Don Curry vs Roberto Duran!!

People can go on and say Duran by ud but the fact of the mattter is that a prime duran was a lightweight beating up on esteban de jesus, ken buchanon and B-C level lightweights. Donald Curry would have a 50/50 shot at beating him . Donald Curry is not an ATG, but he is defiently a future 2nd ballot hall of famer and had success at 147 and 154. I would give him a legit shot at outclassing duran just like benitez, hearns and laing did.

 

Duran

 

Curry's dangerous but too fragile mentally.

 

Curry was a very good long range boxer, with an excellent jab. He was also just as good inside. Accuracy was one of Curry's biggest strengths. The big problem for him against Duran would be movement. He was a decent mover, but not in the same class as Leonard. While boxing behind the jab, Curry was more inclined to stay right in front of opponent. Duran would have the ability to read Curry and slip his jabs, thus getting inside. And as good as Curry was inside, he'd be no match for Duran.

Duran TKO8

 

I tend to agree, Robbi.

Curry was a thinking man's fighter, but his deliberation would cost him here because Duran had a way of getting all over you from all angles. He was a great technician -at least as good as Arguello or Chavez but he combined it with savage attacks. He was like Pryor with a brain.

He may shock Curry with an early KO, but it is more likely that he takes Curry out of his game and lands an easy decision.

 

Curry was a complete fighter at his very best. Technically gifted, and had a very tight defense. He picked his opponents punches off with his high guard while stalking them down. But was never the type of boxer who liked to keep things stricly at long range. He was a hunter most of the time really. He just doesn't possess Leonard's tactical brilliance against fighters of like Duran and Hearns. Curry would have been competitive against both those guys, but just not quite enough in the end to defeat them.

 

Prime Curry beats duran at 147 ..........he would outbox him and get an UD over 15 rounds .........[ this is a fact ]

 

Its not a fact. Its strictly an opinion. The fight never happened, or did you see it live and everyone else on the planet missed it?.

 

Yes ......there were only 5 people there.....but Curry won it ...:yep :smoke

 

Great fighters dont magically move up into higher weights when they are still in thier prime. Pernell Whitaker beat buddy Mcgirt but he didn't dominate him at all, he won a very close fight. It was clear that the whitaker at welterweight had slowed down considerably compared to the God that humiliated ramirez twice, turned greg haugen into a punching bag, embarassed roger mayweather at his 11th fight and completely outclassed an ATG like azumah nelson and a very good fighter like jorge paez.

Same thing applies to Duran, he had a couple of great performances at welterweight, but as he moved up, he was clearly not the same fighter. Guys like Marvin Hagler, Eusebio Pedroza, etc had longevity cuz they stayed in thier natural weight class due to the fact that they didnt eat themselves out of it. A Duran at welterweight is not in his prime, it's that simple, not too hard to understand, sweet pea:good

 

Curry in an upset, UD 15.

 

:happy :good

 

Duran, of course.