marvin Hagler

    Win, UD

    1980

    GeraldoEven

    Sugar Ray Leonard

    Win, UD

    1979

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

Marvelous Marvin Hagler had won four in a row before losing a decision to Sugar Ray Leonard. Hagler last boxed on Apr 6, 1987.WWWWL

Roldán Mar 1984Hamsho Oct 1984Hearns Apr 1985Mugabi Mar 1986Leonard Apr 19874.9 tracked bouts per year

Sugar Ray Leonard last boxed on Mar 1, 1997 — 10,833 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 Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard ever fought each other?
Yes. Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard met once on April 6, 1987, and Sugar Ray Leonard won by SD.
The meeting

LApr 6, 1987 · Leonard · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hagler or Leonard?
Marvelous Marvin Hagler is 62-3-2 and Sugar Ray Leonard is 36-3-1. Marvelous Marvin Hagler has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Hagler62–3–294%

Leonard36–3–191.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hagler or Leonard?
Marvelous Marvin Hagler has 52 knockout wins and Sugar Ray Leonard has 25. Marvelous Marvin Hagler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hagler5283.9%

Leonard2569.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hagler and Leonard have any common opponents?
Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard share 3 common opponents: Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns and Marcos Geraldo. Marvelous Marvin Hagler fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hagler and Leonard?
This comparison is drawn from 68 bouts tracked for Marvelous Marvin Hagler and 40 bouts tracked for Sugar Ray Leonard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hagler68bouts

Leonard40bouts

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