Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard fought three times, with Leonard coming out as the 2-1 victor, but there is one man who has beaten both legends, just one year apart.
Roberto Duran lost 16 times in his 119-fight long career, and his rival, Sugar Ray Leonard, lost just three of his 40 fights.
Both suffered a loss in their final fight, to the same man, a man who beat them one year apart.
Legend-beater Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho retired both Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard
Hector Camacho first faced Duran in 1996 when he handed him his 12th career defeat by unanimous decision.
The pair wouldn’t rematch for five years, and Camacho would, in the meantime, pay a visit to Duran’s biggest rival.
In 1997, just one year after defeating Duran, who concerned commentators ahead of the Leonard trilogy, Camacho retired Leonard after becoming the first and only man to stop the legend.
Camacho scored a fifth-round TKO over Leonard. Leonard’s team claimed he had an injured leg going into the fight but, classy as ever, Leonard insisted it not be treated as an excuse, and according to BoxRec said: “”Do not write that this was the reason I lost.”
Leonard said after the loss: “For sure, my career is definitely over.”
Four years later Camacho revisited his old foe, Duran and did the double on him, winning again by unanimous decision, and sending him into retirement with Leonard.
Fans have since debated who would win in a fantasy match-up of Roberto Duran vs Gervonta Davis.
Camacho retired with a record of 79-6-3. Oscar De La Hoya handed him one of his defeats.
Sugar Ray Leonard planned three fights after his loss to Camacho, but none ever happened
Despite admitting his career was over following his loss to Camacho, Leonard later backtracked on the statement and suggested he’d have another run at greatness, planning to take a few tune-up fights before facing a champion.
Leonard was scheduled to face Danny Phippen in 1997, but following a postponement due to injury on Leonard’s side, Phippen withdrew from the contest.
Moving on, Leonard, who beat up a waiter once, opted to face Dan Connolly, who was 18-2 at the time of Leonard’s last fight. This fight, however, never came to fruition either.
Leonard, who stared down Wilfred Benitez, attempted next to make a fight with Tony Menefee, whose record at the start of 1997 was 48-3. Leonard withdrew due to lack of motivation, and the Camacho fight turned out to be his last after all.