Who's Greater: Roberto Duran or Muhammad Ali?

Man, I dunno. I keep shelling out the big bucks for these box sets but they never arrive. There's something wrong with Fedex, I think.

 

Duran and Floyd are 2 of the best to ever do this. Duran could win sure but then so could Floyd. If Esteban devJesus could beat Duran on points Then conceivably do could Floyd.

 

Duran is my favourite fighter ever but for all round greatness it has to be Ali

 

Went back and fourth in my head for half an hour, there can be arguments for both fighters and you have to take points away from Ali since HW is only 1 weight class while Duran fought across and won world titles across 4 weight classes despite being a midget. They're both the GOAT at Lightweight and Heavyweight.

At the end of the day I'd still have to go with Ali. Ali has the better overall wins and Duran's post No Mas career is pretty underwhelming despite some incredible wins yet even more incredible losses.

 

Yep, Monzon too.
Robinson as well.
And then there are the "forgotten" greats like Tacoma Assasin Freddie Steele that look like stone killers with a record to match:

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That's a reasonable position also, because I too consider losses as a black mark, and don't just look at the wins. Duran could undertrain and look like crap. Ali - while in his prime, anyway - always trained hard and gave the sport the respect it deserves.

 

There's guys that will argue with you about Walker, Burley, Fullmer and Ketchel too. And I personally think GGG > Hopkins