Pernell Whitaker vs Roberto Duran over 15 rounds at 135.

oh at 135 duran takes a late stoppage win or ud.
duran was young and too good even for sweet p at 135 lbs.

 

duran kicks his ass, whitaker ducked meldrick taylor.

 

i'm kidding, whitaker was a great fighter, i loved the way he would stand in front of you and not get hit while throwing combinations, but duran would still kick his ass.

 

it was a draw, i had jcc winning.

 

against whitaker?


:blood

 

Duran.

Best lightweight ever

 

If Castillo gave PBF problems, Duran would have torn a hole through him.

Remember, Duran is a guy that took hard shots from Marvin Hagler and Iran Barkley. PBF couldn't have even scratched his beard, and people forget how fast and destructive Duran was as a lightweight. His style and skill set/physical attributes are taylor-made to beat a fighter with PBF's style.

Just go look up any list of top lightweights ever. Duran is universally regarded as the #1 of all-time, and if he's not #1 on someone's list, he's #2. He would have mugged PBF.

See if you can find some early tapes of Duran on YouTube, like the Buchanan fight, etc. He was unreal, and half the time he didn't train for crap or even care in the lead-ups to the fights.

 

Sweet pea, or anybody,in what fight do you think was whitaker most hurt by punches? The roger mayweather fight?

 

I dont think anyone is good enough to keep Duran off them at 135 and when added to that Duran's mastery of extracurricular activities :]

 

I think Whitaker would out box Duran to win a decsion. At light weight I have Whitaker #2 and Duran #4.(#1 B. Leonard,#3 J. Gans)
On a recent interview on espn Whitaker was sked about this match up, and allthough he beleves he would beat Duran he said he would rather fight him at a higher weight 140 or 147. Just something to keep in mind.
My prediction is Whitaker 10 rounds Duran 5 rounds. There would be no knockdowns.

 

I think JCC won, but a draw was kind of fair since it could have easily gone to whitaker by one, though he should have been deducted points for fouling.

 

My two favorite fighters ever head to head is a nightmare to analyze.

Sweet Pea has given good accounts of both their strengths and how they actually play into each other perfectly.

This is the ultimate stylistic match-up, and I can think of few fantasy bouts pitting two fighters together that gets closer than this one.

I have to say that with all things taken into account, Pea's slight size advantage would be the difference in this one, and he could probably keep the fight at his distance a little bit better than Duran could.

I would say over 5 rounds Pea takes it by one or two tops. Not to mention, I think this fight would be a NIGHTMARE to score.

 

The fact that people can even argue that Chavez won the fight with Whitaker just depresses me. I didn't realize stupidity could reach such drastic levels amongst fans of this sport.[FONT=&quot]
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I was a big chavez fan back then,and i knew that no way chavez won that fight.....Nobody outboxed and outfought chavez like pernell did at the time.....Great perfomance....