Ray Leonard was rated 5th in `96 by Ring magazine in a list of the Top 50 fighters

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  1. Mark Adam

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    It was in the ring magazine edition titled The Top 50 fighters of the last 50 years, here`s info they wrote about Ray:
    Record: 36-2-1 (25)
    World Titles: Welterweight*, Junior Middleweight, Middleweight, Super Middleweight, Light Heavyweight
    Quality of competition:10
    Bouts against Top 50 fighters 4
    Why he`s here: The dominant fighter of the 80`s, he was every bit as good as the hype
    What he could have done to improve his ranking: Not much. His career was close to perfect. Do you agree
     
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  2. ETM

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    Outstanding but not perfect. More fights, maybe a couple rematches in a reasonable time frame.
     
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  3. Longhhorn71

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    The Super Middleweight, Light Heavyweight titles were orchestrated by the WBC forcing Lalonde to come in at 168 lbs. But hey, the Boxing World today is all about $$$$.
     
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  4. ETM

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    That was against the rules and yet they did it anyway.
     
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    Thanks compade for your insight.
     
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  6. Jel

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    I think 'His career was close to perfect' is a bit of an overstatement. He could have either retired after the Hagler fight (and certainly not come back in 91 against Norris) or fought more between 84 and 86. I feel we missed some good fights with him at Welterweight and Light-middle during that period.
     
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  7. Inside pass

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    2rematch
     
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  8. surfinghb

    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not even close for me … Ray wasn't an active fighter and used his popularity to go in and out of retirement to control who he wanted to fight and when, imo…
     
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  9. Mark Adam

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    How many fighters in welterweight history could have done the stuff on this vid that Ray did vs Hearns?
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  10. Mark Adam

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    Leonard didn`t do the stuff that`s shown on this vid in his rematch with Hearns, he wasn`t the same fighter at all.
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  11. surfinghb

    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And look at what Duran did to Ray, a fighter that moved up … Ray wanted his rematch with Duran and he got it as that fight warranting a rematch .. As did the Ray Hearns fight and Ray made Tommy wait 8 years.. He didn't give Tommy what he expected from Duran...BS in my book..
     
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