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LALONDE vs LEONARD

LALONDE vs LEONARD

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November 7, 1988
Donny Lalonde vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
Date    November 7, 1988
Venue    Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
WBC light heavyweight and inaugural super middleweight titles.
 
Fight under-card:
 
Light welterweight  140 lb     Roger Mayweather vs Vinny Pazienza        
 
Super Flyweight     115 lb     Gilberto Román  vs Sugar Baby Rojas

 

 
2- disc full Championship Boxing broadcast, build up, ring walks, full fight, between rounds, and post fight interviews.

Quality details:  This is a genuine screen capture taken directly from network film broadcast and has not been enhanced in any way.
 
In August 1988, a fight between reigning WBC light heavyweight champion Donny Lalonde and 3-division champion "Sugar" Ray Leonard was agreed upon. The fight was a rarity in boxing as two titles from different divisions would be on the line; Lalonde's WBC light heavyweight title and the newly created WBC super middleweight title. As such, the two fighters would fight at the 168-pound super middleweight limit. Leonard was ending his third retirement, which he had entered the previous year after defeating Marvin Hagler by a controversial split decision. Leonard and Lalonde agreed to split a $20 million purse with Leonard getting $15 million and Lalonde earning a career-high $5 million. Rather than have an outside promoter, Leonard and Lalonde's teams agreed to co-promote the fight in a joint partnership with the Coors Brewing Company sponsoring the bout. However, there was some controversy prior to the fight when Lalonde refused to wear gear bearing the Coors logo nor participate in promotion for the company. Coors had guaranteed an additional $1 million in each fighters purse and Leonard's lawyer and adviser Mike Trainer threatened to withhold the Coors money from Lalonde, stating "Their money is going to go to a charity of Donny's choice. He's not getting it." He also called the joint-partnership a "nightmare" due in part to problems with Lalonde's manager Dave Wolf.
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