Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Donny Lalonde

[BattlingNelson]

Or Leonard coulda just waited for a terrible champion at 175 that he could easily pick off. LaLonda was a good fighter and it made for a great fight. Nothing to complain about in my opinion.

I'm not complaining.

Don Lalonde was ok. He had a big right hand but he could hardly use his left as his shoulder was completely busted up. Lalonde wasn't the most formidable of champions and he was the easier one for Leonard for sure. The WBA champ was Virgil Hill who rightfully was considered the best in the division.

[Dave Rado]

Or Leonard coulda just waited for a terrible champion at 175 that he could easily pick off. LaLonda was a good fighter and it made for a great fight. Nothing to complain about in my opinion.

Lalonde was badly weight drained. That made it a farce. How can you say you're the Light Heavyweight champion when you need to force your opponents to weight drain themselves in order to be able to beat them?

[guru]

I don't see it as a scam.

For instance, I would have no problem if Chad Dawson moved down to 168 to fight Carl Froch and both titles were put on the line despite Dawson weighing only 168 (probably not possible but just making a point)

let me get this straight...... so if cotto had to come down to 140 or under to defend his 147lb title against pac, you would be okay with that??? i dont think its fair to make a champion fight BELOW his championship weight and put the title on the line... not to mention srl won the light hvy title without fighting a light hvywght, he fought a super mddlwght....