Just Re-Watched Leonard-Duran 1

[The Noose]

Basically what we have, is the Great Ray Leonard losing to a wild ass lightweight.

Mayweather decisions him easier than Castillo.

original op made perfect sense. if you look at all three leonard and duran fights you see a tremendous gulf in talent and ability between the two. ray arguably won 26 of the 35 rounds they fought. so the 9/out of ten times scenario is backed up by fact.

floyd is a level defenisively and most importantly athletically above sugar ray leonard, and three levels above duran in both defense and atheleticisim.

Perfect sense? A wild ass lightweight? Really?

And if Floyd can UD Castillo, he cant UD Leonard easier? That makes perfect sense to you?

Ok, im not going to explain things to you. But i highly recommend killing yourself.

[The Noose]

Wha's perplexing to me is, SRL is not discredited for losing to a former lightweight.

While Floyd gets very little credit for completely shutting down a great former lightweight.

sigh.

No matter how you slice it, he lost to someone he should've beaten.

All the rationalization and justification in the world doesn't change that.

No wonder Bernard Hopkins places Money May in the top 3 of All Times!

Duran...and ATG LW.
Castillo...a good LW.

Leonard went to war with Duran. Floyd pot shotted Castillo and most people think he lost.

Floyd had a chance at fighting ONE ATG, and didnt want it.
Leonard fought Duran 3 times, Hearns twice and Hagler.

[Richard Wadd]

duran was a wild lightweight. the dejesus 3rd fight, he certainly showed wildness and no ability to slip punches, no control at all, no boxing abilities. the 2nd fight too. he ate punches, he didn't show any masterful ability to roll with punches and slip them, or counter, or mix up his attack from head to body. Dejesus growing tired after receiving minimal body punishment (they go to the body better nowadays) and fighting at a snail's pace in such comfortable weather conditions, simply shows today's superiority in skills and training.

Duran took a mere 28 months before leaving LW to face Leonard at welterweight. but despite not ample time to grow into WW, and not defeating anyone of note after leaving LW (certainly no HOFers or excellent champions who later had acting careers), he still used his wild ways to beat Leonard, who was used to beating Juanita by then. I think ray was mad and brawled it out because he was mad that duran disrespected juanita.

He was like "only I can disrespect her, not you"