Who's More Intimidating? Monzon or Duran?

I still say Monzon..look at all the times Duran has been beaten..Leonard turned the tables completely,,Hearns just destroyed him Benitez beat him with room to spare..Kirkland Laing, etc., you figure out the hot blooded macho blowhard eventually, but with Monzon, he was coldblooded, patient, like an alien stalking you.

 

Safe to say that Duran would have, and did, dominate for a long time had he stayed at lightweight and enjoyed physical advantages over smaller opponents like Monzon did. The "cold-blooded" Monzon would have been in hot water against a Bob Foster.

A superior fighting machine:

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Duran was the superior fighter, no doubt. But the question was who was the more intimidating? put it this way who would you rather not meet in a dark alley?

 

In their prime Roberto Duran!

Monzon would kill me clinically, and thus 'relatively' painlessly; Duran would torture me before doing me over.

 

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Fair enough, T.

 

Do you likewise penalize Marvin hagler for not stepping up to 175 and trying his luck with Michael Spinks?

 

In comparison to Duran, yes. Don't see any bantamweight going 15 rounds with a lightweight Roberto Duran.

 

Whatever. The myth of Monzon grows and grows. :roll: The guy fought a pretty **** poor level of competition until he faced Valdez after ducking him for two years and I dont recall anyone besides Mundine (who had the heart of a mustard seed) being overly intimidated by him even when he had is own hand picked entourage member referee gauranteeing his victory and held significant size advantages. He was intimidating when the guy across the ring was a 110 pound woman whose chief occuption was acting or modeling and not pugilism.

 

"The Monzon myth". What a joke. At the time, Monzon was widely regarded as one of the best middleweights of all-time and many critics choice as the #1 pound-for-pound in boxing (he was certainly ahead of Duran far more often than not). Duran went on to be labelled the 'best pfp fighter in boxing' only after Monzon retired.

 

Monzon actually WAS a murderer, so I'd be a lot more intimidated by him.

 

I don't think he intimidated Marvin. He confused him and Marvin was expecting a different fight. Once Marvin knew he was not as aggressive as he should be he pored it on and won the rounds and a decision.

 

Ice cold eyes

 

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Well let's see: one guy never showed emotion and never stopped punching until he took the win. The other guy gave up the championship of the world because his opponent was making smiley faces. Yeah, I think I've made up my mind.