Floyd or Duran - Most skilled?

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  1. sweetray

    sweetray Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Floyd is more skilled but Duran was stronger and tougher.
    Duran would eat Floyd`s punches and ko him.
     
  2. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    How can Floyd be in the lead when he competed against lesser fighters with more physical advantages? How can that gap in demonstration of skill work in Floyd's favor? Duran bringing Hagler to a close points decision alone at that age and weight required more sheer craft than most, if not all, of Floyd's best wins.
     
  3. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Duran And its not even close.
     
  4. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    Boxed Ears where you at?

    Care to explain for choosing Duran?
     
  5. MVC

    MVC Boxing Junkie banned

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    Floyd. Floyd taps this ass too.
     
  6. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    I'm sure he does.

    And you love it.

    Other *****s will be jealous though :deal
     
  7. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    The way I truly would measure skill is against who your willing to test it against. Then after all is said and done you'll get your answer. Truth is Floyd has looked unbeatable against very beatable opponents. Duran, on the other hand, looked beatable against very unbeatable looking opponents that I need not mention. Not hatin, just the truth.
     
  8. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Duran has the greater overall skillset, probably the most natural fighter there has ever been, floyd looks kinda robotic compared to Duran in full flow.

    Even if floyd has an edge in defense, its nowhere near as clear as the edge Roberto has in offence or more importantly the ability Duran has to switch effortlessly between offence & defense.

    Duran is the more skilled fighter, the much greater fighter career wise & would tear floyd apart in a fight both at their best from 135-147.

    Duran is the correct answer here people, wake up please.
     
  9. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    PBF better footwork defense and counter-punching.
     
  10. Hoshi

    Hoshi bigboi Full Member

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    I love how Duran is seen by many as just a come forward slugger. Insanity.
     
  11. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    Hoshi you utterly dominated me yesterday at Fight Night.
     
  12. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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  13. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Because he's more skilled that's why. Duran is arguably one of the most overrated fighters in boxing people love his machismo much like Erik Morales and tend to overrate him also the fact that he's the greatest Latino fighter of all time so he gets extra points for that. So he gets overrated to that degree. For example when you look at ATG list people often rank Duran over SRL who is the better fighter which is ridiculous. They play up his success but overlook his flaws and loses and have an excuse for every loss, he didn't train or he didn't care. Really?? He got his socks boxed off by Benitez got KFTO by Hearns lost to Hagler and quit against SRL in one of the biggest fights of his career and is always remembered for No Mas. That's the type of bias that I'm talking about and is treated like some kind of boxing God who could do no wrong.
     
  14. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    They're superior to one another in different areas.
     
  15. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Once you`ve been into boxing for more than 2-3 years & you learn the sport... you will regret saying shite like that.