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Sugar Ray Leonard vs Terry Norris — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Sugar Ray Leonard

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Terry Norris

Sugar Ray Leonard (36-3-1) and Terry Norris (47-9) 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.

Leonard

36

Wins25 KO · 69%

3

Losses

1

Draw40 tracked bouts

Norris

47

Wins31 KO · 66%

9

Losses

0

Draws56 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Norris leads 1–0

Sugar Ray Leonard and Terry Norris have met 1 time; Norris leads 1–0.

Sugar Ray Leonard and Terry Norris have met 1 time; Norris leads 1–0.
Met1991Feb 9Series
Sugar Ray LeonardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Terry NorrisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 6 · Norris 2 of 8 measurable rows
LeonardNorris
Record
36-3-1 (edge)47-9
Win %0–100%
91.3% (edge)
83.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
25
31 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
69.44% (edge)
65.96%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
69% (edge)
66%
Times stopped†max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 11
11 (edge)
4
Bouts per year‡max 4.5
2
4.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
40
56

† 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

Height+1″
Sugar Ray Leonard: 5′10″ (edge)
Terry Norris: 5′9″
Reach+6″
Sugar Ray Leonard: 74″ (edge)
Terry Norris: 68″
Age11 yrs apart
Sugar Ray Leonard: 70
Terry Norris: 59
Stance
Sugar Ray Leonard: Orthodox
Terry Norris: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Terry Norris47 wins · from 56 tracked bouts

Terry Norris: 47 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (66%) and 16 on the cards (34%). Counted from 56 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 66%16 on the cards 34%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Sugar Ray Leonard 40, Terry Norris 56 — 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

Sugar Ray Leonard last boxed on Mar 1, 1997 — 10,826 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

Terry Norris last boxed on Nov 30, 1998 — 10,187 days ago. Norris had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Velasquez Aug 1997Sandoval Sep 1997Mullings Dec 1997Rosenblatt Sep 1998Boudouani Nov 19984.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Sugar Ray Leonard and Terry Norris ever fought each other?
Yes. Sugar Ray Leonard and Terry Norris met once on February 9, 1991, and Terry Norris won by UD.
The meeting

LFeb 9, 1991 · Norris · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Norris?
Sugar Ray Leonard is 36-3-1 and Terry Norris is 47-9. Sugar Ray Leonard has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Leonard36–3–191.3%

Norris47–983.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Leonard or Norris?
Sugar Ray Leonard has 25 knockout wins and Terry Norris has 31. Terry Norris has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Leonard2569.4%

Norris3166%

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Norris have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Sugar Ray Leonard and Terry Norris have faced.
Who is bigger, Leonard or Norris?
Sugar Ray Leonard is the taller fighter at 178 cm, 3 cm above the other. Sugar Ray Leonard also has the longer reach, by 15 cm.
Height · reach

Leonard178 cm188 cm reach

Norris175 cm173 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Norris?
This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Sugar Ray Leonard and 56 bouts tracked for Terry Norris. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard40bouts

Norris56bouts

How They Win ↓

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