Barkley vs. Duran

Unless no stoppage occured I score fights by KDs , hence Duran won .

 

I tend to get Duran by 2 or so. Don't think scoring it for Barkley is outrageous though

 

Tight fight, I think I had Druan up, only scored it once and that was a long time ago.

 

It was very close, but Duran pulled away at the end with the knockdown. In other words, I pretty much have it the same as most. I thought both men performed exceptionally well.

 

Barkley was made for Duran. A guy who did not move and sat in the center and bombed away. Duran edged this fight I thought with the knockdown. It was a great fight, but I fight I predicted Duran would win.

 

I had Duran winning by at least three points. I thought he won relatively clearly. He sweeped the last few rounds and scored a hard knockdown. Awe-inspiring performance. A great fight.

 

As much as he was made for Hearns?

 

Hearns and Duran were the same quality fighter. Greats. A little different. I never said Hearns was made for Hagler. Fact is most champions in 1988/1989 would have beaten Duran completely. Nunn, Hearns (rematch), Tate,Kalambay. Duran got a guy who was made for him who came off a great win against a great fighter. But if you ignore the Hearns fight where Barkley won the title, at that point he had not beaten anyone really of note.

 

By your reasoning King Kong had a style tailor-made for Duran, but Duran would have no business being in the same jungle as him.

"...If you ignore the Hearns fight..."? Only a revisionist would even suggest that.

 

cant remember how exactly i scored it but i had duran winning a very close fight by 1 or 2 pts

 

As for revisionism. With Duran, people build up Buchanan and Barkley further than what they were. Barkley had a good win against Hearns. But his career other than that was mediocre. At the time Duran barely beat Barkley, guys like Kalambay and Nunn were beating him relatively easily and Benn stopped him in one round.

 

Nunn did not have an easy time with Barkley.

 

I had Duran by 2 points. I don't think having Barkley by a point or two is a bad scorecard. It was a very good fight.