Leonard to Pacquiao: “It is usually beaten”

Sugar Ray Leonard says that in order for Manny Pacquiao to return from his five -year retirement, he has to get used to being hit and train strong at a high level for his title against WBC Welterweight, Mario Barrios, on July 19.

The comeback of Leonard vs. Manny’s

Sugary Ray mentions that he retired for five years and successfully returned. However, Sugar Ray was only 30 years old when he returned. It will be much more difficult for the 46 -year -old Pacquiao to do what Leonard did for his age and all the wear and tear of a long career rings.

“When I returned, I did not realize that it was five years that I had been out. You got used to being run over. You got used to forming so hard at this level,” said Sugar Ray Leonard when Fight Hub TVWhen asked about his thoughts about Manny Pacquiao, returning to 46 years after leaving the ring for five years.

The rival Leonard fought against the ring for five years from 1982 to April 6, 1987, was Marvin Hagler, and defeated him for a 12 -round decision. Hagler wanted it to be 15 rounds, which would have favored him.

“It’s more psychological than you are physical. You have to have this heart, this feeling. And do you know what?

In the case of Pacquiao, he will also be physical because he is 46 years old, and he was ahead in his last fight against Yordenis Ugas on August 21, 2021. He lost this fight for a unanimous decision of 12 rounds. You have to think that even with a large camp, Pacquiao will have lost many of the physical skills he showed in this struggle. What he has to expect is that Barrios does not have the talent to take advantage of it.

“Hopefully I had it, but again you could not change your mind. I was ready to enter this ring. Not 100%. I will say it. I was not 100%prepared. But I did what I felt I had to do,” said Leonard.

When Sugar Ray struggled, he was afraid, taking murderers like Marvin Hagler, Danny Lalonde, Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran and Tommy Hers. Towards the end of Leonard’s career, he took elongated breaks from the ring. If he had continued to fight constantly, he would have been even greater, but he had made so much money.

Leonard to Crawford vs. Cannel

“It’s a big difference,” Leonard said when he asked about his thoughts about Terence Crawford, from 154 to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his indisputable Middle Weight Championship on September 13. “When I fought against Donny Lalonde, every time I hit me, he hurt me to some extent. He didn’t get out of me, but he hurt me, to say -so.”

When Leonard fought against WBC heavy weight champion Donny Lalonde, on November 7, 1988, he left a 19 -month dismissal, fighting a older, younger and stronger boy. One of the advantages that Sugar Ray had was that Lalonde agreed to go down to 168 with the WBC Super Middleweight of Leonard and Donny’s 175 pounds title on the line. Lalonde seemed drained to weight and may have affected the result.

“You can ask it. There is no question about it. This is true (Canelo is too big for Crawford), but there is always a way to win,” said Leonard.

As Leonard points out, there is a way to win a smaller Crawford if you can find it against Alvarez. It must fight Smart and prevent it from entering the fires with the larger and naturally stronger chanenean.

Crawford seemed visibly slower in his last struggle, passing up to 154 after a year outside the Ring to challenge Israil Madrimov for his middle weight title from the WBA. Now, once again outside the ring, Crawford moves up to 14 pounds to challenge Canelo in 168.

He will be slower, more welcoming and will have to Boxa Alvarez to get a shot to win. Can you do it? Maybe. Canelo seemed old and tired in his last fight against William Scull on May 3.