Roberto Duran

[ianwigley]

Folks

Call me naive if you will, but aside from that dodgy victory over Ray Leonard, didn't Roberto Duran get his ass kicked by anyone half-decent he fought? And as a consequence, isn't he vastly overrated?

Watched him quit on his feet against Ray Leonard again last night, nothing but a ****ing *****...

Ian

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Folks

Call me naive if you will, but aside from that dodgy victory over Ray Leonard, didn't Roberto Duran get his ass kicked by anyone half-decent he fought? And as a consequence, isn't he vastly overrated?

Watched him quit on his feet against Ray Leonard again last night, nothing but a ****ing *****...

Ian

what weight class did he start at again?

[ianwigley]

what weight class did he start at again?

Lightweight...

Just because he jumped a couple of weight divisions don't mean he didn't square up against a lot of bums (Ray Leonard/Wilfred Benitex notwithstanding).

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Lightweight...

Just because he jumped a couple of weight divisions don't mean he didn't square up against a lot of bums (Ray Leonard/Wilfred Benitex notwithstanding).

i was asking why are you getting heated?

[ianwigley]

i was asking why are you getting heated?

Sorry

Didn't mean to sound confrontational.

Duran started at Light and finished at Super Middleweight, jumped divisions, but in my eyes beat no one credible (aside from that dodgy decision vs Leonard).

A bloke in the pub last night tried to tell me Duran was the greatest boxer ever. Laugh, I nearly cried...

Respect...

Ian

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Sorry

Didn't mean to sound confrontational.

Duran started at Light and finished at Super Middleweight, jumped divisions, but in my eyes beat no one credible (aside from that dodgy decision vs Leonard).

A bloke in the pub last night tried to tell me Duran was the greatest boxer ever. Laugh, I nearly cried...

Respect...

Ian

greatest he is not but in his era he fought the best middleweights of his era and prolly 3 of the top 20 ever.that counts for something in my book.

[ianwigley]

greatest he is not but in his era he fought the best middleweights of his era and prolly 3 of the top 20 ever.that counts for something in my book.

But he lost to them all, aside from Leonard first time (Which was a farce).

Frank Bruno fought some great boxers, didn't he? But it don't make him anything less than a glass-jawed oaf.

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But he lost to them all, aside from Leonard first time (Which was a farce).

Frank Bruno fought some great boxers, didn't he? But it don't make him anything less than a glass-jawed oaf.

what's your beef with duran?

[ianwigley]

what's your beef with duran?

I've no beef whatsoever with Duran, just can't help thinking he was vastly overrated, and I can't stand people telling me he was so good.

Same goes for Tommy Hearns, decent boxer who got tagged as soon as he scrapped someone half-decent. Glass-jawed skinny guy. If Hearns had had anything about him, he'd have finished Marvin Hagler before Marvin kicked his ass.

[shortright]

duran aint overrated at all the rematch with ray leanord was a sad thing because duran had nothing to offer that night he hadnt trained proberly and was rushed into a rematch, the fight was over b4 the bell rang, leanoes has said this to, its a sad situation, the lightweight was the only guy that beat leanord all the other guys like hearns and beneitez couldnt see the final bell even