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

[Realizniguhnit]

Dude you need to research Duran,,, He is considered the all-time lightweight champ of all time...
he was 70-1 at that weight, and his lone loss was a split decision and he came back and destroyed the guy in the 2 rematches,,,,

in 79 after beating up everyone at lightweight, he moved to welter and beat guys to become #1 contender to SRL... he beat SRL in a slugfest, and then got outboxed in the rematch.......
Duran competed at welter, jr mid, middleweight, and won belts all in the 80's and fought srl three times, hearns ko him in 2, duran gave hagler hell for 15 rounds, slaughtered davey moore, beat up a much bigger iran barkley at the age of 38.......

Everybody remembers duran for his past his prime fights,,, kinda like hopkins, we will only remember him from tito till now...

I am not from that era so I could care less about doing too much research I've seen all of them fight but at the end of the day 36 yo Floyd beats a 36 yo Duran from what I've seen of Duran around that age. When I do research I often look at the greats most significant and late career fights, I'm a firm believer in talent when you can still perform at an elite level even at an advanced age like Mayweather I think that says a lot about fighters and from what I've seen of the greats most of them were pretty much washed up at Floyd's age.. and even today's great fighters theres no way Pacquiao will be able to perform like Floyd when he reaches age 36..That means something..

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Would have favored Floyd over Duran and Hagler but SRL or Hearn would be difficult to call. I agree that if Floyd was in that era we would 5 instead of 4. Floyd would have been elite any era but the one where they still fought in barns.

But I do agree that there was better competition in Durans era

Oh to dream

Did you honestly say you would favor floyd over hagler.....


SRL and Hearns both beat up floyd,,, he would hang with SRL but would lose a descision...
Hearns puts floyd to sleep after jabbing him into submission,,, nobody ever outboxed hearns,,, a smaller floyd would not do it...

If floyd fought back then he would have had a career like alexis arguello and pryor,,, he would have been really good,, but not the face of boxing or the GOAT like people try and portray him as today....

Hell donald curry, marlon starling, mancini, meldrick taylor, sweet pea, all would have given floyd hell...

[prinzemanspopa]

Most ppl forget about the second fight build up against srl and how out of shape Duran was. He didn't want that fight.

Funny, because his actual comments at the time contradict such a claim.

Also Duran was the first guy in haglers title ti go the distance in a close competitive fight. And this dude was a light weight fighting arguably the best middle weight of all time.

Hagler-Duran was about as close as Mayweather-De La Hoya was - basically, not close at all. Don't confuse a competitive fight with a close one.

[brick wall]

Floyd over Hagler



Jeezus H Christ i haven't laughed this hard in ages

floyd would demand for a 152 catchweight so he's right...floyd over hagler

[periks19]

Floyd over Hagler



Jeezus H Christ i haven't laughed this hard in ages

He won't even face martinez still at his late age at 150-154 imagine that hell even a young canelo who is coming up at 154. I like pbf i think he would of done solid in that era but would of never been undefeated.

[QballLobo]

I think Floyd would have had a much different career. Without those 30 million dollar guarantees he probably takes more chances and fights all the top guys instead of cherry picking to protect the 0. Would he be undefeated? Probably not but he might be more respected and have a better legacy. When Floyd retires outside of his die hard fans most people will talk about the fights that he didn't take then his actual work inside the ring.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

True. He wouldn't even be P4P cause he would be too busy cherrypicking while the best were fighting the best.


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[edgarg]

I'm tellin ya, man. I watched Duran in his prime, along with Sugar Ray, Hearns, and all the rest. And I've watched Pac and May in this era. I watched Duran get popped by SRL and not be able to get to SRL because SRL boxed him. Floyd is a better defender than SRL so I just don't see it.

I'd rank the Welters all time like this:

1. Floyd - because of his defense, conditioning and chin.

2. SRL - fast, combo puncher and heart of a lion but limited Defense.

3. Hearns - lightning fast, and KO power, but lacked stamina.

4. Duran - tough brawler, but problems with speed and great boxers.

5. Pacman - fast, good power, but would be outclassed by all the guys above him, imo.


Edit: Modern day. Obviously SRR was right up at the top but I can't comment on him because I didn't see him outside of some highlights.

The fact that you describe Duran one of the top 3 lightweights in Boxing History, as just a "tough brawler" will show EVERYBODY who knows anything about boxing on this site exactly what YOU know, and I can tell you it isn't much-except perhaps, in your own mind. Oh yes, and those who think along with you who are likely many (I mean on this site, as I've often complained before) can join you and wallow in your ignorance.

There was no point in reading further.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

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Originally Posted by ramses07

Most ppl forget about the second fight build up against srl and how out of shape Duran was. He didn't want that fight.



Funny, because his actual comments at the time contradict such a claim.




Quote:

Originally Posted by ramses07

Also Duran was the first guy in haglers title ti go the distance in a close competitive fight. And this dude was a light weight fighting arguably the best middle weight of all time.




Hagler-Duran was about as close as Mayweather-De La Hoya was - basically, not close at all. Don't confuse a competitive fight with a close one.

Dude SRL is on record admitting he cherrypicked Duran in the rematch.


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[periks19]

Did you honestly say you would favor floyd over hagler.....


SRL and Hearns both beat up floyd,,, he would hang with SRL but would lose a descision...
Hearns puts floyd to sleep after jabbing him into submission,,, nobody ever outboxed hearns,,, a smaller floyd would not do it...

If floyd fought back then he would have had a career like alexis arguello and pryor,,, he would have been really good,, but not the face of boxing or the GOAT like people try and portray him as today....

Hell donald curry, marlon starling, mancini, meldrick taylor, sweet pea, all would have given floyd hell...

Sweet pea would outboxed him