So Who Legitmately Beat Duran?

I had Duran comfortably in front of Lampkin in a competitive fight.

It was the best performance by a mobile boxer against Duran of that mid-late seventies period- he actually fought to win and not just survive\frustrate.

 

No idea mate. Many great stories surrounding Duran.

 

if i can remember correctly hearns beat him legitimately

 

Yeah but Duran would of been winning on points before the first knockdown

 

Now that's violent

 

All of Duran's losses are 100% legit.

And most of them account for his most glaring deficieny as a fighter --inconsistency as he rose up in weight.

Duran was a passion fighter. He was not a spartan like Hagler nor was he a devoted and disciplined stone cold killer (to borrow Garfield's description) like Robinson. Duran had spells (loooong spells in the 80s and 90s) of sloth and indifference -and he would have throughout his career but for one man -Freddie Brown.

Brown was a crusty old buzzard (Mickey Goldberg was Freddie Brown) who knew how to discipline and control the young charge. When he left, Duran fought on memory. Look at his physique for Leonard I. You didn't see that again. Ever. He got close for Hagler, but that performance was almost an anomaly in the post-Brown years.

But when Duran was on fire, the fighters who could match him in terms of formidability you can count on about 3 fingers (SRR, Greb, Armstrong).

Duran was a passion fighter... and passion burns out and needs to be refueled.

 

Agreed. When Duran went off the rails and out shape partying with friends he would call Carlos Eleta and say "Where are they I need them". Obviously he meant Brown and Arcel. A fighter who realised he had shortcomings and weaknesses. Acting upon such problems like the way did says a lot for him regarding honesty within himself.