Sugar Ray Leonard circa 1986 v Floyd Mayweather 2007

Norris was bigger and more powerful than Floyd, he also threw more punches and more combos his punch variety was better than Floyd`s. Hearns was better than Floyd.

 

Tyson wasn`t training properly afterr Rooney left his camp.

 

Astute observation. So did Butterbean.

 

Hearns fought Leonard at 147 and was a lot better than Butterbean.

 

Leonard never walked down Butterbean.

He walked down Hearns.

And he'd walk down Mayweather.

 

Mayweather would make Butterbean respect his power.

 

Yes, because Hearns had better stamina, defense, and punch resistance than Mayweather.

 

Alright smart ass, Leonard also walked down Duran, and Benitez. Duran having a bigger punch, better stamina and a better chin; Benitez having the same although arguably not a better chin.

Leonard walk through Mayweather's shots should he need to. This is obvious.

 

Oh, he walked down Duran. How’s that go for him?

 

Hearns defense was brilliant v Benitez and his long jab was his first line of defense, Cotto hit Floyd more than he would have hit Hearns, I don`t think Floyd could have taken a flush power shot from Leonard and the rest of the fighters that knocked Hearns out were middleweights, Floyd couldn`t have taken the punches from Barkley and Hagler that knocked Hearns out, he never had to take a powerful middleweigt punch, and wa hurt badly by Mosley.

 

You should watch the final three rounds, it worked real well.

And Duran would beat Mayweather up.

 

TBF Duran would probably quit against Mayweather.

 

Mayweather defensive game can only be defeated if you have:
1) Better or equal footwork;
2) Great handspeed;
3) High stamina to keep pressuring;
There's a reason Pacquiao was avoided for so long. He pretty much filled every single box on this. But, by 2015, he had slowed down enough for Floyd visualizing a win.
Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the fighters that would fill all of the boxes above as well, something that led me to believe he could beat Mayweather.

 

I always thought that was a great effort. Leonard fought Duran's fight and came within a point of beating him on two cards.

 

Last time I watched the fight I thought it was very close, I didn't score it round by round. But I remember being surprised how close it was. I wouldn't mind watching it again sometime and doing a proper scorecard.