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Originally posted by U_TALKING_2_ME? View PostThe one that destroyed me when I was kid was Leonard vs Hearns 1.
At the time I hated Leonard and Hearns was my favorite active fighter.
Hearns was still on his feet and still able to fight, he was a little gassed but right before the referee stopped the fight Hearns was still throwing back and the ref really did not take a good look at him he just pulled Leonard away and waved it off.
In a fight of that magnitude the referee should of been vilified for deciding the winner instead of letting the fighters decide who was best that night.
Still to IMO the worst stoppage I have seen.
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Originally posted by MRBOOMER View PostMaybe that's why I don't rate Leonard as high as some do his career seems like a great example of being the favorite a little often and I don't wanna say cherry picking but I can't come up with anything else to call it
leonard-hearns 1 or 2 was not a cherrypick, neither was beneitz or duran or aybule,,
Yes leonard had some cherrypicks, but its silly to think that prime undefeated monster welter hearns was a cherrypick,,,, Kevin howard or bruce finch yes it was a cherrypick but not hearns 81
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Originally posted by Anthony342 View PostLeonard pretty much started cherry picking after the second Duran fight mostly.
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....yeah and coming off a three year layoff, with only one fight in five years, to move up from 147 and fight the number 1 P4P, undefeated as champion, Undisputed, lineal ATG middleweight is a cherry pick.
Whatever else you can say of Leonard, the one thing you can't is that he cherry picked fights. He tried to get small advantages in big fights, but they were far from cherry picks. Huge risks against ATG fighters. He was the underdog against both Hearns and Hagler.
Then you have Duran, Benitez and Kalule. I'd say his only cherry pick was Lalonde.
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Originally posted by BennyST View Post....yeah and coming off a three year layoff, with only one fight in five years, to move up from 147 and fight the number 1 P4P, undefeated as champion, Undisputed, lineal ATG middleweight is a cherry pick.
Whatever else you can say of Leonard, the one thing you can't is that he cherry picked fights. He tried to get small advantages in big fights, but they were far from cherry picks. Huge risks against ATG fighters. He was the underdog against both Hearns and Hagler.
Then you have Duran, Benitez and Kalule. I'd say his only cherry pick was Lalonde.
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Originally posted by BennyST View Post....yeah and coming off a three year layoff, with only one fight in five years, to move up from 147 and fight the number 1 P4P, undefeated as champion, Undisputed, lineal ATG middleweight is a cherry pick.
Whatever else you can say of Leonard, the one thing you can't is that he cherry picked fights. He tried to get small advantages in big fights, but they were far from cherry picks. Huge risks against ATG fighters. He was the underdog against both Hearns and Hagler.
Then you have Duran, Benitez and Kalule. I'd say his only cherry pick was Lalonde.
Correct me if i'm wrong, but is'nt that how the smw division came about?
Was'nt it invented, so that SRL could become the first man to win titles in 5 different weights?.. Pretty sure Lalonde was made to come in at 168, but still had to put his wbc lhwt title on the line.Last edited by mickey malone; 11-28-2013, 11:32 AM.
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Originally posted by BattlingNelson View PostFine post. But Lalonde was not his only cherrypick. Durán III was just as bad.
On paper this looked like a pretty good fight. It probably would have been if the Duran from the Barkley fight showed up; but Roberto seemed to have no fire that night.
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