for those that think floyd could beat duran.. educate yourselves

[Smashing]

Duran has the edge ....Floyd will be on the back foot like never before....i don't think it could be another SRL no mas incident because PBF doesn't have the punching power to hurt Duran..and whoever brought up hearns KO..pah

[Joartcc3]

Hagler and Hearns beat Duran dumbass. Hearns knocked Duran on his ass. Sugar Ray already made Duran look ******.

Floyd is still the best in the game today and could beat Duran.

Best in the game? Oh yeah ryt. Dream on buddy. He couldn't even stop an old DLH. Oh yeah ryt.

Dream on. Fakes like Floyd should stick to fighting old DLH. Duran would murder a fake like him.

Yes he got beat by all those elites. Having an unbeaten record proves nothing unless you have the resume to boast it.

PLAIN AND BASIC COMMON SENSE.

You fake Floyd has... let me see.

Gatti
Judah
Baldo
an old DLH

So much for a resume.

And fake Floyd isn't the best. Dream on. He's the fake best.

[Joartcc3]

Tight? I'm being very generous. I'm givin' it up to your boy... er I mean god ...

Yeah. I mean, I can't seem to understand what they see on fake Floyd. Maybe coz he likes to hug his opponents to kingdom come ala Brokeback Mountain. lols!

[squealpiggy]

A big-money fight at Heavyweight with Duran now is just the sort of thing that might appeal to Floyd.

[monkeyboy]

Lightweight is the ONLY place where Floyd even has an argument for being comparible to Duran. He loses but at least he's in the game. Floyd was impressive and easily on his way to being a great.
Since moving up he has consistantly taken on obviously flawed opposition with easily manipulated weaknesses (especially by someone with his skill level).
He could not equal Duran-Hagler by taking on Taylor or Pavlik but it would be comparible.
He could not equal Duran-Hearns by taking on Margharito, Cotto or Williams but it would at least be comparible.
He cannot equal Duran-SRL but that is not Floyd's fault as noone currently compares to SRL.
Duran wins on paper.

Record v Record = Duran
Legacy v Legacy = Duran
Household Name after 10, 25 and 100 years = Duran
I believe that Duran would win a match up at any weight.

Floyd's defensive style IS tough. In fact Floyd's argument can ONLY be 'styles make fights'.

Unfortunately Floyd has never fought ANY 'All Time Greats'. In fairness he hasn't had any within his reach. But he hasn't even taken on anyone who has made you ask 'What the F%&K is he thinking?'. He hasn't even taken a fight that he had a major chance of losing (though DLH was a good step in that direction in my opinion).

Until he tests that talent on some really top tier fighters Floyd remains a 'coulda been' in the 'All Time Great' department.
He was however the best around in his era that is now over. Shame he didn't show us his greatness in the last years of his career.

[Joartcc3]

Lightweight is the ONLY place where Floyd even has an argument for being comparible to Duran. He loses but at least he's in the game. Floyd was impressive and easily on his way to being a great.
Since moving up he has consistantly taken on obviously flawed opposition with easily manipulated weaknesses (especially by someone with his skill level).
He could not equal Duran-Hagler by taking on Taylor or Pavlik but it would be comparible.
He could not equal Duran-Hearns by taking on Margharito, Cotto or Williams but it would at least be comparible.
He cannot equal Duran-SRL but that is not Floyd's fault as noone currently compares to SRL.
Duran wins on paper.

Record v Record = Duran
Legacy v Legacy = Duran
Household Name after 10, 25 and 100 years = Duran
I believe that Duran would win a match up at any weight.

Floyd's defensive style IS tough. In fact Floyd's argument can ONLY be 'styles make fights'.

Unfortunately Floyd has never fought ANY 'All Time Greats'. In fairness he hasn't had any within his reach. But he hasn't even taken on anyone who has made you ask 'What the F%&K is he thinking?'. He hasn't even taken a fight that he had a major chance of losing (though DLH was a good step in that direction in my opinion).

Until he tests that talent on some really top tier fighters Floyd remains a 'coulda been' in the 'All Time Great' department.
He was however the best around in his era that is now over. Shame he didn't show us his greatness in the last years of his career.

ABSOLUTE GENIUS.

Now all those fake Floyd fans shut up. Educate yourselves.

Fake Floyd has nothing against Duran. He should just stick to fighting old and rundown guys so he'll look impressive.

The problem is, he fought an over the hill Hoya and still looked like ****.

[Nostromo]

Hagler and Hearns beat Duran dumbass. Hearns knocked Duran on his ass. Sugar Ray already made Duran look ******.

Floyd is still the best in the game today and could beat Duran.

Following that rant, a little perspective is in order: If Duran fought Mayweather in their respective primes, he would do no worst than he did in his first fight against leonard, which was win. At best, he would destroyed Mayweather the way he did Davey Moore.

Duran's defeat of Leonard benchmarked the zenith of his prime. Every subsequent fight was part of his decline. Although he disposed of the likes of Cuevas, Palomino, Moore and Barkley, when he fought Hagler and Hearns he was way past his prime. He gets credit for fighting the very best in his career at their best, and for being the very first to defeat Leonard at his best.

By being the greatest lightweigh champion ever, and one of the greatest fighters of all times, Roberto Duran is a legend! If his current resumé is of any indication (undefeated by virtue of tomato cans), I doubt that Floyd Mayweather will ever achieve that level of regard. Of course, should future events prove me wrong, I'll gladly eat crow...

[-EX-]

Best in the game? Oh yeah ryt. Dream on buddy. He couldn't even stop an old DLH. Oh yeah ryt.

Dream on. Fakes like Floyd should stick to fighting old DLH. Duran would murder a fake like him.

Yes he got beat by all those elites. Having an unbeaten record proves nothing unless you have the resume to boast it.

PLAIN AND BASIC COMMON SENSE.

You fake Floyd has... let me see.

Gatti
Judah
Baldo
an old DLH

So much for a resume.

And fake Floyd isn't the best. Dream on. He's the fake best.

Who in the game is better than Floyd Mayweather? Nobody.

Floyd has beaten 37 opponents not just 4. DLH today is still an elite in boxing whether u like it or not.

And Floyd could beat Duran

[-EX-]

Following that rant, a little perspective is in order: If Duran fought Mayweather in their respective primes, he would do no worst than he did in his first fight against leonard, which was win. At best, he would destroyed Mayweather the way he did Davey Moore.

Duran's defeat of Leonard benchmarked the zenith of his prime. Every subsequent fight was part of his decline. Although he disposed of the likes of Cuevas, Palomino, Moore and Barkley, when he fought Hagler and Hearns he was way past his prime. He gets credit for fighting the very best in his career at their best, and for being the very first to defeat Leonard at his best.

By being the greatest lightweigh champion ever, and one of the greatest fighters of all times, Roberto Duran is a legend! If his current resumé is of any indication (undefeated by virtue of tomato cans), I doubt that Floyd Mayweather will ever achieve that level of regard. Of course, should future events prove me wrong, I'll gladly eat crow...

Floyd would never stand with Duran like in the first Leonard fight. He would box and move all night.

[Left2body]

Floyd would never stand with Duran like in the first Leonard fight. He would box and move all night.

Floyd is not more elusive or a better defensive fighter than prime Whittaker. And even Whittaker says that fighting Duran would send chills down his spine. Whittaker also said that at he wouldn't have a great chance at beating Duran at 135lbs and that his best chance of beating Duran would've been at 147lbs.

And if Pernell is convinced that Duran would've been able to catch up with him at 135lbs I'm pretty damn sure that he would've been able to catch PBF.

Pernell also stated that he would beat PBF.