Originally posted by Dynamite Kid
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I do agree though that Kessler, despite being as "textbook" as it gets, is nowhere near the best boxer around today. Someone like Bernard Hopkins, although unconventional, is a far better boxer than he is.
Duran is not exactly textbook either and people might miss a lot of the things he can do at first glance. He feints, he rolls with the punches, he cuts the ring off, he places his punches with accuracy. Some would classify him as a simple face-first brawler which he clearly isn't.
I can see where you're coming from. Meldrick Taylor to me only got by because of his talent, Pryor on the other hand could be a very good boxer when he wanted to be. I'm not sure if he would have looked as good if he fought the kind of competition Duran did however, aside from Arguello.
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