Sugar Ray Leonard Vs Floyd Mayweather

Mayweather boxed prety well, showed great heart, and was able to land the occasional sneaky counter. But after the first couple of rounds Leonard assumed control and didn't relinquish it. Buzzed Floyd Sr badly in the 3rd, hurt him a couple more times after that, dropped him heavily with a barrage of hooks in the 8th and then battered him in the 10th to force a stoppage that probably could have come a little earlier.

 

Leonard UD 12 ..in a 15 rounder he breaks him down and stops him. On second thought there's a very good chance he stops him under 12

 

Mayweather was tough, its really that simple. Also f I understand it, the beatdown he suffered from Leonard is what caused him to instill defensive boxing skills in Jr so that he wouldn't suffer a beatdown like that. Boy did it pay off big time.

 

SRL

 

I think maybe you should have stated Mayweather Sr. I think some people think this is a fantasy matchup with Junior.

 

A feather fisted floyd has no chance against Leonard.. By the way the will happen. Floyd would never ever fight a a prime Leonard.

 

Here’s my account from the what fights did you watch/score today thread. I gave Floyd Sr two rounds:

Ray Leonard vs. Floyd Mayweather, scheduled for 10 rounds at welterweight on Sept. 9, 1978, at Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island. (Not that Mayweather, his daddy.)

Ray is 13-0 (8) and ranked No. 5 by the WBA. At age 22, he weighs in at 146 3/4.

Mayweather is 15-1 (7) and ranked No. 6 by The Ring, per reports at the time. At 24, he scales 146.

The bout is televised by ABC’s Wide World of Sports with Howard Cosell on the call. Of note, Angelo Dundee has stepped away from camp with Muhammad Ali — who is fighting a rematch with Leon Spinks a week later in New Orleans — to be in Leonard’s corner.

This is an ODD fight to score:

1: Mayweather 10-9 — Floyd comes out with some nice combos, flashing good hand speed and ripping some combos to the body.

2: Leonard 10-9 — Ray is probably slightly behind after 2 minutes but then gets his jab established and finishes strong to take it.

3: Leonard 10-8 — Ray tees off as Mayweather covers on the ropes and lands a series of hard shots to the body and head. He basically loads up with impunity, getting power shots through with no return.

4: Leonard 10-8 — Again, all Ray. Mayweather goes down but it’s ruled a slip (and I treated it such in my scoring) and Leonard continues to batter him and staggers him near the bell.

5: Mayweather 10-9 — The pace slows and Mayweather is a bit busier to edge it.

6: Leonard10-9 — Much like the round before but Ray rallies late.

7: Leonard 10-9 — Mayweather is battling and maybe getting the better of it or holding his own and then Ray lands a big left hook and chops at him the rest of the round.

8: Leonard 10-7 — Ray puts him down twice, the left hook being the instigator that starts it. Fight should have been stopped. Mayweather is battered pillar to post.

9: Leonard 10-9 — Mayweather is tired and beaten down, Ray puts it on him but Floyd keeps competing.

10: Mayweather starts well with a series of jabs but Leonard finally gets the stoppage for a TKO at the 2:16 mark and you wonder what took so long to stop it.

The odd thing here is that Mayweather has several rounds where he’s in it or maybe ahead after 2 minutes and then Leonard just takes over. I think two things are at play here: 1) Mayweather hurt his right hand in the first round, but continues to use it somewhat, then I think he hurt it worse later and almost ceases to use it at all; 2) Leonard does some vicious body work in the early rounds and there comes a point where Mayweather is completely sapped.

You want to know how to attack that Philly shell, watch Ray in this fight. He throws a crippling right to the body, more of a hook, over and over when Mayweather covers and hooks off that. It sets him up to come over the top with the right and then he starts finding the timing on his hook and he’s just deadly.

This is a perfect example of a prodigy showing growth before our eyes. To this point Ray has been in with guys who can’t match him for speed, power or anything else. Mayweather can match his speed and is more savvy, more of a pro. Leonard showboats (badly) several times and just looks silly doing it, but eventually he settles down and starts fighting like a real pro and just walks through a pretty good opponent.

 

I wouldn’t say it was a tough fight for Ray. Floyd Sr gave a good effort but Ray was just too good. It wasn’t a close fight nor did it seem physically grueling for SRL.

 

Leonard UD.

 

Mayweather jr doesn't take the fight and its that simple , no need to proceed

the Floyd Sr, fight. Ray brilliantly jabbed to the body opening up Sr. for big shots to the body. Ray had huge power to the body that doesn't get recognized enough.

 

Floyd beats him handily.
Look what Camacho did to Leanard.

 

Yes he would. He'd wait till SRL was 50 years old first. Might in fact fight him now to get to 51-0.

 

Sugar Ray Leonard… wide UD or late stoppage (9 or 10). SRL got Floyd on height, reach, speed, power. Prime 147… he would break the shell at some point in the fight and at that point it’d be a matter of Floyd surviving or not. He was tough, you have to give Floyd credit for that. He had incredible recovery and he was able to adapt in fights but nobody ever really broke his shell while making him work at 147. I guess maidana in the first fight when he was timing the pull counter but that’s not what I’m talking about with how SRL would beat him… that’d be part of it only.