True or false Sugar Ray Leonard beats every fighter in 147 history except Robinson, and maybe just maybe Charley Burley Floyd jr ?

TRUE. Or at least close. From what we know of Charley Burley, he'd certainly give Ray Leonard a good fight. He might take 2/3 or 3/5 but I doubt he'd beat Ray in a sweep. Ray Robinson was simply a cut above the rest, period. In all the weight divisions, he is the ONLY one who would likely go undefeated in a series of fights against the Top 10 of his class. This, of course, is at 147. At 160, Robinson would still reign supreme but he'd have his share of losses as well.

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Great as he is, Armstrong would be limited in some areas at 147 and Leonard is as close to the perfect welterweight as can be, again only Robinson is superior. Armstrong might win 1/5 over Leonard. Henry's best weights were below 147 even though he was competitive all the way up to 160 and should have won that title. Armstrong is certainly Top 5 at 147 but Leonard would have too much for him.

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Mayweather Jr. could never seriously hurt Ray and he wouldn't last 15 without being hurt and visiting the canvas at least once. Floyd is quick and very difficult to hit. But Ray's power is clearly superior and, while he's not quite as accurate or economical as is Floyd, he takes more risks. These risks would cost Ray against a few others but not against anyone who can't seriously hurt him. Duran nearly pulverized Ray at 147. But Duran has the power to end a fight, even at 147. Ray would lose some early rounds against Mayweather but Floyd, while quick, isn't quick enough to avoid being dragged into an alley fight, which is what Ray would do with him.

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Leonard by TKO after 12 or on points under the Big Boy rules, 15 rounds.

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Sugar Ray Leonard is second ONLY to Sugar Ray Robinson at 147.

I've always been a fan of Leonard but, c'mon, let's be a tad realistic here. You're forgetting great Sweet Pea Pernell Whitaker, Tommy Hearns who had him beat by every round except when he got careless and got caught (Leonard was totally outclassed), Hagler (that score was certainly questionable, even to this day), Roberto Durán who beat him. How about Kid Chocolate, Charley Burley, Henry Armstrong, Emile Griffith, Sugar Ray Robinson? Or even Manny Pacquiao?

We, as humans, tend to let the myths get bigger with time. Yes, Sugar Ray Leonard was one of the great ones but NOT "the" only great one.

A resounding TRUE for me. Remove the maybe's. Sugar Ray Leonard beats them ALL except Robinson. Period.

False

False

False. Didn't he lose to Duran at 147? And what about Pacquiao, who's a faster version of Duran?

no he does not beat every 147 pound fighter in history, except Robinson, Burley, and Armstrong, he could not beat everyone in his era.

False.

Sugar Ray Robinson beats Sugar Ray Leonard by very wide UD or possible TKO (if Leonard tries to attack back), Henry Armstrong beats Leonard by UD in a 15 round grueling fight.

Charley Burley versus Leonard at 147Lbs is actually closer than what people think. Charley Burley became much more refined and dangerous up at 160Lbs. At 147Lbs, he was great, but could be beat by A-level crafty intelligent boxers. I'm not saying that Leonard could have beaten Burley more than once (highly doubtful), but I think Leonard was athletic enough in his prime to beat Burley by decision in their 1st meeting.

I think someone like Kid Gavilan (the greatest Cuban boxer aside from the original Kid Chocolate) would have been MUCH more dangerous to Leonard than someone like Burley. While Burley was trying to become an evolved, intelligent boxer-puncher - Kid Gavilan was (at 147Lbs) one of the most dangerous advanced crowders (a type of pressure fighter) in boxing's history. Gavilan's inside game was so dangerous that Robinson himself said he was worried about venturing to the inside against him. Gavilan vs. Robinson 1 was a very controversial fight - as many felt that Gavilan beat Robinson by points in a very close fight (but Robinson took the last couple of rounds in that fight).

In a 15 round fight, I think Gavilan wears down Leonard enough to get a competitive UD win. It would be closer than Leonard vs. Armstrong, but Gavilan's style would present problems to Leonard.

Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Jose Napoles would be a fight of the year candidate. I think it would resemble Leonard vs. Hearns 1, except that I doubt Napoles would lose steam like Hearns. I can't call this one too confidently, but I will lean towards Leonard for the fact that Napoles was many times TOO fundamentally sound (especially with his footwork). I think that Leonard's athletic ability would have presented patterns that would have bothered Napoles. A perfect example of this type of scenario is the Roy Jones Jr. versus James Toney fight. Toney was a more evolved boxer-puncher than Roy (from a technical standpoint), but Roy's athleticism was out of this world. He used his explosiveness to overcome Toney's skill set. I think that would be the case in the Leonard vs. Napoles fight - although it would be phenomenal....and Leonard CANNOT make mistakes in that fight. Jose Napoles wasn't only a slick boxer, but a very dangerous power puncher.

Emile Griffith versus Sugar Ray Leonard would be another high octane fight for the same reason that Gavilan/Armstrong would make for dangerous fights. Griffith wasn't as advanced in his pressure tactics as Armstrong or Gavilan, but he was very powerful, durable, and once again, presented a dangerous styles matchup to Leonard. But I have Leonard by close decision victory.

Sugar Ray Leonard versus Jimmy McLarnin (an old school 1930's powerful boxer-puncher) would have been an incredibly interesting fight for the reasons that McLarnin possessed old school spacing and timing techniques that were gone by the time that Leonard came around in his time period. But once again, Leonard's athleticism would have gotten him through a decision victory.

False..very false lol.