Would you back any ww or lmw to beat SRL twice in a row?

He was still a top notch operator in a similar way that Ali was after his best but the consensus is that Hank wasn't the same... A swarmer with decreased speed and reflexes is a guy who is easy to make mincemeat of. I think the Armstrong of the Ross fight or the first Ambers fight would give both Rays a hell of a fight. Both of them never liked a good crowding fighter and Armstrong is GOAT in this category even if there's a big size disparity

 

No such thing as zero chance in boxing, styles make fights and Leonard was susceptable to being outboxed by quick boxers with superior defense imo. Like I say I strongly favour Leonard over those, but I wouldn't be suprised if 1 of them upsets him

 

I'm not convinced Armstrong, I just don't think he was a legit WW in the first place. His weakness was always uppercuts on the inside, which is why Ambers had much more success than Ross.

Ross also didn't have the power to keep Armstrong off him, Robinson and Leonard certainly did

 

Good point, both SRR and RL have very good uppercuts and stopping power and that could make the difference. He was certainly very blown up at the WW limit, but he was also fast and sharp enough to take advantage of Ross the way he did, put the guy in the hospital even. Hard to say.

 

But Hearns might just be the single most difficult fighter ever to outbox at WW and LMW.

 

And he took care of that problem