Sugar Ray Leonard

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Leonard was cold as ice. 77-87 he was pure dynamite, every single fight an absolute joy to watch. God I wish we could erase from reality those fights from Donny Lalonde onwards. Needless and degrading.

His book was surprisingly good. Brutally honest and revealing. I assumed it would be the generic self-serving sporting memoir but it was something totally different.

I remember Reg Gutteridge commenting about Leonard's looks,he said something like ' getting hit by Leonard would be like getting mugged by Bambi'.some fighters are intimidating just to stand next to,Leonard was the total opposite,but he had a right spiteful streak about him,like all great champs.

I believe the line was actually when he lost to Terry Norris and when SRL was on the ropes getting battered, he said it was like watching Bambi get mugged. I am 100% certain it was used then, in that way, but possibly it was also uttered as you said and I missed it.

It is just one of those lines I always remember like I know Ian Darke was in the middle of saying "Douglas would be pretty well advised to stick behind that jab......" as he landed the uppercut which separated Tyson from his senses. Like I remember Harry saying "What a monster this man Tyson is.....Bruno's face already heavily marked.....but fighting back and HE HURT TYSON AND TYSON KNOWS IT and is going for it! COME ON FRANK! GET IN THERE!

The Bambi one is just one I recall so clearly

It may have been from that fight,it was a long time ago,just remember laughing at it at the time,good old Reg.

[jamesmcdonnell]

actually it was the lalonde fight after hed been decked and cut.

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actually it was the lalonde fight after hed been decked and cut.

I've not seen the Terry Norris fight but watched the Lalonde fight many times so maybe that's where i heard it

[SenorPipino]

Leonard's 1980 knockout of Brit Dave "Boy" Green was one of the sweetest KO's I've ever witnessed.

Leonard looked like a flawless fighter that night.

[jamesmcdonnell]

For so few fights, it's hard to name another fighter who had so many great wins in such a compact career.

I wasn't keen on him as a kid as I thought he was too much of a fancy dan, but later came to appreciate that he was so much more than that.

[Counter-puncher]

Leonard's 1980 knockout of Brit Dave "Boy" Green was one of the sweetest KO's I've ever witnessed.

Leonard looked like a flawless fighter that night.

[Tuan_Jim]

Impossible to pinpoint a Reg Gutteridge quote as he had a grabbag of catchphrases he would use over and over.

"Oof, a bit of rough stuff from the fighters. . . .

[Here it comes]

We don't want three falls and a submission thank you very much!"

[forcefraser]

Great fighter but he should never have been given the nod over Hagler, nor the draw in the hearns rematch. Hearns was a clear winner

[Tuan_Jim]

I think Leonard bested Hagler but it'll divide fans for eternity.

[paddy chavez]

I think Leonard bested Hagler but it'll divide fans for eternity.

i'm a hagler fan but i thought leonard won hagler gave away the first 3/4 rds fighting ortherdox

[Taansend]

I think Leonard bested Hagler but it'll divide fans for eternity.

i'm a hagler fan but i thought leonard won hagler gave away the first 3/4 rds fighting ortherdox

I'm a fan of both & think it could have gone either way

Just depends on how you score it. But Hagler fought all wrong. He could have made it so much easier (although it's easy for me to say that, isn't it)