Jake LaMotta vs Sugar Ray Leonard @ middleweight

Leonard could punch but not like Robinson,could Leonard have kod Fullmer? Ive decided ,Lamotta by dec too strong at 160!

 

Ray would outbox him. He wouldn't try to sit there and trade with Jake. He was a pretty smart fighter.

 

I think there's too much fantasy going on here. Leonard was out on hs feet in the final 2 rounds against an old Hagler who did not make him work as hard as he might.

That version of leonard is the only 1 we have at MW. He cannot go 15 with a prime la Motta. The points score would be close and ray might be up. He just can't go 15 with a prime ATG at 160.

 

I dunno if he was "out on his feet in th final two rounds against Hagler" ... I thought I remember him dancing and bouncing around in the 12th.

 

He was a great fighter , at Welterweight.

 

I remember thinking he's up and points. He's showed himself a great boxer but he's exhausted. he's breathing heavily, running and then just throwing everything when he gets cornered. I think he's very, very tired.

 

Yeah, he was tired. I think 15 would have favoured Hagler. But the way Hagler was fighting, and the way the judges were doing things maybe SRL could have coasted a few and made it a "win" over 15.
True enough, I dont see him beating LaMotta at 160.

 

Leonard might have done it over 15. I think I'd have bet on Hagler but in many ways Leonard had already proved his point.

 

i agree absolutely