Was Sugar Ray Leonard overrated ?

Well he has a nice smokescream put up, kind of like a mayweather only with much better wins.
He lost hearns 2 and vs hagler, hearns 1 + duran 2 are great wins for him though, despite duran quitting and hearns being way up on the cards, but no cant say he is overrated.

 

He is not my favourite fighter but I can see that he was very good.I dont think he was overrated.

 

yeh probably you will take a bashing. People who gre up watching sport in the 80's no doubt think he's one of the greatest.

 

ah, #25 in Bert Sugar's Greatest Boxers book. very very talented Leonard was

 

he had the chance to live in an era with a lot of great fighters around his weight class and he had the balls to fight most of them (shame he didn't fight Pryor)

 

As overrated as Pacquiao and Mayweather, no. Both Pacman and Floyd are already approaching their last fights in their careers while Leonard had already fought Duran and Hearns mid career. He had a catchweight fight over a much, much bigger opponent. A limited opponent, but one with a ko punch. Floyd and Pacman taking on Martinez is today's version of Hagler, but Floyd and Manny coming up with excuses already. I don't see how Leonard could be overrated in any way.

 

one of the best most complete fighters ever. No not overrated.

 

He ****ing kicked Bonduce's ass.

 

In a word, no.

Leonard had it all, a great, complete skillset which he used to beat Duran, Hearns, Benitez and Hagler.

A truly great fighter.

 

Definitely the Bonaduce fight. He was so far past his prime it was incredible, the hand speed.

 

Sugar Ray leonard was extremly under-rated and doesn't get the credit he deserves

 

No. He was a complete fighter and had a great resume. He was not a *****, he could mix it up in a war or he could box your shoes off, he had a great chin and he had a killer instinct.