Leonard-Duran 2 and 3 are incredibly underrated wins

My apologies mate, where i'am not a gambler i was was gobbin off what i'd heard, the other feller who posted explained it better about the odds being proberbly for a picked round, i'am a bit too over enthusiastic sometimes, i'll pay more attention in future rather than leapin in, HONEST

 

agree. dropped palomino, nullified his assault (including one of the alltime great left hook body punchers)and bullied the bigger man around. for 10 rnds one of the best duran performances imo.

 

Sure his overrall ko rate matters. Even though he fought well at 147 at times he still wasn't as good as he was at lightweight. There is no doubt about that.

 

The Palomino and Leonard fights are just about as best as I have seen Duran. He was as good in those fights as any of his lightweight-jnr welter fights.

Well rounded..Just about complete technically, but still possessing speed, explosive power and brute strength.

Not stopping Palomino and Leonard is really no indication of whether he had clearly slipped moving up..fact is he won both of those fights comfortably and many didnt expect him to.
The other two guys who went the rounds with him were Speedy Gonzalez and Jimmy Heair..Gonzalez was a decent contender, very rangy and fleet footed who fought most of the fight on the backfoot, a lot of time just trying to make it out of shaky moments.
Heair had a very solid chin and was classic survivalist..He took a horrible beating off a Duran who looked like he just came for a tuneup.
Roberto dominated both of those fights, really doesnt matter if they went the distance or not.

Duran was still all sorts of awesome at welterweight.

 

Both guys were past their prime and to even consider that fight as anything other than an abomination before man and god sullies the first two fights.