Sugar Rai Leonard says that Manny Pacquiao will return from five-year retirement, it must be used to hit and train hard at a high level that shot against VBC Velterveight Champion Mario Barrios.
Leonard’s return vs. Manny’s
The promenade mentions to retire five years and successfully returned. However, the sugar was only 30 when he returned. It will be much harder for the 46-year-old package to do what Leonard worked for his age, and all the ring wears with a long career.
“When I came back, I didn’t realize it was five years old. You have to get used to it. You have to get used to you so hard at that level,” said Sugar Rai Leonard? Fight Hub TVWhen asked about his thoughts on Manny Pacquiao, which returned to 46 years after five years was from the ring.
The opponent that Leonard fought to leave the ring for five years from 1982. until 6. April 1987. years, was Marvin Hagler and beat him with a 12-year-divided decision. Hagler wanted to be 15 rounds, which would favor him.
“It’s more psychological than it’s physical. You need to have that heart, that feeling. And you know what? Maybe he can do it. It’s just the way it feels.
In the case of Pacquiao, it will be physically and that is 46 years old, and he went through the last fight against Yordenis Ugas 21. August 2021. years. He lost that fight with a 12-round unanimous decision. You have to realize that even with a great pacquiao camp lost a lot of physical skills that showed in that fight. What must be hoped is that Barrios lacks talent to use it.
“I wish I had, but again, you couldn’t change my mind. Not 100%. I wouldn’t have been 100% prepared. But I did what I felt I said I had to do”.
When Sugar Rai fought, he was fearless, taking a killer like Marvin Hagler, Danny Lalonde, Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran and Tommy Hearns. According to the end of Leonard’s career, he expanded the ring breaks. If he was constantly struggling, he would enjoy even greater success, but he earned so much money.
Leonard on Crawford vs. Canelo
“It’s a big difference,” Leonard said about his thoughts on Crawford’s Touring to ranges from 154 to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his undisputed super medium weight 13. September. “When I fought with Donny Lalonde, every time he hit me, he hurt me in a degree. It doesn’t throw me out, but he hurt me, to put me in that way he put it.”
When Leonard fought the VBC to the Donny Lalonda 7. November 1988. year, he was coming out with a 19month dismissal, fought higher, younger and stronger guy. One advantage that Sugar Rai had that Lalonde agreed to come down to 168 with Leonard’s VBC Super Medium Weight and Donnier title 175 lb on the line. Lalonde looked exhausted on weighing and may have affected the outcome.
“He can do that. There’s no question about it. That’s right (Canelo is too big for Crawford), but there’s always a way to win,” Leonard said.
How Leonard points out, there is a way to make a smaller Crawford win if it can find it against Alvarez. He must fight smartly and avoid to enter any fire with a larger, naturally stronger Canel.
Crawford looked visibly slower in his last fight, moving up to 154 after a year from the ring to challenge Irail Madrimov for his name VBA Junior Medsind. Now, another year from the ring, Crawford moves to 14 kilograms to cause Canelo in 168.
It will be slower, more marked and will need to shoot the Boss Alvarez to victory. Can that do that? Maybe. Canelo looked old and tired in his last fight against William Scull 3. May.
Last Updated on 21.05.2025