Prime for Prime!!! At 135!!! Mayweather vs. Duran!

[Left2body]

Duran never fought a fighter near Floyd at 135 , actually his opposition at this weight were not much at all most were stiffs so he should look good , the best at 135 was De Jesus who decked Duran early in the fight I think and was ahead on pts when he just collapesd from heat exhaustion , Duran came into his best above 140 , I mean fighters like Mamby with 8 losses went the distance with Duran at 135 , Id bet good money on Floyd at this weight ,,, great match up .

Lets see, De Jesus, Bucanan. He also went against Leonard at 147lbs ABOVE his natural weight which is harder than if he had faced him at 135lbs. The real question you have to ask is has PBF ever faced someone like Duran, not at 130lbs or 135lbs but EVER. The question is unequivacly NO.

[2120]

duran by dec

if floyd had trouble with castillo at 135
and castillo is a good fighter but he not in the same league as chavez

almost everyone would agree that duran is better than chavez so by those comparison i would say duran takes it by dec.

just my opinion

[RodBarker]

Lets see, De Jesus, Bucanan. He also went against Leonard at 147lbs ABOVE his natural weight which is harder than if he had faced him at 135lbs. The real question you have to ask is has PBF ever faced someone like Duran, not at 130lbs or 135lbs but EVER. The question is unequivacly NO.

Fair points Lefty , I just dont think 135 was Durans best or his natural weight , he was better later on and grew into a bigger fighter , 135 was very early in his career and Floyd would beat any fighter Duran fought at 135 , bottom line is its a competitive fight and I dont think anybody would be surprised whatever way the result went .

[!! Shawn]

Lets see, De Jesus, Bucanan. He also went against Leonard at 147lbs ABOVE his natural weight which is harder than if he had faced him at 135lbs. The real question you have to ask is has PBF ever faced someone like Duran, not at 130lbs or 135lbs but EVER. The question is unequivacly NO.

Good post. Lets list fighters that Duran faced that are better than anyone Floyd has ever faced.

1.Leonard
2.Hearns
3.Hagler
4.Benitez
5.De Jesus
6.Buchanan
7.Palomino

Thats off the top of my head.

[!! Shawn]

Fair points Lefty , I just dont think 135 was Durans best or his natural weight , he was better later on and grew into a bigger fighter , 135 was very early in his career and Floyd would beat any fighter Duran fought at 135 , bottom line is its a competitive fight and I dont think anybody would be surprised whatever way the result went .

Saying a fighter is better at a higher weight just because he beat better people is ignorant. Watch Duran at 135. It is by far and away his best weight. Hard to imagine considering how spectacular he was at the higher weights.

[RodBarker]

duran by dec

if floyd had trouble with castillo at 135
and castillo is a good fighter but he not in the same league as chavez

almost everyone would agree that duran is better than chavez so by those comparison i would say duran takes it by dec.

just my opinion

To be fair Floyd was inured in the first fight and did the right thing and promptly rematched ,, although Duran matured into a great Castillo was not all that far off this level at 135 when he peaked , people have made some great fighters larger than life with the passing of time , they didnt beat everyone easy and sometimes struggled with average guys , we shouldnt forget that .

[RodBarker]

Good post. Lets list fighters that Duran faced that are better than anyone Floyd has ever faced.

1.Leonard
2.Hearns
3.Hagler
4.Benitez
5.De Jesus
6.Buchanan
7.Palomino

Thats off the top of my head.

Name one that was better at 135 , thats what we are talking about 135 , stay in the context of the time frame and weight .

[!! Shawn]

Also, 135 was not early in his career, 135 was for the first 10 years of his career.

Referring to a 10 year stretch of a fighters career as if it was simply a short stop along the way is simply absurd.

[!! Shawn]

Name one that was better at 135 , thats what we are talking about 135 , stay in the context of the time frame and weight .

Buchanan and De Jesus were better than anyone Floyd has fought in his entire career.

[Left2body]

Fair points Lefty , I just dont think 135 was Durans best or his natural weight , he was better later on and grew into a bigger fighter , 135 was very early in his career and Floyd would beat any fighter Duran fought at 135 , bottom line is its a competitive fight and I dont think anybody would be surprised whatever way the result went .

Not saying it wouldn't be competitive but just think Duran would win. One thing to also note that the heavier Duran is what PBF would face. Remember Duran fought in an era where weight-in's were on the same day of the fight. So fighters trained down to what there scheduled fight was for and fought at or very near the contracted weight.

Todays fighters have 24-36 hours to properly rehydrate and therefore they actually fight at 1-2 weight classes above there contracted weight. P.Williams fought a WW fight at 164lbs. Margarito a WW fights at 160lbs come fight time, Cintron a WW fights at 158lbs, Juan Guzman a SFW fights at 144lbs.

If Duran fought PBF with the same rules that PBF fought Castillo then Duran would have a fight weight and power of a WW.