Sugar Ray Leonard vs Mayweather

[TonyJ]

Leonard @WW was faster, stonger, greater...

15 rounds:SRL by late KO!

1 rounds: UD win 4 SRL including knockdowns against PBF.

[ROSEWOOD]

The answer to the question. Leanord would beat Mayweather. Leanourd has beaten Hagler and Duran and Hearns.
Mayweather has beaten Castilo and Baldy.

Playa...fact has it that the talent pool has decrease since the days of Sugar and the gang...so your answer is basically null....do fault him because of the talent pool out there...most just hate floyd because either he has or can be their favorite fighter...oh and run your list again playa, add their total W's & L's up and tell me if you still feel the same way...100'ds of fighters have tired to beat the 30+ fighters that floyd murdered..

[K-DOGG]

Playa...fact has it that the talent pool has decrease since the days of Sugar and the gang...so your answer is basically null....do fault him because of the talent pool out there...most just hate floyd because either he has or can be their favorite fighter...oh and run your list again playa, add their total W's & L's up and tell me if you still feel the same way...100'ds of fighters have tired to beat the 30+ fighters that floyd murdered..

So, are you saying because the overall talent pool has decreased, we have to gie Floyd a "curve"?

Isn't that the same as giving a B student an "A+" just to have an A+ student in a class that's full of B's, C's, and D's.?

What about the A+ students who earned their grade against A- competition? Doesn't it degrade what they accomplished to cut a talented kid some slack?

[hollister]

So, are you saying because the overall talent pool has decreased, we have to gie Floyd a "curve"?

Isn't that the same as giving a B student an "A+" just to have an A+ student in a class that's full of B's, C's, and D's.?

What about the A+ students who earned their grade against A- competition? Doesn't it degrade what they accomplished to cut a talented kid some slack?

Exactly, and I thought this was about who would win rather than who's greater in their respective eras...

[wmute]

You know where the fact is? A mayweather sr. fight. if uve ever seen any of his fights its quite obvious hes faster. Mayweather jr is not the fastest at 147, there are faster.

I have seen one Mayweather sr. fight, all i can say is his form is not his son's. He did not look faster to me.

[wmute]

I am sorry, but I dont understand.

why are we debating wether a great welterweight would be able to beat or not a great junior lightweight?

it better be the case that Leonard is able to beat Mayweather.

[hollister]

I am sorry, but I dont understand.

why are we debating wether a great welterweight would be able to beat or not a great junior lightweight?

it better be the case that Leonard is able to beat Mayweather.

I think because some people like Floyd that much lol

[wmute]

I think because some people like Floyd that much lol

oh I like floyd, i think p4p this would be a great close fight, i may even pick floyd to piss off a few ppl

but it's just beyond me that the ww version of mayw. can beat the ww version of leonard

[amagnin]

oh I like floyd, i think p4p this would be a great close fight, i may even pick floyd to piss off a few ppl

but it's just beyond me that the ww version of mayw. can beat the ww version of leonard

This is right on point. While I think Floyd is a great talent, SRL is simply more comfortable at WW. Floyd may be dominating the division right now but people have already discussed that the WW division isn't the same as it was when SRL was fighting. I think at WW SRL would be faster (remember Floyd has looked much faster at lower weights), stronger, and perhaps even smarter. I think Floyd would have to fight a near perfect fight to beat him. That being said I don't think that a 15 round fight would be the difference in outcome as Floyd is in great shape and probably could fight 15 rounders if they still existed.

[guru]

this is poll is an insult to leonard.... there is no category that pbf would hold a significant advantage over SRL.... while SRL is taller, bigger, doesnt have brittle hands and hits ALOT harder....