Sugar Ray Leonard v Terry Norris prime for prime

Not at all. It's all about SRL. The unadulterated adulation of Norris is due to him putting a pasting on Leonard. I kid thee not.

 

Absolutely.. Norris is just another conduit by which he uses to slam Leonard. Start a thread on Leonard's fight with Camacho, and he'll make Hector look like the second coming of the savior while once again claiming Leonard was prime.. Hell If Leonard came out today at age 60 and got sparked by canelo Alvarez, then Canelo would be his new hero and of course Ray would still be prime..

 

I'm not even sure that he really does. I think he gets a kick out of seeing people get hot under the collar on this subject, which is exactly why he kept coming back to the well for the past 10 years. A lot of older posters ignore him. But he knows he can always count on fresh meet when new ones arrive.

 

Quite a feat, really - given the lack of material he has to work with. He has made more comebacks on this topic than SRL had retirements and returns. There are quite possibly some Broadway shows that haven't lasted over as long an elapsed time.

That said, despite this being a 16 page thread, in the scheme of things, it hasn't taken all that long to become entirely and overly familiar with the redrooster pattern of eternal whining (re Leonard) combined with sycophantic praise (re Norris), verging on the hysterical. And so it has its limits in the interest-stakes.

Nonetheless, fresh meat, be warned.

 

Yeah I suppose.

 

If this website is still here in 10 years, Rooster will be too.

 

you could also look at Leonard in terms of how he compares with Norris N Jackson

When it came to Norris, his strength was in his sharp reflexes, and sheer speed (both hand & foot)

whereas Jackson, his strength was in his sheer irresistible might

Leonard falls into the middle of both of them

He had great speed when as compared to the opponents of his day - Kalule, Green, etc but, compared with Norris, he could never match it

Remember that when we are evaluating talent, it is advisable to stick with facts

Norris 120

SRl 106

 

slam him? It's what I use to evaluate him

leonard was never scared of those fighters that were slow and couldnt hit hard; he was however of those that were fast and hit hard

as for Camacho, I've made it quite clear that whileRay was past his pprime, people like you keep ignoring the other side of the equation which is that Hector was just as far gone in addition to him being much the smaller man

so it evens out

That being said, Hector knocked him out because he was the superior fighter

 

Hearns beat Ray no matter if he faces Marvin or not

Because now you've got Tommy with nine more pounds of muscle, with even greater speed, and experience

simply put, Tommy will put Ray away, my bet would be it would go up to eight but I wouldnt be surprised it ended sooner

I just dont have much faith in Leonard when pitted against the better opposition

and the opposition like Tommy & Terry, finally caught up with him and passed him up

|It's called development

 

you're my latest fresh meat baby, bend over!

 

Hagler: Fight me like a MAN, you LITTLE *****!

Leonard: No.