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Ray Leonard's top 5 ever boxers

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Post by AdamT Thu 03 Dec 2015, 7:25 pm

1. Ali
2. SRR
3. Marciano
4. Joe Louis
5. Willie Pep

Marciano was the big surprise. His reasons were, such a small heavyweight that dominated a division. He was relentless and had so much power.

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Post by kingraf Thu 03 Dec 2015, 7:40 pm

Was he small for his time though? Obviously not top of the range, but his last few opponents only had an inch max on him. Of his noteworthy opponents, I can only think of Louis who was noticeably larger than him
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Post by AdamT Thu 03 Dec 2015, 7:42 pm

He was a bit. Think he was 180-185.

He was a stocky build, so I guess he wasn't. He was about 3 inches shorter than Louis and about 15-20 pound lighter.

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Post by ONETWOFOREVER Thu 03 Dec 2015, 7:48 pm

2 fighters in Marciano and Louis, 1 was a plodder louis, and the other just a very strong brute in Marciano the other 3 you would expect from Leonard who's style matched theirs in some respect.

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Post by spencerclarke Thu 03 Dec 2015, 8:07 pm

Just looked on boxrec and Pep fought 1955 rounds! Wow. Yet somehow lived to 84.

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Post by AdamT Thu 03 Dec 2015, 8:08 pm

Guess he was a defensive wizard like they say.

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