Originally posted by richardt
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and yes, duran had primitive skill against floyd mayweathers.
the only thing he had was determination until the 2nd fight with leonard and then we saw the bottle job he really was. leonard boxed his head off and hearns knocked him out so, that pretty much made him a fringe elite fighter.
not forgetting, he was beaten by the brixton ****er kirkland lang. the only fight where he beat a name was carlos palomino. everybody he actually did beat was fringe and everyone he lost to actually were greats but then, he lost to a bunch of nobodies too.
theres no point in overating fighters of old because their skills were primitive.
their were however exceptions which include hagler,leonard,hearns etc.
i was fortunate to see most of the fighters of the day and i can assure you that they are rated far higher now their retired than they were then.
ohh.....i nearly forgot...maybe he was on his way out when he fouled ken buchanan....he was nothing more than a very sore loser. like you.
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