BEST I FACED: SUGAR RAY LEONARD

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  1. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali, Leonard, Lewis, and De La Hoya. I'm not saying they are necessarily the best but they're my favorites.
     
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  2. Mark Dunham

    Mark Dunham Well-Known Member Full Member

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    if you ask me, the best he faced were Camacho and Norris the way they both beat the pants off him
     
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  3. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Leonard had only 13 fights and he toyed with Mayweather Sr.
    He was clowning him from the opening bell. So your entire position is based on something that isn't real. I'm not gonna call delusional because I'm a better man than that but your information is flawed.
     
  4. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Pretty reasonable though I'm not surprised Duran was the hardest puncher he faced many on here may be taken back by it.
     
  5. ThatOne

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    Leonard won six of the eight rounds before the fight was stopped
     
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  6. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Ray was having fun in there. He knew Mayweather didn't have the pop to hurt him though he was just as quick as Ray.
     
  7. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    Solid choices. Like you, I though my top three would never change ... Ali, Duran and Ruben Olivares. However, Pacquiao managed to become my second favorite boxer, moving Duran and Olivares down a spot.
     
  8. Journeyman92

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    Berbick>Ali
     
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  9. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    All this time here and THAT'S the level of historical context you've been able to grasp?
     
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  10. Mark Dunham

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    some people just dont like it when those names are brought up

    yet it is necessary otherwise, we would not be getting the whole story

    Like yourself, I am a Leonard fan and I also like Norris . he has earned his way to fistic immortality and into the hall of fame and we must all give him his due
     
  11. Mark Dunham

    Mark Dunham Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Is Berbick, like Norris & Camacho also in the hall of fame?

    If not, why are you making this comparison?
     
  12. Journeyman92

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    Just stating facts obviously?
     
  13. Mark Dunham

    Mark Dunham Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Facts?

    You didnt mention any facts. you just made an absurd statement implying that Norris & Camacho, should be on the same level as Berbick

    that is OPINION, not fact.

    Is Berbick in the hall of fame or not?
     
  14. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Bob N Weave Full Member

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    I have to say there are great fighters outside the HOF like "Big" Trev for example who beat thee Muhammad Ali and won nearly every round. Yet Gatti gets in with losses to Ivan Robinson.... Madness...
     
  15. salsanchezfan

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    I'm not a Leonard fan. All losses are not equal, and you know that.