Benny Leonard vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Irrespective of what you may think of their merits as fighters, what cannot be dismissed is Leonard's great edge in experience and something which everyone who saw him swore by, that being his uncanny ability to adapt to anything you threw at him.

Seen as Mayweather is similarly inclined in the realm of ambiguous warfare there is more than a small chance that this could degenerate into a nit-picking stalemate but Ted Spoon believes Leonard's mystifying footwork offsets this initial mischief and that greater mobility is used to keep Mayweather guessing more than vice versa.

Leonard took chances when a weakness was spotted, and he carried some pop to boot. He enjoyed his single shots as much as modern-day Floyd but jumbled up his delivery from both moving and static positions; Leonard hit a beautiful medium in this sense; there were shades of Pep in his movement and shades of Gans in his precise hitting.

In fifteen rounds, Mayweather's presence would be one more so of resistance than a technical problem. Leonard beats him at his own game; not without trouble but beat him he does.

And to the naysayers who proclaim this prediction to be soaked in rose-tinted sentiment...the film which we do have of him, Leonard looks stellar.

 

I saw the Tendler and McLarnin fights. He was a beast, and an ATG, as a boxer his skills were almost unparalleled and his career as a whole is on a whole other level to Floyd. But H2H I just don't think it's very competitive.

:conf

 

Leonard for me.

 

I wasn't impressed at all with the footage I saw(though to be fair, it's in black and white and there is no slo mo replay)

 

I agree my justification was, to be frank, **** poor.

I think Floyd is every bit as skilled as leonard (top 10-15 category atg skill) plus he has the advantage in size ans aside from a fight he was injured in, he's never really been troubled. yes his resume aint great, I agree on that, but it's very good and I think as his path closes and he retires his reputation will be enhanced (i predict he closes his career against ortiz, khan and pac)

 

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hrAs0Tyo5g[/ame]

has some slowed down sections.

 

Seriously Swarmer? Yes, he looks clever and elusive, and a little better than the rest of the shithouses from the 20's.

Why when you guys see standard textbook stuff from these old guys do you people get boners? Its only because the rest of them look like dog****, in my opnion.

Leonard was better in his time, than Mayweather was in his own. But put them in a ring together, Mayweather would school Benny Leonard.

 

The funny thing no one on either side of the debate has picked up on is Leonard and Mayweather use a good few of the same techniques :yep

 

Mayweather by KO 1.

leonard would be a dimitri salita in todays boxing.

 

You know i really don't care much for actually trying to address whatever yo're saying here but let me just say that many a time I've seen Mayweather look boring, by the books, fundamentally sound but essentially nothing special.

whatever you seem to crying about would probably apply better to Leonard versus an exciting or unorthodox fighter instead of a minimalist like Mayweather.

 

:rofl:roflatsch