Quote Originally Posted by LawHoops
Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
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
Lets look at that list.....

Duran-Roberto Duran won the first of the three fights, bout #2- Look into the reasons he really quit that fight....I believe him...Bout #3-Two old guys scrapping it out for 12 rounds...
Hearns- If SRL would have fought Hearns five years earlier when Hearns wanted the fight, do you actually believe SRL would have won then Me, HELL NO!! Hearns would have knocked him out like everyone else...
Benitez-Only credible win out of the 4
Hagler-GOT RIPPED OFF!!!!! I fell you have to fight the whole fight to win a fight....30 second bursts just dont cut it in my book....There is 3 mins in a round!!

So yeah, I agree that SRL was overated, A good fighter, but overated...He cared more about the money than he did the fights, this is why he ducked fighters in their prime to later take them out when they were out of their prime....