If you had to bet the house on one guy to...

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  1. MrFoFody

    MrFoFody Boxing Addict Full Member

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  2. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I don't even think Mosely could do it...or Armstrong.....maybe Ike Williams, but somehow I see Duran evading a ko even from him.
     
  3. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I think you'd have to go to junior middle and middleweight for anybody having the stuff to stop Duran.
     
  4. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I would too, although truthfully I don't think either could do it.
     
  5. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    At those 2 weights? Nobody
     
  6. Hannibal Barca

    Hannibal Barca Active Member Full Member

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    I don't see any fighter at 135 knocking out Duran via attrition. At 140 I give Chavez a slim chance (<10 %) via attrition, but this would have to be a 1988/89 Chavez.

    Arguello might do it, but he would be losing when he did it. It would take a shot like the one on Pryor in the 13th round of their first fight, but on the chin.

    Maybe Ike Williams (<10%).

    If you put a gun to my head, I'll take Arguello. But I'd be writing out a will before the fight.
     
  7. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Robinson is the pretty clear favorite if he counts.

    I think De La Hoya would have a much better chance than most.

    I'll give Corrales a dark horse pick. He had two handed power and could deliver punches with leverage like Hearns.


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  8. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Zad, of the modern lightweights I have a motivated Benny Leonard who was said to have seldom gone all out with his opponents, to not scare them away from a money rematch, as a reasonable possibility to stop Roberto Duran, because Benny Leonard by those who saw him rule the lightweights for 7 years considered the great "Benah", as good a lightweight as Ray Robinson was as a welterweight.
    As for 140 pound modern fighters the much forgotten Jimmy McLarnin was a powerful puncher who could hit very hard. And of course in my time I feel that Ike Williams who I saw flatten BeauJack in Philly was
    at his peak a rangy devastating puncher and the best lightweight I ever saw ringside...At 135 Ike was tremendous...But so was Roberto...
     
  9. elmaldito

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  10. Gannicus

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    Mosley at 135 is a good shout. He was one of the best ever at 135.
     
  11. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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  12. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think Duran was the top of the food chain at 135-140...but if I HAD to pick someone to KO him...Mantequilla Napoles.
     
  13. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    I like Ike!:good
     
  14. Raybans

    Raybans Pro Gamboa Full Member

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    Ike Williams is the one that comes to mind for me