Duran vs PBF at 135lbs

[ferocity]

OK 11 rounds!

You have to see the fight again.

[GunStar]

I've watched the fight but never scored it, and what i ment is Benitez and Mayweather bring in two differnt boxing styles. Benitez can stand right in front of you and make you miss punchs, while Mayweather uses his legs to get him out of danger.

Lol! I guess you haven't seen all PBF fights.

[ferocity]

Lol! I guess you haven't seen all PBF fights.

I've enough to know that fighters have tested Mayweather and Mayweather had to work hard to win.

[Ricomania77]

at 135 i see Duran winning a close but clear UD. At 135 Duran was a monster

[shortright]

duran win def, castillo is not duran and floyd could hardly get by him

[The Troll]

Duran's defence is sooo underrated. He is better than Mayweather in practically every aspect of the game other than handspeed. Duran in his prime, Mayweather has no chance against him. F****K Duran was about a point a way from wresting Hagler of the Middleweight title way past his prime and natural weight class.

[eazy_mas]

Duran is a different level than Mayweather and most of the fight today.

He is one of the kind I think he could KO Mayweather in the midrounds.

If you seen the documentary about Duran SRL said himself that he knew that Duran was weak in the next match because something with Duran culture where they treat him as a hero and feed him til he got fat. See Beyond Glory about it.


But it could go either side because Mayweather could fustrate Duran to and Duran is sometimes not focus in boxing but in doing crazy stuff.

[Matteo Alderson]

Floyd Is the Best 130 pounder in History but..........

Floyd is good, the best fighter in the world if he fights at 140 or below, but I don't know if he could have taken Duran. Castillo gave him a tought fight the first time and Duran was faster and put on more pressure than Castillo. I think Floyd is the greatest 130 pounder in history, but I think Duran would have beaten Mayweather if it was a fifteen rounder. I hate to say it, but I think Whitaker beats both of them at 135 even though overall I consider Duran to be greater than Pernel since he went 15 with Hagler, is the only man to beat a prime Leonard, and since he beat Barkley who is a very big man.

[CloudJay]

duran will kill pbf. The only advantage of pbf is the handspeed but overall duran has the upper hand

[LeeMc]

Duran vs PBF??

Duran fought from 130 - 160 at a very high standard and must be regarded as one of the greatest fighters in history. He carried power through the weights and had a very good (possibly very under-rated) defence. The way to think about this is to consider what the modern day version would be. Can you imagine Diego Corrales going through to 160 and being the best or amongst the best?

PBF is, obviously, a fighter in the Sugar Ray Leonard mould. However I'm sure that even PBF's fans wouldn't dream of comparing him to SRL. Duran did occassionaly struggle with the movers but could he hit!! Duran lost the re-match and rubber match with SRL because he was fighting one of the greatest boxers of all time and landed very few effective punches. ("no mas" wasn't Duran quitting through lack of heart)

In fact surely SRL is possibly only behind Willie Pep in being the greatest defensive fighter?

Would PBF be able to avoid a serious Duran punch for 12 rounds at any weight? I don't think so and no matter what weight the bout would be at Duran was able to hurt at that weight.

If we could have this fantasy match I would expect to see a Duran victory via KO in the mid to late rounds.