Floyd Mayweather vs Roberto Duran at 135 pounds 15 rounds

Duran will take the punishment and Floyd will be unscathed. Duran leads with his chin and Floyd wins.

 

Fighting with different plan doesn't really mean he would change his style entirely too at times,as Floyd's hands starts to get brittle he changed styles into a ring-based counterpuncher more.

But I agreed,he def adjusted good to anything.

 

Yeah,this is what I truly think of.

People also kinda forget that Duran was a highly adaptable fighter that just didn't liked to train hard too much.

 

This may be true but Buchanan, Dejesus II and III is enough of a time span and sample size of what Duran brings to the table.

Floyd is too good to be bulldozed and Duran is way too educated in his movement, feints and skillset for Floyd to simply try to frame and potshot his way to victory. Floyd would have to dig deep and eat a lot of body shots and wrestle with Roberto too much for his liking IMO.

 

Floyd will knock him out as he's coming in, Bang!

 

You mentioned Floyd being the smarter fighter?

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When did Duran ever lead with his chin?!

 

Duran's pressure would probably get to Mayweather because his defense moving in was not something Floyd had seen before. Duran is a slippery target coming forward right on top of his opponent punching with either hand.
Duran also like Mayweather had outstanding quickness. His right hand lead another problem for Mayweather If Floyd tries to stay in the pocket.
Mayweather was a very smart boxer for this era. He knew the game inside and out but he would learn more in 15 rounds with Duran than all his 49 fights.
Just the pace of the fight is gonna set by who? Not Floyd. But wait! He controlled didn't Castillo didnt he? Not exactly.

I think it goes the distance with Duran outboxing Mayweather coming forward. Zeroing in on the body and hurting Floyd several times throughout the fight when he shifts to the head. Duran won't be hurt by Mayweather at 135 with his fragile hands.

It would be a painful nite for Mayweather. Duran enjoyed inflicting pain. He showed no remorse. Now what can Floyd do differently in the rematch? Send strippers to Duran's room every night the week before the fight. That might work.

 

Damn Nice analysis. I think what would give Duran issues is Floyd utilizing his reach and fighting from distance. Floyd has a 6 inch reach advantage and knows how to use it. Duran is at his best in the pocket and on the inside. Floyd is going to try and avoid being there as much as possible. Make it an outside fight. Duran in the pocket uses a lot of feints and probes to get his offense off and confuse his opponents. That’s a major weakness for Floyd. He is a counter punchers and counter punchers rely on timing. If you have a fighter like Duran whose timing is unconventional, it throws off counter punchers. Really the only ways to combat it is fighting off the back foot or pushing them back. We all know Floyd isn’t pushing Duran back. So he will keep the fight on the outside, utilize his jab, mix up his attacks, tie Duran up when he comes in or smother him, rinse wash and repeat. Duran isn’t that great at cutting off the ring. I know people say he is but Duran is more of a stalker. He mirrors your movements and when his opponent punches, he counters them in combination and gets on the inside. What Floyd will do in response is fight with more speed and use singular shots more. Basically he will be cautious to punch with authority knowing he could leave himself open for a counter so he will use more speed instead of power so he can invade the counter by Duran. Then if Duran gets over aggressive and just rushes in, then Floyd will counter him with more power. But if a fighter can’t cut off Floyd’s exit routes when he’s moving, it’s going to be tough to consistently land on him.

But like I said in my reply to this thread. It’s a 50-50 fight to me. They both have the ability to beat each other. It just depends on who is better that night. If Floyd doesn’t stand in the pocket with Duran and boxes smart from distance utilizing his significant reach advantage, he will win. If Duran is able to close distance and utilize his feints and probes consistently, he will win.

 

What’s going on in here

 

I've always felt that Duran beats Floyd in an idealized fantasy match with both at their best. Floyd could well have beaten him in the context of a career, though, the post-Leonard version in particular.

 

A more than fair analysis--and IMHO the most likely scenario of this hypothetical matchup.

 

The thing is I've seen Duran in against a fighter with lightning fast hands- Leonard- so I know Duran could handle Floyds speed and I while Leonard fought the wrong fight he was still having problems landing on Duran.
And Leonard had a very good chin and Duran,the smaller of the two, still ended up rocking him pretty bad.
I just think there are too many examples of Duran overcoming different styles to pick Mayweather when a close sample style of Mayweather - Castillo - shows Mayweather had extreme problems with Castillo who can't do everything Duran could do.

 

This post is a great example of ignoring all of the L’s Duran took against boxer movers and focusing on the closest fight of Floyd’s career rather than fights such as Cotto, Canelo, and Pac.

 

We are talking about the very best Duran at the peak of his powers so why would I focus on losses that cane AFTER Duran moved up in weight ?
Name me the fights he lost at lightweight against movers.