See: Bedroom ideas designs and inspiration for beautiful bedrooms. At the wedding ceremony, the grounds were converted into a garden with 10,000 roses and blossoms of other flowers flown in from the Netherlands.[92]. Judges Chuck Giampa and Franz Marti had Leonard ahead by scores of 7774 and 7775, respectively. The Panamanian seized the evening and gave it what shape and momentum it had. sometimes and I lose, playing two hours or so. It is truly an ideal place for today's gym. This would be Leonard's first professional fight without Angelo Dundee. [12] The family moved to Washington, D.C., when he was three, and they settled permanently in Palmer Park, Maryland when he was ten. [74], Leonard said he planned to have a series of tune-up fights before fighting a champion. (Getty, Hilton & Hyland) Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard is putting . Hearns won rounds nine through twelve on all three scorecards. After the fight, there was controversy due to the scoring of rounds six and seven. On June 20, 1980, Leonard returned to the Olympic Stadium in Montreal to defend his title against Roberto Durn before a crowd of 46,317. While down below you have a kitchenette and bath. In 2007 he was awarded The Ambassador Award of Excellence by the LA Sports & Entertainment Commission at the Riviera Country Club for his continued community involvement. Many were critical of the fact that Lalonde's light heavyweight title was on the line when the weight limit of the fight with Leonard was at 168 pounds, and critical of Leonard for stipulating that his opponenta natural 175-poundershould weigh less than his usual fighting weight, which could possibly weaken him. Leonard knocked him out in the third round. Andre Alexander, assistant director of the community center, said Leonard has been extremely generous to the center's programs for children. Leonard battled back again and again, but he had to work just to find room to breathe and swing, at times simply to survive. Growing up in poverty in a Maryland district close to . I wanted everyone to feel very comfortable here. Leonard was named 'Boxer of the Decade' in the 1980s, and was the first professional boxer to win more than $100 million in purses. He lost a disputed decision to Anatoli Kamnev in Moscow, after which, Kamnev gave the winner's trophy to Leonard. I love the grounds. It is surrounded by three parks. [15], Sarge Johnson, assistant coach of the US Olympic Boxing Team, said to Dave Jacobs, "That kid you got is sweet as sugar".