Well, it was quite obvious that Durán didn't bend down as he should have against Hearns. One of the announcers even pointed that out before Durán...
People tend to forget that Leonard's corner went into that first fight extremely confident. Angelo Dundee predicted an early KO because after all...
Choice of words? Do you mean Durán could never get out of the way of Hearns' shots? As we've said before, certainly not in 84, but in1980? The...
There's no excuse there. I freely admit that Hearns beat him fair and square and Durán didn't have a chance from the opening bell. Hearns looked...
His age probably wasn’t much of a factor, but being fat certainly was. Just take one look at his physique in 84 against Hearns compared to his...
Of course there’s a big difference. That was not the point. It was simply a reply to the statement that no lightweight ever beat someone with a...
None of Duran’s opponents at 135 were any good? Why? Because he beat them all?
Listening to PSP, you would think that Durán was a natural Heavyweight, and he had no business fighting those little guys like Hearns and Hagler.
They both started out at 165 Patterson eventually moved up to HW Hagler moved down to MW Who was better at 165?
Durán had the reach disadvantage against almost everyone: Durán: 66" DeJesus 67" Benítez 70" Leonard 74" Barkley 74" Hagler 75" Hearns 78" So...
Pryor had no trouble with that reach, getting inside easily. Maybe it was that 'awkward style' that confused Hearns: [MEDIA]
Reach and power, yes, but also speed and laser accuracy. Remember Barkley had the reach and power advantage as well. IMO Hearn's speed was a notch...
Well, as you can surmise, i'm one of his fans. i never said that his wins over Moore and Barkley proved that he was great. His overall...
"I guess to some extent I look at Duran as being like Frazier...his biggest career win was against someone truly extraordinary, so that tends to...