Whos the greater fighter SRL or FMJ

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Joeywill, Jan 5, 2023.



Who's greater

Poll closed Jan 12, 2023.
  1. Ray Leonard

    86.4%
  2. Floyd Mayweather Jr

    13.6%
  1. Joeywill

    Joeywill Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not head to head
     
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  2. Joeywill

    Joeywill Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How I see it
     
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  3. Joeywill

    Joeywill Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Agreed but keep in mind that Floyd Mayweather is a naturally smaller fighter than SRL
     
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  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    It’s Mayweather. The list of hofers, champions, and contenders beaten across different eras and weight classes is unreal. And he did it without defeat. People let their bias take over when comparing Leonard to him.
     
  5. IntentionalButt

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

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    Pretty Boy is, IMO, comfortably greater than this Sugar Ray and in similar proportions comfortably less great than the other Sugar Ray.
     
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  6. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That's one of the reasons I stated what I did.
     
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  7. IntentionalButt

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

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    Do most of the poll respondents think this was h2h, or..?
     
  8. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    They just don’t like Mayweather and were either little kids or young men who idolized Leonard in the 80s.
     
  9. Cookiedough

    Cookiedough Active Member Full Member

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    Who did Floyd dodge?
     
  10. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I have to edge Floyd over Ray, as No Neck said the breadth of his wins are pretty amazing.

    No question, Ray was sensational at his peak...but still, he did soundly lose to a blown up lightweight, and he stuck around way too long.
     
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  11. Cookiedough

    Cookiedough Active Member Full Member

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    It’s hard to argue with an unbeaten record. Floyd for me. If the likes of De la Hoya, Alvarez, Hatton, Pac man, couldn’t deal with Floyd, it does make you wonder if anyone would of beat him.
    Floyd was a master at the art, and love him or loathe him, you have to put him up there as one of the best fighters ever.
     
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  12. IntentionalButt

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

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    I always forget and underestimate how much the Classic Forum's entrenched anti-Floyd mentality can derange otherwise quite rational and in fact brilliant minds.
     
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  13. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    FMJ is top 10 all time, top 20 in the worst case scenario.
     
  14. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He's asking about SRL, not SRR
     
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  15. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    SRL might have had memorable fights, but that's only cause he couldn't dominate his opponents the way FMJ did.
    And I'm not even a fan of Floyd, but he's greater.
     
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