{"id":780638,"date":"2026-09-24T03:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780638\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T03:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:26:09","slug":"shakur-stevenson-compares-sugar-ray-leonard-and-sugar-ray-robinson-his-level-was-extremely-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780638\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson compares Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson: &#8220;His level was extremely high&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/shakur-stevenson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shakur Stevenson<\/a> has revealed his preference between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson, feeling as though he has taken greater inspiration from one of the two legends.<\/p>\n<p>While both Hall of Famers are considered among the greatest pound-for-pound fighters of all time, many would argue that Robinson was the more decorated champion.<\/p>\n<p>He did, after all, enter a staggering 199 professional contests, before ending his illustrious career as a five-time world middleweight champion in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his success against other eventual Hall of Famers, most notably Jake LaMotta, Robinson also claimed world welterweight honours by defeating Tommy Bell.<\/p>\n<p>As for Leonard, the 147lb scene was taken by storm when <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/features\/on-this-day-sugar-ray-leonard-halts-wilfred-benitez-in-15-rounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the masterful American dethroned Wilfred Benitez with a 15-round finish<\/a> in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Sugar\u2019 would then lose his WBC title to Roberto Duran, before winning their rematch via an eighth-round stoppage and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/29218877\/sugar-ray-leonard-first-thomas-hearns-fight-hell-going-here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">scoring a 14th-round finish over Thomas Hearns<\/a> in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>At 160lbs, Leonard remained a spectacular fighter but was certainly less effective, with many believing that Hearns and Marvin Hagler deserved to win their respective middleweight contests.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of those controversial decisions, though, four-division world champion Stevenson has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShakurStevenson\/status\/2102422765517369739\" rel=\"nofollow\">taken to social media<\/a> and expressed his favouring of Leonard over Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like SRL better then I like SRR. This might make my people mad but SRL was one hell\u2019va fighter. To me, his level was extremely high!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I like SRL better then I like SRR, This might make my people mad but SRL was one hellavu fighter to me his level was extremely high!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShakurStevenson\/status\/2102422765517369739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From a stylistic perspective, it is hardly surprising that Leonard\u2019s performances resonate more with Stevenson than those of Robinson, who generally fought as more of a boxer-puncher than a slick technician.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson has revealed his preference between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson, feeling as though he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-780638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}