I’m not matching the amateur Hearns with the 147 Duran. That wouldn’t be fair. Duran became a pro at 16, so let’s match a 17 yo pro Duran who was...
Agreed. Do you think that a smaller version of Hearns could have done that to Duran at 135?
He was a decent puncher at those weights in spite of being undersized. And again, it’s not about the height, it’s about lean body mass. In that...
It might be like the Holyfield Tyson fight when you consider that Floyd had a style similar to Tyson’s Then you also have to consider that Tyson...
It would be interesting. Braxton looks like a larger version of Aaron Pryor with some Duran shiftiness.
Yes Hagler’s reach was 75”, just 3” less than Hearns (78”) Leonard’s reach was 74”. Benítez was 70”. Duran 66” Surprising that Hagler wasn’t able...
I’m not using height as a magical indicator of what they should weigh. Let’s compare Benítez and Duran regardless of their height: Benitez began...
Excuses or not, it was quite obvious that he wasn’t in the same shape. We are talking about two different issues here: You are talking about...
Patterson was very good, but really didn’t belong in the heavyweight division. He was a natural LHW or even MW. Sort of like Duran who moved up to...
Sure. He should have been motivated, but one look at him in that fight, and you can tell that he wasn’t in the same shape that he was in Montreal....
Barkley beat Hearns and Moore beat Benitez. How do you explain that?
Depends on the weight. SRR started at LW and later moved up. At LW Duran has an advantage At WW toss up At MW advantage SRR
Norton had a biting incident as well: [MEDIA]
He did seem indecisive. Could not figure out what strategy would work. He could have done a Benitez and just try to avoid getting hit or a Hagler...
Pernell had the uncanny ability to make just about anyone look bad.
