Is roberto Duran the most over hyped fighter in history ?

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  1. Mac mand

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    The man was a good lightweight,he cleared out what would be classed as a fairly weak division today,then had his only exceptional victory vs Leonard,which Leonard went on to prove twice was a fluke,and that he'd just fought a dumb fight.after that night there is not one victory over an elite level fighter right through his career yet it is common place for him to be in the top 10 p4p all time,how can this be ?
     
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  2. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah Duran was just plain average.

    Thanks for coming.
     
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  3. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    This thread again.
     
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  4. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    how can anyone even watch 1 third or durans fights and come to the conclusion he is over hyped
     
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  5. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Macmand is usually a better troll than this. He usually comes up with a little off-the-wall ****, not some debate that's been done 5,000 times.
     
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  6. moparfan

    moparfan ESB's glass jawed fraud Full Member

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    The MODS need to seriously look at some of these trolls and these assinine trollish threads and say: NO MAS...!!!


    And hit the trolls with the Ban Hammer..!!!
     
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  7. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No Manny is.

    Duran is a legend
     
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  8. Walkersmithjr

    Walkersmithjr The Event Decider Full Member

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    Good lightweight? ha. Imagine a lightweight today moving up through the divisions and going 12 rounds with Golovkin? People would be in awe.
     
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  9. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    He wasn't a good light weight he was an ATG light weight. Then jumped 2 divisions and beat once of the best fighters ever, yes he lost the rematches but so did Frazier against Ali, it doesn't change the fact he beat Leonard and forced Leonard to fight a specific way in the rematches to win.

    He went 12 competitive rounds against one of the greatest middleweights of all time in a division he had no business being in. The likes of Mosley, Whitaker and Mayweather haven't dared go as high as middleweight let alone against a great like Hagler.
     
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  10. Mac mand

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    Leonard fought dumb,the manner in which he destroyed Duran in a rematch then again in the rubber would suggest it was a fluke.
    Whoever mentioned pac,pac has beaten far better opposition than Duran and it's not even debatable,barring Leonard duran never beat no one special
     
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  11. OvidsExile

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

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    No, that would be Mayweather, Marciano, Jack Johnson, Jim Jeffries, or possibly Roy Jones. People get pretty nuts when discussing any one of them.
     
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  12. Mac mand

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    Ok,well apart from Leonard,which like we know was emphatically reversed twice,name me a number 1 fighter he beat above lightweight ...... Good luck with that one
     
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  13. Mac mand

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    The silence is deafening,as the answer is zero.pac beat number 1 fighter in more or less every division thru 8 divisions,Duran gets credit for losing against great fighters he didn't beat any
     
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  14. Estes

    Estes Active Member Full Member

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    Yes, Duran is one of those fighters whom boxing "fans" who don't actually watch boxing and just read Boxrec career records might actually think is overrated. In this context, "fans" is another word for "morons".
     
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  15. punk

    punk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    To the thread starter name some fighters who beat a young hungry prime Duran?
     
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