Possibly, but if Duran can survive Hearns’s initial onslaught, he’s got a chance.
Good question. He was an amateur in 1976, and he became a pro in 1977 at welter, so he moved up in weight (15 lbs) rather quickly. Hearns said he...
Just look at Duran’s body in that fight. He was only 7 lbs heavier than he was in Montreal, but he’s got at least 15 -20 lbs of extra fat. He lost...
How about Duran vs the lighter version of Hearns, before he moved up to welterweight. As you probably know already, Pryor beat Hearns at 132# back...
IMHO his loss to Hearns really hurt his legacy. It was not so much that he lost, but how he lost. Duran had no chance against the bigger,...
He did go up against some big guys: [MEDIA]
Against Norton it was mostly his left: [MEDIA]
Ernie Shavers
It’s my understanding that Wilfredo’s dad trained DeJesus and Wilfredo was at one time Esteban’s sparring partner. How would they have done...
Taylor fought the wrong fight against Chavez. He got way to close and that neutralized his hand speed.
LOL. Maybe so, but perhaps Benítez could take a punch better than the typical welterweight.
Would a Hagler-like strategy work for him?
Hearns had a clear physical advantage: much longer reach and stronger punching power. Their speed was perhaps equal. In the first round Benítez...
That’s what is known as a figure of speech: a phrase used in a non-literal sense for vivid effect. What he meant was that Duran was in such bad...
