Is Roberto Duran the most overrated fighter in boxing history?

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  1. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    is Roberto Duran the most overrated in boxing history? He never knocked out a great fighter and only beat one really great in his career, yet then lost to that same guy in quitting and to the other greats he fought Hearns,Hagler,BenitezLeonard!!!!!!.
     
  2. Green Man

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    No Duckweather is.

    Do you have any more dumb questions?
     
  3. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This site has become a playground for children. WTF's happening?

    anyway, I'm outta here.
     
  4. Green Man

    Green Man Guest

    Is Pernell Whitaker a great? He never knocked out a great fighter. And he never beat a great fighter.Dont get mad i am Just using your logic here.
     
  5. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree Floyd ducked people. but people on here have rated Duran as one of the greatest all timers and I don't think they rate him fairly or scientifically. Floyd beat Oscar and Mosley. Just on that, he beat more great fighters than Duran who just beat one. Who was that? Sugar Ray. and who won the rematch? Duran quit.
     
  6. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Castro? lol That is a troll comment I hope also You are joking about putting Castro in the category with Hearns,Leonard and Benitez and Hagler? 26 fights after 40? So what. He lost to all the legends he fought. He has a great iconic image, but his skills and wins do not match his image.
     
  7. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    you should go to checkhook boxing. that is where all the guys who cannot handle Boxing News 24 go!!
     
  8. Brandish

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    ok so how many title defenses of the four titles he held did he make.

    did duran dominate 147, 154, 160 yes or no?
     
  9. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Duran fans will say he did. They make it sound like Davy Moore and Barkley were the greatest fighters ever and when Duran fought Hearns 5 years before the Barkley fight that Duran was old and fat.
     
  10. RickyRicardo

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    he was overrated a bit but he and the other fab 4 made boxing exciting!
     
  11. Brandish

    Brandish Active Member Full Member

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    duran fans have a pattern. they know he didn't measure up to the greats of his era losing to all of them, so they play word games.

    duran did nothing with his career of note after the first leonard win. after quitting in the rematch it would take duran 4 years to win another major title.

    after beating 12-0 davey moore he then goes another 4 years before winning a title at 160.

    duran was more comparable to erik morales career wise due to his inability to dominate outside of one weight class.
     
  12. Ol' Bub

    Ol' Bub Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't know.
    I'm spending my time thinking about a fight that is actually happening tonight.:lol:
     
  13. FloydFan1988

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    he was a little overrated due to lack of foot speed and great wins but this is a little unfair. He was better than Morales.
     
  14. Green Man

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    Whitaker never beat one great fighter, he drew with Chavez got beat by DLH and got a beating from Trinidad, he got two gift decisions over the average Wilfredo Rivera was getting his ass beat by Dyobelis Hurtado of all people before he knoked him out in the 11th, went life and death with an injured Buddy Mcgirt in their first fight. if Duran's overrated then what is Whitaker? When Duran's record pisses all over Whitaker's resume.
     
  15. TinFoilHat

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    ATTN ADMIN. This guy is trying to plug his own site by making crap posts here and then telling us about a "alternative" we can go to. I think it's pretty blatant and I prescribe and IP Ban for him. Hes trying to stink up ESB to bring users to his own site.