It's pretty grim, I guess you have to think he's amazing, or you can't be part of the forum.
And no, it wasn't a troll in the slightest, maybe my taste to "pure boxing" runs over to that, I don't enjoy his style and imo he wasnt an ATG, many agree, most disagree
It's fine.
so duran shouldnt be ATG based off of your opinion and favoritism for "pure boxers"???
Just give it a try and watch Duran vs Barkley. You cant 'outslug' someone thats way bigger and stronger than you. And considering Barkley had success all the way up to Heavyweight, Id consider him a pretty damn large middleweight.
By the way, the guy wasnt just 1 era. His last significant win came in 1997, while Hopkins was fighting at middleweight.
You can't compare him to the likes of Mayweather JR or Roy Jones JR for slipping punches and boxing ability.
Duran won his fights through heart and determination and being tough, I never said he wasn't I said in my opinion he's not technically a great boxer. Lenoard and Hearns from that era possibly the 2 greatest of all time.
I think it's wrong to assume that fighters of that era would dominate fighters of this era it's a completely different fight.
You can't compare him to the likes of Mayweather JR or Roy Jones JR for slipping punches and boxing ability.
Duran won his fights through heart and determination and being tough, I never said he wasn't I said in my opinion he's not technically a great boxer. Lenoard and Hearns from that era possibly the 2 greatest of all time.
I think it's wrong to assume that fighters of that era would dominate fighters of this era it's a completely different fight.
Barkley had huge amounts of heart and toughness. Watch is fights against Hearns. You dont win a fight by being tough and having heart when the other guy has both, and is way bigger and stronger than you.
Watch from 7:19 on. Dont comment again until you have. Thats defense.
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