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Randy Shields vs Sugar Ray Leonard — record, stats and common opponents compared

Randy Shields

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Sugar Ray Leonard

Randy Shields (0-6 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 2 common opponents.

Shields

Tracked record

0–6

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

Randy Shields and Sugar Ray Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Randy Shields and Sugar Ray Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1978Oct 6Series
Randy ShieldsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sugar Ray LeonardFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Shields 0 · Leonard 6 of 6 measurable rows
ShieldsLeonard
Record†
0-636-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
91.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
0
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—69.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—69%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 11
0
11 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2
1.3
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
Randy Shields: No height on file
Sugar Ray Leonard: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Randy Shields: No reach on file
Sugar Ray Leonard: 74″
Agenot held
Randy Shields: No date of birth
Sugar Ray Leonard: 70
Stance
Randy Shields: Not recorded
Sugar Ray Leonard: Orthodox

Randy Shields 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
Randy Shields0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Randy Shields: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shields yet.

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 — Randy Shields 6, Sugar Ray Leonard 40 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Leonard better on 2

Shields

Opponent

Leonard

  • Randy Shields

    Loss, TKO 12

    1981

    HearnsLeonard better

    Sugar Ray Leonard

    1–0–1 against

    Draw, SD

    1989

    Win, TKO 14

    1981

  • Randy Shields

    Loss, RTD 6

    1978

    BenítezLeonard better

    Sugar Ray Leonard

    Win, TKO

    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

Randy Shields last boxed on Feb 19, 1983 — 15,949 days ago. Shields had lost six straight.LLLLL

Leonard Oct 1978Cuevas Jul 1979Hearns Apr 1981McCrory Jan 1982Bumphus Feb 19831.3 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 Randy Shields and Sugar Ray Leonard ever fought each other?
Yes. Randy Shields and Sugar Ray Leonard met once on October 6, 1978, and Sugar Ray Leonard won by UD.
The meeting

LOct 6, 1978 · Leonard · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shields or Leonard?
Randy Shields is 0-6 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 %

Shields0–60%

Leonard36–3–191.3%

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

Shields0

Leonard2569.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shields and Leonard have any common opponents?
Randy Shields and Sugar Ray Leonard share 2 common opponents: Thomas Hearns and Wilfred Benítez. Sugar Ray Leonard fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Thomas HearnsL1–0–1

Wilfred BenítezLW

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

Shields6bouts

Leonard40bouts

How They Win ↓

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