Sugar Ray Leonard VS Roberto Duran(P4P All Time Great)

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And now we've gradually worked our way down to a sentence.Honestly,this is the voice of the Duran apologist? Good lord.Once upon a time they atleast put up a fight,not some botched one-liners.




You didn't answer my question,either.How does Duran suddenly become past prime,despite showing absolutely no signs of slipping up,and having just beat the best fighter he ever fought?


Duran gaining weight in-between fights is irrelevant,as he,like many other fighters,often gained weight in-between bouts and worked his way back down to his fighting weight.It certainly didn't effect his performances in the past,so why should it have done so just five months after a career definining win,in which he had three and a half months preparation for?



Try and grow a chest hair for this one,laddy....

Your replies show one liners are enough.

[JAB5239]

Duran was at no greater stage in his career than than he was going into the rematch with Leonard.He was regarded by virtually every credible source within the sport as the very best fighter on the planet.He hadn't been defeated in eight years,was coming off a career deining performance over what was then,and arguably still is,the greatest fighter he ever fought.He had shown absolutely no signs of slipping up and despite not scoring as many knockouts as he had in his lightweight days,still retained the type of power that commanded the respect of his opponents.



Duran was in his prime and the same fighter going into New Orleans as he was in Montreal.Rather than look at what Duran couldn't do,why not look at how Leonard adjusted and never even gave Duran a chance.Why not credit Leonard for the brilliant footwork that he showed rather than how slow and sluggish Duran looked(guess who made him look like that?).



There's a reason Duran wasn't capable of pulling off the type of performance that he had given in five months previous,and it wasn't because of an upset tummy.

So who's word should we take, yours or Leonard who even stated that he knew Duran wouldn't be in top form? You become more of a joke every day!

[prinzemanspopa]

Your replies show one liners are enough.

Your moment to shine and you blew it,lad.


Jog on home.

So who's word should we take, yours or Leonard who even stated that he knew Duran wouldn't be in top form? You become more of a joke every day!

A joke is someone who believes three and a half months of time to prepare for a fight isn't enough time for a full training camp.Nevermind the fact that Duran was already in New York by mid September.


How do you have anyway of knowing that Leonard "knew Duran wouldn't be in top form"? I'll answer that for you: you don't!



Leonard's claim(most likely made for some financial gain or some edit job) contradicts the timeline.

[JAB5239]

A joke is someone who believes three and a half months of time to prepare for a fight isn't enough time for a full training camp.Nevermind the fact that Duran was already in New York by mid September.


How do you have anyway of knowing that Leonard "knew Duran wouldn't be in top form"? I'll answer that for you: you don't!



Leonard's claim(most likely made for some financial gain or some edit job) contradicts the timeline.

Leonard and his people knew everybody in the boxing world. They knew Duran had been gorging himself and partying non stop. Both him and Duran have stated this. These are facts, not some imaginary reasoning that this was made up for financial gain with absolutely NOTHING to support it. where would the financial gain be, in the rematch 9 and a half years later? You've been owned again and shown to be the troll you are. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

[prinzemanspopa]

Leonard and his people knew everybody in the boxing world. They knew Duran had been gorging himself and partying non stop. Both him and Duran have stated this. These are facts, not some imaginary reasoning that this was made up for financial gain with absolutely NOTHING to support it. where would the financial gain be, in the rematch 9 and a half years later? You've been owned again and shown to be the troll you are. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

And had three and a half months to prepare for a fight that had already been verbally agreed upon.I see you continue to ignore this,despite the fact that it contradicts the entire argument that Duran wasn't prepared.How much time would he have needed,gabbers?


You can't predict someone wouldn't be properly prepared for a fight despite having three and a half months to prepare.Only an idiot(you) would think that.Do you have any idea how long that actually is,do you? About the same amount of time as he had to prepare for their first meeting.Duran bloating up in-between fights wasn't used as an excuse in the past,so why should we use it now,because he lost?



Rather than use some slanted documentary as a source,try using the articles of the day,you silly sod.


face facts,gabby,you're an apologist for a gutless quitter.A frontrunner that was too ****** and limited to make the proper adjustments needed to win a fight.

[JAB5239]

And had three and a half months to prepare for a fight that had already been verbally agreed upon.I see you continue to ignore this,despite the fact that it contradicts the entire argument that Duran wasn't prepared.How much time would he have needed,gabbers?


You can't predict someone wouldn't be properly prepared for a fight despite having three and a half months to prepare.Only an idiot(you) would think that.Do you have any idea how long that actually is,do you? About the same amount of time as he had to prepare for their first meeting.Duran bloating up in-between fights wasn't used as an excuse in the past,so why should we use it now,because he lost?



Rather than use some slanted documentary as a source,try using the articles of the day,you silly sod.


face facts,gabby,you're an apologist for a gutless quitter.A frontrunner that was too ****** and limited to make the proper adjustments needed to win a fight.

And you continue to ignore the fact that Leonard knew he couldn't get into proper shape after gorging himself to nearly 200lbs. How did Leonard know this? Because he is a fighter. Something you know nothing about and have never done. You have no idea what the proper adjustments are. Leonard did and has admitted as much. You....you know trolling. Stick with that till your next ban. You've been humiliated in this thread.

[prinzemanspopa]

And you continue to ignore the fact that Leonard knew he couldn't get into proper shape after gorging himself to nearly 200lbs. How did Leonard know this? Because he is a fighter. Something you know nothing about and have never done. You have no idea what the proper adjustments are. Leonard did and has admitted as much. You....you know trolling. Stick with that till your next ban. You've been humiliated in this thread.

Don't lie,Duran never got up to 200lbs,not even his manager made this claim.He claimed Duran bloated up to nearly a 180lbs.Twenty pounds is a difference and considering Duran had a history of doing this,it wouldn't have made any difference whatsoever.


Leonard's fighter....not a ****ing clairvoyant.


Continually claiming victory despite these lies and half-arsed sources makes you look even more lame than you really are.Pretending to be a fighter yourself makes you even lamer.

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Your moment to shine and you blew it,lad.


Jog on home.

Exactly my point.

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And you continue to ignore the fact that Leonard knew he couldn't get into proper shape after gorging himself to nearly 200lbs. How did Leonard know this? Because he is a fighter. Something you know nothing about and have never done. You have no idea what the proper adjustments are. Leonard did and has admitted as much. You....you know trolling. Stick with that till your next ban. You've been humiliated in this thread.

JAB... you wasting way too much effort on this.

[JAB5239]

Don't lie,Duran never got up to 200lbs,not even his manager made this claim.He claimed Duran bloated up to nearly a 180lbs.Twenty pounds is a difference and considering Duran had a history of doing this,it wouldn't have made any difference whatsoever.


Leonard's fighter....not a ****ing clairvoyant.


Continually claiming victory despite these lies and half-arsed sources makes you look even more lame than you really are.Pretending to be a fighter yourself makes you even lamer.

Half ass sources like Leonard? Oh thats right it was probably for some financial gain. Still waiting for an explanation on that beauty! You've never been a fighter. You have no idea what you're talking about. Yet you still see fit to refute what an all time great has to say himself...and with NOTHING to back it up. Your credibility is worth about as much as a floating turd in the toilet and I just flushed it again.