Can any fighter outfight a prime Duran?

If anyone could, its Chavez. That would be an epic fight of the century type affair

 

yeah, the Chavez that fought Rosario is the perfect fighter to outbox Duran

 

Duran had a habit of making opponents fight his fight.

What should Barkley have done differently ?

 

I wouldn't even say he couldn't. But I'm pretty skeptical of Berto.

 

But...that's not...eh.

 

You really just know absolutely nothing about Duran's competition at lightweight do you?

If anything Roberto fought more backfoot fighters and movers then stylists that GreatA is getting us to think about..He was in actual fact quite proven against these types of fighters and a lot of people pick blokes like Armstrong and Williams over him because Roberto didnt fight enough high level bull strong infighters at the weight for them to be sure he could handle them.

But I guess some facts can be left out if it suits you, cant they MAG.

 

There were several opponents in Duran's reign at 135 that came to survive and spent the entire night running around the ring, and, whilst he naturally didn't look great against them (nobody does), he got the job done and even found the stoppage on occasion. It also didn't seem to be taking a mental toll on him and he didn't get frustrated as he did vs. Leonard. He beat Viruet twice, and the fights with Bizarro, Fernandez and Zeferino Gonzalez are also illustrative.

 

All but one occasion actually:good

 

Yep, Durans fighting ability always seemed a very natural process.
Like, Napoles looked a destroyer in the footage we have of him at Lightweight; but no doubt he still knew how to box as we saw him do at Welter.

 

beating Barkley was no big deal. Kalambay, Nunn,Benn and others beat Barkley easily at the same time. Duran was given the easiest guy to beat with the best style for him. That was not a great accomplishment. Some guys on here act like Barkley was Hagler or Hearns. Barkley beat Hearns but he was not Hearns. Hagler and Hearns beat Duran everytime. Duran was overrated at middleweight and at lightweight also. A great fighter, but still overrated. How many greats did he really beat ? One? And that fighter outboxed him and made him quit.

 

most fighters are not much different in 2 different fights. unless it is a big fight compared to a tuneup. Hearns vs. Leonard in the rematch was better than the Hearns who fought Kinchen, but that is what I mean about big fights. Barkley was not great, he was made for Duran. That same Duran would have lost easily to Kalambay and Nunn and looked terrible. But he would have had to follow those guys to beat them. Benn would have been a better style for Duran, but Benn was quick also. He might just stop Duran with quick punches. Barkley was the best style for Duran. Most other guys would have beaten Duran. Olajide's style would have outboxed Duran and won most of the rounds.

 

Who else did Duran make fight his fight who was great except Ray? And then Ray made him quit in the rematch. Leonard,Benitez,Hearns,Hagler all beat Duran. He does not have many wins against greats. Really only one. For a guy seen as so dominant and great his wins against greats should be more.

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

What's the main difference between kalambay, nunn, benn and Duran at that time MAG.

Sad thing is, the first thign to spring to your mind will probably be that they are all underrated compared to him, or something like that.