SRL greatest fighter of the last 35 years

Cherry picked them when they were shop worn.










I kid.

 

His resume is really impressive, also considering that he only had 40 fights..

 

Hagler beat him and you all know it!!! lol

 

If they did the tests that they do for olympic athletes today they would find that he was riddled just like most of the stars in many sports from that era.

 

35 years is bang on.
The most complete fighter of the modern era.Speed,power,chin,heart,skill,technique,finishing,heart and as deep a well as any post-war boxer has shown.

 

Very true, only guy to outbox him is Tommy Hearns but he still got that WIN props to him for that.

 

For me,although he performed poorly at times(more down to an inabilty to get by Tommy's rapier jab) that is his defining fight.To pull that one back from the brink removed any questions about his heart and resolve.
I also think the first Duran fight did more for his credibility in the long run than many of his wins.

 

true words.

 

amen.

 

Indeed.He was kidding.

 

leonard got ktfo'd by hector macho camacho. nothing else needs to be said.

 

FFS, do you even follow the sport of boxing? Leonard beat some of the greatest fighters who ever laced up the gloves, and did so within a few years. As for the Hagler fight, who gives a f*ck if he lost, won or drew. He held his own against arguably the greatest MW who ever lived, after not having had a fight for what, three years? SRL is the epitome of an ATG. The fights post-Hagler were a mistake. He admitted as much. He was spent, f*cked-up on blow. A prime SRL f*cking Annihilates Camacho, would have made him his *****.

 

Only someone without a clue would count his losses to Norris and Camacho against him.

Leonard is one of the very best.

 

i may agree with that