Duran starts his career with…

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In how many weights is Duran champion ?

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  1. Yorbals

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    ..the main goal of winning a title at as many weights as he can.
    How many could he have won if he had, say challenged for a featherweight/superfeather title before he settled on lightweight, and challenged at light welter before going to welter.
    He doesn’t have to fight Leonard, or Buchanan or anyone he did fight, but if his intention was to win in as many weight classes as he can, how does do?
    Does he win a title below lightweight ? Does he beat Cervantes (or whoever) at 140 if that’s how it works out?
    Does this go bad for him and he does worse than he did in reality?
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    A little bit of timeline - in 1970 when Duran beat future feather champ Ernesto Marcel, featherweight champions were Vicente Saldivar and Shozo Saijo.
    Super feather the champions were Yoshiaki Numata and Hiroshi Kobiyashi.

    Around 75- 78, when you might expect Duran to fight for a title at 140, the champions were Saensak Muangsurin, and briefly Miguel Velasquez, in the WBC, and Cervantes in 72 -76, Wilfred Benitez 76-77, and Cervantes again until 1980 in the WBA.


    If he challenges for a title at welter a little earlier than he did in reality, assuming he would, the belts were held by Carlos Palomino 76-79, Benitez 79-80(almost) in the WBC.
    In the WBA Pipino Cuevas was champ from 76-80.
     
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