"Duran Vs. Moore" 1983

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he felt hed been disrespected and written of by a large section of the boxing community who actually picked davey to win..
the thing ill never forget is how long the ref let it go.. davey was litterally being used as a punching bag until finally the ref casually steps in...
its almost as if he was saying to duran "ok roberto youve proved your point, thatll do buddy"

and where was daveys corner???

 

Whoever was in the Moore corner and thought this fight would be good for him... it's just impossible to imagine. Regardless of No Mas, you do not put a fighter with just 10 pro fights, however good he may be, in with a Roberto Duran. Not just because of the jump in class, but they had to know what Duran might be capable of doing in there, especially since he was in one of his stretches where he was staying in good shape.

Duran's work, both legal and illegal, is done beautifully in this fight. It's also one of the best cases that I can remember, (where there was good quality footage anyway) of Duran's head movement. He just does an incredible job of slipping around Moore's punches, or is always turning his head to lessen the impact.

Still, watching it puts a real bad taste in my mouth. As does the job done by the ref, there was really no need for Moore to continue getting beat that long.

 

Perhaps because Moore was sooooo inexperienced it made it easy for Duran to implement such dirty tactics. Tho already a good and effective fighter per natural ability , GREAT heart and a fine blend of hand speed and power Moore had no experience or idea at all how to negate both Duran's skill AND ability to fight dirty. Duran fought a great fight from every angle.

 

He also laced him one time. I don't like watching this fight and will avoid it if possible. I think Davey took far too much punishment and the ref and his corner were utter tools for letting it go on round after round.

There is a saying that nobody is as brave with a fighter's blood as his cornerman, and Moore's corner was pathetic that night.

 

Oh please. :roll:

 

Betting changed late on with money pouring into Duran. I heard a rumour about Moore requiring some kind of dental work or something like that in the lead up to the fight and was put under some kinf of anaesthetic. I don't know if it's true or not. Moore was considered to be the next big thing at the time.

 

Yep Moore should have retaliated with low blows and butts of his own to keep Duran honest

 

But didn't even have the experience to realise something so simple.

 

Its something your trainer should tell you early, and if he doesn't your corner should. Duran got away with 1 foul, and kept fouling until either Moore or the ref stopped him, neither happened. A fighter bending the rules isn't the worst thing because hes fighting for his life hes got to use every available trick.

 

I disagree. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but the fact is Duran hadn't done anything for more than 3 years. The Cuevas win was considered nothing special as Cuevas too had been struggling badly and was thought to be washed up as well. On top of this the average Laing (underrated i am told) had beaten Duran as well. Duran really was seen to be washed up and was at the time considered pretty much universally a great learning choice for the improving Moore. No-one could predict the intensity that Duran would bring to this match. Plain unlucky.

 

Duran knocked Vinnie on his AZ
Then Robert ran out of GAZ
$30 to watch it?
I think I'll PAZ