Unpopular opinion:Sugar Ray Leonard was good on brawling

I have heard a long time excuse,around the same age as "why Duran quit" excuses,being that Leonard abandoned his gameplan in the Montreal brawl and that cost him his victory,but how right is that?

In my opinion though...nope, Leonard's mistake in that fight was exactly his gameplan of finishing Duran around 5,and in fact,most of Leonard's best showings were him pushing the offensive in the end.

He finished
Ayub,Lalonde,Hearns,Green and many others, that's his best performances with the brawling style,he even gave a good effort on the second fight with Hearns,also pushing the action.

I think his flaw that makes him vulnerable while pressuring is how he stands a bit too straight at times,it could left him open to be pressured or get caught with some good shots while he was leaning back.

 

I think Ali did improve his offensive game a bit on the 70s,he could hit hard when he wanted to even if he wasn't a fully detonating puncher,look out his match vs Lyle,when Lyle gassed out Ali smashed him with those Stockton slaps.