Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard

The Super Fight
DateApril 6, 1987
VenueCaesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBC and The Ring middleweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Marvin Hagler Ray Leonard
Nickname Marvelous Sugar
Hometown Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S. Palmer Park, Maryland, U.S.
Purse $12,000,000 $11,000,000
Pre-fight record 62–2–2 (52 KO) 33–1 (24 KO)
Age 32 years, 10 months 30 years, 10 months
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg) 158 lb (72 kg)
Style Southpaw Orthodox
Recognition WBC, IBF and The Ring
Middleweight Champion		 2-division world champion
Result
Leonard wins via 12-round split decision (118–110, 115–113, 113–115)

Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard, billed as The Super Fight, was a professional boxing match contested on April 6, 1987 for the WBC and The Ring magazine middleweight titles. Leonard won by a controversial split decision and ultimately this became Hagler's final fight in his career.

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