04 May 2023 07:39:07
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Boxing Legends Part 5: Sugar Ray Leonard

1.) 04 May 2023
04 May 2023 12:24:58
This is the last time I genuinely enjoyed watching boxing. Sugar Ray, Thomas 'Hitman' Hearns, and my personal favourite, Marvellous Marvin Hagler. What an era, with some epic fights.

{Ed001's Note - you didn't enjoy the Benn/Watson/Eubank/Collins fights? Benn had some humdingers.}

2.) 04 May 2023
04 May 2023 13:14:34
Benn v McClellan - amazing fight just a shame what happened but I suppose that’s the risk in the fight game.

3.) 04 May 2023
04 May 2023 13:43:07
Benn v McClellan what a fight, such a shame after though.

4.) 04 May 2023
04 May 2023 14:19:25
Yeah Ed001, I'll give you those, but they didn't get my juices going like the era I mentioned. Should have phrased it 'really enjoyed' as opposed to just 'enjoyed'. ?.

5.) 04 May 2023
04 May 2023 16:04:25
For me, the three fights between Barrera and Erik Morales are up there with anything you'll see.

6.) 04 May 2023
04 May 2023 16:27:59
Haven't enjoyed boxing since Henry Cooper and Mohammed Ali.

7.) 04 May 2023
04 May 2023 17:05:23
It lost me as a sport, with the proliferation of different belts and titles.

8.) 04 May 2023
04 May 2023 17:20:14
There are lots of things wrong boxing and its organisation. However it can still give you great moments that most other sports can't get close too.

Betebiev V Yarde this was a great fight as a recent example.

9.) 04 May 2023
04 May 2023 22:24:39
Who was your favourite of those 4 nou?

Me it was Hagler, what a brute.

10.) 05 May 2023
05 May 2023 07:25:15
Well I remember Ali v Cooper and the Ali v Frazier fights and also the great rumble in the jungle in 74. However, as above Benn v McLellan was most spectacular I remember, sad outcome mind you. Hearns Hagler were also outstanding and a mention for when Tyson arrived on the scene.

11.) 05 May 2023
05 May 2023 07:52:51
Yep, Hagler for me, Angel. I know he was cast as the baddie, especially against SRL, but that just made me like him even more! Like you say, a brute. Like a smaller Mike Tyson. He'd scare the bejesus out of you, before a punch was swung! The fight against Hearns was just pure, controlled savagery. Brilliant to watch, and probably one of my favourites.

12.) 05 May 2023
05 May 2023 08:12:37
I would pick Hearns, a beautiful fighter at his best, but one who for some reason when hurt especially would allow himself to be dragged into slugfests when he would have been better off using his reach and out boxing his opponents.

You pick your poison with The Four Kings, valid arguments for them all.

13.) 05 May 2023
05 May 2023 09:24:52
too many belts and incredibly corrupt with personalities. The whole sport revolves around avoiding making top fights with the exception of one every few years and each to his own.

Spence vs Crawford been talked about for 3 years and still nothing.