mlickey walker, emile griffth , jose napoles are some of the others leonard would compete against. the welter weight division does not seem to be as deep as the middle weight and lw
Great fighter, i rate him in the top 5 WW ever, i think id have him at 3 after SRR and Homicide Hank. Basillio? He probably sc****s into my top 10 also, i think he would have a great chance vs Ray but id probably favour SRL
Carmen Basilio above Armstrong & Leonard? No chance.
Basilio is probably barely top 20 behind the above, Gavilan, Hearns, Napoles, Ross, Ted 'kid' Lewis, etc etc
Leonard would of beasted him.
I think Basillio is a top 20 for sure and like i said i have him creeping around the number 10 spot, id have him no lower than 15 id think. Not the point though, Having the beating of a certain fighter doesn't mean u must be rated higher than said fighter. Pep is rated above Saddler for example
I guess why I threw carmins name out there is because he did beat robinson although at middleweight. He had great courage and was a consumate pro.It was not my intent to rate him above leonard. Did duran surprise leonard I do not think so but he did beat him.
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