Roberto Duran V PBF? who wins at 147lbs

No knocks on Floyd - he is one of the best fighters I have ever seen in my entire life.:deal

Floyd is very well rounded, but I think Duran put his punches together better and was better on the inside. Floyd is more elusive in my opinion and could give Duran trouble...however, my pick is Duran by UD.

 

NAH...well seeing how this is at 147...i can see that but thats not fair to PBF...he is best at 130 where he SHOWED power and ability to fight and trade punches. He would not trade with Duran for OBVIOUS reasons man that doesnt mean he cant it means he is smart not to do so or yes it would be over quick!

You say he doesnt have that "something" come on man...Floyd is special in that ring in his own right...whatever floyds motives are to fight doesnt matter long as it motivates him to win and fight to win is what ALL fighters are doing so whether its glory or money they still fight to win point blank. Also what intangibles does Floyd not have....the man is undefeated against very good competition and he has been tested...what intangibles is he missing??

 

Duran is a monster when on the inside and when fighters often try to stand and fight with him...PBF will do neither which are Durans strengths....this is why the fight is not a UD and i think could easily be a SD in favor of either.....i mean just look a the blueprint SRL laid even though he was up by two points....the fact remains he was up and wasnt going to slow down...Duran was too frustrated to deal with that....PBF would pot shot the living hell out of him and simply ahve him chasing him frustrating Duran...the fight is so close than some of you are putting on.

 

floyd by UD, way to skilled for duran, had the longer reach and the bigger heart (never quit in the ring even though his hand has been broken multiple times).

duran's lifestyle outside the ring would catch up with him in a floyd fight.

 

Duran beats your boy bad. Mayweather would be roughened up and taken to places where he would not know what to do. This goes with Whitaker as well. Duran punches way too hard for Whitaker to toy with him the full 12 rounds. Robinson, Hearns and possibly Leonard (50/50) are some of the very few who can beat Duran at that weight.

 

Duran doesn't punch harder than Trinidad.....so I am not buying that he hits too hard for Whitaker.

 

nice comeback cro-mag..quit hiding behind that sweet pea pick muttley

 

And thats considering the stiff competition he has from the Pac nutthugging douches.

 

agreed. duran is my all time favorite fighter, and i was never a sweet pea fan. but if there is one fighter that i have seen that i give a 49% chance (can't give him 50%, that would put him on equal ground as the greatest 135 ever.lol) to it is pea. pernells defense and high work rate makes this a great technical fight.

as far as this thread, duran showed that he could still be that mythical monster from 135 at the highter weight in the first figh with srl. where he imposed his will and made ray fight. pbf is no leonard. at 147 he does not have the power to make duran respect him, and if he could be pressured effectively by castillo, imagine what duran would do. castillo x10

 

Purely on ring generalship, intensity, cunning (Duran had so many subtle moves -- never got off the same way twice) boxing ability, strength, speed, and near his thirties, even counter-punching, Duran has to be a favorite, but there's a big intangible here.

Floyd's first fight against Castillo was controversial. Wether he won or lose, Castillo's roughhousing tactics made Floyd uncomfortable.

Duran uses his head in barely legal ways. He sticks it in your face all the time. He thumbs. He rubs laces on your ears. He low-blows. He pushes you off-balance. He elects to trade punches suddenly, bracing himself for impact and launching a crushing overhand right. He wrestles in clinches to break free, and uses full power, arm punches, pulling, pushing, turning, walking, nudging until you're too weary to fight your A-game.

And his intensity just doesn't stop. He might counter-punch for one round, getting a second wind, but then he goes again, from bell to bell and beyond mental barriers few can cross.

Thought Floyd is well above-average mentally, even really good, I don't think he's used to this kind of fight and I honestly think he would break around the tenth. I don't think it'd be a barnburner.

Whitaker against Duran, though, would be a barnburner. And although I'm about he biggest Duran fan there is, Whitaker would have given him fits and would have, at times, demanded his respect. Whitaker, for all his boxing ability, was not above trading in spots, taking shots on the chin, and even brawling a bit. In combinations.

Floyd can't keep Duran off with one or two punches at a time. Watch the Brawl in Montreal and see what it takes to halt -- just halt -- his advance.

Duran by late TKO.

 

And let nobody say PBF is more skilled than Duran -- Floyd has an amazing prizefighters physique, but as far as fundamentals go, he's got absolutely nothing on Duran.

 

how long uve been following this sport? he could NEVER pop shot against duran duran is 100X times the fighter castilo is and he arguably beeat him by doing a duran, now do the math.

 

I'd like to see Floyd walking down Thomas Hearns like SRL did.

I've seen Zab Judah, and you what they say. Whatever it is, it ain't Hearns.

 

thats proly fighters like a flat footed oscar catched him and castillo nearly beat him once, but yeah ur right theres no way duran catch him.:tired