Who was GREATER, (PRIME) Floyd Mayweather or (PRIME) Roberto Duran?

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Who was GREATER, (PRIME) Floyd Mayweather or (PRIME) Roberto Duran?

Poll closed Oct 11, 2024.
  1. (PRIME) Floyd Mayweather

    11.5%
  2. (PRIME) Roberto Duran

    88.5%
  1. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Duran did a quit against Sugar Leonard

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  2. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Sad to see you insult Gennadiy Golovkin Olu, by calling him little G. He's the MAN your idol Floyd robbed blind, Floyd was proven also to be afraid to fight Margarito, I'm sure you've seen the videos LOL He ducked a 100% Tszyu too For many of Floyds "winning" decisions it took a tag team of Floyd, Vegas Officials with back up by the commission to secure those "wins". Its really a tragedy Floyd had the skills to be great but lacked the cojones to do it alone
     
  3. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    When Floyd was at 140 pounds Tyzu mysteriously was injured for a long time while Floyd beat the others then moved to 147 pounds. However Floyd victim his son Hitman Hatton retired Tyzu. As for Margacheato I am not going to humour you because we have discussed this so many times. As for lil g, Canelo who Floyd tutored beat him 3 times. Game, Set and Match!
     
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  4. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    I respectfully call bull feces on that statement my friend. As for Tony Why do you keep insulting him with these childish names ? You know as well as I do Tony literally made Floyd **** himself in fear by just asking him "Why wont you fight me"? What would Floyd do if he saw Tony standing across the ring banging his gloves together ????? Probably have a coronary lol Bivol took care of Canelo he took his soul too lol Hes scared to fight Benavidez that is obvious. You need to support fighters not frauds
     
  5. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    The cheat that used bricks to beat better opponents

    That's his legacy. When we are all dust, many years from now, decades, even centuries! Margarito will be remembered as the guy with loaded gloves

    I don't say it to be hateful. Google his name yourself or read the comments on his YouTube fights etc. The vast majority find him scum and his name will forever be in the mud

    God bless Brother Naz, a great student of the game and a true legend of boxing
     
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  6. gollumsluvslave

    gollumsluvslave Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Is this a **** take?

    Duran every day of the week and at LEAST twice on Sunday!

    The difference between Floyd and Duran isn't necessarily that Duran could beat Floyd (though I think he could and would), t's that Duran pushed himself above and beyond - I mean c'mon, how could he hang and be competetive with Hitman Hearns, Hagler, and SRL? Insane

    Could you imagine how great Floyd MIGHT have been if he followed had the Duran playbook?

    Bottom line is Floyd is lesser because he always played the odds to protect his 0 - IMO
     
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  7. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Not one person, state commission or anyone else can prove Antonio Margarito EVER did anything wrong EXCEPT he legitimately beat the tar out of Miguel Cotto when he wasn't supposed to. I was at that fight & watched his hands taped like I had many times before & never seen any wrong doings. That put Tony in the drivers seat he was the man the fans wanted to see fight Floyd. Sadly as we all saw in those videos Floyd was scared stiff of Tony. but he was in the way. Hence that obvious conspiracy to remove him. There was NEVER EVER one iota of proof he'd ever done anything wrong. Now look at Floyds real record & you'll see stuff like IV gate proving he cheated
     
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  8. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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  9. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Means absolutely nothing in a Duran Mayweather thread especially since Duran had beaten Leonard. Just for the record, I believe any version of Mayweather stands absolutely no chance against prime Leonard or Hearns.
     
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  10. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Duran version of Benitez? I think he béats any version of Mayweather and would bet the house on it.
     
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  11. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    Like I said the real intangible with Floyd is he did not know how to lose in 50 professional fights! That is something that cannot be overlooked.
     
  12. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Duran is greater IMO, but there isn't a huge world of difference here. Both are inside the Top 20, as I see it.
     
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  13. Clinton

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    Great. He is undefeated. So are Calzaghe and Marciano. I suppose all 3 are invincible, huh? Fact is Mayweather NEVER, and I do mean NEVER, fought any fighters on the level of Duran, Léonard and Hearns.
     
  14. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    I’ll say this PBF might have the highest Ring IQ of any fighter in recent times. He was exceptional in that regard.
     
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  15. RingKing

    RingKing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    One fighter looked to avoid certain fighters and had people walking out of his championship fight.

    The other fighter went looking for challenges even knowing he could lose. He brought excitement and had people talking about his fights for decades.

    One is a Chumpion of the World.

    The other is a multi-weight Champion of the World.

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