Roberto Duran, I mean...you can't be serious!

He's not worse then Roy Jones defending his title against cops and cab drivers.

 

Keep the champ buzy and sharp in no danger bouts between the big ones. I'll have to check where these took place as its hard to see them passing any state commision.

 

You must be new to boxrec.com??????

Boxrec does not have complete and accurate records.

You can take any fighter from the past, particularly those who come from Latin America, and Boxrec will show records of their opponents being 0-0, 0-1, 2-2.......
things of that like......
Search Arguello, Olivarez, Chavez, Monzon.........

......its not that their opponent was really 0-1, but rather Boxrec only has a record of one fight for that opponent.
That particular opponent could have really have been 22-3, just boxrec just has'nt compiled and verified any of the other 24 fights that particular fighter had.


Believe me, Duran, Arguello and Chavez allready as World Champions or getting close to that level, were not fighting opposition having losing records.

Boxrec. especially with fighters from the 70's and earlier dont have the complete records of every fighter.

 

Rojas I think claimed a record of 26 wins. He had beaten former champion Clemente Sanchez, and went 14 rounds with WBC title holder Suzuki Ishimatsu. He was clearly no novice.

 

Divac and GreatA hit the nail on the head...Rojas was no-one special but its beyond silly now people still believe that was his record going into that fight.
The other guys probably didnt have many fights or even winning records...but when Duran was fighting 7 or 8 times a year in his prime, he has to fight some rubbish in there sometimes...its just not going to be possible to fight quality opponents every single time when you are fighting that often...unless you start going over old ground and rematching guys you already decisively beat 5 times just because their records look prettier.

Rojas retired with a record of that was something like 65-10 from memory.

 

The day someone in the 'internet age' gets a resume as good as Duran's you let me know, and I'll join you in canning his opposition :good

 

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but I have to ring the bell every now and then for Clemente Sanchez..a great one-hit wonder...check out his title winning ko of Kuniaki Shibata..it's a beauty.:thumbsup

 

Duran deserves a mention. Stylistically i feel Duran was all wrong for...oh.

 

atsch

Check the records of guys like Chavez, Whitaker and James Toney, who all came after Duran and were all great fighters. All of these guys, like Duran, mixed in keep-busy fights against journeymen with their serious fights, more as a means of staying sharp than of trying to build a great resume.

 

lol @ MMJoe getting trolled by Boxrec.

 

What does it matter even if those were their legit records? Those are called tune-ups. Taken for no other purpose than to keep on form between big fights. I've never understood the method of thinking that those bouts somehow take away from everything else said fighter accomplished during that period.

 

:deal

 

MMJoe yet again proving his worthiness as a good poster...