When Unknown Ray Leonard Challenged Mayweather
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- Welcome back to Boxing After Dark! Tonight, we travel back to 1978, a pivotal year in boxing history. Sugar Ray Leonard, still on his quest to establish himself as a legitimate title contender, and seeks to add a significant name to his resume. With fans eagerly anticipating a future showdown with Thomas Hearns, Leonard needs to stay active to keep his title aspirations alive. In pursuit of this goal, he steps into the ring against the formidable Floyd Mayweather Sr.
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Honest question: super ray L vs Floyd MW?? Who is taking it
That would be a beautiful fight to watch. I may prefer Ray win, but I think Floyd would take it
FLOYD TO small
LEONARD AND HEARN KO HIM EASY
@@kharyvines6971nah he'll wait till SLR gets washed, already have moved up to LH and drags him back to WW, can't add more than 10lbs after weighin, have him wear sparring gloves while he has his testosterone gone to zero as he gulps on a gallon of IVs to mask everything. Now them three blind mice had him the W on a controversial decision
Lol, like Floyd would take on an elite opponent in their prime. He would never do that.
@@ckobo84 RIGHT HE NEVER DID
Floyd Sr. had no quit in him it seemed. Respect.
Floyd, Sr. was no joke.
Good fighter. A gate keeper in the 70’s would probably be a world champion in this day.
And he was boxing fr not running around the ring like jr.
Floyd Sr was actually amazing. He was a freak, but he got caught with the wrong crowd, drugs, etc. If he has the training, discipline, diet and conditioning of an elite athlete, took it seriously, he probably would have steam rolled Leonard. One of many "what ifs", but thru witnessing his father's failures, Floyd Jr became the GOAT and super disciplined.
@mikerelva6915 it’s clear to see from watching the two ,Mayweather sr wasn’t Born with the same altheltic ability or god given talent that Jr was born with.
Sr and Jeff were good fighters , Roger was world class and Floyd jr was exceptional.lightning rarely strikes twice.
Ngl when floyd jr said. "Everything you taught me from day 1...ill always remember"🥺....i shed a tear . Especially knowing hes going thru dementia now 🥺
Damn he has dementia?
R.I.P Roger Mayweather
His son is unbearably unlikeable.
This was Floyd Sr
@@kid--presentable yeah but they showed Roger at the end of the video.
That's Floyd Mayweather Sr.
That's Roger, Floyd and Jeff at the end of the video.
That fight would have been stopped about 7 rounds earlier if it took place today. Mayweather was one tough dude - took a serious pounding here but kept coming back for more.
These boys are built different!
The conditioning, the intensity and will to win was just unmatched in that era of boxing
Thats why all those 70 and 80s fighters were able to come out of retirement and take titles from men half their age, Tyson is an early 80s fighter, in great shape at 58, he's gonna defeat Paul!
People do not talk about Sugar Ray Leonard enough, him and every boxer in the 70's were forgotten! People nowadays think boxing is influencers settling beefs or retired UFC fighters getting a cashgrab. Back in the day, your name and fame was made in the ring, not on social media.
Good grief. No one got MORE pub than Sugar Ray Leonard.
I appreciate your sentiment, but I must beg to differ. Pure boxing purists, and everyone else knew and appreciated Sugar Ray Leonard. The video, itself, featured here, attests to that very fact. After winning Gold in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Leonard soon turned pro. He was known more popularly as a fighter for the 80s. He was acknowledged as one of the "Four Kings" of boxing, in the company of fellow champions, Roberto Duran, Thomas "Hitman" Hearns, and "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler. They created the greatest era of boxing, south of the heavyweight division, for the welter through middleweight divisions. The iconic "War" between Hagler-Hearns is still talked about, more than 40 years later. To this very day, "Hagler-Heatns" has become the standard term for a much anticipated showdown between two explosive fighters meeting in their prime. Leonard Hearne was also an epic showdown. These fighters all faced one another, and dodged no one. So, no, none of them are forgotten for their dynamic contributions to the sport of boxing. Check it Out! Ciao!!!
I'd have to disagree. To this day more people know who SRL is compared to many guys who have belts today. You can still see him on TV making commercials, because his name is a brand that sells.
Back in the day he was a _worldwide_ superstar, and he had endorsement deals with multiple A brands. You could see him on TV making commercials for Ford, Diet Coke, 7 Up, etc.
Huh? Anyone who knows boxing knows he’s one of the “kings” of the sport.
Leonard is one of the all time greats. WTF are you talking about?
Mayweather is a WARRIOR and he fought a good fight against Leonard.
Facts
They were just built different back in the day. I still consider the '80s the Golden era of boxing since I have been alive. Leonard to this day is the best fighter I have ever seen.
The best??? Uh no...Duran far outshines Leonard. Remember he was a champion for 3 years by the time Leonard won the 76 Olympics. Larry Holmes was better, and a guy by the name of Muhammad Ali was better as well. A slew of Mexican and Puerto Rican fighters from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Marvin Hagler was better ,regardless of half blind judges. Had they fought in 82 ,Ray would have left on a stretcher. Now with all that he is definitely a top 10 Welterweight. As far as middleweight barely top 20. Beating a faded Hagler doesn't make him all time great and then fighting for a made up super middleweight title and light heavyweight title ,while a little impressive doesn't make him all time great. I still would say that he's a top 100 all time fighter. Mostly because he fought greats who had already peaked such as Hagler and Duran. Benitez hardly trained. Hearns was a great victory but fight 2 ,Tommy got hosed ,he clearly won and even Ray admitted he lost as well. Ray was a media darling meant to take Ali's place. That and the fact that Angelo Dundee was his trainer. Any fight that Dundee was part of that was controversial his guy always won. Maybe because his brother Chris Dundee had very strong mafia ties but that's another story. Best you ever saw ???? Only if you had tunnel vision.
@@eac1235 No
The 1980s had its moments, but the 1970s was the Golden era!
@@eac1235 💯
@@peterjohnson1734 yeah we will never forget the fights of foreman, shavers, lyle, ali, frazier, quarry and so on🤍
Hearns said Leonard had hardest punch of any fighter. Amazing times
I met Floyd Sr in 2022 in a parking lot in Vegas. He was a cool ass dude. Took pics with me and my family.
Massive respect to him
Floyd Sr is the realest
Man Ray Leonard‘s endurance he could punch for eight hours straight, do a solid shift
Absolute savage the pair of these warriors. Floyd took some punishment and never gave up ever! Much respect to him, Leonard was magnificent, what a tough ass time to have been that weight division ffs, killers around every corner back then.
Man they were freakin’ fast ! It was like watching those old Bruce Lee movies.
They were ripped for real.
Just look at that body.
This isn't weights.
This is conditioning.
Just beautiful.
Bodybuilders are lousy boxers, muscles win weightlifting contests not fights.
@@andyelliott8027 I Can't say that about Big George. That dude was an oak tree.
@MultiHondaa that's that natural born strength and toughness Foreman had good genes but he still worked his ass off.
@@MultiHondaa Even in his prime he was never a bodybuider type, just a big man.
food was different back then
Floyd Senior was tough.
And look at him now..smh
REspect to Floyd ..Ray beat his ass but he looked good too and was very tough !
Cocaine is a helluva drug
Yeag ,unfortunately thd son is a running like chicken inside the ring a very technical boring non gladiator fighter ,a money maker boring fighter
@@RayRay-xp3ps get a life...just say you dont watch or understand boxing then run along joey.
Floyd Sr had heart & a sweet jab! Leonard was just on a different level
Man that double jab on SRL when he hit the taunt button 😭😭 made Leonard cancel that rq lol
What changed in boxing??? Look at the shape they’re in. You will almost never see a boxer today that cut and also no clinching just straight throw hands.
Fantastic fight. Dundee had his overcompensating for the fact that Floyd was legitimately giving SRL a MUCH better scrap than they seemed to except. There’s also an incredibly strange moment in this fight that I actually think think is one of the most rare I’ve ever seen in couple dozen years watching boxing.
At 8:02 both throw a right hand that would have dramatically changed the fight - imo Ray would have sparked Floyd out cold in the dirt and while we now know Ray’s chin is iron, at this point if this landed I think Ray was in trouble. Floyd seemed to have seen Ray throw it last second fully loaded up and rushed his shot only to divert late and attempt to deflect with his glove. and Ray 100% calculated Floyd was landing first hence why he slightly pulled it and braced try to slide out just a bit to let it glance . But then their punches actually punch eacother mid air with what I still think is their wrists colliding. You can tell it hurt Floyd BAD watch his right arm go limp for a second and steps back stunned. I’ve scaled the image up cleaning the edges it doesn’t land on Floyd. It just confused the hell out of him and you could tell he was in pain. Shocked he didn’t shatter his wrist. He really did rise to the level of his competitor in this night you gotta give him that .
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I love your imagination
I saw similar happen in an amateur bout at a show with the club i was in. The guy from my club broke his humorous and had to go to hospital.
Floyd was More than holding his own. His jab was for real. Both them boys was in Peak condition. Same for Hagler and Hearns. Sugar had that Power and Speed.
Leonard was a killer 🥊🥊
These guys are warriors. Boxing in 70s to 90s are not for the weak. They all have a chin of steal 😮😅 unlike these days boxers
Hearns and Shavers did not have steel in their chin.
@@pauljackson9716If you fight against heavy hitters you are gonna get dropped, don’t matter. A well placed punch from a power puncher is like taking a sledge hammer to the jaw, all you can do is respect that they get back up to finish the fight
While other fighters would QUIT and not even make an attempt to finish the fight or even try to win. Jack Dempsey said he got dropped 10 times in a boxing match just to get back up and win the fight, he had to do this to feed his family.
Just respect them for being gladiators and having no quit in them
Floyd showed a lot of heart in that fight, Leonard was just on a different level.
The time the referees used to let fighter actually fight.
Right.
Mayweather looked old his whole life 😂😂😂
Lol
Wow... Smh... I hate to say it but man... I definitely see where you're coming from.
😂😂😂and looks like the predator in Arnold Schwarzenegger movie
Bruh? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@andremosley9358racist
Sugar Ray Leonard was my favorite boxer the moment I started watching him in the olympics. He was so smooth and silky on his feet but had the power to sit you on your butt. This was a great early fight to highlight because of Mayweather. Today his son is known by everybody (what a great fighter), but his father wasn't that well known. But he had a ton of guts and really did well by his son.
The title is silly. Leonard was never an unknown, he was a blue-chip gold medalist and came into the game with worldwide fame.
This is my kinda shit. Back when trainers told boxers the truth, and boxers listened to em. These were two legendary trainers. Remember, Emmanuel Steward was in the other corner. My bad, I was thinking Hearns.
That was one of the classic fights in the history of boxing 🥊. I remember watching it on TV with my Grandpa. I was 10 years old and wanted to be like Ray Leonard. I boxed from the time I turned 12 until I was 17. ❤ this sport.
Both of them cats got hands, power and speed.... But Sugar Ray was like whoa... a little too much for Mayweather Sr.
It looks like that match was determined by which one of them could really take a hellova punch.
Which further lets us know why he taught his son to be amazingly evasive.
Yeah I would say Sugar Ray was slightly better, but the fight could have gone either way. Mayweather Sr. was dangerous.
Sr needed to move around the ring rather than standing there and getting himself beaten up
Hell of a match...no loser's here!🥊
Senior got wHooped!!
Leonard was truly a boxer.
Very glad to see Floyd Sr. given the credit he deserves as one of the greatest trainers to ever do it. Floyd Jr. is without question one of the all time greats and he owes that to his faithers teaching. is a great show of fatherly love.
great video man you might be the best at making these
thanks brother! Honestly having so much fun doing it too!
This was the era of craftsmen
THE 70'S MADE *BOXING GREAT AGAIN!* I WATCHED SUGAR, ALI, FOREMAN, FRAIZER, NORTON, AND HOLMES IN 1978...OF COURSE, THE "GLAMOUR" MADE IT BIG!
I MISS THOSE DAYS AND WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE THE EARLIER DAYS, WHERE THE FIGHTERS DID NOT PLAY AND WOULD FIGHT EVERY OTHER WEEK IF NECESSARY!
REMEMBER JAKE LAMOTTA?....REGARDLESS, I LOVE THEM ALL AND RESPECT THEM ALL!
Ray Leonard has an excellent left hook and its evident especially here in this fight.
Much respect to Floyd Sr, but Sugar was a beast.
Hell yeah Floyd Sr. Good on ya sir! Tough chin too… damn.
We dont see this standard of boxing and stamina these days.
That last 20 seconds should've been another video, because WOW.
GREAT VIDEO. Senior was so underrated. I definitely received brain damage on this day.
thanks mate!
That's why Floyds dad can't talk properly... It's all Sugars fault.. These were the real boxers
I have to give Floyd Mayweather Sr. credit for not giving up.
Ray was well known...he was a gold medalist, had a great trainer in Dundee, was all over the news. We were watching his every move.
I never saw Floyd senior in action before this video. He was the real deal. He was slick tough skillful and hard as nails.
The Goat pound for pound
I like Mayweather Senior better, but Junior is a more skilled boxer because he avoided getting hit all those years. By any knock out blow. 50 fights and avoided getting knocked out is a really good skill. Call him a hugger runner whatever as Filipino and Pacquiao countryman I have utter respect for Mayweather boxing skills, and his Philly shell is honed to perfection. Many boxer use it but nobody like Floyd does.
Another great video!
Hey, cheers brother!
this fight is why he said "son, don't stand in one spot and throw punches like I did and got my entire existence whooped. RUN, Forrest, RUUUUUUUN!" and so Jr. ran every bout so as not to get hit too often.
Actually a great fight, Floyd sr was underrated
Sugar Ray completely controlled this fight!
Im gonna have to watch this full fight tomorrow
Floyd sr. Doesn't run, he's tough
Those were 15 round championship fights back in day, and Leonard started the 12 rd. BS with Hagler, cause he knew Hagler had no quit in him!
Absolute masterpiece from Sugar
When other fighters do that taunting show-off stuff they get criticized. When Ray did it it was applauded.
Sugar Ray Leonard was truly in a class all his own.Just like Sugar Ray Robinson Leonard was and is a class act.
Ray was abled to get through that Philly defense
These new guys wouldn’t stand a chance. This is a Classic fight
I am so thankful to watch him box!❤
What a honor to have Howard Cossel call the fight
Everybody start from somewhere wow the Legend
Two warriors who will never give up.
all i can say is 80s and 90s is the best boxing ever!
An era of boxing that will never come back unfortunately
This how I expected Deven Haney to fight Garcia fight with your heart
This is real boxing 🥊🥊 great fight
And Floyd said he would beat Leonard in his day, you saw what he did to your dad broke through that so called best defense so imagine what he would do to you.. 😅😂
Two different fighters, Sr is nowhere as good as Jr.
Sugar ray woulda utterly destroyed Jr.his dad was hard as nails.
Sugar is the best to ever live at the weight.
What a great effort by Sr
That's why many people say that only Sugar Ray Leonard will beat Floyd Jr. because he was the only one who defeated his father!
nope, Packman beated the coward clean.
@@redfanartist4393 Hell yea pacman clearly win their fight!
@@redfanartist4393 I would never call boxer a coward, because not many people would step in that ring, and do that for a living. And Jr fought them all, whether actually won every fight. How many amateur, and pro fights have you fought, and would any be top fighters known around the world?
And Pac did absolutely NOTHING in that fight. The better fighter, who was never knocked out or tkoed won, simple as that.
@@leodegariozagado6558 I feel really bad for the brevity of his father. The MayW Jr. is such a coward and a shame for professional boxing.
@@redfanartist4393Pacquiao got his butt kicked by Floyd Jr.. look up the stats Jr outlanded him and had a higher percentage of accuracy stop the meatriding and rewriting history 😂
Yea boii have a good night everyone!
Super cool, big respect for Mayweather Sr.
This stuff is brutal
Leonard showed why he would beat Floyd Jr! Cracked that shoulder roll defense. 🥊🥊
Floyd Sr isn't a third the boxer his son was.
Mayweather Jr in his prime beats Leonard
how on earth did he show how he would be beat floyd??? you floyd haters have always been non boxing fans....we dont respect you clowns in this community. go away scrub your embrassing....we get you dont like him just say it.
I watched all his fights fantastic boxer and fast and tough 😊
I remember watcthing this fight, I pulled for Leonard because he was so closely tied to Ali - the Fighting styles so closely resembled Ali. Ali had not yet retired and Angelo Dundee displayed his Condidence on Sugar Ray Leanard. He fought so much like a Ali at a lower weight Limit. His connections to Ali were obvious at that time.
I don't find he fought like
Ali did more moving and Ray fought in the inside more
Sugar would have been to much Floyd Jr. bigger, stronger, faster, more power and far more range. Sugar Ray also knew how to breakdown an opponents defense.
Sugar Ray has always been my fav.
This shh was brutal
I want to see a 1978 version of Sugar Ray VS Bud Crawford.
Good to watch this ...i learn something..teach your child to be great someday
Respect
Mayweather really had skill here,shame he wasnt matched better,i wonder who his promotor was,whod turn down a big chance and payday tho i guess.
He admits himself he wasted his talent
Two warriors 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Man...Mr. Mayweather Sr. was tough AF. He was taking some hard shots and then coming back by the next round, still wanting to knock Mr. Leonard's head off. Great bout!
What a fight…!!!
Ray leanard easily penetrate the Philly shell..😮😮..He's an expert
This fight was on September 1978 and I was born November 1978 I've been fighting every since
You know what I got out of this footage....two Legends and I'd be drinking out of a straw by the remainder of my natural Life! How did these two remain standing?
Unknown? A Gold medalist in boxing somehow flew under the radar prior to his biggest pro fight to that date lol
You know the punch is hard when the Fro starts shakin hahaha. I miss those fights as a kid, we’d always slap box after watching (of course I’d always lose to my older brother), but still gave a good showing. Do they slap box anymore😂?
Men made of steel 🎉!
I wish we could have had sugar ray and Mayweather jr..
He was internationally known he had just won a gold meal at the Montreal Olympics. He was the favorite in that fight
Sugar Ray won the Olympics and was known right when he turned pro, good title
The fight would have definitely been much sooner over for a win for Ray if it had been today.
1000 punches to the head and no knock down = ZERO power.
Just like you.
One of the greatest boxers of all time.
Two great warriors early in the business. SRL had the mass appeal and the cute cuddly thing going on but he was dangerous when his opponent was in trouble. FM was no slouch but no one was safe with a young, hungry, quick handed showman like SRL. I remember watching him against the equally dangerous Wilfredo Benitez and it was touch and go up until the point SRL had him in trouble and SRL put that head to bed. His hand speed, defense, ring savvy for a young boxer along with an underrated boxing IQ was very lethal for opponents. Plus he had the bonus in the legendary Angelo Dundee. He understood who the boxers were and allowed them to be themselves which harnessed their best stuff and reined them in when necessary. He, Cus, Eddie Futch and Emmanuel Steward were my favorites and Roger Mayweather was underrated and mean in the corner.