A prime Roberto Duran

Just below Kirkland Laing

lol @ having him in the top 10 :trink26:

1.) Sugar ray robinson 2.) henry armstrong 3.) Joe louis 4.) Muhammad ali 5.) Archie moore 6.) ROBERTO DURAN 7.) Willie pep

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Good point, but no matter what you consider to be his prime, where would he rank for you all in the best ever? He's in my top 10 for sure. So he should be! Good call..

True but sometimes your best win isn't your best performance nor do you have to be in your prime. Leonard was certainly not at his peak against Hagler yet it's one of his biggest wins. I do think that Duran looked amazing against Leonard but he had some rather mediocre performances before that, not including the Palomino fight in which he looked great. He also seemed to be taking rounds off, making the fight closer on the scorecards than it truly was. Good point, but no matter what you consider to be his prime, where would he rank for you all in the best ever? He's in my top 10 for sure.

For sure, but obviously Leonard was the bigger name, he only had a couple of fights at welterweight before the fight i think. Plus Sugar Ray was an unbeaten household name and was the favourite to win. True but sometimes your best win isn't your best performance nor do you have to be in your prime. Leonard was certainly not at his peak against Hagler yet it's one of his biggest wins. I do think that Duran looked amazing against Leonard but he had some rather mediocre performances before that, not including the Palomino fight in which he looked great. He also seemed to be taking rounds off, making the fight closer on the scorecards than it truly was.

For sure, but obviously Leonard was the bigger name, he only had a couple of fights at welterweight before the fight i think. Plus Sugar Ray was an unbeaten household name and was the favourite to win.

maybe I think his fight with DeJesus was stellar as well

The third Esteban DeJesus fight.

He might have primed before, but that was still his best performance.

IMO that Duran wasn't prime co sign Duran was born in 51 Duran peaked prior to that fight he was damn good....Lefty

IMO that Duran wasn't prime

Unfortunately not long, but its a serious question..

Wonder how long it'll take for this to turn into a flame war.