I think we'd hear "No MAS, NO MAS"!!!!!!!!!! Again and again. PBF is the man. Live with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by paddy448
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I think we'd hear "No MAS, NO MAS"!!!!!!!!!! Again and again. PBF is the man. Live with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by paddy448
it would be exactly like duran -leonard #1
mayweather would "try" to think like leonard did in that first encounter.
Duran was good but fundamentally a quick fast footed fighters beat him. Duran had his feet wide apart and with guys who fought him and let him get off his shots he would be unbeatable (Iran Barkley, Davey Moore), but when a guy had skills to not let Duran punch and move and counter Duran was made to look ordinary. I remember another smaller guy Benitez making Duran look almost silly with speed. And Hearns jab was landing on Duran snapping Roberto's head back and Tommy had quick hands. Speed was Duran's weakness and Floyd had it, although Floyd is not better than Sugar Ray Leonard and never will be. I think it would be interesting. But speed did get to Duran. Movement and speed even more.. The key to beating Duran. First foot movement and speed and effective punching. Duran beating Ray the first time was just the case of Ray wanting to fight Duran's fight. And this is proven by the fact that Ray easily beat Duran in the rematch and the 3rd fight. If Duran really was better than Ray he would have done it again in the next two fights. All Ray needed was a little experience and he beat Duran easily. And Duran then was 29 years old and 147 was a good weight for him. This past his peak stuff in 1980 is nonsense.
mayweather UD
Well after seeing Floyd with Oscar I would say Floyd beats Duran on UD at lightweight. I can see all the sad clicks coming my way. But that does not matter, fact is Floyd had the style to beat Duran and frustrate him. Sugar Ray Leonard easily beat Ray the final two times he fought him. And I know people say, well Duran beat Ray the first time. Well so what. If a fighter can come back the next fight and win easily and make a guy quit, and then 8 years after that win against every round. That shows he fought the wrong fight in the first fight. Duran being Ray Leonard was more Ray's stupidity than Duran's skills . Fact is Ray learned from that fight and became a complete fighter and a great fighter.
Lol i don't think so mate brawling with Duran would be last thing on his mind he would be thinking safety first and he would win decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by blast from past
yep,, I agree. No one would fight Duran that way since Ray was beaten in the first fight. Duran is a great fighter, but people do not see that the guys who beat him Leonard, Benitez, Hearns, Hagler. all had speed. Although Hagler did not use his speed in that fight, he just thought he would easily beat Duran. Duran had trouble with speed. The same way Hearns had trouble with pressure, but no one rates Tommy at 1-5 p4p so I am not sure why Duran is always rated there. He should have prevailed in his fights with Benitez,Hagler or Hearns a little better.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
Even Kirkland Laing outboxed Duran Legendboxing.
if you think pbf ran against from oscar, it would be 10x worse with duran
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Originally Posted by HeavyKnockOut911
Never in a 100000000000000000000000000000000000 years is Floyd going to knockdown Duran.
Not even Hagler could do that and it took a alltime great like Hearns to do that.
But in all fairness, Floyd would win by UD
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkDestroyer
yeah he did. Duran was still good when he fought at those weights, if anything he just overindulged. Duran always gets the excuses when he lost more than most fighters. It is apparent from his loses that he did not do well with boxers and guys who used good skills who had speed. I always thought Pernell Whitaker would have beaten Duran with ease at lightweight.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING