Comments Thread For: Duran: In My Era, Mayweather Would've Been Ordinary

[NVSemin]

Look, son, I'm 45 years old and watched the 2nd Duran/SRL fight live...just like I watched the SRL and Hearns fight live at my Dad's friend's house fight party. Just like I watched SRL in the 76 Olympics when I was 8 years old. Just like I watched Tyson coming up. I was 20 and paid 40 dollars for the Tyson and Spinks PPV and had 15 friends over for it, etc...

don't tell me shidt, kid. I suggest you go back and watch that 2nd fight again, and you'll see SRL dancing, boxing, and mocking Duran to the point where Duran quit because he couldn't deal with it any longer. SRL outsmarted him, and Floyd would have done the same thing, but countered him better than SRL.

Class dismissed.

Everybody knows Duran took the fight lightly and was simply badly conditioned for it. I do not claim he would win being properly conditioned, but performance-wise this would be a different story for sure. Everybody can have their weak moment,s Duran felt GOD-LIKE after first fight with SRL, he was a the top of the top, he could only go down... and he did )

[Ezzard Charles]

The way I see it, the boxers of today are far more evolved than the boxers of yesterday. I see ordinary boxers today do far more advanced **** then the guys in the Leonard, Duran, Hearns, Hagler era. That's just how it works. 20 years from now, fighters will probably come up with more advanced training methods and techniques that we don't know about today. If Floyd fought in Durans era with his style right now, I think Floyd would still be dominant because his style is advanced even for today's era. I do agree that there were more competition in Duran's era.

this isn't basketball or football....


the greatest boxer's of all time existed 50 years ago....

boxing's evolution is not like other sports....

a lot of the coaching and technical aspects have been lost through the generations and most guys today don't know to fight....

Floyd's been taught the old school style, and most other fighters are garbage.... Floyd could hang with the greats, but today's fighters are not in anyway as good as those of yesteryear

[Kagami Taiga]

That fight was boring, and hard to score so don't say anyone who has it for Oscar or a draw doesn't know jack. Floyd fought super cautious against a faded Oscar.

Floyd Mayweather Sr. came into the ring after Mayweather vs. De La Hoya, hugged his son, and hugged Oscar, and gave the opinion that he felt Oscar won the fight. So I guess Floyd sr. don't know ****?

so do u think oscar won that fight? can u honestly say he did?

[ИATAS]

I always said if Duran, Hearns, Leonard, Benítez fought now guys like Floyd, Pacquiao and Cotto would be at 140 tops.

[TheOliverBrand]

I respect Duran for what he did for boxing, but thats about as far as it goes. Floyd makes better adjustments than anyone I've ever seen in boxing. He is the entire package; speed, unreal defense, great offense, and a great chin. Duran wouldve got slaughtered at any weight.

People are letting their emotions get the best of their better judgement and to be honest, its getting quite old. Mayweather has already been cosigned by many of the greats from that era, and they all agreed that he wouldve been at the top with them.

[jimboinbigd]

That fight was boring, and hard to score so don't say anyone who has it for Oscar or a draw doesn't know jack. Floyd fought super cautious against a faded Oscar.

Floyd Mayweather Sr. came into the ring after Mayweather vs. De La Hoya, hugged his son, and hugged Oscar, and gave the opinion that he felt Oscar won the fight. So I guess Floyd sr. don't know ****?

Right, because Sr. was butt hurt and at odds with Jr. Next! And more importantly, are you saying Oscar won that fight? Because if you are, I need to know that so I can rank your value as a poster here. Not even Oscar or Roach thought Oscar won.

Luv you Floyd haters. Have absolutely no idea what greatness you're witnessing right now, but you will down the road.

[NachoMan]

Disagree. He would still be an elite fighter and a hall of famer but he probably wouldn't be undefeated.

Agree with this.

[ßringer]

Look, son, I'm 45 years old and watched the 2nd Duran/SRL fight live...just like I watched the SRL and Hearns fight live at my Dad's friend's house fight party. Just like I watched SRL in the 76 Olympics when I was 8 years old. Just like I watched Tyson coming up. I was 20 and paid 40 dollars for the Tyson and Spinks PPV and had 15 friends over for it, etc...

don't tell me shidt, kid. I suggest you go back and watch that 2nd fight again, and you'll see SRL dancing, boxing, and mocking Duran to the point where Duran quit because he couldn't deal with it any longer. SRL outsmarted him, and Floyd would have done the same thing, but countered him better than SRL.

Class dismissed.

I don't give a **** how old you are. You're wrong. While all 3 judges had Leonard leading the fight at the time of Duran's quitting, the scorecards (4-2-1, 4-2-1, and 4-3) reflect the fact that it was a closely contested bout. In a 15 round fight that's not a very wide margin of victory at all.

Just because you're old enough to have seen it live on TV doesn't mean you know how to score it.

[jimboinbigd]

this isn't basketball or football....


the greatest boxer's of all time existed 50 years ago....

boxing's evolution is not like other sports....

a lot of the coaching and technical aspects have been lost through the generations and most guys today don't know to fight....

Floyd's been taught the old school style, and most other fighters are garbage.... Floyd could hang with the greats, but today's fighters are not in anyway as good as those of yesteryear

Guys like SRR got to feast on a bunch of white guys (im white btw) like Arturo Gatti. We all saw what Floyd did to Gatti.

Floyd would have been great in any era, and out of ALL OF THE WELTERS EVER, INCLUDING SRR, Hearns due to his size, reach, power, and speed, is the only one I see giving Floyd some obvious problems, but I think Floyd's IQ and conditioning would have been enough to get the decision.

[J The UnBiased]

Anyone who believes Floyd would just outright not last in any era is just a flatout hater and refuses to believe that he's as good as he really is. The only guy I think beats Floyd no matter how many times they fight is Tommy, and that's only because of the size difference, other than that, I think Floyd is one of the most skilled fighters this sport has ever seen and if you disagree with that you just don't like him and don't care to judge him objectively. He's one of, if not the most talented fighter ever. Not the greatest, but definitely the most talented.