Can any fighter outfight a prime Duran?

Armstrong & Chavez come to mind at LW.... not saying they would but they potentially could.

 

Hearns, Robinson and maybe Napoles/Ortiz/Ike Williams. Arguello, Chavez, Mosley would be outside chances

 

hmmm I will get KO'd for this but hatton if his chin could hold up

 

Who is Duran fighting at 1.25 of the first video?

 

In answer to the thread. Henry Armstrong if Duran decided to go toe to toe, but more likely he uses lateral movement as well and elects not to stand in their and fight. Gavilan, I was watching against Ralph Jones today was moving and using the jab in that fight. Thats how he'd fight Duran IMO

 

Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Robinson.

 

If we are talking an inside battle then i think duran is close to impossible to beat in that sort of stye, walker is a very interesting shout, he was seriously strong and powerful on the inside but how far removed was he from his prime there, i'm not sure of the answer, looking at his record it would appear he was hitting it around the time he was leaving but then had 2 losses in 26 before moving up permanently. Was he weight drained at the time, anyone shed any light?

Armstrong would be another one i'd like to see, i favour duran but i have to wonder even with what i view as his better defensive skills on the inside but how would he manage the sort of workrate that armstrong would bring to the brawl for the whole 15.

 

good call on ike williams power puncher. i'll throw beau jack into the discussions to. VERY powerful, not a huge puncher but great stamina, physicality and determination

 

Since loads of dark horses are being put out there I'll sling Carmen Basilio into the mix.

 

good call but i see duran "moore-ing" him and using his laces to **** up poor basilio's face but good

 

Ike Williams

 

Carmen came to my mind too.

 

In a Shootout Cuevas would have stopped him,he fought him the right way.

 

No for me as a prime lightweight. Though Ike Williams would battle him tooth 'n nail.