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

[joshyp18]

duran by decision.

[RodBarker]

A lot of his title defences at 135 were not impressive, I agree. but during his time at 135 he also fought a good amount of future/former world champions, and this was when the title belts meant WAY more than they do today. Buchanan and DeJesus are clearly his best wins there, those two were exceptional fighters, but he has some underrated wins at Lightweight along with those.

the fact of the matter is that Duran was not very good at finishing people that ran from him though. He was able to do it to Bizzarro and in devastating fashion, but in general he just got frustrated as hell when people ran away from him. He would pretty much easily beat them, but he had trouble knocking them out.

So I dont really think that theres any way that Duran would KO Mayweather, Mayweather is way too good defensively and Duran wasnt great at knocking people out if they ran from him.

but you have to keep in mind that this is a PRIME Lightweight Duran. Like someone else said above, Duran spent around a decade at 135, so him at the beginning of his Lightweight career(like his first fight against DeJesus) is not the same as him near the end of it when he was knocking out DeJesus.

I actually dont think Duran was that far away from his prime at all by the time the second Ray Leonard fight came around actually...he wasnt that old, and hadnt taken a real terrible amount of punishment either, because he had effective defense. Most of his bad performances after the Ray Leonard fight seemed to deal with him 1. Being above his natural weight and 2. Not being focused and staying in shape. Because I believe that after the Leonard fights, everyone ditched him, his trainers, promoters,etc...Im fairly sure. That might have thrown him off a bit.

uh anyways I think Duran would be too diverse in his offense and at the same time not let Mayweather really get the chance to hit him with anything that effective, he would win the decision.

I pretty much agree with a lot you said , De Jesus and Buchanan were the best comp at that weight by quite a bit , I have the Duran Buchanan fight somewhere , I actually feel Buchanan was over rated good boxer but easy handled by Floyd , I think a lot of the older fighters got a lot of rep from the fact they were so prolific giving us more of a look at them , the modern fighter just dont fight as often these days , these threads concerning Floyd are a little premature , we need to wait untill he is finished to be fully objective , for instance if he were to beat Cotto and some other big names it would change the way many look at him in these match ups .

[The Noose]

1. If Castillo could give Floyd trouble Duran would be a nightmare.
2. Durans constant pressure over 15 rounds > Floyds space and pot-shotting.
3. Floyd's movement and speed frustrate Duran. (similar to the way Leonard did)
4. Duran was just as fast and his defence is underrated.
5. Like everyone else, Duran would have real trouble landing on Floyd.

[SkillspayBills]

Most of the people in this thread have never seen Duran fight, shame. This is one of the greatest fighters to EVER LIVE. The fight COULD go either way though, too much talent in one ring. I lean towards Duran though, he was a whole nother beast at lightweight. Am I the only one that thinks it funny that there are so many votes for Duran KO. Give me WHAT situation in pbf's career makes you think he would be KO'd/

[ElGranLuchador]

lol only burner is delusional enough to pick pbf by ko

[rusticraver]

Duran late KO or wide decision

[KnockoutTheFat]

lol only burner is delusional enough to pick duran by ko

How is that delusional? I hope you mean PBF by KO...

[ElGranLuchador]

How is that delusional? I hope you mean PBF by KO...

yeah thats what i ment

[IwatchBoxing]

Duran would beat Mayweather he beat Sugar Ray

[Dirt E Gomez]

Leonard managed to get him to say no mas in 8...

I think Mayweather can win a UD by simply moving so, so much... almost to a Cory Spinks type extent while still landing solid right hand leads and whatnot. Duran was durable and obviously a spectacular fighter; but I think as fantastic as he was Floyd has the ability to beat almost every fighter in history (Hearns being the only exception in my eyes).