No. It would be a fairly good fight but skills and most importantly stamina are in Leonard's favor. Ike wins a few rounds and makes it difficult but once Ray takes control it's one sided.
Nope. Ike has no shot in Holy Hell at pulling an upset. Zero. None. Whether at 147 or 154, Leonard stops Ike.
One reason Ike gave Oscar so much trouble is cause of how STIFF Oscar always was in there. DLH was always stiff and straight up, so obviously he ate Ike's jab all night. And on top of that, DLH didn't have a great ring IQ and didn't know how to adjust. Simply lucked out with that left hook. Leonard was just a lot looser and more fluid than DLH, and and overall just far more athletic with a MUCH higher ring IQ. It wouldn't take Ray all night to adjust to Ike's rather basic and robotic style. He gives Ike too many looks and angles, and his type of handspeed is something Ike never saw. I don't think it's all that competitive, TBH. Ike would get taken apart.
Never saw the young Thobela, but considering how sloth like he was at 168, I have a lot of difficulty believing tios ::
Quartey wasn't slow. He had well above average handspeed. Compared to the NORMAL top fighter, anyway. Compared to LEONARD - then yeah, Quartey was slow. Quartey's biggest problem was his style was rather predictable. Far too predictable to compete with Leonard.
