"1980" Roberto Duran vs "2013" Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[Johnwoo8686]

It would be No Mas II. The only fighter I'd pick to beat Floyd is Hearns.

This^^^ Realistic Floyd has too many advantages over Duran. Now before people mention Leonard. Floyd arguably is more technically sound than Leonard was. Hearns is the only one who would possibly beat Floyd.

[danceswithfire]

The Duran who fought Leonard the first time or the Duran who fought Leonard the second time?

doesn't matter. stylewise, duran beats Floyd, nothing in either side's history suggest otherwise

[Build That Wall]

Mayweather too quick for the Hands of Stone. Mayweather wins.


Hands of stones hands weigh as much as stone and that slows them down

[Johnwoo8686]

doesn't matter. stylewise, duran beats Floyd, nothing in either side's history suggest otherwise

Didn't Duran lose a fight because Leonards movement confused him too much? Floyd is a better mover than Leonard and a better counter puncher.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Floyd did not even **** up jesus Chavez,fight was competitive until he gassed unless you are talking about the first jesus chavez he fought who had like 16-13-5 record or something like that

He did, and pretty good. Those uppercuts Floyd was landing on him were darn concussive. His corner were wise to stop it at the end of round 9 (if I remember correctly). Even Chavez said post fight he was taking way too many bombs.

Floyd at the lighter weights was something else.

[danceswithfire]

Didn't Duran lose a fight because Leonards movement confused him too much? Floyd is a better mover than Leonard and a better counter puncher.

no, he lost because he was out of shape. and leonard is arguably much better than Floyd

chino maidana is in no way shape or form comparable to duran, no argument there

[danceswithfire]

He did, and pretty good. Those uppercuts Floyd was landing on him were darn concussive. His corner were wise to stop it at the end of round 9 (if I remember correctly). Even Chavez said post fight he was taking way too many bombs.

Floyd at the lighter weights was something else.

like I said you were probably talking about the first jesus Chavez. Floyd was good but duran would've been bad news for Floyd but then again I don't believe Floyd would've fought duran at all

[Johnwoo8686]

no, he lost because he was out of shape. and leonard is arguably much better than Floyd

chino maidana is in no way shape or form comparable to duran, no argument there

Floyd is always in shape while Duran is not always in shape. How can you say Duran would win without question when you know the guy isn't always in great condition?

And Leonard is not better than Floyd. He may be a bigger puncher but not a better overall boxer if he's been dropped and stopped.

[danceswithfire]

Floyd is always in shape while Duran is not always in shape. How can you say Duran would win without question when you know the guy isn't always in great condition.

And Leonard is not better than Floyd. He may be a bigger puncher but not a better overall boxer if he's been dropped and stopped.

well , I assumed we are talking about healthy Floyd and healthy duran as we should.

whether leonard is better than Floyd is subjective, im pretty sure plenty of people would favor each side and it's all good

one thing we can all agree is that duran was 100x better than maidana and Floyd was fighting his fight, he couldn't get around it without stipulations

[Outwest Exp 355]

There's no LW in the world that can move up 2 divisions and beat Floyd. He's too experienced. Now Duran in 1980 vs Floyd 2000 would be a better fight.