What really went wrong when Duran met Hearns

Saccharine Ray Leonard?! Must I lace this forum with obscenities again?!

 

Well, you know SRL only lost to Duran when he was overconfident on the verge of insanity, and doing coke, crack and effing opium and whatnot. When he decided to pull it together for the rematch he put on a masterclass of boxing that made Ali-Williams look like a drunken barroom brawl in comparison. It was actually best for Duran that he quit, because SRL was planning to soon go on the offense with punches and combinations so accurate and powerful that knowledgable sources are sure that Duran would either be killed or severly damaged for life by them.

 

I don't think it unlikely that had Duran not quit, he'd have been stopped in that fight. He was fading fast and had 7 rounds left.

PS/ if you offer that as a parallel for Duran's conditioning and such in the Hearn's fight, then that's fine. (Well, it's actually ridiculous.)

 

If Duran was indeed scared of Hearns, does anyone else find it strange that he was scared of another man but not scared to play around with a 600 pound lion?

Same with Tyson. He seemed intimidated by Lewis, and Holyfield in the rematch.

How is someone who wrestles with a tiger scared of a man?

 

Wasn't really making any parallels, just joking around.

 

How about a 33 year old 5 7 ex lightweight gets tagged by a 25 year old 6 1 monster punching light middle?

 

Legend has it Duran batted it off when young as they are then loyal forever

:good

 

I believe that it's possible Duran was intimidated against Hearns. Maybe. Because Duran never had an opponent previously who had Hearns' fearsome power. Possibly Cuevas and Leonard were the best punches he fought up until then, Hagler as well. But those guys never had the chilling power than Hearns possessed. God knows what Duran must have been thinking watching Hearns at welterweight blowing the opposition away with such conviction. Duran has always had a reputation as an animal, but a smart one. He would have known no matter what weight they squared off that overcoming the reach, height, speed, and power of Hearns equated to a daunting task.

Duran never quite had the ability to move around like Leonard did against Hearns to pick and choose his moments when to strike on the backfoot. Duran would have had to come forward and roll underneath Hearns' punches.

 

Legend has it that the girl in your avatar needs her clothing removed.

 

that interview is a great find! thanks.

 

Many say the story was true.

 

Overall it's a pretty good book.

Some of Duran's stories are hard to connect, maybe it's the broken English, but sometimes I don't understand what he's saying or how one thing connects to the other.

It's pretty objective, as it tells several different viewpoints to different things about Duran, such as how he spent his money and people talking about his quit job in New Orleans.

They also talk about Carlos Eleta sometimes protecting Duran and not wanting him to fight certain guys (Ortiz, Cervantes).