Ring Magazine Rates Roberto Duran the 5th Best Boxer of the Last 80 Years

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  1. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    LOL@Monzon being at 11.
     
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    Why would Pac have to claim a MW title to be greater than Duran? We never asked Duran to claim the HW or LHW title. Pac's win over Cotto at WW is every bit as good as Duran's win over Barkley at MW, that was Pac's 9th weight division whereas MW was Duran's 5th.

    The only edge Duran has is his win over SRL where he quit in the rematch anyways. IMO Pac has been more consistent, has a better body of work but Duran has that 1 big win. If Pac beats either Floyd or PW/Martinez winner, Id have no doubt he ranks above Duran.
     
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  3. ricardoparker93

    ricardoparker93 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :rofl:rofl:rofl Who would ever have predicted PacDbest owning SweetPea like this... the guy was a prophet!
     
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  4. Arcane

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    Fanboys :-(
     
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  5. ricardoparker93

    ricardoparker93 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Napoles at 56... thirteen places below Galaxy, Kid Chocolate and Joe Brown!!!! All great fighters but not in Mantequillas class.
     
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  6. PATSYS

    PATSYS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If Duran is top 5, SRL must be at least top 4.
     
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    PATSYS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    JCC is way too overrated at #18.
     
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    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    You do know Duran started his career as a Bantamweight...so that would make his MW title win his 9th division as well.
     
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  9. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. SRR
    2. Armstrong
    3. Duran
    4. JCC
    5. Morales
     
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  10. Danny

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    Sam Langford?
     
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  11. BrooklynMumin

    BrooklynMumin HOPKINS A " G " Full Member

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    absolutely
     
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  12. aramini

    aramini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wow. Yes, Chavez is overrated, Hearns really does seem a bit low, and I am a bit amazed at the defense of Fighting Harada in an all time sense ranking over Pac (obviously the list was composed before Pac's meteoric rise, but in the mind of the subsequent posters).

    What is lacking from Harada's resume is number of fights (55-7, 22 kos), domination of multiple weight classes (started his career at 110, finished at about 124, and never had the feather title). Also, his fighting technique is fast and furious and overwhelming but it honestly looks like the more amatuerish version of Pac we had five years ago without the unconventional southpaw stance that makes him so successful. A few exceptional victories cannot erase the consistency of Pac knocking out or stopping guys who have never been knocked out, stopped, or even really tasted the canvas before and who consistently perform at a high skill level. At 122 or 126 do you honestly believe Harada would defeat Pac? He is fast and relentless and evidences great punch resistance, but his combinations lack the power, precision, and tightness of Pac's best. Having said that obviously he was a great fighter, I just can't in good conscience rank him above someone who has been as consistent as Pac, whose record of 51-3, 38 kos has been against a very high level of competition, and whose resume is probably the only guy out there who is more deadly dangerous than his KO percentage indicates.
     
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  13. aramini

    aramini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oh yeah, and Duran's amazing longevity and stylistic adaptations into old age definitely make him crack the top 5 or ten in my opinion, despite a few bad performances.
     
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  14. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    I have Duran 5th on my list but thats just of boxers Ive seen good footage & knowledge of, 5th is abour right for Roberto IMO, he should not make top 3 & should not be outside top 10, anything in between cannot be argued heatedly.

    My list....

    Robinson
    Ali
    Pep
    Armstrong
    Duran
    R. Leonard
    Louis
    Whitaker
    Chavez
    Hearns ????
     
    Bill Butcher, Nov 1, 2010
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    kolokomandos GLASS IS NOT AN OPTION Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Leonard shall be top p4p.
     
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