I rate Dejesus very highly, so I have no problem believing that. They also had a 3rd fight later on to settle matters anyway and it wasn't a farce...
But if we are discussing who is the best of the 4 then it only makes sense to evaluate them at their bests. You can call it excuses all you want,...
He didn't fight the way he did in New orleans, so you can definitely make an argument. Although Leonard fought the way he did in Montreal much...
I would agree had Leonard also said so. But Leonard also admitted that he wasn't ready. Turning a blind eye to this is as much an excuse for SRL...
The Duran that showed up in New Orleans was far from the best version of him.
Personally, I felt Duran's best ever performance is Dejesus 3. His sharpness and the upset in the super fight in montreal will always get the nod...
Duran didn't have knockout power at 154 and above. Geraldo can go the distance and make it competitive provided he shows up like he did vs Hagler...
I had the Ray Leonard fight 6-4. He gave prime Ray quite some trouble especially in the 2nd half of the fight, and surprisingly he boxed him. He...
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I scored similarly but had Round 1 for Duran because of a few right hands. Neither guy landed much anyway. Could see Round 3 going Duran's way...
Ward. Too strong and crafty.
Are you saying that Duran was naturally bigger than Floyd and Crawford? That is some opinion if yes.
I find it baffling that some people are trying to twist the narrative that Duran was some natural Welterweight when he was arguably on the smaller...