70-year-old Sugar Ray Leonard went viral with Jon Jones. Prime Leonard was faster than Crawford, Ennis, and nearly all of today’s champs.
Leonard has been seen using combination feints to the body of one Jon Jones of the UFC, both in suits.
It has got a lot of reach and proves Leonard even at his advanced years is lightning fast.
Jon Jones is talking about going to professional boxing at the moment, proving more MMA fighters and American athletes are joining professional boxing than ever before, again.
On all time great boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, above, some notes on the speed vs today in boxing;
The Gold Standard of Hand Speed
- Prime Leonard = boxing’s gold standard for hand speed
- 43 punches in 9 seconds during 1976 Olympics—nearly 5 per second
- Legendary flurries vs. Hearns turned the fight around
Prime Leonard vs. Today’s Speed Demons
- Terence Crawford – elite speed, but Leonard was faster, slicker, and more diverse
- Jaron “Boots” Ennis – explosive but lacks Leonard’s overall talent
- Shakur Stevenson – fast, but Leonard was just as quick at a higher weight
- Gervonta Davis – more power than speed; Leonard had both
What Made Leonard’s Speed Special
- Fastest combinations in boxing history—better than Mayweather’s single shots
- Deceptively fast—”Ray Leonard fast,” a category above even Floyd
- Threw blazing speed with real power, not just arm punches
- Footwork perfectly synced with hands—impossible to defend
Leonard’s speed definitely fast than Bud and Ennis, maybe not Floyd.
Maybe something similar to him, but Leonard used far more combinations, far more dangerous than Floyd at 147 pounds.
More lethal.
Ray Leonard is not doing good lately though outside of boxing, people have turned against him in America a lot in recent times, clearly.
A real dislike of Ray Leonard in America these days, no doubt.
As a boxer, Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the best 147 pounders ever though, sure.
As a person, an entirely different story.
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