Floyd Mayweather vs Roberto Duran @ 147

[Ahmed_Ismail]

Hands of Stone is a boss, and a better boxer than he's being given credit for in this thread but does he really hit that much harder than Mosley?

He only has 2 KOs at 147 and they were against guys with records of 15-1 and 7-2-1 respectively, (talk about Floyd Mayweather cherry picking, Floyd would've never gotten away with even fighting a guy with this pathetic record only after his 18th fight, but this is not the topic), Duran wasn't known for his power at 147 or higher.

[them_apples]

I got Mayweather and here's why: If Leonard could outbox and frustrate Duran to the point that he quit, I think Floyd can do it too, Floyd's foot work, defense, feinting and counter punching are better than Leonard's. Leonard has the edge in speed, power and combination punching especially at 147, which he tried to use in the first fight and it didn't work, and he wasn't able to make adjusments, Floyd is the king of adjustments, so I wouldn't count him out against anybody, but Duran has the perfect style to beat Floyd, It's just that he wasn't mentally strong and patient enough to deal with someone like Floyd Mayweather.

What do you guys think?!

lol. You don't know anything about Duran.

SRL never out boxed Duran and made him quit. Duran quit for unknown reasons, that fight was even on the cards when he turned his back.

You also conveniently forget that Duran showed up ripped and mean in the first fight and layed a beating on Leonard in a bad way.

You also forget that floyd is naturally a smaller man, and arguably lost to a poor mans version of Duran in Maidana.

Duran was a monster at 147 when he showed up, he beat on 2 top tier fighters, SRL and Palomino. When 15 with Hagler. Thats like Broner taking on golovkin and making it competitive.

Duran was a monster at cutting the ring off, fighting rough, slipping punches and crowding fighters. He could do everything Maidana did but x3

[SkillspayBills]

This would be such a high IQ fight my mouth waters just thinking about it. Floyd's ability to control his opponent and control distance gives him the edge over ATG Duran. Floyd doesn't fight your fight unless he chooses to.

[El-blanco]

This would be such a high IQ fight my mouth waters just thinking about it. Floyd's ability to control his opponent and control distance gives him the edge over ATG Duran. Floyd doesn't fight your fight unless he chooses to.

Hahaha thanks for the laugh.

[Big_L]

And you're basing Floyd only off the Cotto fight? Floyd's legs were already gone when he fought Miguel.

I've no idea who would win if both showed up at there best Duran(vs Leonard 1st fight) and Floyd(vs Hatton/Marquez) but I know it would be an amazing fight.

If you put a gun to my head, I'd put my money on the guy I've never seen lose.

No, I simply made the point that if you want to judge duran off one fight I can do the same for floyd.

[Big_L]

Floyd won't look to outmuscle Duran in the first place unlike Leonard tried to do in the first fight, and he won't be there to be outmuscled by Duran, Leonard proved that it's possible and that it's not so complicated, just use foot work and an effective jab and Duran will be thrown off, he won't be able to impose his size on Floyd cuz Floyd is bigger and his attitude will be not to get caught on the ropes, I think this was also the plan against Cotto but Cotto could push him on to the ropes cuz of his sheer size and strength advantage, Floyd weighed in at 151 lbs and came to the fight at 149 and Cotto was like 160 or something, at 147 the size difference wouldn't have been a problem.

Floyd is not bigger or stronger than Duran.

[Caught Square]

lol. You don't know anything about Duran.

SRL never out boxed Duran and made him quit. Duran quit for unknown reasons, that fight was even on the cards when he turned his back.

You also conveniently forget that Duran showed up ripped and mean in the first fight and layed a beating on Leonard in a bad way.

You also forget that floyd is naturally a smaller man, and arguably lost to a poor mans version of Duran in Maidana.

Duran was a monster at 147 when he showed up, he beat on 2 top tier fighters, SRL and Palomino. When 15 with Hagler. Thats like Broner taking on golovkin and making it competitive.

Duran was a monster at cutting the ring off, fighting rough, slipping punches and crowding fighters. He could do everything Maidana did but x3

C'mon man, Duran was getting embarrassed in there and it's not like he knew what the scores were, if he knew the scores he may of continued.

Also he hardly laid a beating on Leonard in the first fight, it was a close and tough fight for both.

[Cracaphat]

On intimidation alone,Duran would beat his ass no problem.Mayweather couldn't go to a hostile environment and win.He needs everything and one in his pockets to fight.

[SkillspayBills]

Hahaha thanks for the laugh.

Just ask Ricky Hatton, he'll vouch for my statement.

[JoeKidd]

Floyd would "fight" Duran exactly as he did Pacquiao, the same way Sugar Ray "fought" Duran in the second fight. Duran's only option would be to hold him against the ropes and drill him in the balls!