Sugar Ray Leonard was he the greatest fighter of his time my fav boxer?

Question

Sugar Ray Leonard was he the greatest fighter of his time my fav boxer?

Answer 1

Yes I remember Sugar Ray.........He was a very good fighter.

A real nice friendly guy.......I think his little boy was always with him after a fight,  He would hold him.....cute kid...

What is Sugar up to these days?

Answer 2

He is not the greatest, but one of them.The 77-82 version of Leonard was pure gold, and I'm sure he could've beaten Pryor (who was not in his league) and some of the other good fighters if he was motivated.

Answer 3

I do think he was the greatest of that era. He owns wins against Hagler, Hearns, Duran, Benetiz and Kalule. None of those other greats of the era, can say that.

I would have loved to see him fight Pryor as well, but I do think if he beat Hagler & Hearns, he would have beat Pryor as well.

Answer 4

From the summer of 76' until the early 80's he was arguably the most recognized athlete in the world. His gold medal in Montreal then his rise up the ranks was amazing for me as a kid to watch.

The 7-up commercials were what got alot of peoples attention (and made the soda extremely popular). His loss to Duran taught him a lesson to not stray away from his fight plan and simply be ''Sugar''. He embarrassed Duran in the rematch, and nobody will ever forget his epic war with Tommy Hearns.

When Angelo Dundee yelled at him ''Ur blowing it son, ur blowing it!''  the earth shook and Leonard went out and 2 rounds later finished off Hearns. When he retired with the detached retina it left a gaping hole in boxing, and some say he should have fought Pryor but there will always be arguments about that.

But he did fight the best of his time and his comeback wins over Hagler and Lalonde, were great but the draw in the rematch with Hearns and last fight with Duran  were questionable, but his fights in his prime etched him as an all time great.



I saw him on Punk'd once with his son, where they faked a wreck and a telephone pole crashed. It was hilarious watching Sugar Ray looking at his son like he wanted to kill him but kept his cool. He was a legend.

And the greatest fighter of his time.

Answer 5

That's purely a matter of opinion.  Without a doubt he was one of the great welterweight/middleweights of his era, holding both championships 5 years apart.

Perhaps you could make a case for "pound for pound", the best fighter of his era.