Why Ray Leonr isn't a true legend

Terry Norris sure let Keith Mullings, Dana Rosenblatt, and Laurent Boudouani get away with kicking his ass.

I wonder why Norris didn't want any more after those drubbings. I can't believe, at the tender age of 29, he'd let Mullings beat his career into submission.

I guess Hagler was getting kind of old when he faced Leonard. He was only about 2 years younger than Leonard was when he faced Norris. I still can't believe Hagler let Leonard beat him into retirement.

 

Leonard is a legend.
[Some Legend's are Murderer's outside the ring...]

 

Someone claimed he was on the downlow.I hope that's not true.

 

So that's where this comes from Rooster!!! I never knew where all the hatred stemmed from! I'm no Leonard fan either in honesty, dont really disllike him though either.

PS- Your first fave Garden moment, the best part is after it when he's in the ring, he cried, Roberto cried, when the fans went wild for him.

 

atsch Sugar Ray Leonard is the truth. He has the best 4 wins in the history of boxing, and his win to overcome Hagler is a remarkable achievement - up there with Ali vs Foreman and Douglas vs Tyson.

Top 3 P4P all time for my money. Not based on longevity, but skillwise, resume, and his ability to overcome all obstacles make him special.

 

Leonard was shot. Ray looked about done when he won the light-heavyweight title from LaLonde, and that was three years earlier.

Mentioning the Norris-Leonard fight is like mentioning Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis, Eric Morales vs David Diaz, Muhammad Ali vs Holmes, Roy Jones Jr vs Glenn Johnson, Duran vs Pazienza, Holmes vs Tyson. They were way past their best, and the loss in no way hurts their overall legacy.

Prime Leonard always defeats prime Norris.

 

Because this is not a normal fighter we're talking about. It's Ray Leonard, quite possibly boxing's biggest star and talent ever. Any time Ray Leonard is in the ring his opponent is sharing the ring with greatness, and should be grateful. Whether he won or lost in his first encounter with Duran is unimportant. Duran was the one receiving the opportunity with a rematch.

Sorry, I was trying to be as silly as you only coming from another angle.

I was stating they fought again shortly after their first encounter. You had suggested that Leonard waited 9 years for a rematch. Leonard waited 9 years for a 3rd fight that was all about a pay day with very little in the way of historical significance.