Better Boxer Floyd or Sugar Ray Leonard?

[WillieWild114]

Floyd had more longevity and better defensive but Sugar ray had more offense and fought better competition who should rank higher in the pound for pound ?

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Ray Leonard.

38-0 Prime Benitez, won by stoppage.
72-1 Duran undefeated in 8 years, won by stoppage.
32-0 Prime Hearns won, won by stoppage.

Those 3 wins rank higher than anything on Floyd’s resume.

That’s no slight on Mayweather either, he’s a bonafide all time great, Leonard is simply greater.

[The D3vil]

Ray Leonard.

38-0 Prime Benitez, won by stoppage.
72-1 Duran undefeated in 8 years, won by stoppage.
32-0 Prime Hearns won, won by stoppage.

Those 3 wins rank higher than anything on Floyd’s resume.

That’s no slight on Mayweather either, he’s a bonafide all time great, Leonard is simply greater.

Don't forget ended Marvin Hagler's 7 year reign as MW champion.

Leonard is so far ahead of Mayweather, it's not even close.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Leonard is the best boxer I've ever seen besides Ricardo Lopez and Marquez.

[Noelanthony]

Don't forget ended Marvin Hagler's 7 year reign as MW champion.

Leonard is so far ahead of Mayweather, it's not even close.

I had Hagler winning that fight though

[Roadblock]

Ray Leonard.

38-0 Prime Benitez, won by stoppage.
72-1 Duran undefeated in 8 years, won by stoppage.
32-0 Prime Hearns won, won by stoppage.

Those 3 wins rank higher than anything on Floyd’s resume.

That’s no slight on Mayweather either, he’s a bonafide all time great, Leonard is simply greater.

Greater encompasses more than beating 3 guys, its the magnitude of the all. I think Floyd achieved more and influenced the sport more this is where greater has meaning which has nothing to do with who is a better boxer, it's very hard to compare guys from different eras, Hearns Duran and Leonard were all beaten by lesser fighters than Mayweather, which does not imply Floyd beats them, but what it does do is humanize them because people are starstruck by the long time hype around the golden eras, with the idea they can't be beaten, and that's not true there is very little between the true greats, enough so that one being in the zone and the other being an inch outside it and he loses.

Greater doesn't mean better.

[GhostofDempsey]

Leonard is ranked way higher P4P. He actually fought elite level opponents at their best, win/lose/ or draw.

[Noelanthony]

Greater encompasses more than beating 3 guys, its the magnitude of the all. I think Floyd achieved more and influenced the sport more this is where greater has meaning which has nothing to do with who is a better boxer, it's very hard to compare guys from different eras, Hearns Duran and Leonard were all beaten by lesser fighters than Mayweather, which does not imply Floyd beats them, but what it does do is humanize them because people are starstruck by the long time hype around the golden eras, with the idea they can't be beaten, and that's not true there is very little between the true greats, enough so that one being in the zone and the other being an inch outside it and he loses.

Greater doesn't mean better.

You make some valid points

[djtmal]

Greater encompasses more than beating 3 guys, its the magnitude of the all. I think Floyd achieved more and influenced the sport more this is where greater has meaning which has nothing to do with who is a better boxer, it's very hard to compare guys from different eras, Hearns Duran and Leonard were all beaten by lesser fighters than Mayweather, which does not imply Floyd beats them, but what it does do is humanize them because people are starstruck by the long time hype around the golden eras, with the idea they can't be beaten, and that's not true there is very little between the true greats, enough so that one being in the zone and the other being an inch outside it and he loses.

Greater doesn't mean better.

In other words, Leonard trumps Floyd every day and twice on Sunday, but since I am an Floyd excuse making groupie to the end, I just can't admit Ray is infinitely better.

[Roadblock]

Leonard is ranked way higher P4P. He actually fought elite level opponents at their best, win/lose/ or draw.

What opinion ranking is that exactly ?