Is Sugar Ray Leonard overrated?

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  1. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rahman beat Lewis, my friend, not Tyson.
     
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  3. Gannicus

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    haha 'nincompo0p' haven't used that one in ages, I think I'm going to occasionally start using it here and there.
     
  4. JohnThomas1

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    SRL would have beaten him easily imo. The Howard bout was an anomaly for me, for whatever reason. As soon as Leonard fully committed he would have been fine. Three years later without a fight he was sensational against Hagler.
     
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    I find Kevin not bad at all. He puts quite a bit of thought into things and tries to provide clips and banter to back up his opinions. Haven't seen him go stupid on anyone. There's heaps worse than Kevin in here.
     
  6. Vanboxingfan

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    He's biased towards Mayweather and to a lesser extent SRL, but he's tolerable.
     
  7. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Thanks, John!

    Thanks, Drew!
     
  8. Gannicus

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    I've only really noticed you Kev when talking Mayweather, you're certainly very biased in those conversations and no poster, considerably known Mayweather fans are reasonable testimony to me lol.
     
  9. BrainyBoxer

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    It's funny how in some way or another, the other 3 guys from the Fab 4 dropped the ball when it came to Leonard. Duran quitting, Hearns getting knocked out when he was out boxing Ray and Hagler fighting a stupid fight. Leonard is the man.
     
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    The main reason Duran is considered to be in the Fab 4 is that he beat Leonard. Without that, he'd have just been a great lightweight fighting above his weight.




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  11. Gannicus

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    I don't know what Hagler is doing in the Fab Four, he's too big anyway and Wilfried Benitez should have been in that group.
     
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  13. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oh my, yes

    And while he has a couple of names on his resume, who doesn't?

    Hector Camacho owns at least twice that number including a knockout over Leonard himself

    very little in the way of defenses

    and three of his titles are in dispute

    split win over a shot Hagler

    and Don Lalonde never owned two titles (Leonard's fans don't like this ugly fact brought up)
     
  14. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    why is Hearns the greatest welter ever with just three defenses over suspect contenders? They SUCKED!

    you're blowing this way out of proportion

    LEGENDS do not wait five years for their opponent to fade out, and then come running for a fight

    and Leonard won the first fight with Duran? How, by staggering across the ring repeatedly after meeting with Duran's fist?

    Can you say closet Leonard fan? you're fooling NO ONE!
     
  15. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    naw, Floyd was better

    Even in his old age, he was winning

    Look what happened to Ray in the Norris fight; he got the **** beat out of him and the only reason his fans can find is "he got old"

    but wasn't Floyd several years older and still dominating the younger competition ?