Manny Pacquiao vs Roberto Duran...

[Franco2012]

GTFO

Duran got dominated by that HIV positive Puerto Rican dude(I forgot his name but he died of AIDS).

Pacquiao would decimate him in 1 round or less!

[hugh grant]

ummm........no one pacquiao has fought could even come close to beating duran.

I was a duran fan back in the day so i can talk from my head on this. Kirklaing laing a brit from my neighbourhood, Buchanan another brit who was unlucky to lose. Kirklaing laing beat duran. Cotto is one of boxings biggest names and he would have been a toss up between him and duran. Cotto would have had more success against Duran than he did pac. Kirlaing laing isnt class above Pacs opponents and Kirk beat duran as did others not as good as pacs opponents.

I don't think Pacquiao could have dominated one weight class for his whole career considering he lost to Torrecampo and Singsurat at 112 alone, then against Morales at SFW. At WW today he loses to Mayweather, at JMW he loses to Williams and would have lost to Martinez if he was there too. At LW he would have lost to Guzman. There really isn't one weight class I can see Pacquiao dominating like Hagler did MW.

One word......BS! Dominating a division would be the easiest thing in the world for pac to do. Once youve beat a generation in your weight class it takes years and years for the new crop to come threw and thats nearly a whole career come and gone. Dominating a division when it is a weak division must also be taken into consideration.
He is a winner and just wins, even stepping up in weight class. Staying in the same division, seriously is the easiest thing to do.

[Barn]

Let's see Floyd's.

Hagler KO Floyd
Leonard SD Floyd
Hearns KO Floyd
Duran TKO Floyd. Floyd could nick a decision here but, if Duran is at his best no chance.

[STRUGG]

one thing im sure of is this...............................PAC will fight DURAN.............FLOYD will avoid him like the plague or the angel of deat

[Hi-Dro]

GTFO

Duran got dominated by that HIV positive Puerto Rican dude(I forgot his name but he died of AIDS).

Pacquiao would decimate him in 1 round or less!

[SCtrojansbaby]

In his prime Duran would kill Manny I am talking about a 15 round slow but steady destruction. Duran would do the same think Mayweather would... make Manny miss. Manny has never fought an elusive fighter.

[titan_1987]

I hate fantasy match-ups. Because at the end of the day, it's just a FANTASY.

Manny is a great fighter just like Duran, Haggler, Leonard and the rest of the ATGs. We will never how Floyd Jr. and Pacquiao would have fared against the ATGs of the past. Proclaiming that they couldn't even hold their ground against any of the fighters of the past is groundless and should be given a second thought.

I honestly think that Pacquiao or Floyd Jr. can give any of the past ATG worth the trouble. I don't know if they would win or lose but i'm not going to jump in the bandwagon that Pac or Floyd Jr. are a class underneath the past ATGs.

[titan_1987]

For gods sake! Look at the Cotto fight at 147. If Pac fights like that, after three rounds he has no legs whatsoever to move in or out. He gets beaten up and knocked out. Seriously.

The biggest misconception though is how people think Pac has some kind of amazing footwork. He moves in straight lines 90% of the time and the only reason fighters like Marg can't keep you is because they are so slow you could run around them three times and they still wouldn't have moved.

Anyway, as usual most people have no clue here. One of the things that gave these actual prime HOF, good fighters serious trouble against Duran was his speed, defensive ability and his mastery of feints. They didn't know how to handle that type of fighter with that type of skill, experience and cunning.

Pac definitely doesn't know how to. He knows how to fight and a fight it would be. Imagine a Marquez fight, with better defense, more power, and yes, more speed but most importantly, just as great countering ability, much better body shots, more stamina and greater all around skill. Pacquiao does not win this fight and even Roach knew it. It's just one of those fights he wouldn't know how to change up in and get past things. His only chance of winning would be inside because he wouldn't be able to stop Duran getting in....and he can't fight on the inside.

He doesn't have a jab to speak of, he doesn't have a height or size advantage, his speed wouldn't be much of a factor because Duran handled speed easily and the speed difference would actually not be that big at all anyway at 135/147.

One other factor people need to take into consideration. Duran had a better chin than Margarito and was never busted up in his career. He was cut in one fight in his whole 100+ career and never swelled up. He just didn't get hit. This isn't Cotto or Margarito with no defense whatsoever, poor speed, bad chin, no stamina etc.

Riiighhhtt... Why don't you go write a book or something. You're analysis of Pacquiao makes him look like the greatest bum ever heard. He can't box, he can't brawl, he can't even move, he can't do ****. I thought *****s and us *******s were soupy fanboys. But i guess you, old man takes it to the extreme.

[SCtrojansbaby]

I hate fantasy match-ups. Because at the end of the day, it's just a FANTASY.

Manny is a great fighter just like Duran, Haggler, Leonard and the rest of the ATGs. We will never how Floyd Jr. and Pacquiao would have fared against the ATGs of the past. Proclaiming that they couldn't even hold their ground against any of the fighters of the past is groundless and should be given a second thought.

I honestly think that Pacquiao or Floyd Jr. can give any of the past ATG worth the trouble. I don't know if they would win or lose but i'm not going to jump in the bandwagon that Pac or Floyd Jr. are a class underneath the past ATGs.

Its not about past vs present its about the styles. I think Manny could beat Pernell Whitaker because of the styles

[hugh grant]

Riiighhhtt... Why don't you go write a book or something. You're analysis of Pacquiao makes him look like the greatest bum ever heard. He can't box, he can't brawl, he can't even move, he can't do ****. I thought *****s and us *******s were soupy fanboys. But i guess you, old man takes it to the extreme.

I know, you have got to either laugh or cry at these chumps. Always thinking their clever and telling us what Pac cant do, when the busted up faces of Pacs opponents shows what he can and does do.
Pacs opponents tell us how great he is and all the amazing things he can do, and the *****s or pac haters go into fantasy land.

Pac beats Duran. Too much foot speed and mobility, and combinations would take duran out. Pac dominates all his opponents apart from 2 or 3. Which if he now fought would dominate. Whereas Duran either lost, or went life and death with countless opponents.