Roberto Duran. Overrated or what?!

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Lionel Rose, Jun 19, 2009.


  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    ...plus, read a book.

    See how a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing?
     
  2. teeto

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    :good

    I just cringed.
     
  3. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ya, sure, he's a street brawler with grit. That's all. Heh....

    Take a walk, pigme.
     
  4. JMP

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    John H Stracey, Mando Muniz twice, Dave Green, and very agurably Wilfred Benitez.

    Average fighters at best don't beat those guys convincingly and come very close to beating that version of Benitez. Nice try though :good
     
  5. teeto

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    :lol::lol:
     
  6. Danny_Rand

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    I recognize one name on that list and its Benitez and he lost to them.

    Looks like an average record to me if you compare him to his peers at the time.

    If his name was Johnson or Jackson would you still consider him to be a great victory?
     
  7. McGrain

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    Says more about your knowledge than the fighters in question i'm afraid. There's a lot of this about - what it is, there's nothing wrong with not knowing fighters, at all, but assuming that they are not "good names" because you don't recognise them is ignorant.
     
  8. teeto

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    Have you seen Palomino fight?
     
  9. teeto

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    Very nice post.
     
  10. JMP

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    Boxrec doesn't tell the whole story...

    it never hurts to watch them and form an opinion based on REAL FOOTAGE
     
  11. NALLEGE

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    Yeah, you're alone!!!
     
  12. Danny_Rand

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    No it doesnt. Looking at their records on boxrec, there is a reason why nobody knows who these guys are. They didnt do anything in the sport. 90% of their wins are against Journeymen.
     
  13. teeto

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    Don't out obscene thoughts in people's heads, that's just poison that reasoning.
     
  14. teeto

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    And your hole gets deeper.
     
  15. northernstar83

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    A truly phenomenal fighter we will probably never see his like again