LMAO at this ignorant old fart. You must be hanging out with Pavlik from one bar to the other. You punch drunk moron. Pavlik's slow wouldnt land a punch on Duran. Stop posting and go look for an AA meeting ASAP.
Floyd Duran would be great.. could be a trilogy.. very close Martinez could give him troubles too.. Not sure.. apart from that, he would **** anybody up till middleweight. Ward would beat the **** out of him, if he ever moves up to 168
Freddie wouldn`t let pac anywhere near Duran & even if pac overruled him its a bit hard to make a trilogy when the first two fights ended in knockouts in favour of one fighter (Duran)
If Duran was around today 1. Floyd would commit more crimes and beg the judge for more time behind bars. 2. Pacquiao wouldnt fight about 130. 3. Arum and King would be even richer.
Duran got whacked out like he was nothing by Hearns. Outclassed by Benitez. Beaten by Kirkland Laing. Effortlessly dominated and mocked by SRL twice. Beaten by De Jesus. Half you ****ing guys never even saw him fight. His opp as a LW was ****, he rarely ever made weight, JCC beats him in every way possible except for fantasy fights dreamed up by morons desperately trying to fit in. So does Pac, Mayweather and half a dozen other ATG lightweights. Welterweights? Forget about it, the list is endless. The man's entire CAREER is based off of one great victory over SRL fighting the stupidest fight of his career and having an off night.
he beat anybody around lightweight, guys like broner, garcia, uchiyama, marquez and matthyse, but would lose or have close matches with world class welterweights up to midleweight. ortiz, berto, guys of that caliber no problem. floyd would outfrustrate him and duran lose. cotto would get hammered and duran win. pacquiao at that stage doesn't have enough left for duran, duran wins by TKO. martinez, naturaly to big and still in his prime beats duran at middleweight. p4p duran would be #2 behind floyd, martinez beats duran, but its unfair, because duran is a natural lightweight and martinez a natural light middleweight, thats way p4p wise duran > martinez.
atsch atsch I would give Broner, Mathysse and JMM a decent chance of beating a 135 lbs Duran.. Duran is not a demigod, he's beatable.. Do some research buddy.. Duran fought who? Come on, let's get real.. JMM cleared the division before he moved-up in weight.. Broner is still green and by the time he gets to 135, he'll be a real force to deal with.. I give JMM the upperhand against Duran @135, I give Broner lower than 50% and Mathysse lower than 30%.. But the thing is, they have a chance.. :smoke Cotto-Duran would be 50-50, because Cotto has problems with boxers that returns fire with fire.. Prime Pacquioa would put a brutal beating on Duran in a bloody fight.. Would have been the fight of the decade.. :deal
Dear friends, Kind Regards Duran would have made mincemeat of the opposition in all four weights he fought in. He would have been flawless at 135, beating both Pacquiao and Money Mayweather with relative ease, and more than would have held his own at 147, 154, and 160. I feel that he would have absolutely THRASHED Kelly Pavlik, you think his assault on the late Davey Moore was bad, watch how he goes about ending Pavlik's career. Sure, Martinez would have been more difficult a challenge, but I felt El Cholo had what it took to beat him, too. Bottom line, Duran is a true ATG, and he would have been such in this era, while ducking NOBODY. Yours truly, Macehualli
Dear bernie4366 Kind Regards I take it that you're a hater. JCC liked for opponents to hit him. At 135, you did NOT, under any circumstance, want to get hit by Roberto Duran. It only appears that SRL fanboys are the ones who routinely downplay Duran's career. I take it you lost some money when SRL was beaten soundly, even though he, in your words, fought the wrong fight, he still fought and still lost. Oh well, let the haters hate, I say. Yours truly, Macehualli
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIGEWFxhgGQ[/ame] Durans jab alone destroys most of your names above. All time great top 10 , and you mention Broner!?
Pac and mayweather would seem to be his only competition, although I have to throw in Marquez, he can hang in with anyone. Duran would likely be champ--if they fought. Mayweather and Pac still have not fought, which is unforgivable.