The KO Heard Around the World! Sugar Ray Leonard 1980 KO of the Year Nominee over Dave Boy Green 

What you don't know is that the white boy had called him a nigger

he is a class act

Boxing announcers always drive me crazy. About two thirds of half of everything they say is 50% inaccurate.

Yes dave boy green was brave boxer and became a good businessman. Ray and Dave are great friends.

Both gents. Dave was a fine boxer and brave but SRL was several classes above, and I mean no disrespect to Dave there.

I thought the same

It’s the head bouncing off the floor that causes the really dangerous concussions

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Same

He was always trying to be Muhammad Ali.

@@rocroca7459 Don’t be so stupid he was always his own man

It's Glen Eaton I'm taking nothing away from Ray as he was a great fighter, but his "most remarkable performance??" Given Dave Green was nowhere near in Ray's league, this is a bit tricky. In fact the gulf in class is so wide the bout shouldn't have been sanctioned. Not good for boxing as Green could've been seriously hurt or worse.

Amendment Amen 🙏💞

I remember at the time when Dave boy green was going to fight SRL,on the tv they was saying Dave has a good chance of winning if he can land his haymaker,OMG when sugar hit him with that left hook! what a punch,i loved Sugar ray,he was a gent as well as the GOAT!

ikr? 🤣🤣🤣 0:39... If a punch snaps your neck back like that, it don't matter whether your glove caught it or not... if i hit your glove so hard that it hits your face and damn near knocks you tf out, i really don't think you deserve credit for your defense...🤣🤣🤣

Benitez too.

I am still amazed that Sugar survived the fight with Tommy "Hit Man" Hearns. The Hagler fight was different because his plan was to steal rounds against Marvelous and not really mix it up. In the fight with Hearns they mixed it up for 14 rounds and I think Sugar was behind on the scorecards when he finally won by TKO. That was one hell of a fight.

@@thelawofdivineoneness458 yep. Kinda of reminded of Tank Davis vs Mario Barrios. Then the Tank Davis vs Issac "Pitbull" Cruz reminded me of the Ali vs Frazier trilogy without the first fight 15th round knockdown. Straight war...

@@michaelpdstone I don't remember either of those fights. I am going to go back and watch them. Thanks.

& Leonard had heart. You have to dig deep to be a great champion, skill alone not enough.

💯 agree a legend won't be another!!!

The fact that Ray Leonard borrowed the "sugar" title from Ray Robinson tells us everything we need to know. An era when boxers fought every two weeks. Robinson has been voted pound-pound greatest fighter of all time by boxrec and ring magazine. Only 1 defeat in first 129 bouts. Exceptional footwork and hand speed. Check his record and watch some videos of his bouts😉

They posted this on Black history month, white lives matter😂.

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He stole the name from Sugar Ray Robinson!!

@@MrFchank and he took it to another level!!! 👊🏾

@@johnjones4866 have you seen sugar ray Robinson? No one has taken it to his level since. Not a single person.

I seen his head fly, then laughed aloud at the commentator lol everyone but him seen it 😂😂✌🏾

100% caught him.

That head really snapped back.

I wonder if Schenkel took any grief over that comment!

THEE lol with all due respect. I tell my wife the only thing almost as beautiful as her, is this sweet as pie left hook lmao

No bullshit!!!

I would counter with Roy Jones jr

Solid

I always love Leonard's fight game, however the great Suder Ray Robinson at a 125 fights was NO LOSSES !!!! He fought around 175 and only lost 4 to 6. He is without a doubt the very best, and did not fight chumps or pick out fights to guide his career. He fight them all.

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@@richardalexander4300 But if they fought Leonard would win. Leonard's technique was WAY better than Robinson. This fight right here I don't anybody could beat this Sugar Ray Leonard.

It would have been a good fight between Leonard and Robinson Robinson hit harder than Leonard tossup if I have money I’ll put it on Robinson although Sugar Ray was my favorite

double impact type of thing Green blocked the punch by accident and his own glove hit him

Yes. Bowling and Munich.

Most casual fans didn't know Muhammad Ali hardly ever threw a body shot.

Maybe. Maybe not. Too many other great fighters to just ignore....

That’s exactly right. And Marvin Hagler will never understand it.

@chris chichester Because he never lost to SRL. SRL is one of the biggest jerks, and hype jobs I've seen in my near 70 years. Being smart, and being great, are 2 different things. He was only a good fighter, with a great chin. But he was VERY smart, which made him great

@@milojanis4901 - Did you watch Leonard-Hagler? Leonard won the first four rounds easily. This is called boxing. Leonard is not Thomas Hearns and Thomas Hearns is on his back in possibly the most exciting 8 minutes in boxing history against Hagler. Leonard wins the first four rounds against Hagler and it’s not even a close 10-9 round. That means Hagler must win six of the next eight rounds just to salvage a draw. He didn’t. Leonard knew he had the fight won in the 12th and he didn’t need the 12th to win and that is why he is moving with such completeness in his footwork. Guess who also was convinced with absolute certainty Leonard won. Angelo Dundee. Perhaps you’ve heard of Muhammad Ali’s trainer. Dundee is screaming “Six Minutes!” and “Champ!” at the end of the 10th because he knew Leonard won the fight already. He’s not going to lie to Leonard because he told Leonard “you’re blowing son” against Hearns. Anyone who thinks Marvin Hagler defeated Sugar Ray Leonard is delusional. - Chris Chichester, Rochester N.Y.

@@chrischichester4689 Leonard lost to Hagler

Ray foughtclean fights all the others tried and did destroy alot of other boxers that ended some of their careers. That's why Ray was and is my favorite boxer hands down. He cared for those he fought in the ring.

Yeah, compared to Floyd mayweather sugar ray leonard was a str8 brawler. 🤣🤣

Leonard had the best chin by far, Hearns can barely talk. Leonard also had killer instinct, as soon as he thought you were hurt he'd be all over you. Good power, good enough to make you respect him, he never put ego ahead of winning except against Duran, where he said he'd go toe to toe the whole fight, and to everyone's surprise, (and Duran's delight), he did.

Leonard was a fighter who smelled the KO like a shark smells blood in the water!

He may not have been a bomber, but he was a KO artist in that his killer instinct to finish another fighter was as good as anyone ever. Hearns also said Leonard punched a lot harder than people gave him credit for.

As a welterweight in his prime I agree

Yep never be another like SRL glad I was alive to see my favorite of all time !!

???now Floyd would get knocked into the crowd stands, Ray Leonard’s legacy is a lot bigger than Floyd’s excluding the 50-0 bs record and the PPV sales (since PPVs weren’t that common in the 80s) but Mayweather would get passed around like a blunt against those monsters back 40-50 years ago

Don't get carried away, ferchrissakes!! I dislike Mayweather as much as anyone. He's always been lucky. Especially lucky he wasn't the same age as Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, and Duran.....

@@milojanis4901 all fighters from the fab four would stomp Floyd’s chin into the canvas

@Jimmy Garcia Pretty Boy’s chin def wouldn’t have been able to hold up

36 minutes. He never went 15 rounds

@@scottodonnell7121 Correct!

Sadly, Marvin is dead.

Add Duran to that sentiment...

Those were the days of great fighters and the 15 rounders.

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Good observation. Styles make fights, and Green's plodding, "peek a boo" style was just perfect for Leonard. Not that if he had tried to change his style he would have won. They could have fought 10 times and Ray would have beat him every time.

Yeh I wish we did

@Zulu Fight Channel he was good but not on the level of hagler or hearns or suger Ray Leonard we did have a great boxer John mugabe who had a great fight v hagler but I think he was only trained by brittish trainers not brittish just looked him up Ugandan boxer he was good aswell

Yall had Lennox lewis

Lennox and Wilde

@@thunderzproductions5474 lennox is canadian!

@@milea4233 huh

Knocked Green out of his soles

Gingers don't have souls 😝😝

Seriously dude. Sad how world has devolved