Roberto Duran's 10 best wins

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  1. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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    I've seen a bunch of his fights but I would like to see people's top 10 wins so maybe a few fights squeak onto people lists that I have not seen before? Everyone has SRL number one so what were his best performances 2 thru 10?
     
  2. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I did a list awhile ago.

    1 Sugar Ray Leonard
    2 Ken Buchanan
    3 Esteban De Jesus 2
    4 Esteban De Jesus 3
    5 Iran Barkley
    6 Davey Moore
    7 Carlos Palomino
    8 Ernesto Marcel
    9 Pipino Cuevas
    10 Jorge Castro

    Looking at it now i would change some names around.....

    1 Sugar Ray Leonard
    2 Iran Barkley
    3 Ken Buchanan
    4 Esteban De Jesus 2
    5 Esteban De Jesus 3
    6 Ernesto Marcel
    7 Carlos Palomino
    8 Davey Moore
    9 Pipino Cuevas
    10 Jorge Castro

    I'm rating the Barkley win alot higher due to the size difference, i had Moore higher originally as Duran was a fairly big underdog i believe. But Marcel, Palomino, are much more highly rated all time so they go ahead of Moore for me.

    I'm keeping Cuevas, Castro, as the bottom 2 Cuevas was considerably past his best which is why i rank him lower than Moore even if he ranks higher historically. I have Castro in the top 10 because for me it's one of the best wins ever for a fighter in their mid 40s and Castro had held the Middleweight only 13 months prior to losing to Duran.
     
  3. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Good list,his fight with Iran never disappoints me.