Sugar Ray Leonard v Bob Foster

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  1. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Would Ray have sneaked a decision off the naturally bigger light-heavy Bob Foster ? Would Foster have made Leonard see the error of one challenge too far ? Sugar Ray beat Don Lalonde,but in my book that should only have been for the super-middle title,as the weight limit was 168. Mind you,Leonard could never be discounted on pulling off the impossible.
     
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  2. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Foster KO4
     
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  3. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In all actuality,I could also see Foster winning inside the scheduled distance,but Ray would probably give him a good fight before he's stopped.
     
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  4. Tin_Ribs

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    Foster. Leonard would be knowing enough not to take the fight in the first place, but even if he wasn't, I'm not sure any man steps up from a lower weight to beat Bob at 175. In fact, I'm nigh on positive.
     
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  5. KOTF

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    Foster leaves the ring in hand-cuffs after slaughtering Ray Leonard into unconsciousness after this one.
     
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  6. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's a lovely thought. Ray tries to replicate Mike Quarry's ring perimeter boxing tactics before getting nearly decapitated senseless. Personally, I would stipulate that six ounce gloves are worn.
     
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  7. booradley

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    Foster by decapitation. I'm not saying Ray couldn't put up a good fight for awhile. I'm only saying that at some point Foster would catch him, and a natural welter can't deal with Foster catching him flush.
     
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  8. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Man , im a big Leonard fan but this would be a mis-match
     
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  9. TommyV

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    WW vs LHW with devastating power? Hmm.
     
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  10. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    A very bad matchup for SRL and what would have been career suicide...Foster would have killed him and would have enjoyed doing so. Foster ko 3 Leonard. And SRL thought Tommy Hearns hit hard....
     
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  11. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    True..few modern fighters seem to know their limitations, but I doubt that Leonard would have ever attempted this fight.
     
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  12. Tin_Ribs

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    Leonard was - at times - something of a charlatan where matchmaking was concerned; it's one of the reasons I've never really liked him. Regardless of how brilliant he was.

    Let's face it - if Monzon knew that moving up to fight Foster was a futile manoevre, why would a man as calculating as Leonard bother?
     
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  13. skidd1

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    This is a crazy fantasy fight .SRL is the wrong weight.Foster is a world class LHW at any time
     
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  14. emallini

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    SRL would be too fast
     
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  15. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Leonard would never ever make that fight. Never ever. To clever and intelligent for that.
     
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