Roberto Duran fights the greatest fighter he ever fought

[GJC]

Yeah, I know. I didn't mean it that way. Maybe the way I wrote it didn't sound right. I meant Duran was meant to get hammered at that time the same way he would later on against Hearns. I just didn't word it right.

But, because he didn't get blasted out that made Hearns having to beat him convincingly all the more important. By being the only guy to blast him out, he would then regain the same shine he had before losing the fight to Leonard. He exceeded everyone's expectations.

Yeah, having two prime ATG's fight is a very rare thing with both of them at their peak. Out of that Fab Four series, you could probably only say that the first Leonard/Duran fight, and the first Hearns/Leonard fight were when they were both at or at least close to their peak form.

I would also say the Leonard/Benitez fight was when both were at their peak years, although with all the rumours of Benitez' training for that fight, it's hard to say one way or the other. Either way, they were both fighting their best around that time and had some of their best wins.

Probably my fading eyes and becoming a grammer **** in my declining years
I was actually pleased to read it as I am always getting fights the wrong way round, god bless boxingrec (when it is right!)