Sugar Ray Leonard Vs Floyd Mayweather

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  1. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Terry would have,lasted about 4 rounds with a prime Leonard and everyone knows that.
    Its like saying look how Marcos Maidana was able to catch Mayweather see Mayweathers defense isn't all that when that was not a prime Mayweather or saying Camacho was a much harder puncher then a Hearns because he stopped Leonard and Hearns didn't.
     
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    Cobra33 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Umm because Foreman and Leonard have different styles maybe ?
    You haven't even seen the Bonds fight because you would have known it was essentially a dress rehearsal for his next bout.
    Ray took his time even dropped him early and then took his time and you can literally see him working on his right hand lead and there was a reason for that.
    When it came time to close the show Ray closed the show.
     
  3. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Leonard was having fun in there. He was clowning, playing to the crowd, picking his spots. Ray turned it up when he wanted to.
    In all it was a one sided fight.
     
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    Mark Dunham Well-Known Member Full Member

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    whose everyone, yourself?

    Leonard never did well with fast boxers. Everyone knows that!

    Ray is going to destroy Terry in four when someone named Larry Bonds went 11 and Kevin Howard nine while putting him on the deck and retired him for three years. What happened, it wasnt there???

    Trying to embellish a career that's lacking and wound up 36 - 3 -1 instead of the more impressive, eye catching 50 - 0

    If its anyone who has bragging rights, its Floyd
     
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    Umm, or maybe he wasnt very good at hitting a moving target. why dont you just be honest for once and admit the truth instead of trying to gloss it over with ambiguous phrases.

    "Styles". "Oh, he's just taking his time!" "he wants to give the audience their money's worth!"

    To make matters worse, you blame me for supposedly not watching the fight with Bonds. Of course I did. I could hear Dundee telling him " you know you got a stiff in front of you right?"

    How about the famous "you're blowing it son, you're blowing it!"

    Leonard does not do well with moving targets. that is why he lost to Norris. that is why he'll ALWAYS lose to Norris, Floyd, Nunn, Jones, Camacho, or anyone else resembling their style
     
  6. Cobra33

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    Or maybe he was a 5'10 southpaw. Did you watch that fight at all ? Of course you fail to give Bonds any credit for being game because he took a lot of punishment.
    Who did Ray fight next ?
     
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    You talking about Norris who got beat up by DERRICK KELLY in his prime ?
    Or the one got starched by SIMON BROWN ?
    Or how about the one who got dropped heavy by TROY WATERS ?
    Since you want to use examples of a fighter no longer at his best lets throw in his stoppage losses to Keith Mullings, Boudouani.
    Norris was such a fast "mover" he got stretched out in TWO rounds by Jackson. With ONE punch.

    Here lets play a game.
    Thomas Hearns
    Roberto Duran
    Wilfred Benitez
    Marvin Hagler

    Put 4 opponents of Mayweathers that you think equal those 4 and explain why you think that.
     
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  8. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Pac>Hearns in a pfp sense
    Canelo>Duran in a h2h sense
    Oscar>Benitez in every sense
    Not sure a disputed decision over an aging Hagler is better than blowing out a peak Corrales.
     
  9. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Your knowledge is wasted on those clowns.

    No Neck has admitted to trolling.

    And I can only assume that Mark is.

    A waste of your time.
     
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    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    There’s trolling.

    And then there’s this.

    You’ve gone too far this time.

    At least make it believable.
     
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  11. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Furthermore, Mayweather conceded every possible advantage to De La Hoya.

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  12. Loudon

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    An Oscar who’d only fought once in 3 years, who was faded and at the end of his career.

    Amazing.
     
  13. SgrRyLeonard

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    None of Mayweather's opponents on the night he fought them were as good H2H as Leonard's best opponents.

    Also, Mayweather didn't choose to concede everything to DeLaHoya; he had no choice.
    Similar to how Mayweather' opponents after the DeLaHoya fight had to accept whatever terms Mayweather wanted to dictate.
     
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  14. NoNeck

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    An Oscar who had a won a title via blowout in his previous fight and was younger than Mayweather in many of his supposedly prime fights.
     
  15. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    I beg to differ.