Quote Originally Posted by Mr140
I am a huge fan of Rays i rank him in the top fighter in the past 30 years and number 10 on the pound for pound list. As for the Hagler fight i had him winning it close but winning it, He beat Hearns in prime all i care about and he never really got his prime years because of the fight. He beat Duran in the majorty of there fights and was a Champ for Welter to Lighteheavy. As for Proyer his wins are not even close to Rays and neither was his competion and it is easy to call someone out but he never moved up to welter to prove he was good at the weight. And for who i think would win I say SRL outboxes him to a clear decsion for Welterweight divsion and up to any divsion he fought in at anytime when he was a pro boxer.
Ray is no way a top 10 P4P fighter of all time, I'll name 10 right now who are rated higher.


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Willie Pep
Sugar Ray Robinson
Henry Armstrong
Joe Louis
Roberto Duran
Benny Leonard
Sam Langford
Harry Greb
Jimmy Wilde
Micky Walker

And he didn't beat Duran in a majority of there fights either. There 2nd fight was pretty close up until Duran quit with bad stomach cramps, in fact Duran had to lose over 50+ pounds to make the weight. Leonard even stated himself he took the rematch right after there first meeting because he knew how Duran would ballon up in weight, Duran's training was a disaster leading up to there 2nd fight, watch how he does the speed bag and etc, his coordination is terrible.

As for Pryor like i said earlier Leonard even ducked him in the Amateurs he moved up a weight class to avoid fighting him, plus Pryor used to give Leonard a beating when they sparred as youngsters. Leonard is a smart man he knew Pryor was too dangerous, he even stated he would never fight Pryor because of the styles.