"Irish" Micky Ward is the type of fighter who made you love the sport of boxing. He never won a world championship, but he did capture three consecutive Fight of the Year Awards from The Ring Magazine for his 2001 bout with Emanuel Augustus, and his epic wars with Arturo Gatti in 2002 and 2003.

The 2010 film The Fighter chronicles the life of both Micky and his brother Dicky Eklund, and it features a cameo appearance by one of the greatest of all time—"Sugar" Ray Leonard.

Leonard appeared as a guest commentator for the fight between Ward and Mike Mungin, and there was a little taste of irony in this appearance.

Leonard had fought—and beaten—Eklund back in 1978. It was a prototypical "Sugar" Ray performance, and he won the fight by unanimous decision. But Eklund got his pound of flesh, and got Leonard to the mat. It was an odd sequence, and ultimately ruled a slip by the referee, but it appeared that a combination of a punch/push floored the future champion.

It remains one of the most interesting, and talked about, moments of "Sugar" Ray's illustrious career.