Roberto Duran on how he would fight Floyd Mayweather jr.

I'll give your argument, Benitez...but Hearns is irrelevant. He was a bit of a freak of nature...and his style does not equate to Mayweather at all.

And prime Duran is no plodder. I am not sure what or who you are referring to...

 

Anyone who comes on here and types that Roberto Duran had a plodding style has to be an imbecile of the highest order.

 

Duran would absolutely slaughter Floyd if the coward had the balls to sign the contract. Which we know he wouldn't.

 

mayweather gets ****ed up by duran and most of the ATG welterweights. He's too small and fragile to beat the great welters.

 

Floyd would beat Duran. Easily is relative to anything, but I think it would be a unanimous decision. Duran was the kind of fighter if you let him have anything or any punch he would win. He took advantage of anything. He was a great fighter in that he exploited anything he could better than most fighters did, but movement and speed was his weakness, and the fact he never beat another great except Ray who fought his fight, means a lot. The Benitez fight means everything in regards to Mayweather.

 

It would be a close fight. Because Duran is almost 60 now.

 

guess I am an imbecile. Duran had a plodding style when he faced fast guys he could not reach- He just could not deal with it. He had a great inside fight, but when he faced elite guys who would not fight him on the inside who had speed he would plod and rock back and forth and would not be effective and would be standing still when his opponent would be off to the side. His feet were too wide apart, but that did not hurt him until guys would use speed and angles. A bad fight for Duran at middleweight would have been Michael Olajide. He would have moved and Duran wouldn't have known what to do. Look at the Leonard and Benitez fights. With Hearns he had Hearns in front of him at times, but Tommy was just too fast. Duran fans say Duran lost his speed and was washed up at 29 when he fought Ray in the rematch, but Hearns at 32 was faster than Virgil Hill and outbox him 30 pounds above his first title weight. So much for excuses.

 

Duran would have lost when he was 29. Stylewise this fight is not good for him. But he would have had a nice excuse after which everyone bought.

 

Okay....your argument is spurious at best. Whoever you think will win Mayweather - Duran, your side of the argument does not hold. You are talking of Duran fighting a slick middleweight and then off to discuss Hearns at 32 fighting Virgil Hill at Light Heavy and then "why can't Duran do that at 29" as if we all age the same?. We know as Duran got older and moved up in weight - he got slower. This happens.
I don't think losing to Benitez, Leonard, Hagler and Hearns is all that damaging to a career largely fought at lightweight. After 75 fights I may even throw in the odd Laing.
No matter how you look at it, Duran had a different mental make-up than Mayweather. I am pretty positive Duran could have gone undefeated in 40 fights with a good promoter and 400% less machismo but that was a different time and we were better off back then as fans for it.
So no matter who you think would win May-Duran...Duran over time will always win the consensus because this sport is looked back on as to legacy....and head to head analysis always pales in comparison to fond memories.
Anyways, Kobayashi-Leonard Duran W any version of Mayweather. Too relentless, hits harder, tireless and overall too mean. And unless Mayweather steps up his game over his next 50-odd fights, It won't be easy to convince me otherwise.

 

Age does matter. Duran fans are saying he was old when he fought Benitez or Hearns, yet he was 30 and 32. Hearns was 32 when he moved up 30 pounds and beat an undefeated Virgil Hill who had 10 defenses. When did Duran beat a champ with 10 title defenses? Never
Winning consensus and winning in the ring are two different things. You know that. In the ring Duran could not deal with speed. He was fast enough against most guys, but against elite speed he didn't do well-guys like Leonard and Benitez and Hearns showed that. Then if you add foot movement he faltered. That is when I said he was a plodder because he would reach in trying to follow the guy and his feet would look even more wide apart than they did before. He would rock back and forth and try to get the guy to move in and when they didn't he would reach in and look plodding. But normally he wouldn't plod since the guy fought him on the inside and he looked great. He was great on the inside. Probably one of the greatest inside fighters ever and dominant.

 

Okay. Mayweather W Duran post 75 fights. Close fight though ...and debatable. But realistic...as we all know Mayweather would wait that long before he signs.

 

That was in 2007 ***boy.

 

Huge Difference between Hatton and Duran

 

Is that what I said? :rofl Then he proceeds to write War & Peace on the follow up... Good work.

The sharpness, the speed, the lethal intent - THAT Duran, Einstein.