Roberto Duran's resume outside of Leonard 1

[Forza]

I've always said duran was overrated.

Let's remember he failed 2 more times against leonard, failed against hagler, failed against hearns.

[bklynboy]

I've always said duran was overrated.

Let's remember he failed 2 more times against leonard, failed against hagler, failed against hearns.

Duran was a lightweight until he was about 28. He held the undisputed, unshared crown (not belt) for 5+ years cleared out the division. He then went up to welter and middleweight and was competitive into his 40s.

He's an ATG. The only questions are "who's above him at lightweight?" or "who's the best fighters in the last 50 years?"

[Daddy T]

lol at you guys - duran is overated my ass ... and the first thing ye do before discussing it is take away his best win, a win over one of the greatest fighters EVER in one of the greatest fights ever ... jeez its like if manny v floyd finally happened and manny got a totally awesome win and then 20 years later when assessing him ye say 'well lets just ignore that floyd fight there and say he is overrated.' And whats with nobody mentioning Barkley?? For that alone he is great ... a 37 year old totally past prime former lightweight steps up and beats a middleweight champ (a guy that stopped tommy hearns and gave Nunn all he could handle) ...you think manny or floyd are gonna step up and BEAT Martinez or sturm? Or better yet you think they are gonna wait a few years until their well shot and then step up and beat a middleweight champ?

Any one of the fab four is a champ in ANY era ... Duran may have been the weakest of the four but at lightweight especially he is certainly one of the greatest of all time.

lets take away frazier's win over ali while we're at it and call him overrated too oh and Bowe's wins over holyfield lol ... man look how crap Bowe's record would look without them i reckon that means he's overrated.

[talip bin osman]

if his career stopped @ 135, he still would be regarded as one of the holy trinity of that weight class (along with the old master and the ****** wizard)...

to be mentioned in the same sentence with these guys should be a proof enough how good he really was considering the depth and tradition of the lightweight division...

[New England]

ask Davey Moore and Barlkey if he had power above LW!

add marvin hagler to that list


duran shook him up and hagler had an iron chin for a middleweight



he knocked davey moore clear across the ring


for the doubters:
if you don't think duran would have had the power to hurt manny's WW/ jr ww opponents (margarito[no head movement,] cotto, shot shane, zombie clottey, shot de la hoya, shot hatton,) you are wrong

[LeG00N]

I've always said duran was overrated.

Let's remember he failed 2 more times against leonard, failed against hagler, failed against hearns.

why don't you mention he beat an undefeated prime Leonard ? that Hearns and Hagler couldn't even beat him once?

he was a light weight that went the distance with one of the greatest Middleweights of all time..

[LeG00N]

Duran would kill Pacquiao at Lightweight and WW ....

Duran > Pacquiao

[SCtrojansbaby]

Duran would kill Pacquiao at Lightweight and WW ....

Duran > Pacquiao

I agree Duran>Pacquiao but nobody in the history of boxing is above getting nailed by a fight changing Pacquiao straight left. Pacquiao vs Duran is a 50/50 fight if there ever was one.

[talip bin osman]

I agree Duran>Pacquiao but nobody in the history of boxing is above getting nailed by a fight changing Pacquiao straight left. Pacquiao vs Duran is a 50/50 fight if there ever was one.

iran barkley who was a middleweight big enuf to compete as a light heavy by the time manos de piedra fought him nailed duran with a crushing left hook (his best punch) to momentarily stagger the panamanian in round 8...

duran stayed erect and still proceeded to fight back and finish the round strongly...

what makes u think a straight left from little manny would faze duran?

[Barn]

Duran would beat Pacquiao because of the little subtleties in both his offense and his defence.