Leonard and Duran speak on Mayweather

[KickAzz]

Hearns would f.uck up Cherrypicker... Cherrypicker wouldn't be able to potshot Hearns and if Mosley had Cherrypicker on ***** street, Hearns would have him knocked out cold

[Mikhnienko]

I'm 45, and remember watching and becoming a fan of Leonard at the '76 Olympics and watching his entire career, including the fights against Duran, Hearns, Hagler, etc...and imo, Floyd is better than all of those guys.

Leonard's boxing ability made Duran quit. Floyd would have not only outboxed him, but counterpunched him to death. Floyd's D and conditioning would have given him the nod against Leonard. Hearns vs. Floyd would have been interesting until Floyd started timing him and potshotting him and taking him to the late rounds and started toying with him due to conditioning. Hearns might have stood a chance with Mayweather in a 12 rd fight, but not 15 rds.

Mayweather would have outskilled Hagler also.

Floyd could barely cope with the pressure of JLC or a past it Cotto. Duran would destroy Floyd as would Hearns, SRL and Hagler.

[champion4ever]

Actually, I believe that Mayweather would fare better against a Roberto Duran than either a Sugar Ray Leonard or Thomas Hearns. The reason being is that in his prime, Roberto Duran was more of a slugger, who liked to swarm his opponents with combination punches on the inside. However, Floyd is actually a very good inside fighter himself, who knows how to counter, slip, duck, block and roll with punches while fighting on the inside. Where Duran would be the most vulnerable is in the center of the ring, where he and Mayweather are practically the same size. Smaller welterweights; Roberto would have trouble cutting off the ring against Floyd due to his lack of a jab, footwork and perhaps a much quicker opponent, while being pot shotted at will. On the other hand, Leonard and Hearns would be nightmarish matchups for Mayweather, given their height, size and boxing skill. Both had nice jabs with good power, which would keep the smaller Mayweather at a distance with their longer reach, thus making it very difficult for him to potshot them from close range. In order for Money to score points against either of them, then he would have to open up more and come out of that philly shell defense and this would leave him very vulnerable to the straight right hands and power of either fighter.