ROBERTO DURAN vs FLOYD MAYWEATHER at lightweight

[SkillspayBills]

Duran by split decision, Floyd's defense was not as good as it was now but it was still great to the point that he would attack while still being able to defend. Should be one hell of a match though. Floyd would beat Chavez IMHO, people underestimate Floyd's infighting ability to an extent that I wouldn't believe. As a matter of fact Floyd neutralizes power with subtle movement and that philly shell, I don't see either of them knocking him down let alone knocking him out.........although more needs to be proven.

[-Hyperion-]

i LIKE YO A LOT SKILLS, BUT YOURE TALKING NONESENSE....anyone who says Floyd would beat Chavez like Whitaker beat him, either doesnt even know the huge difference between Whitaker and Floyd(therefore has no idea of what boxing is), or hasnt watched JCC fight...

[SkillspayBills]

i LIKE YO A LOT SKILLS, BUT YOURE TALKING NONESENSE....anyone who says Floyd would beat Chavez like Whitaker beat him, either doesnt even know the huge difference between Whitaker and Floyd(therefore has no idea of what boxing is), or hasnt watched JCC fight...

The only similarity between the two are their outstanding defensive capabilities. Floyd's defense doesn't win the crowds but it wins the matches. 3 more fights, which should be by next year and everything will be cleared up and I can give more insight on this particular topic. Floyd still has more to prove...

[tredh]

The rhythm of his upper body movement, the accuracy of his shots, the great defense he has based both on blocking and slipping(unlike Duran who bases his defense more on slipping...), body attack, power and the awareness of the opponents position and distance...JLC made Floyd look bad in both fights(please dont say the second fight was an easy fight for Floyd, even Floyd thinks he struggled both times), Chavez would destroy him, as he is much more precise and much faster than JLC...

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If Floyd uses his feet more, JCC was very good at cutting off the ring...even if he wasnt exceptionally fast on his feet....

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHITAKER AND FLOYD FIGHT NOTHING ALIKE....

Castillo didn't make PBF look bad in both fights the 2nd fight was a easy decision in favor of PBF. HE clearly beat him in the 2nd fight no doubt about who won that fight. I only say a repeat of the Whitaker fight because they're defense was so great. I feel PBF offensive plan would be different than Whitaker's but they would have the same results. Chavez took a lot of punishment to dish out his own punishment. I think Mayweather is in a whole different class than Frankie Randall who outboxed Chavez to give him is first official loss. Meldrick Taylor was not as defensive or smart as Mayweather in the ring.

[Steak]

Mayweather's defense wouldnt work well with JCC. He will often just sit there and make the opponent miss and stay like that for a while. You CANT do that with Chavez. he finds openings everywhere if youre inactive, you have to counter Chavez to prevent him from beating you up.

If Floyd got on his bike and tried pot shotting, he would get beat up. Camacho was much faster than Mayweather, but he got his ass beat for 12 rounds. that kind of strategy simply didnt work.
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White widow seeds

[tredh]

Um, Have you ever seen the Julio Cesar Chavez-Hector Camacho fight?
Whitaker only was able to beat JCC because of his unbelievable infighting ability. Floyd falls into lapses of defense when he starts in-fighting, he does most of his countering from the outside.

people usually look at the Whitaker and Meldrick Taylor fights when they look at JCC and automatically assume that any fast fighter would own him. but this just in...these are exceptional fighters, to say the least.

Meldrick, p4p, had quite possibly the fastest handspeed in combinations of all time. and he didnt get ahead in that fight pot shotting, he threw around 90 punches a round at lightning speed.
Whitaker is skill wise probebly the most well rounded fighter of all time, had an amazing jab, and had outstanding reflexes.
I dont know about Chavez 'destroying' Mayweather, but Mayweather was never a volume puncher and doesnt use the jab a lot.

WTF does Camacho have to do with this? He shouldn't be mentioned with PBF even though I liked Camacho. Besides the Baldomir and De la Hoya fights PBF pretty much fought a lot of his on the inside and did a lot of in-fighting. Thats where his superior defense comes into play the ability to hit and not be hit even on the inside. I would never say any fast fighter would be Chavez but also you have know that PBF isn't just any ol fast fighter. Meldrick Taylor's defense is not as good as PBF or Whitaker's thats what hurt him the most in those fights. You don't have to be a volume puncher you have to know when to punch and at lightweight PBF did use his jab very well I might add.

[mickeyb]

Duran everytime, will outwork him and wear him down with body shots late on.

the same as Hatton will do, too much heart and wont be intimidated

[tredh]

Mayweather's defense wouldnt work well with JCC. He will often just sit there and make the opponent miss and stay like that for a while. You CANT do that with Chavez. he finds openings everywhere if youre inactive, you have to counter Chavez to prevent him from beating you up.

If Floyd got on his bike and tried pot shotting, he would get beat up. Camacho was much faster than Mayweather, but he got his ass beat for 12 rounds. that kind of strategy simply didnt work.

Speed isn't the only part of the equation and at lightweight Camacho was not much faster if he was even faster than PBF. PBF overall fight game and skills puts him a whole different league than Camacho. PBF has always countered so that wouldn't even be a issue. Making opponents miss also makes them tired. PBF has never gotten on his bike so what are you talking about. Do you know the type of fighter PBF was at lightweight compared to how he fights now? There is a very big difference.

[SkillspayBills]

We haven't seen PBF pushed to the brink, we have to see that to truly make an apt asessment on who would win these fights.

[-Antonio-]

Chavez would definitely give Mayweather a tough time. I'd give Duran a much better shot though. I also think Alexis Arguello beats Mayweather with ease.