Is Leonard More Skilled Than Duran

[GOD-FR33]

Camacho......

Why would you even mention the Camacho fight??? Leonard was 40yrs old! And he didn't get Ko'ed. He was TKO'ed, which means he finished on his feet. He would've Ko'ed both Camacho and Norris. He was old in those fights. He was more skilled than Duran, man. Excuses aside. The fact that he was bigger than Duran, is the reason he could handle bigger fighters that Duran, could not. They both were special, but it's not even close in the "skills" department. They were too different to compare, style wise. They were two totally different fighters. Duran is the greatest lightweight I've ever seen! He is in my top 5, all-time. That is good enough for me, but to say he's more skilled than one of the most skilled fighters in history, is wrong.

[IronDanHamza]

How is Duran a more skilled fighter than Leonard when he lost to Hagler and Hearns? I don't agree at all.

Triangle Theories

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Triangle Theories

Exactly,,, the comparison is meaningless

Its like saying hopkins is better than roy because roy got stopped by tarver and johnson and hopkins beat them both.....

[toooooool]

Leonard is more skilled because he is able to adapt to different situations
unlike Duran.Ray can brawl and box and be slick etc etc..

[GOD-FR33]

Thanks for using.........

Thanks for using your brain. Some of these posters and so called fans just like to argue and are immature. Facts are facts.

[StarshipTrooper]

How is Duran a more skilled fighter than Leonard when he lost to Hagler and Hearns? I don't agree at all.

Because Duran was a natural Lightweight and Leonard a natural Welterweight. Think that might have something to do with it?

[Suckmedry]

Because Duran was a natural Lightweight and Leonard a natural Middleweight. Think that might have something to do with it?

huh? lol ...

[StarshipTrooper]

huh? lol ...

I thought I typed natural Welter.....go figure. Trying to watch the Habs game and post at the same time I guess :dunno9:

In any case I fixed it.

[billeau2]

Thanks for using your brain. Some of these posters and so called fans just like to argue and are immature. Facts are facts.

Your lack of the fundamental laws of logic make my brain hurt....If you persist in posting here I would seriously recommend (don't call it insder trading!) that all posters here buy shares of Alka Seltzer, the original preperation....you can all thank me later.

[Ham Porter]

Myth? He moved up to 147, initially from super bantam. No ones saying he just jumped up for that one fight. He moved up over time, but he still moved up from lower divisions to fight the much bigger guy.

Where Duran started out as a teenager has no bearing on where he was a dozen years later. He was a fully fledged welterweight by 1980, and there was no significant gap in size between he and and Leonard when they did fight.