Roberto Duran’s resume

I’m sure as he started as he was so young. I was talking about weights they won their first titles.

 

I believe Duran got robbed in those fights, the first ones were clearly Duran victories

HE won, and he should get credit for them.

 

Firstly, if you're comparing Tyson's reign with Duran's lightweight reign then you are clearly underrating Duran's contribution at 135! Tyson wasn't 11 kos over 12 defenses in more than six years dominant so that's not a particularly good comparison. Better reference points would be Carlos Monzon or Marvin Hagler and even they didn't look quite as good or dominant. Are they overrated too?

Secondly, who did Pernell and Floyd beat at lightweight that was better than Ken Buchanan or Esteban DeJesus? And you seem to be saying that because Duran didn't beat a fellow hall of famer in his best weight class, he isn't deserving of his high ranking. But had Buchanan and DeJesus not met Duran, we could be talking about them as all-time great lightweights too.

Thirdly, I would generally agree that the level of Duran's opposition at 135 was good rather than great but when a fighter dominates as much as he did for as long as he did - and Duran at lightweight was as dominant as almost any fighter in history - his status is deservedly elevated.

 

It’s been a long time. I do remember that I thought he was robbed vs Camacho. Pretty sure he even dropped Paz in the first fight too.

 

It cuts both ways,Sweett pea & Floyd never fought anyone close to a prime Duran at 135lbs Duran was fast,could hurt & KO you with either hand,worked body & head, worked angles & had good feet and at 5'7 was good solid proportions for the division.

 

Correct, He was in his 40's and still beating great fighters. Most people don't even think about those fights when rating Duran.