This is worth nine and a half minutes of your time

You know, I may be in the minority on this one, but when I see Duran throwing punches, he reminds me a lot of SRR.

 

Years ago, someone from Panama told me that he once saw Duran punch a medium sized hoarse in the head and it dropped like a sack of potatoes.

Frankly, I think this story is crap, and if there's any truth to it, Duran should have been beaten for animal cruelty, but I guess it just goes to show that legends generate stories, and Duran's punching ability was certainly legendary.

 

Legends do have myths to them, Duran is not the only guy to ko a horse with a punch in thsos myths.
Ketchal, Sullivan, and Jeff have about the same myths.

 

Well worth it. Peak Duran was an absolute machine really.

 

Finally a Duran video that shows most of the right footage.

 

Well worth it indeed. I am really impressed by Roberto Duran. His resume is simply awesome. In his prime he was a complete boxing fighter, a true unstoppable beast.

 

yeah i can see your point his when he throws his jab he pivots on his left foot very similar to robinson. also the left hook is also similar.

i bet you seen the robinson turpin II the ending combo could of been in this reel without me noticing


another person who reminds me of him was a more limber ike quartey.

this is what makes duran so unique is that even though he will be classified as a puncher and a brawler or even street fighter which some peopel on tv try and make him out to be against leonard. the guy knew his science down to the sole of his shoe. his speed his power his technique his tenacity is all there.

 

about the shorts.

Duran was a savage without the faintest inhibitions restraining him. He'd train naked and probably did. He was an utter savage until his 30th year -which can be expected, but what made him so unbelievable was those two old men who added the science of boxing since the 1920s. Duran had the raw materials -especially the disposition, the love of battle, the violent urges, the anger... but Arcel and Brown injected this with the skill they garnered out of 6 decades of boxing -since the science really started to take off in the 1920s when Arcel served his apprenticeship and Benny Leonard offered intellectually-based beatings.

So prime Duran was a near-perfect combination of savagery and science. He'd try to kill you, but he'd do it systematically. He's punching through the back of your head, but it's a perfect textbook shot.

 

Am I the only 1 whos sees similarities between Duran and James Toney in technique, defense and the way they throw the right hand

 

Good technique always looks similar. There are proper ways to throw particular shots and improper ways. That being said both Duran and Toney liked to slip or roll and then counter with the right. Thus the similarity.

 

One of my favorite HL's, but old to me. I like the beat from Shook Ones used in the vid. Works very well.