Just how good was Ray Leonard?

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Very overrated. He was a good fighter. But not a great one. His constant retirements and ducking of fighters hurt him.

wtf? he beat the greatest fighters of his generation and all hof

duran
hearns
benitez
hagler

I'm well aware of who he beat. Like I said, he was good. But if you look close, you see he also lost to Duran, Hearns (draw, yeah sure) Hagler (without a doubt it was a lost) and Terry Norris. He refused to rematch Hearns and fight Hagler when they were in there prime. Instead waiting till when he taught they were shot. And he also ducked Aaron Pryor and Michael Nunn. Good fighter. Not great.

Who do you think was the best of that era violent demise? Leaonard, Hagler, Hearns or Duran?

Personally for me it's Duran because he succeeded in so many weight divisions and over so long a time span. Absolutely awesome fighter.

Hearns is my favorite, but I'll have to say Hagler. His wins over Hearns, Duran and Leonard (it was a win) are the reason why. Unlike Leonard he ducked nobody. Actually Hearns and Duran also never ducked anybody, either. Just Leonard.

Yeah but Hagler only ever won at middleweight, Duran was unbeatable at lightweight, then won titles at light welter, welter, junior middle and middleweight. Plus he reigned for about 20 years, whereas Halger only ever won at middleweight if I remember and then quit after the Leanard fight.

If you going by all there fights in other divisions, than I got no problem with saying Duran was the best. You got to remember Hearns won titles in mulitple division as well. He went from Welterweight all the way up to Light Heavyweight. Which is very impressive