Thread: Ricky Hatton WOULD KILL Roberto Duran

This is Hatton in action:

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Heres Duran in action:

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Hatton would fire a flurry of cross each time and

destroy Duran's body and head over 12 rounds for a UD.

Hatton is faster, MORE powerful and good at tieing up.

This is pretty funny.

you are joking right, the hands of stone would beat ricky every day of the week and twice on sunday

This is one hell of a stupid topic...

For one.. You obviously dont know your duran because you forget these points...
1. Duran was at his best when he was young..
2. Although he pulled off some great victories past these dates his best fights were at about 1980 and previous to this date.. About the time he beat leonard..
3. He fought hagler, hearns and the rematch with leonard something like 9 years after his prime and still made a fight of some of them and was still beating world class athletes here and there..
4.You picture Hatton in his prime against kostya Tszyu
But picture a roberto duran who is ten years out of prime, four weights out of his original and facing possibly the hardest hitting fighters of all time..

Doesnt really match up... Now..
In actual fact if you were to pit a prime for prime bout between hatton and duran this would be held at light welterweight..
Hatton's weight and only 7 pounds about a prime durans original wieght..
And if you wish to see how that would go i would await the bout between castillo and hatton.
But over fifteen rounds

Hahaha thats the funniest thing I've heard all day. Hatton beat Duran For a second there i thought you were serious.......... ............. ohh my god you were weren't you

Desperate attempts at seeking attention through outlandish thread titles will get you what you deserve, sad click buddy!

As stupid as this topic is. I always thought Ricky possessed a lot of the same qualities Duran had.

I always hate these cross generational comparison threads, they are seldom cut and dry and never resolved. I like both fighters but think Duran has the obvious edge...

Originally Posted by miles

I always hate these cross generational comparison threads, they are seldom cut and dry and never resolved. I like both fighters but think Duran has the obvious edge...

Same. There has rarely been one that I have liked. It just seems like a waste of time imo.

Sweetpea, nuclear bull, Tito_BHB, mike_tha_man, smashcrusher, amat and miles I see your point.

http://www.saddoboxing.com/3680-what...g-legends.html

The ref talks about the fight with the outcome to Duran, but a fight that close (in the article) might even swing to Hatton.

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Originally Posted by amat

As stupid as this topic is. I always thought Ricky possessed a lot of the same qualities Duran had.

I totally agree that both hatton and a prime duran share a few great qualities..
Ive pointed out earlier that the comparison is unfair due to the evidence Hardrock puts up...

But in actual fact i have not said who has the edge..
One factor might be..Did duran ever quite havethe same training facilities and opportunities for his fights?
Also the fact that Roberto was always an underacheiver when it came to training and sometimes would do nothing but sparring to make weight.. For the simple reason that duran just loved to fight..So he would just fight an incredible amount of rounds in sparring to make weight..But in fact wouldnt be in as great shape as he could be...
Both fighters have been or are well known for blowing up in weight between fights..

I honestly dont believe either is out of theyr leaugue in this proposed prime for prime fight...
Its silly to say either would murder either is my point..Both are great fighters ..
One is a legend..One is a legend in the making..Should hatton do what he needs to do..
Peace

Originally Posted by hardrock

Sweetpea, nuclear bull, Tito_BHB, mike_tha_man, smashcrusher, amat and miles I see your point.

http://www.saddoboxing.com/3680-what...g-legends.html

The ref talks about the fight with the outcome to Duran, but a fight that close (in the article) might even swing to Hatton.

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Rock my point is not who beats who..It is that neither destoys the other..
Both at theyr primes are utter world class fighters and niether can be fobbed off so easily..
My only arguemnt with you is that your evidence is incorrect..

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Originally Posted by hardrock

Sweetpea, nuclear bull, Tito_BHB, mike_tha_man, smashcrusher, amat and miles I see your point.

http://www.saddoboxing.com/3680-what...g-legends.html

The ref talks about the fight with the outcome to Duran, but a fight that close (in the article) might even swing to Hatton.

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Its a possiblity but like I said before, these generation against generation fights are difficult to judge. Too many variables at play, becomes a matter of guess work at the end of the day. A kind of lottery and still you dont really know how it would have played out...

Originally Posted by amat

As stupid as this topic is. I always thought Ricky possessed a lot of the same qualities Duran had.

I tend to agree. Ricky is past his prime right now, so you got to go back several years to get a realistic visual of how that fight might go down. Prime for Prime. would have been a firecracker of a match thats for damn sure !