Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMick
PBF vs. Donald Curry = PBF
SRR vs. Carlos Palomino = SRR
SRL vs. Oscar = Oscar
Emile Griffith vs. Henry Armstrong = Henry
Felix Trinidad vs. Kid Gavilan = Gavilan
Thomas Hearns vs. Simon Brown = Hearns
Pipino Cuevas vs. Pernell Whitaker = Pernell
Jose Angel Napoles vs. 'Barbados' Joe Walcott = Napoles
Mick, I know you're a big Oscar fan, but do you really think Oscar would have a chance against Ray Leonard? I can't think of one thing that Oscar does as well as Leonard. Ray was bigger, faster, stronger, etc.

I think a strong argument can be made that Leonard is the 2nd best welter ever. I'm not even sure that Oscar is top 15.
HUGE FAN....
I think Oscars talent expands thru the divisions he's been in with the exception of the Middleweight div.
Other then that I give him a damn! good chance against the best in every divisions he's fought in.
To say that he would beat SRL, IMO is nothing out of this world or something that's unimaginable.
Pernells harder to hit then SRL but Oscar was able to land and beat Pernell.
So why not SRL, I can't tell you how the fight would go but I think Oscar could pull it off.
I assumed this list was prime-vs.-prime. Oscar didn't fight a prime Pernell.

What elements of the sport do you think Oscar was better at than a prime Leonard at 147?
I agree with Sweetpea no way on earth would ODLH beat a prime SRL. And using an old Whitaker to support an argument that ODLH could beat Leonard is not a good argument at all. First off Whitaker was way past his prime and had been fading since the Wilfredo Rivera fights, and even though it was an old shot Whitaker he still made ODLH look foolish all night and landed many jabs on ODLH. And IMO the fight was a draw, ODLH never faced anyone who had such good movement and great hand speed at Welterweight like Leonard had. What about Mosley vs ODLH 1 ?? Mosley beat ODLH to the punch all night and out boxed him clearly and won by about 4 rounds and that was in ODLH prime. Don't you think SRL could do the same and beat ODLH to the punch while out boxing him on the outside ??