Roberto Duran V PBF? who wins at 147lbs

PBF by UD...

 

This is still about DLH. See, he doesn't want anyone that DLH has a win over, no matter how dubious the win is, to be considered very good. It raises the profile of DLH. Same standard crap.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89O4Ikku_bY

Watching Roberto there, he had everything and more to beat PBF.

 

you do realize this shows exactly why SRL lost right? The whole clip is them in a inside fight....THE WHOLE CLIP....this played into Durans hands man....PBF would do no such a thing.....exactly why SRL didnt do it the second fight and won.....all this clip shows is Durans dominance in a fight where someone actually tries to brawl and stand and trade with him such as the topic of the clip suggest...the BRAWL in Montreal.

 

Duran would have made Floyd fight...Floyd would have trouble staying on the outside when facing Duran.

 

You missed the point. It shows Durans great work to the body and head, it shows his pressure, it shows how dirty he is so Floyd cant just clinch and expect to get away with it, shows how he makes someone fight and how he corners them. .

 

SUGAR made it easy because he stood there and tried to fight Durans game....this is obvious because Duran couldnt catch him the second fight when Sugar stuck to his guns and stayed away from the inside fight.....i do see what you mean by his work rate and thins of that nature but again Sugar allowed it because he fought inside with Duran.

 

Clinch, walk, work.

 

Leonard did have another choice, which was to box and move behind the jab and strictly keep the fight at long range. Duran did dictate the pace, but Leonard allowed him to get into the type of fight he wanted. Leonard had no interest in boxing Duran, and he clearly said through the press he would stand and fight Duran. Beating Duran at his own game was Leonard's mission in Montreal.


It was fighter beating fighter, not fighter beating boxer. No question about it.

 

True, but Leonard himself said that from that left hook in the second round on, he had no choice. Duran caught him early and never let go.

 

What I will say about the second fight. Leonard, while constantly moving and not awllowing Duran to get set, never had enough offense for my taste. Leonard seemed to be intent on making Duran miss, more than making him pay. He popped out nice jabs, but not enough combinations. Scarcely did he throw any "heavy" artillery.

 

I love threads like this one, because no one person no for sure but they'll tell you who's right and who's wrong. Also this thread is about a legend who's career is over, and the best p4p fighter in the world today who's still fighting. This is also at a weight where one fighter is most likely more comfortable so automatically it's in his favor. We don't know how great a fighter Floyd is at 147lbs so we can only judge him for what he's done career wise.

Now we here "He's never faced a fighter like Duran" True it may be, but does that mean Duran automatically wins? Not at all Floyd's had one tough fight in his career, and he still won w/an injury going in, and and injury from the fight. You can never question his heart or toughness:nono You can't question his Will either, on the otherhand you can question Duran's!

Floyd and SRL are very alike. They both have superior speed, Footwork, and boxing skills. Leonard had more power, and flash, while Floyd has better defense, and basic techniques! Floyd doesn't need Power nor Flash. I think Floyd has a better head on his shoulder inside the ring than SRL. He fights a smarter fight. SRL was willing to go to war w/someone he wasn't on the same level with in that department, and he paid for it! Floyd will never dumb out like that! Fighters need to know there limit, and apparently it took the 1st fight for SRL to know his. Leonard won the 2nd fights although close on the cards relatively easily(watch it again) he took Duran's will and determination away from him, and I always question that. It was to easy!! Floyd would fightlike that the 1st time. Floyd has better defense no question, and I don't know why some on here try and question or challenge that. Floyd also has incredible stamina, and he's a fighter who gets stronger as the fight goes on. If Floyd fought his game all nightand embarrased Duran threw the 1st half of the fight while only getting stronger will Duran be there for the Championship RDs:huh We don't know, but what we do know is he wasn't against SRL, and it wasn't cause Ray was hurting him:nono He couldn't get to Ray like he did the 1st fight, and he knew he never would. Floyd picks his spots well, he doesn't throw as much these days, but he has one the highest connect percentage. Ppl make noise because one fighter throws 700-800 punches thruought the course of a fight and another fighter throws 400-500 punches but if they land roughly the same what does that tell you? It's tells you one guy is more accurate, and efficient w/his punches while the other guy is much less, and needs to throw that many! Floyd wouldn't have the throw a thousand punches to get his point across to the judges! Duran certainly would because he'd be doing alot of missing, and moving. Will he want to? If he did then we have a very good and interesting fight.

If Floyd fought like Ray in the 1st fight he certainly loses, but he won't, so we can predict the outcome w/certainty as some of you have! I doubt highly Floyd would fight like that. Duran fought the same fight both times w/SRL, and he came away with a win, and a loss all coutersy of Leonard!!

I can't pick at this moment w/certainty, but if forced to I'd go w/Floyd by decision. Floyd's dealt w/all types of styles, and still came out on top,...Duran proved he can't or he's not willing to put that work in!!

 

pea i have to take you to task on this post. you already know where i stand on the possible outcome of this fight. but bizzarro did not give duran problems. he literally ran the entire fight until he got ktfo. i have all of the respect in the world for vita dejesus. but take out the non title fight, and we saw how much trouble duran had with him when the chips were on the line. he beat the brakes off of him. buchanan was a 21 yo duran still green. nowhere near the beast he would become at 135.

 

Does anyone here consider Cotto a similar fighter to Duran in that he brings pressure with both hands and can switch up his style from non-stop pressure to boxing from the outside.

With that said, a lot of people believe Duran could beat mayweather. So perhaps Cotto does have a chance unlike some people

 

Cotto fights more like Julio Cesar Chavez in my opinion