Castillo and Henderaz. Again both fights where Floyd was injured to put as an example of Floyd's best? Division Champ Castillo who coming off wins on Joel and johnston > a 5'4 Dejesus UD Duran and knocks Duran down at 135.
So he got under the skin of leonard by disrespecting his wife and tricked him to fight him flat footed equals the best he ever looked. How about the rematch with Leonard who Floyd will definitely fight like against Duran? How did that go for Duran? i guess we should take the **** that has been passing around on classic boxers equal killing machine story instead huh.
I find it hilarious people still think that Leonard could at any moment have switched into "boxing mode", including when he knew he was down on the cards, and simply chose not to out of pride.
Limited small Ricky Hatton was able to pressure Mayweather? Duran is one of the greatest inside pressure fighters ever. Duran was hard to hit clean, Leonard who has greater speed and offensive gifts than Mayweather was never able to hit Duran clean. Duran has both a lethal right hand and a lethal left, he can move, has footspeed and can attack while on defense rolling with the punches while shooting a KO right with bad intentions. Duran has a good chin has the rythym and pace of one of the greatest fighters ever, if a past it DLH with no inside game or right hand can make it close and a Hatton swarming in and applying pressure basicly defensles can win rds surely the Duran from Montreal kicks his ass. Cotto made May bleed and made it tough. Compare Cotto to Duran and imagine what succeses he would have? Duran by decision.
and for the idiot descrediting DeJesus. The first fight was actually not at 135lbs, it was above as it was a 10 round non title fight, and quite frankly, that wasn't quite a peak version of Duran there. Another thing, if you actually knew your boxing, you would know that DeJesus was actually an excellent boxer who could ****in' crack, and even tho he dropped Duran in the 2nd fight, he still got destroyed...i would go as much to say that a prime DeJesus is better than anybody Floyd has faced, around the time he faced them. Corrales was nowhere near as skilled DeJesus. DeJesus would school the hell out of him. Castillo was an excellent fighter himself, but not as good as DeJesus. Estaban would win a decision.
Hell no. I recognize Floyd's talent and he could beat Duran since Duran could be a hot and cold fighter being inconsistent, but the world knows the best version of Duran was Montreal Duran. At 135 I think its 50-50 as both Duran fell to DeJesus and Mayweather to Castillo, but both avenged those losses. 154 Floyd might squeek and win on a very, very close points victory over a 154 Duran who became more technical and less the iron chinned berserker brawler that could also knock you out with one punch. Also, Duran even at 160 still had alot of power in his right hand at 154 he used the jab alot followed by a right hand. Even an out of shape Duran was alot stronger than Floyd. So basically at 135 it's anybody's fight tho I give Duran the edge, 147 definitely Duran, and 154 the edge to Floyd. Not to sound biased, but the truth is Duran was already looking outta shape and abit flabby at 154. He looked like he didnt give a **** and unmotivated losing to fighters he should of beaten with ease.
Are you kiddin me? Now this is some bull****. Duran was beating the **** outta Iran Barkley at 38, the same guy that beat the **** outta Hearns who would beat the **** outta Mayweather. Mayweather avoided ****in Margarito...I mean ****. You got Duran comin up, beatin the **** outta a guy that gave James Toney a tough fight, and Floyd is SCARED AS **** to fight Margarito who he PROMISED all scared as **** lookin to his face, that he would fight him. Margarito EARNED his way by beating Cotto so bad that he was never the same fighter and did irreversable damage, and then Margarito called out Floyd.... Floyd RAN AWAY. That's a DUCK. You tell someone, lookin all scared as ****, that you will fight them when they make a name for themselves, and then they do, then you run away? That's a DUCK. SO **** this thread. Scared ass Mayweather won't even fight TINY PACQUAIO. His best friend makes synthetic steriods that can beat a drug test. MOther ****er is scared and probably takin some bull****.
Nah, it's YOU that's mad. I don't give a ****. I got shot in my eye and I'm still talkin **** till the day I die.
My advice is dont feed the trolls. They will be typically inbred megamouthed ******ed Americans, who know less than nothing about Duran prior to the 20th of June 1980. Some of the fools even pick Mayflower to beat Duran at 135 based on nothing more than his pathetic wins over the insignificant N'Duo, and Sosa, and the slightly better than average JLC. That is their level of knowledge about anything, and everything NON American, and should be treated with the contempt it deserves. Bear in mind there is a very good reason why 75 % of them dont own passports, probably because they are too stupid to travel.:yep
I am fully aware that 90% posters on ESB doesn't know squat about boxing. Vague and big statements doesn't mean you know ****. Go follow hype some more.