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Did durans camp make the right choice by accepting a 1.9 million dollars to fight tommy and lose or fight mike mcallum who is a hof fighter for way less money?
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No one was expecting Hearns to do Duran in like that. Duran was Duran and Hearns was in the midst of what appeared to be a bit of a "power shortage".
Duran could have fought McCallum for significantly less money, but no way he winds up on his face like that. He'd have lost a tough decision to Mike and not been blown away/humiliated....but what would have his options been after that?Comment
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It says in his book that duran struggled to make weight for the hearns fight most likely enjoying the spoils of the hagler purse.Originally posted by jabsRstiff View PostComment
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Meh, Duran's legacy didn't drop a bit from that loss IMO. As Jabs stated, Hearns' right hand of death had been absent in several of his fights leading up to the Duran match, and I don't think anyone thought that Duran was going to get blown away the way he did.
A win over McCallum, while noteworthy, really wouldn't have done much in the long run for him. Hearns would have gone on to fight Hagler.Comment
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