Who's time is it? Hawk time!!!

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  1. brickfists

    brickfists The Nonpareil Full Member

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    i allways wondered why duran jumped over 140 ? i guess we know the answer

    ITS HAWK TIME!!!
     
    brickfists, Dec 28, 2008
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  2. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Great post.:good
     
    GazOC, Dec 28, 2008
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  3. Killer Instinct

    Killer Instinct Be formless, shapeless... Full Member

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    cocaine and water? what the hell does that do for the body? Whatever it was it could never revitalise his body the way it apparently did for the 14th round.
     
    Killer Instinct, Dec 28, 2008
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  4. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    He's joking, Pryor was a well known coke fiend.
     
    GazOC, Dec 28, 2008
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  5. Thread Stealer

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    Yeah, I'm sure Duran was shaking in his boots of a guy like Pryor who had about a dozen pro fights when Duran left 135 for good.

    Hell, Pryor was a ranked contender (by the Ring) at 135 before he was ranked at 140.
     
    Thread Stealer, Dec 28, 2008
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  6. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    So he bypassed a green and not yet champion Pryor to go for the "easier" option of Leonard?

    I always knew Duran was a ***** :roll:
     
    WhataRock, Dec 28, 2008
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  7. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Duran would have eaten Pryor alive.

    Anyway, his chin was damned good at 140 but whenever it's mentioned as one of the greatest of all time I cringe. He's obviously not a fighter that could have moved up to 147 and taken clean shots from the likes of Tommy Hearn's as he did Argeullo. When he did move up against Bobby Joe Young, a solid hitting welter, this showed.

    He was past his best but still coked out of his brain, which as far as I know isn't particularly detrimental to a fighters durability.
     
    Russell, Dec 29, 2008
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  8. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    As he would the ageing Cervantes (or any version for that matter), Muangsurin, Kim or anyone else worth fighting at 140 at the time he moved up..It would have been nice for him to bag another title at another weight, Cervantes would have been a great name to have but fighting Palomino and especially fighting Leonard when he did far outstrips this.
     
    WhataRock, Dec 29, 2008
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  9. Thread Stealer

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    Duran was actually supposed to move up to 140 in the mid 70s to fight Cervantes, but Duran's manager Carlos Eleta nixed the deal. Same thing early in Duran's reign at 135 against an aging Carlos Ortiz in a non-title bout. For some reason, Eleta didn't want Duran to fight Ortiz so they made up an excuse that Duran was sick.

    Buchanan ended up replacing Duran's spot on the card.
     
    Thread Stealer, Dec 29, 2008
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  10. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yeah I knew about the Cervantes fight not coming off because of that..Didnt know about the whole Ortiz situation, interesting...Would have been a meaningless fight though.

    That fight was on the Patterson-Ali undercard I believe..Poor old Carlos was done, Kenny ran right through him.
     
    WhataRock, Dec 29, 2008
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