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Welterweight unification bout at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
In the early 1980s, professional boxing’s middle weight classes were teeming with talented fighters that made for plenty of must-see boxing. Two of those were 1976 U.S. Oympic gold medalist “Sugar” Ray Leonard and then-undefeated knockout machine Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns.
The pair first met on September 16, 1981 in a bout to unify the Welterweight division. Hearns battered Leonard to the point of his left eye swelling nearly closed (and it may have been the cause of his eventual detached retina, story here). Leonard stormed back in Rounds 13 and 14 when he eventually peppered Hearns repeatedly on the ropes forcing the referee to stop the fight.
The two fought again at Caesars Palace on June 12, 1989 in a bout to unify the Super Middleweight division. It went the full 12 rounds and ended in a split draw.
Now, for your viewing pleasure (thanks to the beauty of YouTube) both fights in their entirety.