Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns II

The War
DateJune 12, 1989
VenueCaesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBC super middleweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Ray Leonard Thomas Hearns
Nickname Sugar The Hitman
Hometown Palmer Park, Maryland, U.S. Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Purse $13,000,000 $11,000,000
Pre-fight record 35–1 (25 KO) 46–3 (38 KO)
Age 33 years 30 years, 7 months
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg) 162+1⁄2 lb (74 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC
Super Middleweight Champion
5-division world champion		 WBC
No. 1 Ranked Super Middleweight
WBO
Super Middleweight Champion
4–division world champion
Result
12-round split draw (112-113, 113-112, 112-112)

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns II, billed as The War, was a professional boxing match contested on June 12, 1989, for the WBC super middleweight title. The fight ended in a split draw, meaning Leonard retained his respective title.

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