I think Floyd is better than Duran

I think Floyd is better than all of em were...plus he's a champ at dfferent weights

 

Yes, Hatton gave him all he could want and more. The only difference between my card and Lederman's was that I gave Hatton the 7th round and had Hatton ahead by a point going into the 10th.

PBF was getting muscled by a guy who wasn't in his weight class. And when he turned his back and Hatton got a point deducted, PBF was clearly looking to take a break.

Hatton is hard as hell, and has a great heart, but Duran -- especially at 135 -- is one of the greatest fighters who has ever put on a pair of gloves.

If Duran, a young & fast Duran, and PBF met at 135 -- no Hatton moving up a weight class -- I think Duran would tear Floyd apart. It wouldn't happen quickly, but it would happen.

Duran was even more relentless than Hatton, but with much better skill, better speed and a granite chin. Remember, this guy freaking traded bombs with Iran Barkley at 160 or 168!!!

PBF is a great fighter, in fact, he's an all time great, one of them.

But Duran at 135 was one of the greatest fighters who ever lived. He was controlled, focused unbridled fury. If Castillo gave PBF all he wanted and so did Hatton, Duran stops him. Boy, that would have been a great fight.

 

I think we're pretty much on the same page. By the way, I think Floyd was initiaing a lot of the holding in the early rounds. He seemed "off his game" that's for sure. But he adapted, did what he had to do, and got the job done.

 

Amen. I guarantee we'll never see Hatton trading bombs with anyone at 168. I think we have to keep in perspective who Floyd actually beat in Ricky Hatton. I mean, full props to Floyd, but let's not get our panties in a bunch.

 

nobody tears PBF apart mate..duran might win but he would not tear him apart!

 

Go find some tapes. His fight with Buchanon is probably still on YouTube.

I'm telling you, that guy was a force of nature at that weight -- he was unbelievable. All the pressure tactics that Hatton, ODLH and JLC used on PBF, it would have been even worse with Duran except Duran was faster than any of them, never tired and wouldn't have even felt PBF's shots. And there's a reason he was called "Hands of Stone."

The only guy who beat Duran at that weight -- Esteban De Jesus -- was himself a great, great fighter. And Duran KO'd him in each of the rematches.

Duran at 135 is one of the best fighters ever, all divisions, all-time. He was unlike anything I have ever seen before or since.

 

Duran would stop Floyd. People are going overboard because Floyd beat a smaller man who just happens to be a pressure fighter like Duran.

 

What proof am I supposed to give you? You saw the fight didn't you?

I am not going to try to tell you anything. If what you saw nightt was a great looking Mayweather, you're nucking futs! PLain and simple.

 

I never said Mayweather looked great out there. It's hard to look great against a guy who constantly mauls and holds like Hatton does. However, it was still a dominating performance, and Mayweather looked good out there. My theory is backed up by the compubox numbers and the judges scorecards. I've seen a few boxing experts who also had Mayweather winning pretty much every round.

 

Floyd vs Duran at 135? wow at 135 Duran makes Hatton look friendly!!!! Floyd stronger than you think though

 

You DO need to explain that part of it. Duran was at his best around that range :deal

 

You know what, you're right, he did look great out there. I've heard of fighters fighting different styles in different fights, but he was changing his style in between rounds. You're dead on about him stealing the rounds. Round 2 I believe was a classical example of this. Hatton was coming foward and not landing anything, but was winning off aggression, then Floyd hit him with about 3 or 4 flush shots at the end of the round.

 

Wihtout a doubt. Duran was the total package at lightweight. Iron chin. Power. Technique. Stamina. Controlled agression. He was the perfect lightweight. It's a testament to his power at lightweight that he was able to rise through welterweight and into middleweight yet still carried the power to batter larger men to the canvas.