Roberto Duran vs. Jimmy Batten

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  1. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes, both guys had their careers on the line.... Cuevas did return a year or so later in circa 1985 and KO'd some vato named Maurice Bravo in L.A., but he was quickly KO'd himself a fight or two later... Cuevas' comeback didn't last long...

    Duran was KTFO by Hearns in 1984 and took all of '85 off before coming back in 1986 to embark on another 15 years in the ring winning and losing along the way...

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  2. duranimal

    duranimal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol::lol:
     
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  3. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    it was not about Duran being weakened or dehydrated , it was about him being generously allowed by Cuevas 2 not b , as in contradiction 2d way Ray Leonard managed his career . Had Duran been forced 2 fulfill his commitment 2 what he signed on , d ending might have been reversed .
     
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  4. Senor Pepe'

    Senor Pepe' Boxing Junkie banned

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    Based on his performance against Jimmy Batten,

    One would have to say, Roberto Duran was done as a Top Flight Fighter.

    As he did struggle with a fighter, who was maybe a Top 40 Light-Middleweight.

    As I stated earlier, the fans at The Dunes Hotel who watched this walk-out bout,
    'felt pity' for Roberto.

    He was flabby, awkward, and couldn't even put a half-way decent combination together.
     
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  5. MRBILL

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    I still felt despite Duran being deducted a point for a low blow to Robbie Sims in 1986 Vegas somewhere in around the 8th or 9th round, that Duran still deserved a draw... Sims landed more pitty-pat punches while Duran landed the better, more well placed shots.... Sims was all swollen afterward, where as Duran was basically tired as hell, yet unmarked...

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  6. MRBILL

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    I'm still in need of a clean copy of Duran's 1987 comeback fight against Juan Carlos Giminez.... Giminez staggered Duran in round 1 and had Duran on the defense, but then Duran got going and won the decision... I have a ****-poor copy...

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  7. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    I watched that fight awhile back again. I thought Duran deserved the decision. He landed the better, cleaner shots. Though he did tire in that bout.

    I still thought he did enough to win the fight.
     
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