Re: Benny Leonard- How good was he ?
Posted: 10 Jul 2025, 14:09
I always thought it was mind games from Ray in case the fight actually happened.Expug wrote: ↑03 Jul 2024, 19:30Arcel also said the best pure boxer he’d seen was Benny Valgar. I wasn’t crazy about Sugar Ray, largely because how he jerked Hagler around, flying him out to wherever he flew him to , DC I believe just to tell him they were not gonna fight. Narcissistic. Anyway, he was still a great fighter. I don’t see comparing him that unfavorably to anyone.Caractacus wrote: ↑17 Jun 2024, 13:47 don't know about Duran, but
the great boxing trainer Ray Arcel ( who helped train Benny Leonard
for his comeback in the 1930's)
once said that Sugar Ray Leonard couldn't carry Benny Leonards 'jock-strap"
( or words to that effect anyway)