Sugar Ray Leonard vs Muhammad Ali - Who was greater?

[Gordon Gekko]

Sugar Ray Leonard


Won 36 (KO 25) + Lost 3 (KO 1) + Drawn 1 = 40


Sugar Ray Leonard key wins:

• Wilfred Benitez
  
• Roberto Duran
  
• Tommy Hearns
  
• Marvin Hagler

Major Titles JHeld:

6 Tiltes in 5 different weight divisions

WBC Welterweight Champion
WBA Welterweight Champion
WBA Junior Middleweight Champion
WBC Middleweight Champion
WBC Super Middleweight Champion
WBC Light Heavyweight Champion




Muhammad Ali


Won 56 (KO 37) + Lost 5 (KO 1) + Drawn 0 = 61

Muhammad Ali key wins:

• Sonny Liston
  
• Joe Frazier
  
• Ken Norton
  
• George Foreman

Major Titles Held:

3 Time World Heavyweight Champion

WBA Heavyweight Champion
WBC Heavyweight Champion

[Gordon Gekko]

The general consensus is that Ali had a better resume but all 8 of the fighters mentioned are HOFers.

Liston, Frazier, Norton, and Foreman > Benitez, Duran, Hearns, and Hagler?? That's a tough argument.

[Gordon Gekko]

W T F is this ****?

It's a poll. I see you voted Ali.

Why? Do you feel he has a stronger resume?

[Stone Roses!]

Actually he is.

[Gordon Gekko]

I got to thinking about how great Leonard's resume is and wanted to compare him to a top 5 ATG and see people's reasoning behind usually putting Leonard around 15.

[T.McGrady]

Ali. Longer career?...

[Gordon Gekko]

Ali also has Archie Moore and Floyd Patterson under his belt, though they were at the end of their careers.

[GoogleMe]

I like this post. SRL seems to be forgotten some times...

[Gordon Gekko]

Both guys have one of the greatest comebacks in history.

[Gordon Gekko]

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