Is Sugar Ray Leonard overrated?

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  1. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Was not a majority decision. It was unanimous.
     
  2. Balder

    Balder Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Here yall, Sugar Ray leonard... Admitting he lost the fight, AND bonus... Admitting he cherry picked Duran for the rematch.

    Duran > Leonard.

    EVEN Sugar Ray Admits it.


    [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uan8RQyxCY[/url]
     
  3. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    He's entitled to his opinion... But FWIW, Ray Leonard interviews have always been worthless (he's the most rehe****d, least candid man in boxing) and he's never been adept at scoring fights either...

     
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    Holy Cow.

    Wont even take it from the fighters own mouth.:-(

    Credit to Leonard for his honesty in this interview.
     
  6. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Bro...it's not like he's admitting that he lost some secret game of 1-on-1 basketball. I wonder if he ever even bothered scoring it himself...

     
  7. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fighters know if they have won or lost.
     
  8. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Says who? Fighters don't even know what round it is half the time.

     
  9. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Says everyone who knows this game. That excludes YOU.
     
  10. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    No offense but you sound like you read way more boxing than you watch... If you watch fights you'll see that boxers often rely on their corners to tell them how they're doing (and even the corners are sometimes wrong). The idea that a fighter knows whether he won or loss a fight with many close rounds is fantasy.

     
  11. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Been watching boxing and boxers since the early 70s. How about you?
     
  12. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    I believe that you started watching boxing back then. But when did you stop?

    PS- I've been watching since the mid-to-late 80s (long enough)


     
  13. Balder

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    So, Mrkool.


    You know more about the Duran / Leonard bout than... The judges, the majority of viewers AND the fighters themselves. ( Including their trainers and managers)
     
  14. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Watching a doing you can say is a bit different.
     
  15. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Why would I need to "know more" about a bout to disagree with the way other people score it?

    The judges obviously thought that it was a very close fight with many extremely close rounds.

    I have no idea how either fighter scored the fight, round by round (if they even bothered).