At What Point Could Duran Have Beaten SRR( Middleweight)?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    So the best version of Duran at Middleweight, when does he defeat Robbo?
     
  2. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Probably the 36 year old version of Robinson, if Ray could lose to Basilio, he could lose to Duran
     
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  3. BCS8

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    35-36 is when fighters start going over a cliff
     
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  4. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Yes , if Basilio could then surely Duran could get a decision.
    I was thinking perhaps, maybe a small window post LaMotta title fight, late 51-early 52.
    Maybe, just maybe, Duran catches Robinson at the right time.
    It's an uphill battle and the stars would have to align.
     
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  5. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This is an easy one.

    Have a fresh-as-a-daisy Roberto Duran enter the ring between the 12th and 13th round of the Maxim fight.

    I think Roberto of Barkley could take that Ray.
     
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  6. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Never
     
  7. META5

    META5 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Robbi of the St Valentine's Massacre could very well KO MW Duran over 15.
     
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