Sugar Ray Leonard vs Tony Chiaverini

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Sugar Ray Leonard 22-0 (13 KOs) vs. Tony Chiaverini 30-4 (21 KOs) The WBC ranked Leonard third at welterweight and Chiaverini sixth at super welterweight. Leonard made $140,000, and Chiaverini got $61,000. The fight took place at the Caesars Palace Sports Pavilion. Chiaverini requested an 18-foot ring, and the Leonard camp acquiesced. The fight was televised nationally by ABC on Wide World of Sports. ABC broadcaster Howard Cosell said Leonard was "a little upset" in his dressing room before the fight after learning that his former Olympic teammate, Leon Spinks (7-1-1), had been knocked out in the first round by Gerrie Coetzee (21-0). This was the second knockout loss of Chiaverini's professional career.