Sugar Ray Leonard or Bernard Hopkins?????????

[SCtrojansbaby]

Fight would obviously be at 160. Obviously Bernard in his prime and Ray in whatever you thought his best form was at 160

[SCtrojansbaby]

I got Bernard knocking Sugar Ray out similar to how the De La Hoya fight went. Bernard starts slow but the superior size and power take over

[Viciousz]

Leonards high workrate would win him a decision. Albeit a close one.

[SCtrojansbaby]

You think it would be like the Taylor fights? BTW I thought B-hop won both fights

[SCtrojansbaby]

bumpity bump

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

He would dominate Leonard.

[ИATAS]

Leonards high workrate would win him a decision. Albeit a close one.

You think it would be like the Taylor fights? BTW I thought B-hop won both fights

PRIME bhop didn't have that problem. He was 40 years old against Taylor.

Prime Bhop would have been too big, too strong and too physical for Sugar Ray.

Remember, Leonard beat Hagler by stealing rounds and hagler basically just chased leonard most of the rounds. That tactic would NOT work against a prime Hopkins. No way.

Now, a 40 year old hopkins? Yeah maybe, maybe Leonard could possibly pull off the upset.

[NesNY]

let's see.

SRL fought at 160 after a 3 yr layoff....and got a friendly home court decision vs. Hagler.
Bernard @ 160 beat an undefeated Tito, a declining version of DLH, and some other good fighters in his prime.

If the ref allows clinching and inside fighting, Hopkins imposes his size and wins. If the ref doesn't allow it, I think Leonard dances to a UD or SD victory. I kinda see it like a Mayweather/Hatton deal, except without a TKO.

[Thread Stealer]

I'm not really sold on Leonard's chances against too many great fighters above 154. He beat a slower, easier-to-hit Hagler by a decision that will forever be debated. Leonard himself had declined too and was better before at 147 (and 154), but hey, this is a straight-up matchup, not P4P. We're going by the middleweight Leonard we saw, right?

Leonard was a great, great fighter with a lot of intangibles so I wouldn't totally sell him short. He'd probably figure out the right game plans and adjustment tactics to be competitive but I don't favor him that often in these H2H matchups above 154.

[SCtrojansbaby]

I'm not really sold on Leonard's chances against too many great fighters above 154. He beat a slower, easier-to-hit Hagler by a decision that will forever be debated. Leonard himself had declined too and was better before at 147 (and 154), but hey, this is a straight-up matchup, not P4P. We're going by the middleweight Leonard we saw, right?

Leonard was a great, great fighter with a lot of intangibles so I wouldn't totally sell him short. He'd probably figure out the right game plans and adjustment tactics to be competitive but I don't favor him that often in these H2H matchups above 154.

LOL you didn't say anything. Who do you think wins and how?