Chavez vs. Duran peak/peak at 135.

I see you swerved by question about Chavez v Whitaker at lightweight. Don't blame you either. Wise move and the most intelligent thing you have done all night.

 

thats an exageration. JC has a great chance of beating duran

 

He's a wind up merchant, combined with a lack of knowledge. I don't claim to be a person who knows it all, but can't think of being laughed at by a group of people for outrageous points of view on here when trying to argue my case.

 

Versality was the reason why Duran took Hagler the distance, and beat fighters naturally bigger than himself. Not too sure Chavez can boast going the distance with anyone close to Hagler's strength and ability. Chavez's highest weight class combined with his best quality opponent was Whitaker, and he got a lesson. To make matters look even worse for Chavez in comparison to Duran moving up, Whitaker himself moved up through the weights.

 

Nope.

 

I think Duran has a bit more talent, but I’m going with Chavez here. Style wise Duran liked to pressure his man. Chavez liked to slug. Julio Chavez had a great left hook to the body, took a better punch, and hit harder than Duran did. If they go at each other I think Chavez has the advantage.

To win, Duran would need one of his better defensive performances. The way to beat Chavez was with speed, movement, and defense. Duran could do it, but I don’t see him trying to do this in a fantasy fight that would ooze machismo.

 

Why do people think Chavez had a better chin?

Granted, he wasn't knocked out in the same fashion as Duran was on 'that' night, but did he ever face a puncher as tumultuous as Thomas Hearns? Furthermore, who thinks Chavez would weather the same punches Duran did from Iran Barkley?

And punching power? I'd go with Duran, easily. Not that he was a much harder hitter, but I'm quite positive he hit a bit harder. Duran's knockout reel at lightweight is quite spectacular, but a lot of it goes unseen because his lightweight title fights are mostly rare.

 

JCC WAS GREAT AT BODY PUNCHING, SLIPPING PUNCHES, TAKING A PUNCH.

I fancy duran, but a chvez win would be a great possibility. if de jesus beat him, jc could

 

Combine his title fights at lightweight with the 20 plus non-title fights he had between the defenses over his reign as well.

I don't think for one moment Chavez could stand up to Barkley's punches, but Chavez never moved up to 160lbs like Duran did, so not a fair comparison.

 

I don't hold the hearns ko against duran. that punch would of knocked down a wall. but esteban de jesus had him down twice. i heard wilfred benitez rocked him a few times

Chavez took some big blows from murderous punchers like rogerf mayweather and edwin rosario

 

Chavez had a thick skull. This was confirmed by x-rays. It was twice as thick as a normal humans his size. I saw them both Chavez and Duran fight plenty. IMO, Chavez had the better chin.

Duran was never a big puncher. He was an attrition type of puncher. Chavez had heavier hands, and a real equalizer of a left hook to the body.

At light weight, Chavez to me took and threw the better punch. Duran of course had more speed and the type of skills that could win rounds on jabs.

 

Concussion is caused when the brain rattles inside the skull, bashing against the inside walls. Thickness of the skull wouldn't matter as much as you might think.

At lightweight, Duran was a very big puncher. What fights are thinking of? The man was a killer. If anything, Chavez was the grinder and Duran the sharpshooter.

The jab was never one of Duran's stronger points, so I don't know what you mean. He was just better than Chavez.

 

Duran could bang at lightweight, and his stoppages inside the distance back it up. But he never had the same kind of power at lightweight comparable to fighters with impressive knockouts records in other divisions. Hearns' power at welterweight was freakish. Tyson at heavyweight you could throw into the mix as well. Duran never had the type of power that would totally short circuit opponents. Many of his knockouts at lightweight were done down the stretch.

 

Tobkhan. Duran v Whitaker at lightweight?

 

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