Roberto Duran (without fear) vs Mike Tyson

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Who wins?

  1. Duran by (T)KO

    83.3%
  2. Duran by UD

    8.3%
  3. Duran by SD

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Duran by DQ

    8.3%
  1. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    I know what you're thinking: Duran is a lightweight! There's no way a prime Duran beats Tyson.

    Ah, but look at the title, dear forumite.

    This is a fearless Roberto Duran. He will stand up to Tyson, and is not afraid of him. This sets Duran apart from every heavyweight Tyson beat, and puts him in the same company as every heavyweight who beat Tyson.

    Who wins this foregone conclusion of a fight?
     
  2. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If the ref doesn't have a quick whistle Tyson literally hospitalizes or kills him.
     
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  3. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    If you continue along these reasonable lines, I may soon be forced to make disgruntled noises about how Tyson lost to anyone who stood up to him.

    Since neither of us wants it to get to that point, it may be best to simply concede that Duran defeats an ATG heavyweight literally almost twice his weight, so we can move on to the equally foregone matchup of Tyson against a fearless Jimmy Wilde.
     
  4. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Everybody who wasn't scared of Tyson beat him.

    Buster Douglas knocked him out in 10, surely Duran can do it in 7
     
  5. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    A measured and intelligent response. I like the cut of your jib. Have you considered a career of opining on boxing while waving an unlit cigar?
     
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  6. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    An excellent suggestion. I learned from the best poster on the site :). Duran would absolutely school Mike Tyson. It's just no comparison. Tyson feasted on taller guys, he never fought a shorter super infighter, Duran is all wrong for him.

    Not sure about a cigar but i will be waving around that blunt you smoked when you made this thread.
     
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  7. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    No way Tyson beats Fearless Duran. Duran would dominate him from the start and knocks him out in 5
     
  8. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1979 Duran would laugh at Mike's attempts at intimidation.
     
  9. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Duran KO at the press conference.
     
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  10. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    You think it takes him that long?
     
  11. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    First of all, I did not know I was a forumite. I am adding that to my business card! As much as I love Roberto Duran, a prime Mike Tyson coming out in round 1 the way prime Mike Tyson did, finishes the fight with his first solid hard shot. After all, fear may have given Tyson's opponents no chance of winning but it was Tyson' power that knocked them out.
     
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  12. Jason Gordon

    Jason Gordon Active Member banned Full Member

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    Danny Williams did it in 4 so Duran does it in 2.
     
  13. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A troll/ironic post, but a nice one which I appreciate. :D :bump:p
     
  14. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'll just round off. Imagine the physics of a 220 pound boxer who hit as hard as Mike landing a flush shot on the side of a one hundred fifty pound boxer's head. The G force would literally lift him off the ground.
     
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  15. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT banned Full Member

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    Bill Clinton waved an unlit cigar whilst opining on something altogether different from boxing though a box was involved.

    But that’s beside the point.

    Can Roberto beat Mike? Duran knocked out a HORSE. Nuff said.

    Is that a nay or neigh I hear you say? No matter, it’s a fact straight from the horse’s mouth.

    Mike can’t survive Hands of Stone and if Mike himself turns up stoned, well, all the more easy for Roberto.

    Duran gives Tyson the Moore treatment - thumbs, laces, you name it - and he also has a ref who’s a family friend on hand to turn a blind eye.

    A mangled Mike is KO’d in round 8.

    Either that or he cries No Mas prior to in order to avoid the ultimate humiliation of being KO’d by a mere Lightweight.

    There is of course another option - Mike could force a DQ by biting Roberto but he knows that Duranimal will only bite him back harder and better - Roberto is not only fearless but he’s a scary little man in his own right. In the ring, there is in fact a pungent smell of fear but it’s emanating from Mike’s own boxing trunks.

    For the so called Baddest Man on the planet, ALL roads lead to resounding and embarrassing defeat.

    Mike tries to give the crazy little guy a congratulatory hug but Roberto shoves him away, gives Mike the finger before defiantly grabbing his crotch in a show of unbridled machismo.
     
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