Let's face it - Duran was the most complete, ever

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  1. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    He`d eventually "finish".

    Leonard better hope he`s not like Peter North in that department.
     
  2. JohnThomas1

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    Wonder what would happen if he "finished" too soon in a fight, say with 3 or 4 rounds to go!??!!? Didn't overly seem the snuggling afterglow type :lol:
     
  3. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    Well you gotta aim for the eyes in that situation.

    Always, in fact words I live by.

    That`s how the guy in my avatar lost his.
     
  4. :lol: The jungle kid, straight out of panama. I like duran as having complete set as a fighter when are they going to make a hands of stone film.?
     
  5. TAC602

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    They've been working on one since 2010 actually. Pacino was interested in and got the role as Ray Arcel.

    I'd honestly favor a full-length documentary. The Beyond the Glory piece was alright, but it's production values were far lower than those of later ones they did such as Leonard and Tyson.

    Hopefully Duran is with us for quite some time yet, but eventually he won't be. Instead it'll only be people talking about him who weren't there. How many fighters that can legitimately be argued for the Top 10 are still around? Top 20, even. He's literally a living legend. Can only hope those with the means and ends to do so take advantage of that time.
     
  6. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    An ESB documentary maybe?

    I could be the translator.
     
  7. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    That was some really gay **** me and JT were talking about yesterday. :lol::rofl
     
  8. JohnThomas1

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    You weren't mind altered where you :lol:
     
  9. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    I had to keep going when you joined. :lol:
     
  10. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    That's why I have to meet the mother****er.

    I wonder if he knows how highly respected he is.
    Doesn't he still live in Panama?
     
  11. TAC602

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    I honestly haven't got a clue. Somebody posted a thread awhile back asking about him and was met with some playful ridicule.

    TBH, it would be cool as hell to meet him.
     
  12. Garrus

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    Do you speak Spanish?

    His English must be terrible.
     
  13. Stonehands89

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    He's in Panama City -the El Cangrejo area.

    His English is broken, but better than he pretends.

    When a friend of mine was fighting out Terry Norris's camp in Campo, CA, he met Duran at a card out there, thought of me, and got his autograph on a paper plate. He also had this picture taken.

    This content is protected

    Circa 1994.
     
  14. Nightcrawler

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    that's awesome :good i was ****ing pissed when I found out he came to ontario for the molitor-caballero fight a few years ago and was apparently pretty great and courteous with fans. it was literally 30 minutes from my place and i had no idea he'd be attending :patsch
     
  15. Stonehands89

    Stonehands89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's miserable! I got you beat though. A friend of mine out of Brockton was going to visit Willie Pep in the nursing home a month before he died. I couldn't make it for some lame reason and then what happened, happened. I wanted to pour lemon juice in my eyes after that.