Manny Pacquaio is a cyclone who was running through everybody whereas Duran was fighting in arguably one of the greatest era's in boxing and beat the great SRL and lost a close and competitive decision to Marvin Hagler. Duran was a master inside fighter and I don't think Pacquiao would be able to back him up easily. I fancy Duran to win a UD in a hell of a battle. How do you see the fight playing out and who wins?
I see that a lot of you are counting Pacquiao out but it's not a foregone conclusion. Pacquiao's speed and power could be very frustrating and effective especially if he doesn't allow Duran to fight on the inside.
This is a joke? Floyd was a complete fighter at 140. Everyone ducked him. Fact! Floyd toy with both at 140. Duran had problem with movers, "hence no Mas". 140 is Floyd's prime division, so go back and watch Mayweather at 140, a perfect balance of speed, power, strength, length, quickness and ring IQ.
Floyd's record at 140:
Corley
Brusels
Gatti
:rofl:
GTFO.
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Ive been staring at this for 5 minutes waiting for duran to rise but he hasnt moved
Wins some you lose some... When your old, past prime and up in weight fighting a prime tommy hearns, this is bound to happen
Duran is absolutely a counter puncher, not in the way Mayweather is but in the way he pressures his opponents, moves forward forcing them to throw punches and countering off them beautifully, he's was more a counter puncher then anything else imo.
He did that using feints while coming forward, hard to make that work against Pacquiao in close range cuz of speed, power and unorthodox style, he doesn't rely on stepping back to lure Pacquiao commit to enter range and then counter.
Don't count out Pacquiao, Duran never faced anything like Pacquiao, actually nobody has ever faced anything like Pacquiao in Duran's era, even though Pacquiao's fundamentals aren't on the level of Duran's, still he can set traps for Duran and his speed angles and southpaw style would surprise Duran, not saying that Pacquiao definitley wins because Pacquiao lost and got outboxed by a fighter with much less skills than Duran in Morales but to me it's a 50-50 fight. Duran is not really a counterpuncher like Mayweather or Marquez and Pacquiao isn't a boxer like Leonard in the rematch and he doesn't have size advantage like Hagler.
Duran is absolutely a counter puncher, not in the way Mayweather is but in the way he pressures his opponents, moves forward forcing them to throw punches and countering off them beautifully, he's was more a counter puncher then anything else imo.
This is a joke? Floyd was a complete fighter at 140. Everyone ducked him. Fact! Floyd toy with both at 140. Duran had problem with movers, "hence no Mas". 140 is Floyd's prime division, so go back and watch Mayweather at 140, a perfect balance of speed, power, strength, length, quickness and ring IQ.
Give us another example where Duran had problems with movers because ''No Mas'' was because of the clowning around that Leonard was doing, the fight was actually even up to that point.
It depends, does Manny get to inject his magic salt water into his veins between rounds? If he is allowed to, Manny will obviously grow a 3rd and a 4th arm between the 4th and 5th rounds, if he can get that far it could be trouble for Duran.
Duran destroys Manny, replay of the KO by Marquez.
Don't count out Pacquiao, Duran never faced anything like Pacquiao, actually nobody has ever faced anything like Pacquiao in Duran's era, even though Pacquiao's fundamentals aren't on the level of Duran's, still he can set traps for Duran and his speed angles and southpaw style would surprise Duran, not saying that Pacquiao definitley wins because Pacquiao lost and got outboxed by a fighter with much less skills than Duran in Morales but to me it's a 50-50 fight. Duran is not really a counterpuncher like Mayweather or Marquez and Pacquiao isn't a boxer like Leonard in the rematch and he doesn't have size advantage like Hagler.
depends upon ref. someone who breaks inside fights, many wins , someone who allows it, duran wins
pac has a better shot at beating duran than Floyd tho imo, due to styles
This is a joke? Floyd was a complete fighter at 140. Everyone ducked him. Fact! Floyd toy with both at 140. Duran had problem with movers, "hence no Mas". 140 is Floyd's prime division, so go back and watch Mayweather at 140, a perfect balance of speed, power, strength, length, quickness and ring IQ.
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Ive been staring at this for 5 minutes waiting for duran to rise but he hasnt moved
dam I bet you waited even longer when JMM a senior citizen knock Pac the hell out :nutkick:
"Born to fight". I have only seen 2 guys in my lifetime that were born to fight.. Not trained, not talented, but purely born to fight... That is duran and james toney..
These dudes could stand and trade with anybody, any time, any weight, and really rise to the occassion in firefights..
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Ive been staring at this for 5 minutes waiting for duran to rise but he hasnt moved
Pacquiao looked like a monster at 140 when he flattened Hatton. Duran looked like a monster at 135 and at 147 when he beat Leonard. I can't decide he would win and that wasn't a poll option so I didn't voted. It would certainly be a great fight between two great fighters who both come forward throwing bombs.
hatton had no ****ing head movement at all, he walked straight into everything. duran would flatten him too
"Born to fight". I have only seen 2 guys in my lifetime that were born to fight.. Not trained, not talented, but purely born to fight... That is duran and james toney..
These dudes could stand and trade with anybody, any time, any weight, and really rise to the occassion in firefights..
This is the greatest post in the history of non stop boxing.