Best Welter That Sugar Ray Leonard Beats?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Best Welter that SRL defeats iyo?
     
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    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jose Napoles, Henry Armstrong, are probably two of the highest ranked Welterweights not named Sugar Ray Robinson that I think Leonard would have a good chance of beating.
     
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    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Arguably any1 that isn't the original Sugar Ray.
     
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    Good.
     
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    Pretty much all of them at his best, even the other Sugar Ray imo.
     
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    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All of em except SRR which is a push
     
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    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hearns.
    So everyone that isn’t Sugar Ray Robinson.
     
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    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    As per consensus - all of them except for SRR.
     
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    This
     
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    I too go with the consensus.........so it boils down to who you think is the next best 147 to the two Sugar Rays.
     
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    Who wouldn't pay to see Kid Gavilan take him on? I give Kid a chance of outpointing Ray.
     
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    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    SRR is the best he might possibly beat.

    I’d favor Robinson but SRL is one of the few I’d give a chance at 147.
     
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    PRW94 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    On a given night in history SRL could beat any welterweight who ever lived.

    I would say the one he'd have the most trouble with would be SRR.
     
  14. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Cuban Hawk would give Leonard a very good battle. I've always had a very high opinion of Gavilan.