'Sugar' Ray Leonard heavy handed or not?!

[p4pking]

When Leonard came to Bristol last year I asked him if he considered himself heavy handed. He said no.

Beat that.

I read his journal last week and he wrote that he really thought he is very heavy handed even though one time in Bristol he told someone he wasn't.

[Memphis]

Im done

[El Kabong]

I read his thoughts....he might tell people he's heavy handed but he doesn't really believe it

[ICB]

he had respectable power bit like evander at heavyweight not 1punch ko artist but hes the got the type of punch to get ur respect and to make u back off or get on ur bike and start dancing around the ring like i said id rate his power 6 out of 10 just bit better than average

[Scrap]

I cant recall him ever hitting himself

[LegendBoxing65]

Did someone say that Mosley was a hard puncher? Ray Leonard hit harder than MosleyI think. Ray would knock guys out who could not knock him out, Mosley is a rather under average puncher now I think. Good strong inside puncher, but not necessarily a big puncher. He knocked out Vargas you say? Anyone who hits Vargas clean seems to knock him out or down.

[Scrap]

I enjoyed that.

[Syntax Error]

I think Ray had very good power.

Because he was a more naturally orientated 'boxer' he did no sit down on his punches as much, but when he wanted to dig he could.

[cockey cockney]

Well DUH, Memphis was just asking about the power aspect of Ray's game. He said he could box and move and throw combinations with speed and all that.

His power wasn't p4p great but it was decent....I'd say on par with Mayweather Jr. but not as high as De la Hoya, Mosley, Hearns, Trinidad, Robinson, etc

Ray had ALOT more power then PBF at welter IMO. Not even close.

[pacfan]

he would never ko them two they were two tough sob

Spot on. Most people in HISTORY would struggle to stop them hard bastards!

You got it all wrong, guyz. You see, Sugar suffers from one weakness like many or most other good boxers do, that is, when faced with strong or hyped up opponents, they lose their offensive mindedness and becomes less aggressive than they usually do - e.g., the first Duran fight and the perhaps the Hagler one too but maybe that one can be dismissed coz he hadn't fought for about 2 years before that. There are lots of examples, like Trinidad against Hopkins, but the best recent example would be the Castillo-Corrales fight. Remember Corrales showed his real power ONLY when he was cornered like a wounded tiger and there was no way out for him except to attack with all his might. See lots of these fighters have power but most of the time they are sort of intimidated to use, perhaps fearing the Corrales-like retaliation, but don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that when I mentioned his power. I meant that like Corrales, there are many boxers including Sugar Ray who somehow lack the heart to use them especially against strong opponents. If it weren't for this weakness, he would've been the best ever fighter in the history - he had everything else where most others lacked.

But believe me, Sugar had the power to knock out any boxer with his power, even Hagler, but only if he decided to let them loose like when he did to the poor chap LaLonde. He was clearly the one of the best, if not the best, power puncher in the boxing history. Take it from a guy who has been punching most of his life, that's me .

[El Kabong]

Yeah I hate to retract my former statement but yeah Leonard had more power at 147 than PBF does.....he's also more willing to trade.

The Leonard that fought Hagler is the Mayweather that's fighting now.....afraid to trade, running away, relying on speed and defense.

It rubs people the wrong way when a guy like that says he's the best because he doesn't go out and really BEAT another guy he just has too much talent for them to handle.

[diamonddavestafford]

Ask Floyd Mayweather Sr. if Leonard could hit or not.

[ladnarf]

Have a word with Dave 'Boy' Green.