Roberto Duran vs Manny Pacquiao

yeah you've been done with me 3 times, and your little diatribe would be a lot more effective if you didn't sound like a butthurt child in the process of trying to give it to me.

JMM is better than any lightweight Duran ever faced, in his entire career. SO is Barrera. So is Morales. That's why they're relevant to the conversation. Get it?

 

The thing is Pacquiao could be elusive if he wants to, I think the smart money here is on Pacquiao.

 

135 Duran
147 Pacquiao

 

duran had a great jab and he could slip punches very well.the is a reason they called him hands of stone.and at 135 he had a 98% ko ratio, wtf who does that.mosley at 135 had about a 94 percent ko ratio.man i think duran would stop manny in a war at some point to the head or body.

im from cincinnati and all the old heads in my area says manny fights just like the hawk.the hawk had power and speed, he could fight and or box and he had a chin, last but not least he could go the distance as well.he koed hearns in the 4th rd in the ams, and chased lenoard to a higher division lol so they say.anyways i think duran beats manny.duran could block and parry punches and slip thats why im picking him.he would not be a sitting duck and his power was uncanny.

 

Epic encounter indeed.

Duran by landslide at 135, if Manny fights Montreal Duran he looses at 147, but if they fought ten times at 147 Manny might take a couple.

 

Pac at 135 has a 100% KO ratio :smoke

lol just kidding I think Duran takes a decision in a war.


weight doesn't matter

 

Great post

 

It's late so I can't be arsed to give a proper answer but this will suffice.

Let's wait until Manny Pacquiao fights and beats an 6'1 hard hitting Middleweight at 37 years of age...and then we can talk.

 

So the argument is Duran is great cause he fight great fighters and lost to all of them.

By that logic for a fighter to be great, he should fight many great fighters and he will still be great even if he lost to all of them.

So if JMM fights hearns, leonard, Whitaker and lost to them, JMM atg rankings would increase.

 

Roach said that Manny would decision Duran, but he might be a little biased lol

http://www.maxboxing.com/news/promo-lead/freddie-roach-manny-would-decision-duran

 

I don't think Roach is biased, when Pacquiao is not yet that much proven on higher weights, he thinks Pacquiao would lose to Duran. But with Pacquiao's recent great performances, Roach tune have changed.

 

No my argument is Duran was 70 -1 before leaving a weight division after defending it 12 times and then going to the next division (actually 2 divisions up if you count that he jumped over the 140 division entirely) and beating the 2nd best fighter who ever fought in that division, then losing to the 8th best fighter who ever fought in that division.

After that, going up another division and beating the undefeated beltholder, then going up yet another division and loosing to the 6th greatest fighter in the history of that division. Then at age 37 beating the champ in that division who just happened to twice beat the guy he lost to earlier. And the guy he beat and the guy he lost to, were both 6' 1" while he was 5' 7".

So if this were applied to JMM if he duplicated this type of performance in his own division and then say jumped to 140 and beat Pac at that weight (who would serve as a proxy for Leonard), then jumped up to 147 and lost a very close decision to Mayweather who we'll call a proxy for Hagler and then later on JMM went on to beat one of the belt holders at 147 then yes his status would rise considerably, even if he suffered a couple of losses along the way.

 

I'd like to ask Roach how he thinks a prime Duran would do against the likes of Cotto, Clottey, and Margarito.

 

Watch more Boxing.

 

Its no shame being out fantasy matched by a prime roberto duran.