How do People Remember Roberto Duran?

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  1. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    How do People Remember Roberto Duran?
     
    asero, Mar 10, 2009
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  2. socrates

    socrates THE ORIGINAL... Full Member

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    no idea i suffer from amnesia.

    where am i?
     
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  3. Carlos Primera

    Carlos Primera Boxing Addict Full Member

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    nothing less than one of the greatest.
     
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  4. jaffay

    jaffay New Orleans Hornets Full Member

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    One of the greatest fighters to ever walk the Earth
     
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    jaffay New Orleans Hornets Full Member

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    Wow 12-0 :) Roberto has some love around here :D
     
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  6. Lee Mc

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    "No Mas" was a strange incident but it shouldn't over shadow what was one of the greatest careers in boxing history.
     
    Lee Mc, Mar 10, 2009
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  7. venomus_p4p

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    Among the best of the best.
     
    venomus_p4p, Mar 10, 2009
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  8. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    One of the greatest ever.
     
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    FlatNose Boxing Addict Full Member

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    One bizarre incident does not erase an otherwise stellar career.
     
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  10. WiDDoW_MaKeR

    WiDDoW_MaKeR ESB Hall of Fame Member Full Member

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    He is remembered as being greater than he was.:yep Duran was a great fighter, WITHOUT A DOUBT! However, his ATG rating is WAY too high. He was beat by all of the best fighters of his generation, yet most people rank him over all of them.:patsch His reign at lightweight was good... but nothing like what it is blown up to be. Definitely not enough to rank him over all of the greats from his era like SRL who beat Hagler, Hearns, Benitez, (who all beat Duran) and Duran himself. the Duran myth has grown beyond belief.
     
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  11. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    the best latin fighter of all time and one of the greatest ever.

    my personal favourite fighter ever.
     
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  12. huggerfree

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    I remember him as p4p the toughest boxer that ever lived.
     
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    and what is his generation? the man fought over 5 decades, and sayin he was just "good" as a lightweight is a gross understatement.
     
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    There is no question he is one of the greatest ever.

    I just finished reading "Hands of Stone" by Christian Giudice. If anyone thinks about "No mas" as his defining moment, they really don't have a full picture of the man.
     
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    Don't forget that a man who was once a lightweight was 1 round away from winning THE Middleweight championship...
     
    Lee Mc, Mar 10, 2009
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