Montreal Duran vs PBF at Welter

Duran, & it wouldn't even be close.

 

Only against no defense guys like Jesus Chavez and Ricky Hatton. Not against guys that had great defense to fall back on.

Conceivably, Duran could have the fight wrapped up by the 8th round and just ****-stir his way down the stretch like he did against Leonard.

 

Well Duran seemed to tire against Leonard I see the same happening here, Mayweather is probably the better conditioned and yes his style is more efficient and better paced

 

Would he be anywhere near his own comfort zone against Duran though?

 

You realize that with Mayweather's style Duran would also be fighting at a much slower pace right? The only reason he tired against Leonard was because they were fighting at a grueling pace the whole time, one I've never seen Mayweather fight at.

 

Duran isn't just a better version of Ricky Hatton or Castillo, he's a completely different fighter. Much more well rounded and skilled, and definitely not a pure swarmer.

 

I'd bet heavy on Duran myself. I just finished watching Mayweather's last fight and noticed he doesn't throw many combinations because he wants to hit without getting hit. That's fair enough, but that ain't going to work against Duran, because Duran would walk through that **** and he'd be hurting Mayweather. I don't really see Floyd having an answer to Duran's constant up close relentless pressure. And if Duran can hurt Floyd then he can also stop him. Floyd doesn't have many nightmare styles that can give him problems but this is the one that could and undoubtedly would. The big difference is Floyd's a boxer, not a fighter, and Duran would turn it into a fight. That said, I would expect Floyd to be throwing combinations and not trying to pot shot Duran, cause he'd know in the first minute that pot shoting Duran ain't going to get the job done.

 

Oh, Yeah:good!

 

Why are people arguing with PowerPuncher? He thrives on going against the grain, even if he himself doesn't believe what he's posting. That's just what he does. He's a contrarian.

 

PowerPuncher is a realist.

A contrarian would be lora/sweet scientist/sweet pea/you, breh

 

Mayweather's thirty four years old. Duran was younger than that when he lost to Kirkland Laing, but you wouldn't use that fight in this argument.

 

I don't think you really know what these words you use mean, breh. Hipster, contrarian, etc.

 

LMAO at the guy who's based a whole posting gimmick around trolling Duran and being the presumptious noble defender of everything "mainstream"( though only the stuff that is obviously good and doesn't really need defending from the occasional mild criticism) calling anyone else a contrarian.

 

Agreed. Running the clock down without engaging because your opponent cannot catch you is not how you prove to be a better boxer and fighter. It's pragmatic and safe of course, but not much else.

 

Nah. It's obvious that one of the best ways to analyse hypotheticals is to look at how fighters did against similarly-styled fighters in their careers. Floyd arguably lost to Castillo, and then used his superior speed in the rematch to coast to an underwhelming decision. Logically then, a vastly superior exponent of that style who was both faster and better at cutting off the ring than Castillo would be a nightmare for Floyd. This is as good a way to evaluate hypotheticals as any other, I think it's probably the best.