When Ray Leonard Confronted His Worst Nightmare 

Love that moniker, "Sugar Ray." He will always be one of my favorites of all time.

Tyson crying while talking about SRL is one of the most endearing moments I’ve seen.

Ray always had the class to admit that Tommy Hearns won their second fight. Great speed with his legs and hands, those incredible combination, smarts and heart. The complete fighter.

The treat in this video is seeing Marvelous Marvin Hagler smiling. 😄

I’m 75yrs. Old and I watched most all the fights back in the day. I really liked watching Sugar Ray and was always impressed with his cardio. He was quick but not the power of a lot of fighters. Anyway I miss those days they were more sane!

ONE OF THE GREATEST AND BESTES BOXER IN HISTORY!!!!! THE BEST OF THE BEST

That's the definition of anyone who is great at anything, they can take a fall but they always come back stronger.

That was a premature stoppage Howard shouldve been given an 8 count maybe but he deserved a chance to keep going.

Sugar was the one who got me interested in boxing. Watching him control the ring when I was a kid was a wonder to me.

A prime sugary Leonard beats all welterweights of today

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Sugar ray is one of the goats

This fight is absolutely vicious. Sugar ray lived up his name.

I remember watching this live on HBO, and thinking maybe this would be Ray's last fight. Boy was I wrong!🥊🥊 Great episode! I love your channel!!

I was never a advocate of Ray, but he was a great fighter, but MARVELOUS, was that guy!

I had the honor in my youth of being at this fight. Incidentally - his younger sister, who resembled him (like a spitting image), walked by where I was standing on the rear entrance/exit of the Marriott Hotel, in route to The Centrum in Worcester MA. ❤🥊🥊

Thanks for another great upload and commentary.

His speed of punching is just incredible

You no ray was one off the best fighter I ever seen he gave us his all that's all I can say about ray love him😂

Leonard would lock up with anyone. An absolute warrior in the ring.

Every boxer has that one fighter that was a nightmare for them no matter how great you was.

Howard was a tough customer, and the Ref stopping the contest was proper. Howard was defencless under the barrage by Ray after being staggered by his strong followup left hook. That was the exchange that finally crack the armored chin of Howard.

Still didn't take the Title from Marvin, it was given to him.

B.A.D. is my favorite boxing channel! I another classic!

Tommy climbed all those weight classes. That was impressive.

Ray Leonard had Bruce Lee type aura. He just lit up the screen with his shear presense. He had me waiting for his next fight like no other boxer before or since. When he lost to Duran in that first fight it was announced on the late night news in the UK by a young lady with these words: " Sugar Ray Leonard the man who has succeeded Muhamad Ali as the greatest has been beaten". What an accolade for any manb to carry.

Dude did the stanky leg after that right cross 😂😂😂😂😂

Sugar Ray waited 3 more years before accepting to fight Marvin Hagler. This tells you who was the better fighter at that time.

A BS stoppage. Man wasn't even down.

Fave fighter, Pete from England

Ray was murderous in his prime Kevin became enraged but he was visibly shaken badly, premature stoppage? maybe but the inevitable was coming Ray was gaining momentum and getting stronger Howard was going to get severely injured all bravado aside he had his moments against Ray and so did Floyd Sr. when Ray needed to be all That!,in his prime years he was one of The most Gutsy S.O.B’s to ever lace’em Up! Undeniably Tough 🥊!!

Sugar #1 Topgun

Howard fought well and was a tough comeback fight for Leonard. That said, it’s important to note that he was behind on all three cards when the fight was stopped.

How is this dude standing! He’s eating so many big shots from Sugar Ray!? Wtf, that just doesn’t make sense.

Anyone who was privileged enough to live through this period of middle weight boxing will have seen the sport at its absolute best. Luckily I was one of those who did.

Kelvin Howard was a beast but haggler was a monster

Leonard was a great technician. He could have boxed Howard like he did Hagler rather than go toe to toe

Watching the 80s boxers as a trainer you can learn a lot to teach your amateur boxers. 1)Bowe= inside( uppercut) 2)Lewis=Left hook 3)Tyson= head movement 4)Sugar ray= Footwork 5)Foreman=arms defence 6)Hollyfield=Big heart 7)Ali= Jab The rest is history❤

Your videos are great, do one on the first Arguello vs. Pryor fight? That, was a legendary fight!

yes he was the goat in my eyes

Kevin sure lost a lot of brain cells in that one.

I agree it was stopped prematurely - an 8 count would have been better. having said that, if it had gone the distance i believe Leonard would have won...

RESPECT! ✊🏾

Hell of a fight, that one. 👍

Loved Leonard, he had it all, speed, movement, and knockout power in both hands, and he was the best welterweight of all time, in my opinion. You could make an argument that Hearns was the 2nd best all time, but lacked stamina, so maybe not.

Most GREATS If "IF" They Had STOPPED When They Done IT ALL Would Be The BEST There WAS !😮

I've always thought Leonard was overrated, and got a few gifts from the judges in some of his fights.

A head bunt sent him to the canvas

The referee has a duty to protect the fighter. If it looks the fighter might suffer a serious damage if the fight continues, the referee'll stop the fight. It requires an exercise of judgment of the situation.

Scorecards were wonky to be fair. For instance on David’s official card He gave SRL a 10-8 in round 3 despite no knockdown which isn’t in line with convention in 1984. Then in round 4 he gave Howard a 10-9. This is objective and incorrect scored 2 round swing alone against Howard. On this card his final outcome was 79-74. He also gave 2 rounds a 10-10. Again in 1984, it wasn’t normal to I hand out 10-10 rounds so casually. 10-10 rounds by any rule set are meant to be incredibly rare. Only one referee awarded Howard the proper 10-8 in round 4 as the rules dictate specifically in case of a knockdown all else being equal. Even Sugars biggest fan wouldn’t say he did enough to overcompensate for that knockdown in that round haha that’s silly. George, the middle ref who correctly scored the 10-8 also was the only one who gave Leonard round 8…. Which… idk how the actual hell you do that. Howard pieced him up especially at the end of the round. Leonard kept throwing this double hook this round and Howard picked it apart scoring big. You can tell Ray was pissdd after that round and didn’t wanna risk the scoring he tried to confront Howard after 8 and Howard just shunned it . Ultimately I still think it was a great stoppage . He had no legs and couldn’t even get his arms up to grab Leonard. 10 would have been tragic if they made it. But the scoring was very very odd. Still a great stoppage and a win for Ray

His worst nightmare was Duran. Why did Duran quit the 2nd fight? Because he refused to play by the new "point" rules that Leonard brought with him when he turned pro. Changed boxing forever....Sad.

That fight was prematurely stopped by the ref

Howard was a tough fighter with good hands but the ref knew it was over. Howard literally tried to wrestle Ray to avoid those painful blows. Ray was not playing with him and if ref hadnt stopped it ray finishes him.

Styles make good fights,i think sugar eay in his prine, against oscar de la hoya would of been good

I was at the Ken Howard fight

Howard coping hard about not being hurt.

Stoppage little early, but he was about to go.

Marvin Hagler BEAT THE BRAKES OFF Sugar ray Leonard I DON'T CARE WHAT YALL SAY😤

I first saw ray beat up dave boy Green that was it I was hooked

GOAT

Liked, subbed.

In forth round way no one saw the headbutt from the other view

Terry Norris should have been disqualified. Leonard was on the mat, both gloves on the mat and Norris rushed to him and hit him. When Roy Jones was simillarly disqualified they were both toe to toe. He was caught up in the moment. Not so with Norris. Minute 1:25.

Howard was still out of his mind while being interviewed.. the rest of the world isn't blind, you were hurt. But it was stopped too quick. But I don't think he'd of been on his feet by the end of the round. He was too busy being "hurted".

If I remember right getting sugar Ray Leonard also admit he was taking steroids or doping or something? Wouldn't this tarnish his legacy? 😠🔥

6:53 isn't that more headbutt that punch?

Howard was badly wobbled and failing to defend himself. The fight was rightfully stopped.

Small typos in the graphicsLeonard fought Hagler in 87 not 97. And Hearns rematch was 89 not 87. But anybody watching this probably knows that. Larry Merchant disgreeing with the stoppage is no suprise!

Two things about Leonard the hagler fight was paid off and, she stole her name from the greatest fighter in any weight class Sugar ray Robinson.

very possible he could have gone longer this is B.S cause they loved Leonard.

That shit just pissed me off , hit that man after he fell on the ground 🤦🏽‍♂️😡

Kevin came to fight that's fight that's for sure but sugar ray was very special fighter

Questionable stoppage

Howard was lucky the ref stopped it IMO. Leonard was get n ready to unload an arsenal of punches that would have done serious damage. to Howard. You could see those wicked body shots by Leonard starting to break Howard down and to set him up for those head shots and Leonard's big right hand. If the ref had not stopped the fight Howard would have looked like Hearns on the ropes in their first fight only this time it would have been target practice by Leonard unloading those big guns on Bruh Howard at will. Much respect for Howard though. He was game. He is a Philly Fighter but Leonard was a world class Top Tier fighter and he was too good for Howard even with the long layoff and the ring rust. 🗣♊️👤Rising

Sugar Ray was a great fighter with fast hand and a big heart great foot work...shakur Stevenson could learn from him!!!

What a bullshit stoppage

Fight was stoped to early they needed to make tht Mega fight with Hagler

Look, Hagler competed in boxing from 1973 to 1987 and reigned as the undisputed champion of the middleweight division from 1980 to 1987, making twelve successful title defenses, all but one by knockout. Hagler also holds the highest knockout percentage of all undisputed middleweight champions at 78 percent. His undisputed middleweight championship reign of six years and seven months is the second-longest active reign of the 20th century. He was robbed by the judges against the cocky showboat golden boy. Hagler begged for a re-match but never got one. If Hagler didn’t give in to Golden Boy’s requests for 10oz gloves instead of the customary 8oz, the larger 22x22 foot ring, and most importantly granting Leonard 12 rounds instead of the customary 15, Hagler would have knock Ray out! PERIOD !!! The fight was close. Many thought it should have been a draw- where Hagler would have retained his title. and that 118-110 third judge, JoJo Guerra, had Leonard winning by a lopsided score of 118-110, having had Leonard winning 10 rounds and Hagler winning only 2 rounds. Guerra's scorecard was widely derided in the media following the bout. What fight was he watching ?! I saw a split decision win for the champion Marvin Hagler.

Those hand of sugar ray man both Mayweather probably got beat

I'll salute u

SRL the greatest Welterweight of all time

the time with real boxers

He could have gotten hurt if it hadn't been stopped. But he also probably could have kept going. If he had been knocked down, he probably would have gotten up, and survived the round. And then he had a chance to win it. Was the chance of getting hurt because his defenses were down worth ending his chance to win? Tough call. Safety says yes, but it's kind of marginal.

What's boxer was this man sugar Ray leonard he got it all in boxing

They did stopped the fight too early tho

When will we ever see a magical foursome like Hearns, Duran, Leonard and Hagler again? Answer, never, If you were lucky enough, like I was, to like through that golden golden golden age, you are a very privileged boxing fan.

As great as Ray was… and he was…Both the draw with Tommy and The win awarded over hagler were travesties of boxing and it’s those types of decisions that stain the image of the Sweet Science.

Mayweather, wouldnt last against that era of boxing, where no One ducked anyone

Good, very good. But not the ORIGINAL SUGAR RAY.

Why did the referee stop the fight?

"Confronted his worst nightmare???" Huh?

NOT FLOYD MAYWEATHER OR THIS BUD FOR YOU CRAWFORD

Why was hacker such a jerk?

What an AWFUL BS stop...This was done in Leonard fights REPEATEDLY....The Leonard vs Benitez and Mayweather fights immediately come to mind....

He should’ve just taken a knee

Duran wasn't a real boxer and had no boxing talent at all. 🤣 Leonard jacked him up jokingly.

MARVIN HAGLER WAS STUPID TO ALLOW RAY TO THE BIGGEST BOXING RING IN HISTORY !! MARVIN WOULD'VE BEAT RAY IF NOT FOR THE HUGE RING WHICH ALLOWED RAY TO RUN !!!

If he's so called the best why did he run from Aaron Pryor?? I bet you a lot of sugar Ray fans are going to try to justify this one. Please note it was caught on camera 😂

This is why I could not stand Leonard, refs were always looking to help him as well as judges. He was awarded a few fights he didn't win.

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