Which is the most accurate comparison of boxers? (Please help)

[IronDanHamza]

@ People responding to the thread like it's serious and actually trying to justify one of these comparisons!

[revs1227]

hatton idolized duran ..duran was his favortie fighter
and they wer both brutally koed in 2 rds
sooo id say hatton duran
besides tht wtf is this thread?

[Walt Liquor]

hatton idolized duran ..duran was his favortie fighter
and they wer both brutally koed in 2 rds
sooo id say hatton duran
besides tht wtf is this thread?

now I'm finally learning something. I thought they were totally different fighters but another poster put me on to this
knowledge. Finally iz a gettin smarter.

[Walt Liquor]

So no one thinks tata and jcc were basically the same fighter? Was I mislead?

[BennyST]

Oh yeah...I reckon they are good comparisons.

Hatton and Duran both came forward with little to no defense and relied on nothing more than strength and brawling to win. Hatton is whiter than Duran, so that's the only flaw in that comparison otherwise they are exactly alike.

Chavez and Baldomir both were slow, plodding, methodical fighters with good chins would take 64 punches to give 1. Both had no technique and were both Latinos.

Williams and Hearns were both the same. They are both black, really tall and threw punches at an opponent in a boxing ring. Both have also been beaten before, but not by the same person.

Excellent comparisons all 'round Walt.

[studentofthegam]

HAHAHAH. Walt you are obsessed with it. Its gettin strange brotha. You know 50% of the posters picked Floyd beats both. LMAO.

[King Ghidorah]

Paul Williams is 1/1000th of a Boxer that Tommy Hearns....

Julio Cesar Chavez is a million times better than that slow flat footed Carlos Baldomir....

[Thread Stealer]

Man nsb is ***n out of their minds. Completely crazy vet.


Looky her ped, I've read a lot of your thoughts over the last month or so since I kinda returned to nsb-and you're right. I like a lot of your posts. Of those 3, duran-hatton is the only one that could even attempt to be argued. But really, it's no comparison. Yea they pressure, but so do hundreds of fighters. The entire comparison flies completely out the door when one considers the fighters physical attributes. period. They can't be compared bc of size, stature, durability, ability, and comp. What's the chances of hatton scooping a title at smw?

The comparison is not that deep. It doesn't go to quality of the two, achievements, subtleties of infighting and angles, etc...It's more just with styles. Hatton and Duran had fast feet, closed the distance quickly, and applied a certain type of suffocating pressure. Not a Cotto/Chavez like pressure where it was steady and somewhat subtle. More of a "don't let you breathe, I'm all over you" type pressure which inevitably ends up in too many damn clinches.

As said before, this wasn't Duran in every fight, Duran sometimes boxed more behind the jab, or was more patient in his pressure, but in certain fights (Buchanan, Palomino, Leonard 1), Duran was all over his opponents like R. Kelly on a 14 year old. Hatton obviously apply his craft nearly as well as Duran, but I think there are some stylistic similarities.

[eli porter]

Oh yeah...I reckon they are good comparisons.

Hatton and Duran both came forward with little to no defense and relied on nothing more than strength and brawling to win. Hatton is whiter than Duran, so that's the only flaw in that comparison otherwise they are exactly alike.

Chavez and Baldomir both were slow, plodding, methodical fighters with good chins would take 64 punches to give 1. Both had no technique and were both Latinos.

Williams and Hearns were both the same. They are both black, really tall and threw punches at an opponent in a boxing ring. Both have also been beaten before, but not by the same person.

Excellent comparisons all 'round Walt.

Have you ever watched Duran? no defense? oh wait, this is facetious.... carry on.

[Walt Liquor]

Oh yeah...I reckon they are good comparisons.

Hatton and Duran both came forward with little to no defense and relied on nothing more than strength and brawling to win. Hatton is whiter than Duran, so that's the only flaw in that comparison otherwise they are exactly alike.

Chavez and Baldomir both were slow, plodding, methodical fighters with good chins would take 64 punches to give 1. Both had no technique and were both Latinos.

Williams and Hearns were both the same. They are both black, really tall and threw punches at an opponent in a boxing ring. Both have also been beaten before, but not by the same person.

Excellent comparisons all 'round Walt.

thanks Benny. I thought so too, that's why I asked for help. It's over my head. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the whole "English white guy is similar to the Latino guy" thing.