was Roberto Duran really that great?

[dino]

I just got some new fights into
my collection. I got the one with
Roberto Duran against Tommy Herns.
My uncle keeps saying Duran was so great.
I saw the tape when Duran quit against Sugar
Ray too. Now seeing Tommy Herns knock him out
with one punch. Why do people keep saying Duran
is so great especially old people.

duran is overrated..just like tyson...ppl are so in love with ppl who like to brawl..and have no respect for boxers like roy jones..its sad

[oldgringo]

duran is overrated..just like tyson...ppl are so in love with ppl who like to brawl..and have no respect for boxers like roy jones..its sad

Your custom title suits you well. Duran wasn't a person who just liked to brawl you "friggin idiot". If you knew anything about him then you'd know that he was an excellent boxer as well as brawler.

[The Phantom Menace]

If you go and search out Durans fights as a lightweight you would not be asking this question. He ruled the lightweight division for a decade and had the same intimidation factor as your hero Tyson.

[jack_the_rippuh]

The general public loves brawls and knock outs.
If you ask me a majority of boxing fans got in to boxing because of the brawling.

When you love boxing, though, you appreciate those pure boxers..The kind of guys who do moves so smooth it makes you rewind the tape to see how exactly they executed such a move....and then you go and practice it in front of a mirror. Or is that just me?

[Colonel Jones]

Duran was doing 'nasty' when Tyson was still in his diapers, and doing it better. One of the biggest shames of boxing, is that most people didn't hear of Duran until he was well past his prime. What Duran accomplished past his prime, may be even more amazing then what he accomplished during it. Just due to the fact that he was so far removed from it. Imagine fighters like Oscar, Fenando, Mosely, Tyson, Lewis, Holyfield ..etc.. having multiple mega fights against the top of the competition for the next 10 years from now. That's what it would be like.

[Soko]

Duran was doing 'nasty' when Tyson was still in his diapers, and doing it better. One of the biggest shames of boxing, is that most people didn't hear of Duran until he was well past his prime. What Duran accomplished past his prime, may be even more amazing then what he accomplished during it. Just due to the fact that he was so far removed from it. Imagine fighters like Oscar, Fenando, Mosely, Tyson, Lewis, Holyfield ..etc.. having multiple mega fights against the top of the competition for the next 10 years from now. That's what it would be like.

Duran at lightweight in his prime gets schooled by Mosley at lightweight.

[Colonel Jones]

Duran at lightweight in his prime gets schooled by Mosley at lightweight.

Keep telling yourself that, I'm sure if you try hard enough you might can find 5 or 6 people out of 6 billion on earth who agree with you.

[Soko]

Keep telling yourself that, I'm sure if you try hard enough you might can find 5 or 6 people out of 6 billion on earth who agree with you.

Duran quit against Leonard who RELATIVELY didn't punch as hard as Mosley and wasnt as fast.. UD Sugar Shane

[SweetScience]

Roberto Duran

Dominated the Lightweight division.

Had 3 great fights with DeJesus.

Moved up to 147 and beat some guy name Leonard.

Beatup on hard hitting Cuevas and beat Moore for the 154 pound title.

Gave a Prime Hagler hell, did I mention he started out at Lightweight?

Beats Barkley who just KO'd Hearns for the 160 pound title at the the age of 38.

TOP 3 P4P all time IMO.

[.::|ULTIMATE|::.]

Duran was awesome in his prime, is too bad a lot of fighters only get remembered for what they did and how they moved and worked on their downhill slope.