Sugar Ray Leonard ducked Nigel Benn

On Pryor ducked maybe a little strong but I think fighting Pryor was to higher risk with to little to gain on the money front for Leonard to be interested in

 

Dumbest thread of all time !! So what another Brit couldn't pad their record with another American legend what a tragedy the boxing world really suffered,from that atsch

 

Sugar Ray is also ducking Froch at the moment... *****

 

That is a fair post. Leonard is one of my all time favourite fighters, but did like to have it to suit himself, like how he got Lalonde to boil down to SMW, the fight with Hagler made from 15 to 12 rounds, I seem to think that I read that the ring size was to his liking, but could be wrong, but with all this, there is no mistaking Leonard was a great fighter.
Benn was dangerous and not worth the risk. Leonards legacy was very important to him and Benn could have been very damaging for him.

I think prime Leonard would have taken the chance, but the Leonard in his 30s I think was looking for the best legacy fights and Benn would most likely have blasted Leonard out.

Yes it appears that Leonard didnt want to fight Benn, but it shouldnt harm his career.

 

Prime leonard? are u serious? Prime leonard was at WELTERWEIGHT!!! MY GOODNESS!! Listen in that time after benn beat barkley, leonard was already far past his prime. That was easily not leonard best 160 pound weight. Anybody that follow boxing knows this.

 

I don't think Ray wanted to fight either Benn or Barkley. He just wanted to fight his old friends and legends. Benn or Barkley could have been a tough fight.

 

this can't be a serious thread.

Leonard fought, and beat, Duran, Benitez, Hearns and Hagler. there was no fear of Benn atsch

By then Ray was just a sideshow bringing attention to the newly created SMW division.

 

atsch
I know. Think you need to re read the post again

 

Leonard outside of the welterweight class was very over rated.

 

Benn and Eubank ducked James Toney. Look at them. Quiet as mice. :deal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0lpEmsxjHk
"No fighters in England. They all bums."

James "Lights Out" Toney the true SMW champ

 

Leonard offered Pryor a career high of half a mil but Pryor wanted more.

 

when i read aobut people shitting on leonard for cherry picking hagler for his comeback fight, i just shake my head.

all things considered, what will people say down the road for the mayweahter comeback fight against marquez?

i might prolly throw up reading them.

 

damn.

now we have his head got bigger type of ****.

 

:yep Another useless tit.

 

Forgive these buffoons! Nobody dictated to ray leonard. Thats, the bottom line from the begiining of his career, to the end of it.