Duran of Montreal vs Leonard of the rematch

Probably, and out of them 100 wins the best one will always be Duran's

 

yeah that's true.

my point was more that, while there was a lot of intelligence on display that night, at the same time, both men got smacked square on the jaw repeatedly. barkley was a better match-up for duran than many would have been, but duran still had no right to be able to absorb those kinds of shots, and hurt barkley too. barkley had good power, and a solid chin. before this fight, people were saying that duran couldn't deal with power at this weight (because of the hearns knockout), and that he would struggle to hurt barkley (because of the hagler fight). now, hearns certainly had more snap in his punches than barkley, and hagler had a vastly superior chin, but my point is a relative one.

 

Interesting. :think Almost contradicts everything we know about Ray Leonard.

 

interesting take on it. also completely agree about his later fights... when people say 'leonard went 5-1-1 against greats' i always cringe a little.

 

Duranimal could never tire of talking abut Ray Leonard. The guy writes essays for fun.

 

Majority Draw. Leonard fights a bit smarter, but Duran doesn't let him apply it the whole 15.

 

Yeh to quote an old sayin;

There's LIES!! Damb LIES!! & then STATISTICS:yep

 

This whole thing is like saying 'I ran a 4min mile at the age of 40, this is greater than breaking the world record' ummm NO its very good for your age but no ones really that bothered.

Its pretty much the equivilent of James Toney beating Holyfield/Ruiz at HW:

Old -tick
Way past best weight class - tick
fat -trebble tick
belt holder mascarading as a champion - tick

Duran/Barkley were never legit MW champs either really. Kalambay was another titlist and had beat Barkley comfortably the year before, McCallum, Benn, Watson, Eubank, Nunn were the top MWs and all better than Barkley

 

touche

 

epic war - cross

 

Jirov - tick

 

Evander Holyfield being a mere shell himself - tick

etc, etc.

 

Barkley being a 1 hit wonder never was - tick tick (extra tick for the rematch)