Aaron Pryor Alexus Arguello Carlos Ortiz Duilio Loi How do u think Duran would've done against these fighters..I am a huge Duran fan top ten..But he did lose to his biggest competition..Lost 2-3 to leanord,got owned by Hearns..Got outclassed by Benitez and had a great but came short performance against Hagler.. he loses a UD TO PRYOR he loses a UD TO LOI pick'em against Arguello even though i would honestly lean a lil bit towards Arguello.. I would favor him against Ortiz only because Ortiz at the time was a fading fighter..but prime4prime it's a pick'em what do u guys think??
He was that bit to heavy to fight Pryor. Arguello/Duran was set in 1978, then Alexis goes and blows a non-title fight to Vilomar Fernandez. Ortiz retired in 1972 after losing to Duran victim Buchanan Loi retired in 1962
A huge Duran fan? You don't sound like one. It's nice to see some objectivity (which there seldom is with many on here) but saying stuff like he'd beat Ortiz "only because Ortiz was faded" then saying "He was owned by Hearns and outclassed by Benitez" when Roberto was way past his best- and way above his best weight. :huh
How canyou usay he beats Loi and Ortiz no doubt thats not true...And he would not stop Arguello..Arguello took a beating from Pryor that Duran wouldn't be able to deliver..Duran was also not as rough and strong as Pryor..
Duran was rougher than Pryor. In contests with similar strategys, against Leonard and Arguello, it was Duran who was the rougher fighter inside. Pryor was a very strong aggressive fighter, but he was not exactly would you call rough.
Sarcasm aside, who beats prime Duran at LW or WW? Who beats prime Robinson at WW or MW? Who beats 1967 Ali? There is no shame or naivete in thoughtful denial that anyone could beat those three at the very best. That is why they are elites. For the record, I think that there are guys who have a chance and will tell you who if you are interested. But you first.
I didn´t mean that these three legends at their prime could be beaten easily or so, but I know meanwhile that here on ESB (in general in most boxing forums) that these three fighters are unbeatable by their fans, don´t forget, for example at Lightweight there were so many great fighters, it´s one of the deepest weight classes talent-wise, so I wouldn´t write "No doubt, Duran wins easily against fighter A and against fighter B"..., especially if someone don´t even know the other fighter except from reading...
At HW I would give these fighters a chance against Ali: Rocky Marciano James J. Corbett Ken Norton Joe Frazier Lennox Lewis Larry Holmes Evander Holyfield Against Duran at 135 lbs. Duilio Loi Carlos Ortiz Benny Leonard Billy Petrolle Tony Canzoneri Ike Williams Against SRR: At MW there are more fighters (Benvenuti, Giardello, Tiger, Hagler, Monzon, etc.), here he´s very overrated, at WW I think only one fighter could beat him, and that´s Napoles... Whitaker and Hearns I give little chances...
I should have said a "real chance" or who would you favor ... Any boxer has a "chance" to beat any other. I'd favor no one to beat Duran at LW. The one who would come closest in my opinion is neither Benny nor Pernell. I'd say Shane Mosley. At WW, I'd favor Robinson and Hearns. That's it. Duran would be a very slight favorite over Leonard. I'd favor no one to beat Robinson at WW. At MW, I'd favor Hagler and Hopkins... and perhaps Hearns. Ali. I'd actually favor Frazier.
