Being the smart cookie he is, he treads carefully in the early going, uses his great skills and speed and steadily turns up the dial offensively ... Eventually, he takes out the dog killer For once, I'd be cheering for the disingenuous prick
I'd take Leonard. The dog killer plain and simple didn't have a very high ring IQ. Leonard was miles ahead of him in that department. There's a possibility that he stops Leonard within 6, but the Leonard of 87 was probably too tough and savvy for that. So I say Ray survives the first 6 rounds, and outboxes a tiring Gerald down the stretch.
Even 87 Leonard is a different class of fighter than McClellan... a young Leonard, say 1982, goes up to 160? Please... No fucking way McClellan does shit except get schooled and stopped
Apparently McClellan was into dog fighting. Very unhip of him. Some hipsters believe he deserved his fate because of his role in the death of dogs. He also got drunk and ran over some flamingos once. A terror on the world!
G-man didn't deserve to end up deaf, dumb, and blind, no. However, I think the remorseless shit he was willing to do to dogs is pretty indicative of a guy who very likely wasn't playing with a full deck to begin with. Unless you think there's something "hip" about animal cruelty, cause I don't. Still, what happened to him was horrific. But back to the topic.... Leonard wins this.
I think a dog is a fucking animal and if people want to "force" them to fight, I'm not going to pretend to care.
Leonard took Hearns´ shots for 14 rounds....and Hearns is faster, as rangier and hard-hitting as McClellan, imo. Leonard late.
