Why is Roberto Duran rated higher than Sugar Ray Leonard?

[hugh grant]

At his best duran was greater I'd say.
He has some losses but I question if he was dedicated at all times? So I put it down to that and dfont downgrade him too much

[IronDanHamza]

To me, his win over Leonard is better than any of Leonard's wins.

Now you combine that with being the greatest lightweight of all time who moved up in weight and would eventually win a middleweight title. And I'm not even going to touch on the technical aspect about how Duran is one of the most complete, well rounded fighters in the history of boxing.

If Duran is not on a top 10 list, I immediately click away. It's just not credible to me.

He wouldn't be on mine

Leonard however probably would be.

Or higher than Duran either way.

[The plunger man]

ok. got it. 1 win at a young age = ATG status
you also didnt asnswer the question

Ok nappy boy lets get this in perspective .....benitez,duran,kalule and hearns had a combined record of 178 wins 1 loss and 1 draw when leonard faced them...hearns was 32-0 with 30 knock outs when leonard stopped him....benitez 38 with 1 draw when leonard stopped him ...kalule was 36-0 when leonard knocked him out , roberto duran was 72 and 1 when leonard beat him...hearns was a 5 weight world champion , duran was a 4 weight world champion, benitez was a 3 weight world champion ....hagler and not lost in 11 years and had defended his title 12 times when leonard came back out of retirement with only 1 fight in five years...leonard won titles at welterweight,light middleweight,middleweight , super middleweight and light heavyweight and that was also with having to retire at the age of 26 due to a detached retina.....when he retired in 1982 he was the undisputed world welterweight champion and was considered the number ine p4p fighter in the world.....between november 1979 and february 1982 leonard faced Roberto Duran x2 ,wilfred benitez,ayub kalule,thomas hearns,dave boy green,larry bonds, bruce finch ...so in just over 2 years sugar ray leonard had 8 world title fights and won 7 and the one he lost he avenged in his next fight....nappy man if your gonna troll ...troll correctly

[Elroy The Great]

Ok nappy boy lets get this in perspective .....benitez,duran,kalule and hearns had a combined record of 178 wins 1 loss and 1 draw when leonard faced them...hearns was 32-0 with 30 knock outs when leonard stopped him....benitez 38 with 1 draw when leonard stopped him ...kalule was 36-0 when leonard knocked him out , roberto duran was 72 and 1 when leonard beat him...hearns was a 5 weight world champion , duran was a 4 weight world champion, benitez was a 3 weight world champion ....hagler and not lost in 11 years and had defended his title 12 times when leonard came back out of retirement with only 1 fight in five years...leonard won titles at welterweight,light middleweight,middleweight , super middleweight and light heavyweight and that was also with having to retire at the age of 26 due to a detached retina.....when he retired in 1982 he was the undisputed world welterweight champion and was considered the number ine p4p fighter in the world.....between november 1979 and february 1982 leonard faced Roberto Duran x2 ,wilfred benitez,ayub kalule,thomas hearns,dave boy green,larry bonds, bruce finch ...so in just over 2 years sugar ray leonard had 8 world title fights and won 7 and the one he lost he avenged in his next fight....nappy man if your gonna troll ...troll correctly

thanks dogface, dwell on this ATG.....

Buck Smith 181- 20 - 2; 121 kos

[-PBP-]

He wouldn't be on mine

Leonard however probably would be.

Or higher than Duran either way.

They're both top 10 caliber. If I took the time to actually make a list I'd imagine both of them being on it or at least knocking on the door. I just give Duran the edge for his overall body of work. He has some really bad losses but I overlook it given the number of fights he had.

[IronDanHamza]

They're both top 10 caliber. If I took the time to actually make a list I'd imagine both of them being on it or at least knocking on the door. I just give Duran the edge for his overall body of work. He has some really bad losses but I overlook it given the number of fights he had.

I wouldn't argue with you.

But don't think it's far fetched for him to be outside.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Because leonard needed a do-over to best Duran.

[SugarRayCurtain]

Hes not, he lost to guys like Kirkland Laing which makes him terrible
Beating 100 tomato cans at lightweight dont make u good