I was a big fan of SRL , i picked him to beat Hagler ( whether he did is open to debate i personally thought was harsh to loose your title like that ) but i really think Ray abused his position as the boxing " darling of the fans ".
I mean to get a fight with limited Donny LaLonde the LHW champion , and get him to fight at a catch weight below LHW and also the Supermiddle title on the line , i mean that is just a fcuking joke. Its hand picking opponents and the instance that leave me pissed off about Ray , and it clouds the memory as to how good in his prime he actually was.
I now was in hindsight they judges hadn't taken away Marvins title in that manour , and think about it if Marvin had kept his title he may have made 1 more defence and imagine if it had been Iran Barkley , that would have been one to watch