Pacquiao vs Duran. Who's the Greater?

I think Duran ranks higher, his win over SRL is better than any single win Pacquiao has and that edges it for me between these two ATG's.

 

Duran legacy wise and H2H wise for me.

 

Its difficult. You have got Duran who is arguably goat light weight beating dejesus x2, buchanan, . Has the best win ever arguably in montreal srl. Came close with Hagler at middleweight. Beat up cuevas, palomino, moore and barkley at 160.
But there is also the shitload of losses and no mas.

Pac went from 112 to 150. 8 divisions and beat barrera x2, marquez x2 (arguably), morales x2, bradley x2, ledwaba, hatton, cotto, margarito, dlh and thurman at age 40/41. Won belts in 4 decadea, only 8 division champ.

Its close imo. Both are amazing.

 

I think Roberto Duran is one of the 10 greatest boxers in history.....................

I do not believe Pac is one of the 10 greatest boxers in history

Fin/

 

Pacquiao is my favorite fighter and is one of the greatest ever. But I do not think he's greater than Duran. It's even difficult to say he's close. I do not think any version of Pacquiao could compete with SRL, let alone beat. Duran is next level. Probably the greatest fighter of the Television era.

 

If Duran had never fought or beaten SRL then I'd say that Pac might have an argument. But considering Duran beat SRL it's just not even a debate. It's not close.

 

I agree but is it a fair comparison? Duran at 147 is like Pac at 130 or 135 imo.
Plus not many boxers beat srl at 147.

I do feel Pac and Duran were cut from the same cloth in going trough the weights like Sam Langford and Armstrong.

 

Pacquiao started at 112, but naturally he was a 126 pounder when fully grown. Duran was also small as a teenager.

 

Pac. Duran is a story of squandered talent.

 

Durán without a doubt. As much as I really support my fellow countryman Pacquiao the answer is most definitely Roberto Duran. His victory over Leonard eclipses all of Pac’s greatest wins.

Duran is Top 10 ATG while Pac is Top 15.

 

Duran,,and it's not close either

 

Agreed, no way Pacquiao could do what Duran did in the first SRL fight. But then Pacquiao was naturally much smaller than Duran. Duran was 27 when he moved up to Welterweight, Pac at the same age was still a Super Featherweight, 3 divisions below Duran at the same age. What Pac did at Welter would be like Duran doing the same at Super middle, which is why what Pac did was so crazy and probably won't be repeated.

While I think Duran clearly ranks higher I don't think there's a massive gap between them in terms of ATG ranking. Duran is clearly top 10 ATG but Pac at worst for me is top 20 and you could argue he ranks even higher than that.

 

Duran