duran vs mayweather

Excellent post I agree. Stylistically PBF is a bad match up for Duran if he chose to fight of his back foot he would frustrate and outbox Duran from the outside with his superior reach. People act as if this is so far fetched Duran has been beaten by lesser fighters than PBF and that's all some are really trying to say.

 

Coming from someone who always bashed black fighters that's rich. From PBF, Ward, Wilder, Hopkins, Broner, you name it.

 

you always never pick a white or latin fighter over a black fighter yet call others racist

 

I pick them plenty of times. I picked Donaire to beat Walters and Canelo to beat Lara so log off with that nonsense. You on the other hand always **** on black fighters constantly.

 

I am just pointing out you're double standards you have called me a racist before yet you never pick white or latin fighters over blacks fighters even when its apparent the white or latin fighter is better.

 

I just gave you two examples dummy yet you glance right over that. I would pick Wlad to beat Wilder and Fury to beat Wilder to. I would however pick Wilder to beat Povetkin I will also pick Kovalev to beat Pascal and probably Loma to beat Walters. You constantly bash black fighters it's your full time job here either with Constable or your Boxing_master username when that's not banned.

 

wow you have wlad to beat wilder you have no choice but to pick him, i don't have problems with you sticking with you're own but leave the double standards

 

Plenty of people on this site have picked Wilder to beat Wlad if they meet but I'm not one of them. I also think Fury will be too much for him I consider Fury the second best HW behind Wlad. But back to you and your constant bashing of black fighters.

 

Although I this doesn't appear overly balanced as it insinuates that Duran can't deal with movers but Floyd has no trouble against Duran's style, it's somewhat plausible that it could be a close fight. But don't pretend that Floyd's fought fighters of Duran's calibre during his career cause that's far from the truth. The cllosest he's come would have been to a prime Pac and so far he's pulled a 5 year and counting "no mas"

 

This. His agenda is obvious

 

Agreeing with a known troll and closet racist your agenda is even worse.:hi:

 

Perfect stated.

I just don't understand why this thought so offends the Duran defenders here on ESB.

 

I wouldn't say it offends me, but neither would I say it's a well thought out ****ysis either. Essentially what is it saying is that Duran has trouble with movers but Mayweather who struggled with pressure fighters gets a pass.

If anything, I would say the evidence shows that at 135 Duran did well against movers, such as Buchanan, the Viruet brothers, Bizzarro and Marcel just to name a few, while Mayweather avoided Pac during his peak, and Pac doesn't have the defensive skills, the ferocity or the chin of a Duran.

But offended, not in the least. But if they could announce that fight tomorrow, I'd be betting my money on the hands of stone, not the guy with the brittle hands.

 

Let's hear it from the experts. Most, but not all, pick Duran

http://www.boxinginsider.com/columns/experts-contemplate-duran-vs-mayweather-at-lightweight/

Here's Dundee and Harold Lederman's take on this bout.

Angelo Dundee (Hall of Fame trainer of Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, among many others): “Oh gosh, Duran’s a living legend. And one of the best fighters today is Floyd Mayweather. That would be some fight. I tell you – it would be Floyd Mayweather’s toughest encounter. Duran against a guy with quick hands like Mayweather – he could nullify that. Duran offset quick hands through feints, head feints, foot feints and foot movements. He was a complete fighter. He had all that stuff going for him. Then he nails you. Then he bulls you too. Mayweather would be facing something he never faced before. You’re saying the fight would be at lightweight? I like Duran. Duran was slick, smart, body puncher, made you fall short with punches. At lightweight I would like Duran. He could get under your skin too. He could con you. He had ways to bother you. He was like Muhammad Ali in that way, but he couldn’t speak English. Duran was a real psyche artist.

“It’s tough. Mayweather always rises to the occasion. He impresses the hell out of me. I knew Duran from the inception – he trained at the Fifth Street Gym (Miami). I watched him all the time. A guy I trained, Duran was working with him – Vinnie Curto. A lightweight hurting a middleweight. There was no smarter, cuter fighter than Vinnie Curto. The only thing that bothered Duran was a long, left jab. And Mayweather doesn’t have that. Certain guys give certain guys problems. We haven’t seen what gives Mayweather problems. Are we talking 15 rounds? I like Duran. I like Duran. You’re talking about Mayweather going 15 rounds. Duran was pressure, pressure. He was strong. He could punch. God, he was a great lightweight. He takes advantage of every little thing. And he did it smooth, with grace. Everything was slick and smart. I like Duran.”

Harold Lederman (World-renowned boxing judge): “Duran in his prime vs. Mayweather in his prime…without question, I think it would be no contest. I did see Roberto Duran in his prime. I was in Madison Square Garden the first time he came in he fought Benny Huertas in that incredible one round fight. When he knocked out Benny Huertas. But they went toe-to-toe for the better part of one round. And at the that time Duran made such a big hit that they brought him back after. And I was the judge in that first fight that Roberto Duran ever lost to Esteban DeJesus in Madison Square Garden, where Duran walked into a left hook in the second round and he was sitting on the canvas looking up at DeJesus. And DeJesus just cruised to a ten-round decision. They fought two times after that for the Lightweight championship and Duran won both of them.

“But interestingly enough, Roberto Duran was an aggressive, very, very quick, very, very well trained, very well conditioned fighter. And when you look at Floyd Mayweather’s career, he did have trouble with a big Jose Luis Castillo at lightweight. And I think that, without question, I just don’t think that Mayweather, as good as he is, and he’s a very, very talented fighter, can hold off Duran. I mean, Duran was extremely aggressive. Hit very, very hard. Just an awful guy to beat. I mean, you had to be very, very strong and have a heckuva punch to hold him off. And Mayweather, although he has a good jab, has hand problems. I don’t think he can hit Duran hard enough, jab him hard enough without breaking his hands. And boy, when Mayweather hurts his hands you just know it. Because he starts going straight backwards, like he did with Famoso Hernandez and Victoriano Sosa.

“But with Duran, you had to have a heckuva punch or a heckuva great left jab to keep him off of you. Duran would have hammered him to the body. Eventually probably stopped him in eight or nine rounds.”

 

Sureeeeee. I give far more credit to fighters of other races than you do so don't try to play that card. You're full of **** and you sound no different than most of the Mayweather groupies on this forum