Sugar Ray Leonard - Great fighter.

He might have been the most complete fighter since SRR. Too bad the eye injury robbed him (and us) of his best years. Otherwise, I think many would have him at top 5 or even top 3 p4p.

 

One of the most complete fighters I've ever seen. Always exciting to watch, fantastic finisher, and perhaps the smartest boxer of all-time (possibly in the ring, and quite clearly outside the ring). Considering he had 40 fights and a prime the was limited to 6 years, the fact that he has the scalps of 4 of the greatest fighters of all-time on his resume is marvelous. Very, very few fighters since the 70's can claim as much. Not to mention, he rallied back while down on points and his eye sealed shut to stop Hearns in an epic fight, thus overcoming formidable adversity and proving his greatness, a feat that several so called great fighters have never done. Personally, I don't see how anyone rates him outside of the top 15 all-time.

Also, as an amateur, he may well have been the best ever.

 

student of the Fight Game.
he studied film of opponents.
great stamina.

 

One of my favorites of all time. Im sure Redrooster will have something to say about this subject

 

Hes such a joy for me to watch hes such a incredible offensive fighter noboddy ever talks about his body punching but watch it hes fantastic at it and the man has great finishing ability.

 

His early wins/demolitions of solid solid fighters is usually ignored almost completely, which is a shame.

He was damned active the first few years and went on a real reign of terror.

 

Agreed for years I only seen his major fights like Bentiez,Hagler,Duran,Hearns but about a year ago I started watching youtube videos of him fighting and destroying solid guys like Green,Kalule ETC.

 

Excellent point! His one round destruction of Andy "the hawk" Price" is an underrated performance, and one that shows, how special of a fighter Leonard truly was. Only the great ones dispense with good, quality, opponents so easily and effortlessly.

 

Tremendous fighter, fantastic to watch and one of the true stars of boxing which we're sadly lacking today.

Somewhat overated in the greatness stakes, but naturally enough seeing as he was so well loved, charismatic and manipulative of the sport and it's participants.

 

..............Without SRL, Rooster's life would seem empty and meaningless.

 

Im not sure how you can say it's garbage. I don't see that I'm saying anything outrageous or obviously false. It's called having a balanced view.