Top five of the last forty years ?

No problem! :thumbsup

 

I'm just saying roberto duran wasn't a big money draw, cuz the truth is julio cesar chavez, ray leonard and mike tyson were far more popular than him.

 

But it sounded a bit disrespectful, I mean, he was by far the smallest and he was the one who went up in weight, no shame to lose there against Hagler in a close fight at 160 lbs, and against a puncher like Hearns...

 

Well Benitez was only 1 weight class above him and he beat duran fairly easily. It was after this fight that duran would go on to beat moore and cuevas, so you can make excuses but, duran was still a worldclass fighter when benitez outboxed him. It is this fight that usually tells me that whitaker would beat duran head to head at welterweight or 154. Duran never did so good against the 'movers'. He was always looked great against the brawlers.

 

Yeah, but what´s your point now with this post? That Duran is overrated? Yeah, for me, he´s also a bit overrated. But the last thing you can criticize him for, is for losing against Hagler, SRL and Hearns, that was just my point...

 

Duran overrated?! Yes at Welterwieght he was beatable at times, But at Lightweight he was practically industructable! & the Welterweight performance in Montreal will forever cement Duran's position among the elite. As far a popularity goes, after some victories, it was almost a national holiday when Duran returned to Panama!