Bernard Hopkins: Sugar Ray Leonard would be considered boring today

[New England]

I'd doubt it.

Leonard was a fighter.

agree. he had a great chin and heart. i think mayweather's got the heart, but he doesn't ahve the chin that leonard had, and had to show against big punchers. leonard also had a big punch, and all of his championship victories at WW were via knockout.


there's no way he'd be booed today. floyd mayweather might get a few boos from the fans of the other guy during his fights, but he's the best paid athlete on the planet. it's clear that people like to watch guys who can box.

hell, muhammad ali was the king of clinching when his legs slowed down, and in his prime he spend much of the fight circling and jabbing.

i've always felt that the true superstars enjoy massive celebrity because of things they do outside of the ring, in addition to their boxing.

[Zano-24]

this is a violet sport, people pay to see damages.

respect are reserved for fighters with big balls.

And buy your logic small brains.

[BUNGALOWS]

Hagler/Leonard is the most boring "super fight" I've ever seen.

No it wasn't. It had the "Hagler can catch Ray at any moment" feel to it, and that's even after watching it a few times.

Also had the, "can Ray sustain these flurries and keep Hagler off him?" feel to it.

[QuebecSTAR2]

And buy your logic small brains.

by your logic NO Brains and NO Balls.

[Kris Silver]

Yup Hop makes some good points and isn't afraid of speaking his mind no matter how controversial the point. But he does sometimes say things for attention and this isn't a point you can really back up.

I wouldn't mind but it's fairly dis-respectful to Leonard whom is himself a very humble respectful guy to other boxers.

Ray was way more entertaining, and would be way more entertaining today, than you Nard. Even though you are great at your style. That's the unfortunate truth. Jealousy won't change that.

[boxingfeind]

alright, since I see you guys didn't watch the video I'll explain. He was talking about how all out wars with no skill is glorified these days. How fighters, specifically slick black boxers, are called boring. He then talks about how boxing is getting away from the sweet science that it was built on. He calls the names of some fighters that would be considered boring today. and he speaks on how taking those punches affect the fighters outside the ring. It was a great interview.

I agree with Hopkins to a degree,but fighters like Canelo use similar tactics as Mayweather but yet nobody calls him boring.Mikey Garcia is a boxer puncher but nobody calls him boring.Before Rigondeaux beat Donaire,nobody was calling him boring.Ass soon as he beats Donaire,all of a sudden he`s call boring even though he fought the same way everytime.So its more about race then how entertaining a fighter is.And yes Hopkins is right,Suger Ray Leonard would be called boring today by a lot of people,not all.Tim Bradley`s style is similar to Ray Leonard but yet he`s called boring by a lot of people.But let a non-black fighter fight like Bradley then a lot of people people would talk about how exciting he is.

[game20ver]

I agree with Bernard. If general public has no respect for what Mayweather or Bradley does they would not like SRL. He would be criticized for ducking fights and running during fights.

[Zano-24]

by your logic NO Brains and NO Balls.

Yes you call it "balls" but in your mind its another word for ******ity.

[thuggery]

No surprise here, Bpoop always looking for sympathy.

Bpoop = boring as fuck

SRL/SRR = not boring as fuck

And more importantly, they would draw more than 1,500 people and wouldn't flop and dive in the ring after a boring clinchfest

[BOLLOCKS]

Nah, he throws moar than 2 punches a round unlike Hopkins.