The Difference Between SRL and Mayweather

[Calilloyd]

Sugar Ray was also a very good finisher. Not so much for floyd.

Sugar also didn't mind getting his hands dirty from time to time.

Sugar Ray punched harder than Mayweather. Leonard's power is an underrated part of his arsenal.

[ИATAS]

Comparing Floyd to Hearns and Leonard, who both were huge welterweights? Floyd is smarter than them, both of those guys talk punchy, what did they get for all their bravado, nothing more than memories and talk around the barber shop. Im sure they wish they had been smarter and more defensive in the ring if you ask them now.

Sometimes man, you come off like a big time idiot. lol no offense, but for real man, this is boxing.

[Bogler]

Comparing Floyd to Hearns and Leonard, who both were huge welterweights? Floyd is smarter than them, both of those guys talk punchy, what did they get for all their bravado, nothing more than memories and talk around the barber shop. Im sure they wish they had been smarter and more defensive in the ring if you ask them now.

what do you mean what did they get? they've gotten more respect in the boxing world and higher ATG status because of it and even w/o the juvenile insecure trashtalk.

[Forza]

I really like SRL but mayweather jr wouldve dominated him in his prime. SRL got destroyed by duran and got lucky on the dec against hearns.

[Calilloyd]

True. Floyd is from the cloth of RJJ and Hopkins. All 3 of them have more than a couple of fights where they could have stopped an opponent if they decided to step on the gas and not continue coasting.

I hear this a lot but I don't agree. The fighters have a better perception of whether their opponent is ready to go, than a spectator. If the KO isn't there, it's not there. I don't believe any of those fighters had a fighter on the verge of a KO that they just "let slide" because they didn't want it. I don't buy that.

[BattlingNelson]

I really like SRL but mayweather jr wouldve dominated him in his prime. SRL got destroyed by duran and got lucky on the dec against hearns.

Yeah right. Think about it. Floyd takes two years off and then fights a LW at WW. Leonard does the same and fights the greates MIDDLEWEIGHT that ever lived.

GTFO.

[swizz]

true indeed you have to be a confident man when you step in the ring

[Calilloyd]

Tommy Hearns and Ray Leonard were asked how they felt about Floyd Mayweather's frequent proclamations that he is the best fighter of all time.

"I don't have any problem with that," said Hearns. "It's good for him to have that confidence in himself."

"I echo what Tommy says," added Leonard. "Fighters have to believe they're better than anyone. It's a confidence bordering on arrogance. But I would have phrased it a little better."

-- Kieran Mulvaney

Floyd's ring IQ might be second to none, but he's an idiot outside of it. He sounds like he doesn't know what he's talking about, whether he does or he doesn't know. Which leaves his fans trying to defend or put his comments in a better context.

That, and Floyd retiring after the Hatton fight and not facing Cotto, Margarito before or even the winner of the fight, would be as if SRL retired after fighting Kalule without fighting Hearns.

I think Leonard is right.

[Mr. Philadel]

Ray would've fought Cotto, Margarito and Williams.....Ray would've came outta retirement and went str8 at Manny or Shane without a tune up....thats the difference!!

[Heru]

I hear this a lot but I don't agree. The fighters have a better perception of whether their opponent is ready to go, than a spectator. If the KO isn't there, it's not there. I don't believe any of those fighters had a fighter on the verge of a KO that they just "let slide" because they didn't want it. I don't buy that.

No, sometimes a closely viewing, analyzing, and knowledgeable spectator can have a better view of what's happening than the fighter. That's part of the reason why there's cornermen.

You don't have to buy it, my perception is if you're outclassing and, in some cases, hitting someone almost at will, you should take the necessary risk to take them out. There's been a couple of fights where they could have stepped on the gas and taken an opponent out, but didn't.

You rarely see Mayweather take those risks to end a fight. Mayweather had no business letting JMM go all 12. JMM never went into survival mode and the ref had been asking if he wanted to continue since around the 8th.