Thread: 'Sugar' Ray Leonard heavy handed or not?!

What you guys think about Ray's power? You often hear alot about his speed and crafty boxing skills but not too much on his power. IMO he could fooking crack at welter, and to go up weights and KTFO Donny LaLonde shows very heavy hands. So i rekon hes a P4P puncher. Opinions?

Originally Posted by cockey cockney

What you guys think about Ray's power? You often hear alot about his speed and crafty boxing skills but not too much on his power. IMO he could fooking crack at welter, and to go up weights and KTFO Donny LaLonde shows very heavy hands. So i rekon hes a P4P puncher. Opinions?

good puncher out of 10 id rate his power 7 or 6 when he fought flatfooted he had decent power he floored benitez twice so i reckon he has decent power not great p4p puncher but good puncher

Not a P4P puncher type but heavier than people thought....Ray was like the nerdy kid at school no one put much stock into then one day the wrong guy picks on him and he all of a sudden kicks his ass.....Let me explain...

1.Ray had Angelo dundee....smart as they come remember this guy spent how many years with ALI?...Another fighter who hit harder than most gave him respect for....Yet even with him calling the rounds he was going to KO a guy in no one gave it much thought....To his power...Like Ray not a real big puncher but better than average.....

2.They marketed Ray as a pretty boy who can box...Not as a slugger...He moved and danced....He wasn't the go for the KO type guy...When goaded into a fight though Ray could brawl and slug with the best of them....Even after TKO of Hearns and being able to go toe to toe with at the time one of the most feared punchers in the sport no one gave him the respect as a puncher...In fact they chaulked it up as Hearns having a weak chin......

One punch power Ray did not have but he could do damage....

i think leonard punched hard enough to gain respect. leonards strength was his speed and with that speed came his power. the ko of dave "boy" green" was chilling

He had enough pop to keep your attention, not really one punch KO, but more of an accummulative effect. I think what helped him out was that nobody expected him to have any type of power.

i chose average

I believe had a pretty respectable amount of power. I agree with Daxx in saying it was the way he was marketed coming off the olympics and being a pretty boy. But, yeah he had more power than people gave him credit for.

I give him a 5.

I don't put much merit in ko'ing Donny Lalonde...but all that aside Leonard imo was an average punher power wise...sorta like Pretty boy....he'll score some ko's against guys who dont have great chins but all in all he''s just average power wise

Originally Posted by kerry0774

I don't put much merit in ko'ing Donny Lalonde...but all that aside Leonard imo was an average punher power wise...sorta like Pretty boy....he'll score some ko's against guys who dont have great chins but all in all he''s just average power wise

he knocked wilfredo down twice and tkoed him in 15

Ray hit harder the Floyd Mayweather. He was a pretty hard puncher. If you look at some of his earlier fights he won by one punch knockout. Ray could punch. He didn't knock out Hagler or Duran but he had respect in those fights or they would have just walked in. Ray's power was his speed and also he was built very solid. That was Ray's deception. Because of how he looked he seemed like he would not punch hard.

he would never ko them two they were two tough sob

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

he would never ko them two they were two tough sob

Spot on. Most people in HISTORY would struggle to stop them hard bastards!

Ray had exceptional posture, probably from his time in gymnastics. He had a strong groin and lower back which gave him the explosive ability, plus his technique was good. If you got hit a good shot of him you didnt want a second .

I said Ray Leonard was "average"...I think his speed and combination punching KO'd people more than his one punch power.