Manny versus duran at 140??

[The Noose]

how is he a bad style match up for pac. pac has faster feet and hands. and duran is first and foremost a fighter which plays straight into pacs style. i dont think any fighter can trade with pac unless he is a big guy like hearns.

Duran is one of the few smaller men that could exchange with Pac. He moved up to 168lbs and stayed with Hagler for 15 rounds. He had a great chin, and was very strong.

It would be a war. I still cant decide. but Duran was very smart and if he got inside Pac, pushing him back, which many fighters lesser fighters have been able to do, Duran wins the battle with body shots and combinations on the inside.

[fabie]

They aren't very similar though, Pacquiao has no inside game, Duran does, Pacs defense is poor, Durans was very good, I don't see how they are similar fighters really, Pac can counter if he wants to but he wasn't primarily a counter-puncher like Duran.

I think they are. Both are bombastic, dynamic and have the same fervor to and attack, attack and attack.

You maybe be technically right, but I am after their go-after-their-opponents kind of a fighter.

Points well taken. But I still think they are more similar than different types of fighters.

[fcastro1]

I meant to say anything on the outside, and yes when did he show anything of the outside?

this is based on opinion so stop acting ******ed when someone goes against your belief. and are you serious with that comment about pac using his footwork just for his offense. His footwork and laterall movement is his defence which creates his offense. i dont know how you dont give pac a chance when Duran is flat footed and slower that pac. he may have better boxing skills but his is not a classic counter puncher like marquez or floyd. duran is primarily a fighter which plays into pacs style.

[The_Demon]

Pac fans are making themselves look really bad right now,it would be better if you just admitted you dont know much about duran,but you are also showing you know very little about how your own fighter fights

[John Barron]

pacquiao by KO round 1.

my sources are:
HBO commentators.
photographic memory of every pacquiao fight since 2008.
and a quick 5 minute review of a duran (lol who) fight where he lost.

take my opinions seriously.

[The_Demon]

how is he a bad style match up for pac. pac has faster feet and hands. and duran is first and foremost a fighter which plays straight into pacs style. i dont think any fighter can trade with pac unless he is a big guy like hearns.

Their isnt a huge difference in handspeed and duran had much better footwork than pac has

[fcastro1]

Their isnt a huge difference in handspeed and duran had much better footwork than pac has

i disagree.

[IronDanHamza]

Pac fans are making themselves look really bad right now,it would be better if you just admitted you dont know much about duran,but you are also showing you know very little about how your own fighter fights

It's actually quite worrying.

[RubenSonny]

this is based on opinion so stop acting ******ed when someone goes against your belief. and are you serious with that comment about pac using his footwork just for his offense. His footwork and laterall movement is his defence which creates his offense. i dont know how you dont give pac a chance when Duran is flat footed and slower that pac. he may have better boxing skills but his is not a classic counter puncher like marquez or floyd. duran is primarily a fighter which plays into pacs style.

I have no problem with someone picking Pac if they had reasonable justifications, reducing this sport to a game of top trumps and choosing the fighter they really really like doesn't cut it with me. I wouldn't call Floyd a classic counter-puncher either and I'd say Duran has greater skills than both Floyd and Marquez.

[RubenSonny]

I think they are. Both are bombastic, dynamic and have the same fervor to and attack, attack and attack.

You maybe be technically right, but I am after their go-after-their-opponents kind of a fighter.

Points well taken. But I still think they are more similar than different types of fighters.

Duran would often patiently counter from the inside but yes I guess they can be seen as somewhat similar in your very general description.