Duran vs Pac: How long would it have lasted?

He has been KO in 3 rounds twice before. He was KD for 10+ seconds against Nedal Hussein in the 4th round, and he's been badly wobbled by gatekeepers like Larios and Solis, and was beat by a shot Morales.

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Duran would **** him up.

 

yeah, and you have absolutely no agenda here. :roll:

 

The distance. But Pacquiao would have lost.

 

I think Pac is borderline too small for WW. People call Berto a small WW, and the difference between him and Pac in body size is eye-opening.

Either way, I would've loved to see this fight. @ 135, I think it could have been one of the greatest fights of all time, and I would favor Duran. At 147, I wonder if Pac's combination of hand/foot speed and accuracy/timing would have been an edge that he could exploit.

 

At 147 Pac destroys him, at 135 Pac get's pummeled by Duran

 

Go and watch Durans fights and then you might understand.

 

What advantage would that be? Boxing has regressed a lot.

 

At 135 - Duran by 8th round TKO
At 147 - Duran by 12th round TKO but touches the canvas himself

But Pacquiao is still the more accomplished boxer career wise.

 

I don't think weight would make any difference in this one. At 135, 140, 147 and 154 Duran would systematically break Pacquiao down as the rounds go by and get a ref stoppage in the late rounds.

 

Probably goes the distance unless its a 15 round fight. Duran wins clearly at any weight.

 

I always have to laugh at the "Pacquiao destroys Duran at 147lbs" comments. Give me a break, Duran would have left Cotto and Margarito in a heap.

 

Pacquiao blew Cotto and Margarito away. The Cotto fight should've been stopped earlier and Pacquiao eased off on Margo because of the state of his face.

What confirms to me that Duran would defeat Pacquiao at 147 is not any weakness shown by Pacquiao, it's the sheer calibre of Duran's performances against Leonard and Palomino.

That's another level entirely IMO.

 

Agreed.
For example, Paul Williams would never be in any P4P lists in any other era, but he's been on and off of it for the last ****ing 6 years and he's not really done anything amazing besides shrinking his ass down to 147.