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Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 21 Jan 2020, 09:53
by Woldemar
IMO SRL by UD.

Your opinions,please.

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 21 Jan 2020, 20:54
by goose 5
I'm convinced Griffith beats Leonard.

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 22 Jan 2020, 06:27
by scorpio83
SRL by hard fought split decision in 15 rounds.

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 22 Jan 2020, 17:45
by elmersalsa
goose 5 wrote: 21 Jan 2020, 20:54 I'm convinced Griffith beats Leonard.
It could happen. And why not?

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 23 Jan 2020, 14:33
by giacomino
SRL UD something like 9-6

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 23 Jan 2020, 17:13
by 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.

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 23 Jan 2020, 18:15
by elmersalsa
Ambling Alp II wrote: 23 Jan 2020, 17:13 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.

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 23 Jan 2020, 23:28
by 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.

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 23 Jan 2020, 23:41
by Seamus
Leonard by about 10-5.

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 24 Jan 2020, 13:22
by elmersalsa
Ambling Alp II wrote: 23 Jan 2020, 23:28 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.

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 24 Jan 2020, 16:54
by 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.

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 25 Jan 2020, 23:32
by Cojimar 1946
Ambling Alp II wrote: 23 Jan 2020, 23:28 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.

Re: Welterweights : Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Emile Griffith

Posted: 28 Jan 2020, 13:19
by Ambling Alp II
Leonard was never knocked down in his prime.