Duran vs McCallum 154

[them_apples]

Yeah, people are underselling McMallum here big time. He was a true great in the highest sense of the word. His skill and boxing acumen rivalled just about anyone's, including Duran's. He didn't have those small extra things that Duran had up to 147 in his best performances that made him freaky top ten good, the insane stamina, the crazy speed with the power etc, the defense and mad attack, but he certainly had everything going for him overall.

He wasn't slow by any means, had a great jab, good power, great chin, beautiful counters, body punching of course...he was a bloody brilliant fighter.

At 154 Duran just didn't have the size, let alone the other stuff that made him so great at the lower weights. It'd be a good, highly skilled fight even with 154 Duran, but McCallum was a big 154er.

That natural size advantage, plus everything else he had on top of that would have made it hard for Duran to take a decision.

McCallum didn't attack and push that much, and if there was one obvious flaw it was that he wasn't great at leading, not nearly enough to get Duran, whose chin and defensive savvy would keep him in, out of there and didn't possess that crushing Hearns-like speed and freak power needed to get someone as tough and resilient as Duran out of there, so it wouldn't end in stoppage, but McCallum would take a decision.

I disagree with though honestly, this is what the news paper articles would say before duran shows up and beats mccallum up. Mcallums size wouldn't mean anything to duran, he was backing marvin hagler up and beating up Iran barkley on his good nights. Duran was short but incredibly strong, too strong for his size almost - his lightweight career is testement to this

[rightsideup]

I disagree with though honestly, this is what the news paper articles would say before duran shows up and beats mccallum up. Mcallums size wouldn't mean anything to duran, he was backing marvin hagler up and beating up Iran barkley on his good nights. Duran was short but incredibly strong, too strong for his size almost - his lightweight career is testement to this

I am an ardent duran supporter but he did not back up hagler for a major portion of that hagler was physically stronger easily