Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

[Woldemar]

IMO SRL by UD.

Your opinions,please.

[goose 5]

I'm convinced Griffith beats Leonard.

[scorpio83]

SRL by hard fought split decision in 15 rounds.

[elmersalsa]

I'm convinced Griffith beats Leonard.

It could happen. And why not?

[giacomino]

SRL UD something like 9-6

[Ambling Alp II]

Leonard by clear decision (of course people would still bitch) or late TKO. He was better at literally phase of the game than Griffith.

[elmersalsa]

Leonard by clear decision (of course people would still bitch) or late TKO. He was better at literally phase of the game than Griffith.

Not in the inside fighting.

[Ambling Alp II]

Yep. Leonard was also faster, had a better jab, better right hand, better hook, more accurate, better chin. A lot more power.

[Seamus]

Leonard by about 10-5.

[elmersalsa]

Yep. Leonard was also faster, had a better jab, better right hand, better hook, more accurate, better chin. A lot more power.

Leonard was not a better inside fighter, though.

[Ambling Alp II]

Sorry, I was going by what most people consider fighting inside. I remember a while back you had some bizarre notion of what it meant. So going by your method (which usually amounts to whatever favors the guy you like the most) Griffith might have been better inside. My bad.

[Cojimar 1946]

Yep. Leonard was also faster, had a better jab, better right hand, better hook, more accurate, better chin. A lot more power.

Better chin based on what? Griffith has one prime stoppage loss and faced plenty of good punchers.

[Ambling Alp II]

Leonard was never knocked down in his prime.