Leonard Relinquishes His Fifth Title

If Sugar Ray Leonard fights again, it won’t be as a champion.

The 33-year-old Leonard has relinquished the World Boxing Council super middleweight title, which he defended with a 12-round unanimous decision over Roberto Duran on Dec. 7 at Las Vegas.

Mike Trainer, Leonard’s attorney, told the Associated Press from his Bethesda, Md., office Thursday that he had informed Jose Sulaiman, WBC president, of his decision.

Leonard has announced his retirement three times and has said there would be no more announcements, but that if he decides to retire, he simply won’t fight again.

He has held five world titles, the others being the welterweight (147 pounds), super welterweight (154), middleweight (160) and light heavyweight (175) crowns.