Ray fires a shotgun without using his lips like Roy might

[aaarrr1]

When you make a noise when you punch it ensures that your breath the fool who write the title hasnt ever boxed in his life

[trackguy1]

Oh my God. His jabs are friggin' orgasmic.

[connymat]

You dont get a better finish than that!! How good wasnt Ray in his prime!!

[johnnysuchi]

sugar ray leonards handspeed=FUCKING RIDICULOUS!!!forget about.

[portilop]

what you mean leonard tried to be ali lol, he chose to emulate a similar style, but i wouldnt say it was to much like alis, any way leonard is the king of flurries

[Kennykillerbdad]

sugar ray robbinson,was ali's,idol

and ali,was sugar ray leonards,idol

[SmelOdies]

Strangely enough, Sugar Ray Leonard was Sugar Ray Robinson's idol. Circular!

[208stroker1]

@Kennykillerbdad the brown bomber....joe lewis was a huge influence on ali as well....

[Theworldisyourz09]

TOTALLY OUTCLASSED

[Theworldisyourz09]

this is leonard's prime of his career as far as weight age HAND SPEED AND HEART

[MarchalRaines9]

GYAAADDAAAAYUUM!!! that shit was like a finishing move on Mortal Kombat lol... i wonder if Green even felt the punch land

[tootsiefan]

Posterized !!

[brybry19871987]

Leonard tried too hard to be Ali....

[ozubier]

@brybry19871987 yes but he achieved greatness

[BadBlueBoy213]

lol sorry, i'm drunk

[yungmarz107]

lol comon sugar ray defiant in the ring

[Babyfacemadman1]

Jesus christ that guy had one hell of a chin on him to take all that punishment a still keep going one hell of a fighter

[Piglatinsuperstar]

Naw, Green was knocked cold by Palomino. He makes a great punching bag tho

[al894]

sweet ko

[Aztech355]

Excellence!

[AbdiXL]

That was a mean knock out.

[BluntedBeyondBelief]

the shuffle makes the video

[goldglove]

Thats one of the funniest things I ever heard.

[jackwardjw]

OK man maybe I got carried away, but people saying that any1 could 'fuck Mayweather up' are also in a dream world. Mayweather's defense is impregnable. no boxer in history had the skills to'fuck Mayweather up'.

[goldglove]

True,not anyone could beat mayweather of course and his defense is one of the best.He is a great boxer,but in my opinion needs to beat some of the true welterweights:Miguel Cotto,Shane Mosely etc to really prove his worth.

[Xformat01]

He was do damn fast....too bad we couldn't keep him forever.

[stoplesses]

None of those fighters sugar ray fought were bums; do you know why,,,, cause they were conditioned to fight 15 %^$ rounds....

[boothesquirrel]

goddamn that was awesome

[fasho11]

Good video. Ray Leonard's great. Stupid title and description, though.

[sammie221199]

ye i don't get the description:P

[SmelOdies]

As time passes, people are forgetting or haven't seen the fights involving Roy's characteristic noises when he throws punches.

[daniel30009]

its normal to make a noise while breathing because this helps you to avoid a loss of power and you get not tired that fast every fighter does it

[SmelOdies]

I'm sure, but Roy's was of a very enhanced effect.  Unusually so.

[marcusarkane]

@SmelOdies It helps breathing, forcing air out of the lungs and helps give power to punches

[vincespell]

@fasho11 He's probably saying Sugar throws a combination without running his mouth in the ring like Roy Jones does

[billyposter]

bullshit- mayweather would be taken apart by Hearns Duran and Leonard

[j0hnth3h1tm4n]

mayweather would beat him !!!!!!!!!!!

[pabloxxxxescobar]

looked like an ordinary punch to me

[pabloxxxxescobar]

boxing back then was sad..that was a nobody he beat

[Piglatinsuperstar]

green was alot like Lalonde if you know what i mean. Terry Norris could kick the crap out of both on the same night.

[BringerOfTheTruth]

Green kind of reminds me of 99% of RJJ opponents..

[BadBlueBoy213]

green? his trunks are red

[chisacat]

@BringerOfTheTruth - not quite , Dave boy Green was a bit more capable and fresher than most of RJJ's fall guys ,

[sadbasterd]

what ever the hell leonard was he did the job right? Hagler was a senastaional fighter too and we dont have peoople like this in these weight divisions do we... ever wondered what itd be like if Eubank, Benn and Watson foughts people like leonard hearns and hagler... good sport

[ThaSilverSurfer]

great great knock out, i never knew just how good sugar ray was, thanks for the up!

[Zelkiiro]

BAM!

[DaisyLee1963]

Goodness Ray Leonard is fast! I did not expect that ending. That was amazing.

[1975tooto]

I think the thing that people forget and overlook also is that he was out of the ring for 5 years before he fought Hagler! Who would stop boxing and then get in the ring with Marvin after 5 years? Thats very scary ,and he more than held his own! Marvin is also a great Champion.My Favorite!

[1975tooto]

This is still at a point where Ray was still learning as a professional.He was not a one dementional fighter.He threw punches and fought from so many angles and adjusted to his oppents style threw versatility.Because of this, It is hard to hypothetically match him up with someone from another era.The young hungry Leonard was a well schooled fighter.He was at peak when the detached retina happened!1977-1982!The combacking Leonard ONLY FOUGHT 3 times in 9 years!

[bobby33reed]

i do apologize about kalumbay. nunn did destroy him, what a left, rite on the chin, but i meant to say toney destroyed nunn. rite or wrong?

[bobby33reed]

it did hurt to see my dude beat like that, but terry was destroyed more than once.

[tim851]

Ray Leonard walks down the street and sees Roy Jones, Michael Nunn and Terry Norris.

[ACLUrawa]

Facts

(a) ESPN's 50 Greatest Fighter of all time

Leonard is 12th (Duran 6th, Hagler 35th, Hearns 37th, Roy Jones 46th)

(b) Ring magazine's 80 best fighter of the last 80 years

Leonard is 9th (Duran 5th, Hagler 16th, Roy Jones 44th, Hearns 67th)

You are right. Duran is ahead of Sugar Ray.

[themostlyrikal]

So I guess you can fight beter right?

[corytclark]

In my opinion, this fight is Sugar Ray Leonard at his dominant best. The only other fight that I think can challange that claim is his second fight with Roberto Duran

[corytclark]

Probably one of the more devastating KO's of all time. You can tell they are hard punches. It's almost chilling to watch how Davey "Boy" Green's head snaps back from those punches

[Piglatinsuperstar]

Dave Green is a punching bag - one of those guys who will try to break your hands with his face.

[SmelOdies]

Heh, you remind me of Burt Sugar the way you said that. Did Ray beat the bejabbers out of Davy Green?

[overtime2005]

was that round one?

[mythz07]

I love when a combo is finished with a good quick left hook to the head but especially the body. SRL had blistering hand speed. Speed really does kill.

[SmelOdies]

Do you think when Roy fights Tito he will use his lips on his punches?

[mythz07]

LOL. It's like a habbit. It helps some fighters throw faster combinations because the mind body connection helps their hands move as fast as their lips.

[yosemite72]

Sugar Ray Leonard is the Greatest fighter ever. He beat Hagler fair and square. I watch and score that fight over and over again. Leonard won on points. If Hagler was so sure he was robbed, he should have asked for a rematch.

[bteniswood]

He did you douche! He hassled for a rematch right after very strongly and Ray refused. That is why he retired. He said all he wanted was the rematch otherwise he was done with the corruption of boxing. It was a close fight and if Hagler didn't stupidly give away the first few rounds he would've won it...but he did and Ray won.

[rfl2956]

it takes 3 pound of pressure on the chin to get a k-o

[leodungen]

yea if your fighting a wimp

[chrisSC45]

Yea it depends who it is Jake LaMotta would take a hell of a lot more than 3 pounds

[fedormmagod]

Hagler is the greatest Middleweight of all time......Sugar Ray the Greatest fighter ever!!!!

[MishuTaste]

Whenever I watch a boxing match, it seems like the knockout punch isn't that hard. But then again, I'm not the one getting hit.

[SmelOdies]

You need to watch more boxing matches.

[jgaearley]

I have followed boxing for 30 years.........Roy Jones not in the the same league,,,,,you have to fight the best and beat them to be the best..... Duran, Benetiz, Hearns, Hagler and many more.......do you forget what a feat is was to beat the unbeatable marvin hagler one of the best middle weights ever.........Leonard has got to be up there.........and still pretty and clever.........top man

[SmelOdies]

...until you actually rewatch Leonard-Hagler and realize or remember it wasn't a convincing victory.

[Cleerview1]

Victory does not have to be convincing. So long as you get the "W", that's all that matters.

[SmelOdies]

Look at Louis-Walcott I. Whenever that fight is spoken of, Joe is said to have gotten a gift. So many years later, that fight might as well have been a loss.

[beaux711]

The rumor about Jones and Leonard sparring is true. Leonard came to Pensacola in the late eighties to try to sign Jones to a management contract and I watched them spar at the Pensacola Boys Club. They had head gear and 16 ounce gloves but it was so fun to watch. I was about 15 back then I will never forget it.

[SmelOdies]

Upload it.

[tralfazruck]

Scrapping the bottom of the barrel Davey Boy GReen.Pathetic.This show cases his greatness.Truly Sad.

[ThickieWonder]

sugar and roy are close, with sugar having and edge in the chin and heart department.That being said roy would have been too big and strong for shug, he would have outmuscled him to a unanimous decision

[BLKSERPENT]

Not one superfight under his belt, and people rate him in the top 5. Roy Jones is in a class of fighters such as Chavez, De La Hoya, Tyson, etc. The best for their time. They are not all time greats. Tommy came close, but he could not beat the best of the best. Leonard, Duran(No Mas) aside, Robinson, and Ali top the list in any era. It takes more than skills, physicality, it takes heart, and character to be a all time great. Nuff said.

[SmelOdies]

To be fair, Roy did beat Hopkins, Toney, and later a heavyweight title holder. That's impressive for a guy they thought at first was a middle/super middle.

[FORBAN2]

Roy jones in 1990's was unbeatable..God given talent of speed and power..Only Robinson would come close..He would have easily cleared the field,Hagler,Leonard,Duran,Hea­rns you name it.

[seanman47]

bullshit , roy jones wasn in there league, he never fought the quality of those guys , especially not hagler or leonard

[axel151]

mini Ali :D

[hyenachase]

JOY JONES IS OVERRATED BIG TIME

[ojsucksit]

Is Chris Shenkel or Don Dunphy the worst play by play man in history?I know that late in their careers both were awful.

[rick8889]

you forget roy jones had a glass jaw,and ray leonard would have explored that.bottom line roy was fast but with leonards punching power he would have put jones to sleep.

[Mowglieboy69]

Leonard was a WW, Jones was a SMW. Jones was too big for Leonard, not too mention just as fast or even faster with better power and strength. He was too big for Leonard. AT 160 this would be a good fight, but I'd go with Roy due to all of his advantages. Not impossible to see Leonard's strong chin withstanding Roy's shots and ROy getting hurt though. The thing is, Roy didn't show any semblance of a bad chin until he was an old man, and when you get older your punch resistance goes.

[rick8889]

bullshit, roy jones back in his young days never had his chin checked because he fought a bunch of cops and fuckin fire fighters and shit he never fought a callibar like ray leonard. roy jones fought safe fights,leonard fought great fighters who are now legends.

[Mowglieboy69]

Yeah I know, James Toney and Bernard Hopkins were cab drivers right? So were guys like Reggie Johnson, Tarver, Ruiz, Clinton Woods, Virgil Hill, Montell Griffin, Mike McCallum, Vinny Pazienza, etc. Seriously, do you even know what you're talking about?

And once again, he is too big for Leonard, and just as good or better at everything Leonard was good at. Leonard had a better chin likely, but that's it. AT the higher weights he didn't have the power to put ROy away.

[price1701a]

Mowglieboy69, I have 2 disagree. Leonards post-title victories were against fightes that were supposedly superior. SUPPOSEDLY..Benitez - Better Boxer...Duran - 2 Ferocious...Kalule - Bigger&Undefeated...Hearns - 2 Powerful...Hagler...Man U get the point!!!!

[Mowglieboy69]

Pound for pound Ray was better due to his chin and what he accomplished, but no way he beats the naturally bigger man who has all of Ray's qualities, including the edge in size and strength. Ray Robinson is much better pound for pound than Lennox Lewis, that doesn't mean he beats him in a one on one match.

[ironalex]

roy jones jr wud smoke sugar ray leonard! more speed, better brain, more power, everything, aprt from ray had a better chin.

[SmelOdies]

Roy was too big for Ray for it to be a fair fight.

[FreshTiDef]

@SmelOdies I disagree. Sugar Ray was big enough to win a 175 title. Ray beats Roy!

[SmelOdies]

@FreshTiDef Would have been an interesting fight, but Ray wasn't in his prime when he made it to 175 (which he actually fought for at 168).

[FreshTiDef]

@SmelOdies Yeah I know he wasn't in his prime at 175 but I just mentioned that because his frame was big enough to fit that weight....You know what I'm saying?

[sidewinder188]

@FreshTiDef No way ,Roy Jones beat  Ray 12 rounds clear decision..LoL. Ray was beaten by Duran in his prime time.Duran would not have beaten Jones in 1000 years.

[FreshTiDef]

@sidewinder188 Dude that triangle thing doesn't work in boxing. Haven't you learned that already?

[rick8889]

sugar ray leonard was a winner,he had .more heart and will than roy jones.sugar ray leonard was the micheal jordan of boxing,he was a stone cold champion.

[ironalex]

sugar leonard is a ledgendary boxer, but no way is he the "michael jordan" of boxing, there r so many fighters better than him. u can argue ray leonard to be top 20 or 10, but never 5.

[rick8889]

did you not see ray leonard vs hitman hearns.hearns out boxed and out pointed leonard through the fight.leonard desprate and behind leonard slammed hearns with a 20 punch combo knocking him through the ropes in the 13rd and finishing him in the 14rd. leonard had a swollen eye.leonard was a killer.

[natureboyinyourface]

davey boy green was one tough cookie

[rick8889]

davey boy green was badly over matched,and payed for it in this with sugar ray leonard.sugar ray almost knocked that white boys fuckin head off.

[pnutbutrncrackers]

I've never seen Ray's fists faster. Sweet youth. As for the Leonard-Jones debate going on in this column, my 2 cents: with due respect to RJJ in his prime, I would place not only Leonard, but Hagler above him as well. And if Jones had given Hopkins a rematch, I think it would've possibly been one for the ages.

[showtime7000]

debatable... i think roy in his prime beats hagler who's one of the best... and roy and ray depends on what wt. they met at...anything 160 or better ROY JONE JR.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[floyd551975]

What a knockout!

[SmelOdies]

How does a fight between Sugar Ray above and Sugar Shane play out?

[showtime7000]

great question... man tough one the sugars

[timothybls]

Roy Jones had great speed, power and reflexes but I wouldn't put him in the same class as a Ray leonard or Marvin Hagler who were complete fighters. His best victories were a close decision over a young Bernard Hopkins and a decisive but competitive decision over James Toney. For the most part he had weak competition.

He never really developed fully because of that. He was eventually exposed by tarver who wasn't in awe of his skills.

[jhuan0]

I dont believe Tarver 'exposed' Jones.

Jones outboxed Tarver, then was KO'd with a single shot. Jones was then KO'd by Johnson.

Neither are big hitters, Jones punch resistance dropped dramatically after the Ruiz fight.

Tarver and Johnson werent the first fighters to hit Jones on the chin.

[shaft226]

What pissed me off about Roy Jones was instead of knocking guys out he would dance and carry them to the decision. His best years was when he was a middleweight and supermiddleweight and he was knocking guys out.

[SmelOdies]

He knocked out Derek Harmon, Glen Kelly, and Clinton Woods. Those were basically his last fights before his downfall.

[tonychampion]

for me its noel qualass every time

[blackmourning11]

Roy Jones was the greatest in his prime but he had the advantage of having Ali, Robinson and Leonard come before him thus able to study their art. Roy Jones totally dominated a great fighter like Hopkins then worked through the divisions until winning as heavyweight crown. Time combined with having to waste muscle when dropping back down finished him off but in his prime he was awesome...as were the other three who were ahead of their time.

[FORBAN2]

Roy Jones in his prime,somewhere between 1994-1999

was the greatest boxer ever..Pity he wasted his unparalleled talent on so many second class fighters.

[blackmourning11]

I'm not to sure about being reaching his peak as early as 1994, may just have looked that way due to fighting guys at his own weight. Once he stepped up to lightheavy he bulked up and had to change his style a little more defensively to counter the extra power of the opposition. In the end he lost the hunger needed to dominate having been in the game since childhood. Top 5 alltime pound 4 pound.

[FORBAN2]

You are right! he lost his killer instinct..

My top 5 p4p . Ali,Robinson,Jones,Monzon,Leon­ard.Not neccessarily in that order...

[Mhendeb]

Without Ray Robinson, you wouldn't have an Ali or a Ray Leonard. Nuff said.

[SaurianMeditation]

Sugar Ray was definetly the better boxer that night. The crowds reaction to the ali shuffle was awesome. Gotta love the ali shuffle.

[SalvyMic]

Ray Leonard ranks way above Roy Jones Jr. on a P4P basis, which is typically graded on the quality of opposition. Whereas Roy's biggest wins came against James Toney and Bernard Hopkins, both future Hall of Famers, Leonard scored wins over the likes of Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler, all either current or future HOFers. Only Ali or Robinson have resumes that can compare.

[amck72]

This was Sugar Ray Leonard at his best. Roy Jones JR though had faster hands even though SRL was a welterweight.

[colex91]

I beg to disagree, i like these two great boxer but i think Ray is faster than Roy. Only Bruce Lee is faster that RAy.

[amck72]

Acutally there were a few fighters that were faster than Ray. Meldrick Taylor at 135-140 pds was definately faster and of course I stand by RJJ who was quicker with speed and power.

[FreshTiDef]

@colex91 You're absolutely right. Only Bruce Lee is quicker than Leonard!

[FORBAN2]

Roy in his prime would clear the field easily,

Hearns,Sugar,Duran and Hagler..

[HeathInClearLake]

SRL just abused contenders. It's easy to forget how good he was againt ranked opponents as opposed to the superfighters of his day.

[bicnarok]

Roy was K.O´d by tarver, dont even compare these two

[SmelOdies]

Ray was KOed by Macho Camacho. ;)

[FreshTiDef]

@SmelOdies Ray was 40 you idiot....SMDH

[SmelOdies]

@FreshTiDef It was a joke, lighten up.

[FreshTiDef]

@SmelOdies My bad...lol

[julienl2006]

Thank you Master for showing us the light at the end of the tunnel.

[djchambers88]

legend

[NOStyC5]

ray should teach hip-hop dance lessons!!

[lzeppelin969]

seriously this guy is right. They where of different weight classes. And i think roy could take sugar ray because might lack a little in the speed of sugar but has much more punching power.

[randyman67789]

announcers are sound so stupid sometimes

"THAT WAS CAUGHT ON THE GLOVE...THE AUDIENCE COULDNT SEE IT"

that was a flush uppercut and it did land

now how in the hell is the audience not gonna see it and the audience SURROUNDS the ring, whereas the announcer is only on one side

(sigh)

[SmelOdies]

This fight does have a stylistic similarity to Mayweather-Gatti. Green can't lay a glove on Ray.

[randyman67789]

aww man

your right

that fight was a mismatch too lol

[mattszabo]

wtf compareing ray and roy how fuckin dumb if u had ray go back to say in his prime he'd woop the shit out of roy jones..no doubt at that time in 88 ray was too old and too small now say back in 77 hed take em out no prob

[icpmilinko]

boooooooooooooooooooooolshit!!­! im no fan of either, but its a known fact ray leaonard couldnt hit hard, now roy he could hit hard, id ave oy jones W KO

[jrekdal]

In 88 Roy was still an amateur. No amateur would beat Ray Leonard in a real fight.

[jrekdal]

Legend has it they sparred in 88 and Jones owned him. It's just practice though. Ray would have won a real fight.

[SmelOdies]

From the late '80s-present, Ray would never beat Roy. That is a fantasy. Ray too old, too small. In early to mid '80s, little Roy would have been smoked. Roy too young, too small.

[Emann10384]

If they sparred in 88, Ray was old and Roy was very young. It is senseless to put them in a mythical matchup because Roy is naturally the much bigger man and he is just as fast and much more powerful than Ray Leonard. We were talking about this matchup on a forum that I am in

[hamshow]

No question!!! Roy Jones wouldn't have the guts to fight SRR.

[imster]

no bloody boxer alive can stand in comparison to da gr8est sportsman of all time, MUHAMMAD ALI

[Jwalkin23]

You got Knocked the fuck out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[skippyskiptomylu]

yup, proud to say i got 5 T shirts of ray leonard!

[fearlessmonsteralex]

Loooooool homeboy got KTFO.

[selfkill]

i hate comparing robinson to other fighters like Ali. It's stupid. Two different eras, two different fighters, and 2 different weight classes.

Duran won first fight cus Leonard tried to mix it up on the inside. u dont do that with Duran.

[bigpo]

i remember this fight..my dad had it on vhs years ago..my brother taped over it in the 80s with a weird al yankovic video...my dad was ticked.

[emalaran]

haha ohh man... that's rough. I can relate with a very similar incident! lol

[Sassy5y]

In my opinon roy sucks Leonard is 1000xs better than him.

[swiv2d]

I think the only reason Duran was able to defeat him was cause he went for body shots to slow him down.

[SmelOdies]

Well, also Ray fought Duran's fight.

[SmelOdies]

Ray was a more powerful puncher pound for pound than Clay. In fact, he was a more well-rounded fighter. He never devolved to becoming a rope-a-doper, Ray still boxed and punched well into his thirties. Although he grew old too, and stayed too long, the signs were there for years like they were with Clay.

[PROGDOR]

Cassius Clay was just a heavyweight copycat of Sugar Ray Robinson...

[SmelOdies]

Incorrect. Clay didn't go to the body at all, body punching was a primary factor of Sugar Ray's game.

[SmelOdies]

Only in a superficial way. Clay didn't go to the body like Robinson, Clay dispensed with his legs in the later part of his career for all intents and purposes. Robinson's legs were key to his defense.

[PnoyDude]

but he's still such a great guy to look up to as a boxer. i try to emulate him when i shadow box... gotta love them bolo punches! :P

[getatmedude]

ouch. loved sugar ray. he was the best. those roberto duran fights were awesome. and the tommy hearns.

[dw3mj23]

Of course sugar was faster but thats only b/c he was 30 lbs lighter than roy.