Someone explain why Ray Leonard is ranked so highly?

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  1. TheSouthpaw

    TheSouthpaw Champion Full Member

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    Sure it is!..Another Leonard hater reaching for reasons to hate on him!!..Even if the excuse is a joke! Knocked down by a guy who he still ended up beating..
     
  2. LobowolfXXX

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    Is Joe Louis your #11 heavyweight?
     
  3. silencio

    silencio Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ray Leonard did have it all! Easily top 20 for me.
     
  4. TheSouthpaw

    TheSouthpaw Champion Full Member

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    Exactly!!..And Ali ranked #92:yep
     
  5. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    How are you these days Fist?
     
  6. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Let me answer both questions with some more.

    ...do you really want to hurt me?

    Do you really want to make me cry?

    (Precious kisses, words that burn me...

    Lobo never asks me why. :-()
     
  7. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I actually really was asking if it was a serious post.
     
  8. TheSouthpaw

    TheSouthpaw Champion Full Member

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    :stir:blabla:bolt
     
  9. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Well, first off you would need to believe that I saw the Ecklund KD as legitimate (which only Dicky himself does, AFAIK...plus maybe some Lowell residents but certainly the rest of us Mass-holes see it for the push/slip it was...)

    Second you would need to swallow my stance that such a knockdown if legitimate could sully the record of a consensus ATG enough to affect his comparative all-time rating.

    Third you would need to accept my full embrace of the hypocrisy of such a sentiment despite every known ATG having at least some bit of comparable 'dirt' on them one could use (and many trolls do use, daily) to discredit them...




    ...but if you're still confused...


    Yes. Dead serious. Ray was a freaking bum. :p
     
  10. Vinegar Hill

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    Hagler, Duran, Hearns and Benitez.
    It says it all really.
     
  11. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's cleared that up then!
     
  12. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Ray also knocked the **** out of Danny Bonaduce. That alone gets him into the top 30:happy
     
  13. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    body shot wasn't it?
     
  14. prime

    prime BOX! Writing Champion Full Member

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    When you dethrone a young, quality champion like Wilfredo Benitez, a high-flying, pound-for pound all-time great champion like Roberto Durán, an all-time great, fearsome, peak champion like Thomas Hearns, and an undisputed middleweight monster champion like Marvin Hagler, you get the accolades of a Sugar Ray Leonard.
     
  15. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Hes top 10 for sure. Amazing fighter