Sugar Ray Leonard on the Mayweather-Canelo CW: "I would have asked for it to"

[Frank Ducketts]

That wasn't a "schooling." It was a fight Leonard was winning, but Duran wasn't getting wiped out or dominated.

That's because at that time during the rematch Duran was being embarrassed, and instead of toughening it out like great champions do, he blamed a steak and icecream for the reasons that he couldn't catch Leonard. And this is coming from one of Duran's biggest fans. Duran clearly beat Leonard fight 1, but by no means did he dominate Leonard.

[bojangles1987]

he made roberto duran quit. QUIT being the operative word. i think ur wrong on this one.

I'm not going to make excuses for Duran. I could, using Leonard's own words, but I won't. Duran quit. But the fight wasn't a wipeout at the time.

Besides, what does that have to do with the first fight? Rematches don't make the first fight irrelevant. I responded to a post asking if any welterweight could beat Leonard in his prime. Duran did just that.

[bojangles1987]

It was a schooling because Leonard was able to come back against this beast, change his game plan, fight with intelligence and made Duran quit.

I bet you seen it on replays only hu?

Duran quit, that was the definition of schooling.

I wasn't alive at the time, so yeah, only replays.

[dc3383]

Antonio Margarito would have walked him down and stopped him.

Are you serious; he would have needed hand wraps and would still got KO'd

[LELBRON]

It was a schooling because Leonard was able to come back against this beast, change his game plan, fight with intelligence and made Duran quit.

I bet you seen it on replays only hu?

Duran quit, that was the definition of schooling.

Nope. Doesn't count.

Duran had a case of the bubblegutts and had to take a shit. Based on this simple fact alone, that "win" has a big fat * next to it.

Prime4Prime and with both boxers operating on a clear stomach, Duran beats Leonard 10 times out of 10.

And i say this as a guy that lives like 10 mins away Leonard's house and grew up training at his gym.

[bodyshots]

I wonder how Luis Resto feels about marg's glove tampering

It's probably not an understandable thought, for how he would put it.

[MRCHOKEaMF]

Damn, SRL on dat save a hoe campaign huh. Floyd is lame and that's dat. Besides Ray is lying his a$$ off. He's never done anything compatible. Sure the Lalonde thing was lame, however he never competed at lightheavy before that farce. Unlike Floyd who's a 2 time jr middleweight champ.

Sugar ray fought hagler at a catchweight 2lbs south of 160lbs

[toyboy33]

LMAO the comments on this thread are truly classic.

And predictable.

[FeFist]

It was a schooling because Leonard was able to come back against this beast, change his game plan, fight with intelligence and made Duran quit.

I bet you seen it on replays only hu?

Duran quit, that was the definition of schooling.

Paraphrasing Leonard's own words, he waited until the beast clawed his fangs. To be honest I don't understand how people can overlook Leonard saying he demanded the rematch straight away because he knew Duran would over indulge himself after victory, balloon up in weight and then have a difficult time getting back in shape. He pretty much admits that he didn't want to fight Duran in his peak condition. Then rather than rematch him straight away he waited for about 10 years, Pacquiao was routinely slated for waiting less than 5 years to rematch Marquez.

It's why I think that in 30 years time, the boxing fans will revere Mayweather, Pacquiao et al and make claims that the fighters of this generation do not take challenges. Only the good things are remembered down the stretch.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Nope. Doesn't count.

Duran had a case of the bubblegutts and had to take a shit. Based on this simple fact alone, that "win" has a big fat * next to it.

Prime4Prime and with both boxers operating on a clear stomach, Duran beats Leonard 10 times out of 10.

And i say this as a guy that lives like 10 mins away Leonard's house and grew up training at his gym.

Paraphrasing Leonard's own words, he waited until the beast clawed his fangs. To be honest I don't understand how people can overlook Leonard saying he demanded the rematch straight away because he knew Duran would over indulge himself after victory, balloon up in weight and then have a difficult time getting back in shape. He pretty much admits that he didn't want to fight Duran in his peak condition. Then rather than rematch him straight away he waited for about 10 years, Pacquiao was routinely slated for waiting less than 5 years to rematch Marquez.

It's why I think that in 30 years time, the boxing fans will revere Mayweather, Pacquiao et al and make claims that the fighters of this generation do not take challenges. Only the good things are remembered down the stretch.

This is why I hardly post on NSB.........

Good lord the nonsense in this place, it truly is embarrassing for this site.