Mayweather beats Ray Leonard UD

[boxing maniac]

Here me out. The old school era is always automatically favored because they are old school. This is why i love youtube. I am the biggest Ray Leonard fan, but im also realistic.

Larry Bonds: Ray, did not look good against Larry Bonds. Bonds, was moving and Ray's ability to cut off the ring was ok. But what if Bonds had Floyds counter shots and all around ability Close fight

Ayub Kalule: He nailed Ray consistently round after round. Ray caught up with him in the ninth, but Kalule is 5 notches below Floyd

Leonard, looks aweome against Davey Boy Green fighters who brawl with slow feet. Stay in front of him. If Mayweather boxes sticks that left jab to Rays body, comes back with the straight right. Its open all night

The Benitez fight....If Benitez had Floyds offense he wins

You must be out of your dam mind!

[billeau2]

Mayweather is not nearly as fast as Ray at any weight. floyd is technically able. Ray was a killer Floyd avoides guys who could fold him. Both guys had the smarts...but what engineer would you rather have work on your damn, the one who struggled and built damns in Holland and new Orleans? Or the very talented Bechtel engineer who did a coupla small ones but didn't want to try anything too big.

Noooo comparison. Floyd was ATG in the lighter weights, but never holds a candle to Sugar Ray. One guy aimed for the sun and got burnt (like he made it!) another guy wanted the moon and a lot of accolades. Its mental. Look at Floyd's face when he gets in rough situations...imagine him getting in rough with Duran now, or Hagler....No way no how he folds like a house of cards and I don't care what shape he is in! Madianna took him into deep water....a b level pressure guy.

[Haglerwins]

Ray probably stops Floyd. Sugar would've been smart enough to figure out Mayweather prefers to shell up or get away than heavily counter and would've kept him in that shell. At the very least he gets a UD on work, but my biggest indicator that he wins soundly is that the first fighter I heard mentioned say they would aim for the top of Floyd's head as a strategy against him was Sugar Ray Leonard a couple of fights before Maidana I. I thought it was a ridiculous grasping at straws idea, but just goes to show why they're the pros and we're not. Floyd had no answer for that punch in that fight and Marcos is a B level type. I don't think he survives if it was Ray doing it on top of the flurrying.. and Sugar would go for it against Floyd if he was losing the technical battle in a mega fight anyway.. so we're talking contending with smart pressure and power in the end. and let's be real, sometimes it's these half talented guys making Floyd look bad like a Zab, MM.. and we throw him in there with a REAL atg natural welterweight ? we might see Floyd actually take a lopsided L here for once

[ElCuchillo]

Mayweather wouldn't fight Leonard in a million years.

Floyd doesn't fight black fighters/ Slick fighters

[joseph5620]

Mayweather is not nearly as fast as Ray at any weight. floyd is technically able. Ray was a killer Floyd avoides guys who could fold him. Both guys had the smarts...but what engineer would you rather have work on your damn, the one who struggled and built damns in Holland and new Orleans? Or the very talented Bechtel engineer who did a coupla small ones but didn't want to try anything too big.

Noooo comparison. Floyd was ATG in the lighter weights, but never holds a candle to Sugar Ray. One guy aimed for the sun and got burnt (like he made it!) another guy wanted the moon and a lot of accolades. Its mental. Look at Floyd's face when he gets in rough situations...imagine him getting in rough with Duran now, or Hagler....No way no how he folds like a house of cards and I don't care what shape he is in! Madianna took him into deep water....a b level pressure guy.

Can't agree with that. Mayweather at 130 was as fast as anyone I've seen. Their styles are different with Sugar Ray throwing combinations more consistently. Either way, the speed is not that far off even if you favor Leonard.

I would always favor Leonard to win because they would have to fight at 147. There Leonard wins a clear decision but will definitely be frustrated at times. No way is this a blow out KO for Leonard though. With Mayweather's defense I think that's unrealistic.


It's also unfair to use an example of a fighter when they're nearing 40. That's like me using Leonard in the second Hearns fight or even the Norris fight.

[soul_survivor]

this too close to call, make a poll

[Slick Veteran]

It's disrespectful to do these fantasy matchup in my opinion.

[pgolf]

SRL destroys FMJ at 147.

However... Pound-for-pound, prime-for-prime, 130 FMJ vs. 147 SRL... that would be more competitive.

Leonard vs. Mayweather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwbfUuEI5Ow

[Eastcoast]

It'd be a tough fight, but prime SRL stops prime FMJ late. Those brief spots where Judah & Mosely found success wouldn't be so brief with Ray. Floyd would be on the run the whole fight.

[Bigg Rigg]

Leonard beat Hands of stone Roberto Duran, Thomas the hitman Hearns, , marvelous Marvin Hagler...get some rest, it must have been a long day for you

I think he would have beaten Floyd but I can't respect the way he beat Duran. I'm sorry.