If Duran had beaten Hearns/Hagler/Leonard 2/Benitez, would you have him top 3?

Yeah top 3, maybe higher depending on how he beat them

 

You said he was number 8 for you . That is pretty close.

 

You should move this to classic

 

#1

 

...great question

 

SRL calls Roberto Duran "the best."

When Suger Ray Leonard saw the fight where Roberto Duran beat Davey Moore (see: 31.43)

... "I just looked at Duran and said... 'Man, you know, you ARE the BEST... you... you're IT!' " ... Suger Ray Leonard


[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s8tGmXHJIY[/url]


I agree with SRL!:bbb

 

Duran should always be higher than SRL in my opinion

 

Quite possibly the GOAT. Certainly right there with the Greb, Robinson, Langford, Armstrong, and Charles class.

 

people always get mad at me for commenting on Duran threads. But people make comments which I have to respond to. Duran was at 154 before Benitez,Hearns,Leonard were there. He weighed more in between fights than those guys did, and he ended up in retirement weighing in about 250 or more. Hearns is probably about 210 right now and Ray 170 and Hagler 180. Roberto was not that small. But I agree, had he beaten those guys GOAT is definitly possible considering his lightweight reign.

 

Duran gets so overrated

 

Possibly the GOAT if he did that ****.

 

Top 3? He'd be the best of all-time at that point, and there'd be no doubt about it.

 

It'd be hard not to call him the GOAT...with everything considered...how would he not be the GOAT?