Ring Magazine Rates Roberto Duran the 5th Best Boxer of the Last 80 Years

Especially considering Mike Tyson is 72.

 

Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, and George Foreman too high. Aaron Pryor and Salvador Sanchez as well. Since it was "the last 80 years", that makes it extra high for Dempsey since he did little from 1922 on.

Thomas Hearns too low.

Since 2002, I'm sure Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones rose. This was before Hopkins beat Tarver and before Jones beat Ruiz. Oscar De La Hoya rose too, as this was the summer of 2002, before De La Hoya beat Fernando Vargas which is the best, or one of his best wins.

 

Its not even close. Harada over Jofre is HUGE. That said, I would probably put Pac over Harada all time out of Asia. Of course Im basing this on my limited knowledge of Harada and his wins over Jose Medal and Eder Jofre. Ib would be open to hearing about the rest of his competition and career and reassessing this ranking at a later time. Something I don't think you will get from hard core Pac fans wyho only live in today.

 

This list was compiled in 2002 Both Calzaghe and Hatton came to prominence after this. I'm sure Calzaghe would be on a revised list, not sure about Hatton.

Edit: ****,was your comment meant to be sarcastic? If so I've made a right tit of myself

 

Jones Jr. seems to be criminally low on that list. Tiger and Foreman seem way overrated.

And this was back in 2002. They'd probably have Hopkins ahead of Jones if they did it again now, even though Jones whupped Hopkins when both were in their primes.

 

Too early. Last 80 years. He was 0-1 after 1922.

 

I think the Harrison mention kind of gave it away.

 

Thomas Hearns is really ****ing high..

 

lol, should have spotted that. I'm too gullible.

 

Pac is in the top 100, maybe top 80, but definitely not top 50. And no, he's not the greatest Asian fighter ever, you're just a *******. There's a clear difference between reality and your views.

 

He didn't fight in the past 80 years.

 

Well when you put it that way.

atsch Honestly, how can a grown man with children be so simple and deluded?

 

Extremely overrated.

 

Yeah DLH is just as good.