Duran had a good chin that is for sure. But his record of doing great with lesser lightweight competition and then moving up and fighting better guys when he was bigger, gives him an excuse with the best guys he fought. He still lost to the best guys he ever fought. That is significant.
Nobody knows how good Duran's early comp was because the names are not recognizable. It is why i don't put much stock into names, but the time you fought a guy. Name fighters count, but the stage of that fighter has to be determined. Duran is not even close to overrated, yet he is not greater than Leonard. Duran was brave enough to take on the best past his prime, and he did well win or lose.
I really do believe that you are 2 thick 2 know you are THICK, you have not one ounce of boxing knowlage or any credible opinion based on living, watching or understanding the boxing scene as it was in the 70's/80's. Your original poste has 2 go down as one if not the most ignorant ever with regards to boxing , You are just another boxing dinner/show groupie, someone that just reads stats & memorises a few top names, a band wagon boy in effect. Your post borders on the criminal, you have more in common with Steve Bunce i.e bluffer, i suggest you return too ice skating or show jumping where your new found knowlage of boxing would fit well, you are a WANKER.
Well done,i thought i'd throw that little spelling test in just to see if you had any attribute's and at least you've passed that.Well done Junior:good Now,as for your boxing "knowledge".....
Jimmy McLarnin was a better all round fighter than the one dimensional Duran. Plus he moved up weight divisions and STILL beat legendary fighters, instead of merely surviving against the best of that era, a la MMH et al....
............Nicolino Locche would have had old 'Hands of Stone' punching fresh air for 10, 12, 15 rounds, even at the end of his illustrious career.