Could Roberto Duran upset Tony Zale?

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  1. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The '83 version of Duran, who surprised many against Hagler, against the '41 version of Zale, "The Man of Steel"(?)
     
  2. ThinBlack

    ThinBlack Boxing Addict banned

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    No, Tony would kill Roberto.
     
  3. Theron

    Theron Boxing Addict banned

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    I feel Tony would beat Duran and tire him too much with his body attack for Duran to hurt Tony enough to win
     
  4. SLAKKA

    SLAKKA Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If a boxer as fine as Georgie Abrams gets very wrecked by the man of steel you really gotta wonder about Durans chances.
     
  5. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No!

    he could fight him and even have some good moments sure, but beat him or upset him, I doubt it.
     
  6. FastHands(beeb)

    FastHands(beeb) Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He might upset Zale if he called him nasty names, but I doubt very much that he would beat him in a middleweight boxing match!
     
  7. MAG1965

    MAG1965 Loyal Member banned

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    I think yes. That style of fight would be good for Duran if he could be a little defensive.
     
  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I think Duran is overrated as a middleweight. Hell no he wouldn't upset Zale, who wouldn't be confused at all as to how to fight Duran...as Hagler was.
     
  9. Vysotsky

    Vysotsky Boxing Junkie banned

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    Soose was also a fine boxer and how did that go for Zale?
     
  10. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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  11. Shake

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    Volkswagen into a Hummer imo
     
  12. Ted Spoon

    Ted Spoon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Perhaps you could entertain this notion if Zale was a more basic fighter, somebody who Duran could slip between and frustrate.

    Sadly for Roberto, Zale was great at what he did which involved denting ribs, cracking mandibles and tracking the opponent down like they'd banged his wife.
     
  13. SLAKKA

    SLAKKA Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Any tie in here with Duran taking Zale or are u just perusing over at boxrec?
     
  14. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The pre WW2 Tony Zale who fought in a deep pool of great MWs, would have wrecked a
    beefed up Roberto Duran. There was no better body puncher than Tony Zale, and no one was any tougher than Zale. He hurts Duran very badly in a unanimous decision or a late round tko. P4P Duran as a LW was better, but the Tony Zale before WW2 was a helluva fighter who is sorely underated today,because people remember his loss to a great Marcel Cerdan when the past peak 34 year old Zale went through that debilitating three wars with Rocky Graziano...These slam bang fights took so much out of Zale...
    They didn't call Zale "the man of steel for nothing "...
     
  15. louis54

    louis54 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    that was a good one