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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
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Violent Demise
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Onetime
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El Kabong
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If I said the same think about the Klits and ATG heavyweights would you agree?
Say what you want about them, doesn't bother me, nor does it affect their legacies. In fact what Duran said about Floyd doesn't affect HIS legacy so why get all emotional and defensive like a little girl?
What Roberto Duran said is true...however nobody has said Floyd isn't a great fighter, nobody is taking away what he's done in the ring, but you get all upset just because an old timer doesn't kiss the ass of a current fighter and a few fans happen to agree.....that's fucking sad man
Actually I compared to similar situations and you got emotional, Wlad's latest opponents having been pretty bad.
There's a huge difference. There's a good amount of fighters Mayweather didn't fight and should of fought. I'm trying to find one fighter Wlad should of fought and didn't
Fair point but I'll never be convinced that this guy from Syria was the best Wlad could face.
Who deserves a shot and hasn't gotten it? Weak division or not Wlad runs it. And he runs it with a iron fist. Cuz I see nobody taking him any time soon. Wlad's actually doing something people want champions to do but very rarely do. He's beaten all the worthy contenders. Now he's beating all the unworthy contenders. That's how you clean out a division.
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El Kabong
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Onetime
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Violent Demise
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Onetime
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El Kabong
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Onetime
If I said the same think about the Klits and ATG heavyweights would you agree?
Say what you want about them, doesn't bother me, nor does it affect their legacies. In fact what Duran said about Floyd doesn't affect HIS legacy so why get all emotional and defensive like a little girl?
What Roberto Duran said is true...however nobody has said Floyd isn't a great fighter, nobody is taking away what he's done in the ring, but you get all upset just because an old timer doesn't kiss the ass of a current fighter and a few fans happen to agree.....that's fucking sad man
Actually I compared to similar situations and you got emotional, Wlad's latest opponents having been pretty bad.
There's a huge difference. There's a good amount of fighters Mayweather didn't fight and should of fought. I'm trying to find one fighter Wlad should of fought and didn't
Fair point but I'll never be convinced that this guy from Syria was the best Wlad could face.
Well that sounds like a personal problem to me
Floyd will be more be considered greater so it's your problem.
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Onetime
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Violent Demise
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Onetime
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El Kabong
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Onetime
If I said the same think about the Klits and ATG heavyweights would you agree?
Say what you want about them, doesn't bother me, nor does it affect their legacies. In fact what Duran said about Floyd doesn't affect HIS legacy so why get all emotional and defensive like a little girl?
What Roberto Duran said is true...however nobody has said Floyd isn't a great fighter, nobody is taking away what he's done in the ring, but you get all upset just because an old timer doesn't kiss the ass of a current fighter and a few fans happen to agree.....that's fucking sad man
Actually I compared to similar situations and you got emotional, Wlad's latest opponents having been pretty bad.
There's a huge difference. There's a good amount of fighters Mayweather didn't fight and should of fought. I'm trying to find one fighter Wlad should of fought and didn't
Fair point but I'll never be convinced that this guy from Syria was the best Wlad could face.
Who deserves a shot and hasn't gotten it? Weak division or not Wlad runs it. And he runs it with a iron fist. Cuz I see nobody taking him any time soon. Wlad's actually doing something people want champions to do but very rarely do. He's beaten all the worthy contenders. Now he's beating all the unworthy contenders. That's how you clean out a division.
Do you consider him an ATG
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
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Onetime
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Violent Demise
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Onetime
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Violent Demise
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Onetime
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El Kabong
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Originally Posted by
Onetime
If I said the same think about the Klits and ATG heavyweights would you agree?
Say what you want about them, doesn't bother me, nor does it affect their legacies. In fact what Duran said about Floyd doesn't affect HIS legacy so why get all emotional and defensive like a little girl?
What Roberto Duran said is true...however nobody has said Floyd isn't a great fighter, nobody is taking away what he's done in the ring, but you get all upset just because an old timer doesn't kiss the ass of a current fighter and a few fans happen to agree.....that's fucking sad man
Actually I compared to similar situations and you got emotional, Wlad's latest opponents having been pretty bad.
There's a huge difference. There's a good amount of fighters Mayweather didn't fight and should of fought. I'm trying to find one fighter Wlad should of fought and didn't
Fair point but I'll never be convinced that this guy from Syria was the best Wlad could face.
Who deserves a shot and hasn't gotten it? Weak division or not Wlad runs it. And he runs it with a iron fist. Cuz I see nobody taking him any time soon. Wlad's actually doing something people want champions to do but very rarely do. He's beaten all the worthy contenders. Now he's beating all the unworthy contenders. That's how you clean out a division.
Do you consider him an ATG
Not yet. But he's on his way. Once he's done he will be ATG
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Onetime
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Onetime
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El Kabong
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Onetime
If I said the same think about the Klits and ATG heavyweights would you agree?
Say what you want about them, doesn't bother me, nor does it affect their legacies. In fact what Duran said about Floyd doesn't affect HIS legacy so why get all emotional and defensive like a little girl?
What Roberto Duran said is true...however nobody has said Floyd isn't a great fighter, nobody is taking away what he's done in the ring, but you get all upset just because an old timer doesn't kiss the ass of a current fighter and a few fans happen to agree.....that's fucking sad man
Actually I compared to similar situations and you got emotional, Wlad's latest opponents having been pretty bad.
There's a huge difference. There's a good amount of fighters Mayweather didn't fight and should of fought. I'm trying to find one fighter Wlad should of fought and didn't
Fair point but I'll never be convinced that this guy from Syria was the best Wlad could face.
Who deserves a shot and hasn't gotten it? Weak division or not Wlad runs it. And he runs it with a iron fist. Cuz I see nobody taking him any time soon. Wlad's actually doing something people want champions to do but very rarely do. He's beaten all the worthy contenders. Now he's beating all the unworthy contenders. That's how you clean out a division.
Do you consider him an ATG
Not yet. But he's on his way. Once he's done he will be ATG
I really don't know what to say about a heavyweight who reigns over a dead because he can't move up he can only face whose there but the Lewis fight tells me he's not great and it's the era. One thing about Floyd he is a small welter and people act like he needs to go to middleweight to be great day before weigh ins have really made what he has done even more impressive.
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
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Onetime
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Violent Demise
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Onetime
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El Kabong
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Onetime
If I said the same think about the Klits and ATG heavyweights would you agree?
Say what you want about them, doesn't bother me, nor does it affect their legacies. In fact what Duran said about Floyd doesn't affect HIS legacy so why get all emotional and defensive like a little girl?
What Roberto Duran said is true...however nobody has said Floyd isn't a great fighter, nobody is taking away what he's done in the ring, but you get all upset just because an old timer doesn't kiss the ass of a current fighter and a few fans happen to agree.....that's fucking sad man
Actually I compared to similar situations and you got emotional, Wlad's latest opponents having been pretty bad.
There's a huge difference. There's a good amount of fighters Mayweather didn't fight and should of fought. I'm trying to find one fighter Wlad should of fought and didn't
Fair point but I'll never be convinced that this guy from Syria was the best Wlad could face.
Who deserves a shot and hasn't gotten it? Weak division or not Wlad runs it. And he runs it with a iron fist. Cuz I see nobody taking him any time soon. Wlad's actually doing something people want champions to do but very rarely do. He's beaten all the worthy contenders. Now he's beating all the unworthy contenders. That's how you clean out a division.
Do you consider him an ATG
Not yet. But he's on his way. Once he's done he will be ATG
I really don't know what to say about a heavyweight who reigns over a dead because he can't move up he can only face whose there but the Lewis fight tells me he's not great and it's the era. One thing about
Floyd he is a small welter and people act like he needs to go to middleweight to be great day before weigh ins have really made what he has done even more impressive.
He is. But he was a big Junior Lightweight. A natural Lightweight. And a strong Junior Welterweight. And a lot fights with good fighters didn't get made. Is it all his fault? No. But bottom line is the fights still didn't get made. I got no problem with Mayweather. I like watching him fight. But there's a good amount of his fights I could of done with out. Justin Juuko, Carlos Gerena, Victoriano Sosa, Henry Bruseles, Sharmba Mitchell, Shane Mosley. And I'm sure there's more.
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
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i always thought duran was way overrated, Hagler Leonard and Hearns were all way better and floyd would toy with duran to a shut out UD or later ko or maybe he pussys out at just quits again lol
You're either a troll or don't know very much about the sport of boxing.
I'm guessing both. :cool:
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
This is one of the reasons why I like talking about old school fighters. In threads like this, posters get exposed and we are able to distinguish the true boxing fans from a noobs haha
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
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Fact is, we don't know.
Training looks a lot different now... different techniques, different philosophies, and different science to the sport. It is close to impossible to say who would have done what in what era.
When we look at boxing IQ and beating the man in front of you - which is all that a boxer can be asked to do - fighters today would have done just fine against fighters back in the day. The Klits would have held their own - they are HUGE compared to many of the ATG heavyweight champs. Those guys would have never seen the likes of them. But does that mean the innate skills are the same? No.
Fighters in Duran's day fought at least two to three times a year - most fought more. That's not the case anymore... if all of these guys fought more often and TRULY had to clear out a division, would they be undefeated? Doubtful. But I have no doubt that they would hold their own.
lol U make it sound like Duran fought in the 30s or something. All the methods you mentioned hasn't evolved all that much since Duran's era.. If anything, it has regressed..
You want to talk about conditioning? Fighters back then were conditioned to go 15 hard rounds and Duran certainly had no problems with it..
Technique did u say? We can argue that fighters back were superior in that area as well.. They were more skilled in terms of Inside-fighting, body punching and combination punching ..
Some of these techniques are a lost art in today's boxing.
Boxing and Baseball are two sports that hasn't evolved much..
I didn't mention methods... I mentioned that there are techniques that were not evident then and philosophies that were not common then. For the most part, I would agree that the contenders are not what they were... but I would not say that the REAL champs in the weight classes are still pretty darned good and tough to compare to previous champs from previous eras. They are faster, stronger, and have the older guys to look at for ideas of how to do what they do.
Duran wasn't from the 30's, but I would say that fighters are stronger and faster now than in the 80's - wouldn't you? Nutrition programs, supplements, and weight lifting techniques/philosophies have definitely changed. I would absolutely say that there are less fighters that could go 15 now than before, but they are not expected to. I would argue that if there were still 15 round fights, you would have more fighters that could go 15.
Duran's hands were fast and he hit hard... harder than Shane Mosley? Harder than Manny? I don't know and there's no way for me to know. Larry Holmes was skilled and could beat a lot of heavies in his day... could he beat Lennox Lewis (basically one or maybe two generations of fighters later)? Wlad? Vitali? I honestly don't know. He never saw fighters that had hands as fast as those guys at that size.
My point is only that fighters adapt to the age that they are in. Every so often, you get guys that stand out. At the lower weights, you have a ton of guys who have skills that are not champions - and then you have your guys who are great for every era.
I think Floyd is much better than an ordinary fighter in the 70's and 80's - he is very smart and adaptable in the ring. The title of the article is ridiculous. If he said that Floyd wouldn't have been undefeated, I can go with that.
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
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I think Floyd is much better than an ordinary fighter in the 70's and 80's - he is very smart and adaptable in the ring. The title of the article is ridiculous. If he said that Floyd wouldn't have been undefeated, I can go with that.
Exactly and that will probably be the one thing other then the phantom fight that historians will hold against him. His inactivity levels. However I suppose one has to take into account that he made on average 20 million dollars a fight while guys like Montiel never got a 7 figure payday until he fought Donaire. People keep accusing him of ducking but it simply cant be shown. Would other fighters have fought as much as they did earning that kind of money? No way to show that w/o a time machine. Had he been in the era of the fab 4 or 5 he most likely would have fought all of them or most of them.
I don't think he'd fare all that well against Duran at 135 but when you see how Duran struggled against Benitez its certainly not far fetched that he would struggle with Floyd at 147 or 154.
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
We will never know how duran would fair in this era and floyd in durans era.
Lets also not discredit other current fighters as duran is not everyones ATG.
Floyd has the advantage over duran and obviously duran is jealous to be making those comments.
Theres no escaping the fact duran was a great lightweight and he would be a problem in any era but i just feel he wouldnt beat floyd.
Just like a prime vlad wouldnt beat a prime larry holmes..it works both ways.
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Dont be surprised if a another blast from the past digs out andre ward for not being able to survive in their era.
What bollocks.
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
Okay, this is pretty simple. You can't say Duran belonged in that group and then excuse his losing by saying he was too small for them. Was Duran too small for Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, and Benitez? If so, then he doesn't belong in that group because he was too small. We'll all just agree that he kept losing to them because he gave up too much size. Fine no problem. We'll keep Duran in the lightweight discussions. But for those who want to include him in that group or say that it doesn't matter if you sign up to fight then you can't use size as an excuse afterwards then lets look at that. So we then include Duran in that group and see that he was 1-5 against them. That's below ordinary. Did he really belong in that group? If so, then explain that record. And to be fair to Duran the article headline fudged what he said. Writers do that a lot. That's how they get you to view. There is no accountability. Duran basically was stating that Floyd would be just another guy amongst that group and not a standout. He didn't say Floyd would just be an ordinary fighter in his era.
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I think Floyd is much better than an ordinary fighter in the 70's and 80's - he is very smart and adaptable in the ring. The title of the article is ridiculous. If he said that Floyd wouldn't have been undefeated, I can go with that.
Exactly and that will probably be the one thing other then the phantom fight that historians will hold against him. His inactivity levels. However I suppose one has to take into account that he made on average 20 million dollars a fight while guys like
Montiel never got a 7 figure payday until he fought Donaire. People keep accusing him of ducking but it simply cant be shown. Would other fighters have fought as much as they did earning that kind of money? No way to show that w/o a time machine. Had he been in the era of the fab 4 or 5 he most likely would have fought all of them or most of them.
I don't think he'd fare all that well against Duran at 135 but when you see how Duran struggled against Benitez its certainly not far fetched that he would struggle with Floyd at 147 or 154.
He didn't make 7 figures for the Donaire fight
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
We will never know how duran would fair in this era and floyd in durans era.
Lets also not discredit other current fighters as duran is not everyones ATG.
Floyd has the advantage over duran and obviously duran is jealous to be making those comments.
Theres no escaping the fact duran was a great lightweight and he would be a problem in any era but i just feel he wouldnt beat floyd.
Just like a prime vlad wouldnt beat a prime larry holmes..it works both ways.
Wlad would be a bad styles match up for Holmes.
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You know the Floyd fans are on the ropes when they're trying to defend Floyd by trying to make the discussion about Wlad. And the stupidity of it is that NOBODY is trying to make the case that Floyd sucks or isn't great.....such delicate feelings you have
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You know the Floyd fans are on the ropes when they're trying to defend Floyd by trying to make the discussion about Wlad. And the stupidity of it is that NOBODY is trying to make the case that Floyd sucks or isn't great.....such delicate feelings you have
Lol.
It has been said many times already that floyd owns whatever type of duran.
Wlad wont be missed after retirement but floyd will
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You know the Floyd fans are on the ropes when they're trying to defend Floyd by trying to make the discussion about Wlad. And the stupidity of it is that NOBODY is trying to make the case that Floyd sucks or isn't great.....such delicate feelings you have
Lol.
It has been said many times already that floyd owns whatever type of duran.
Wlad wont be missed after retirement but floyd will
Its OK....just cry it out
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First off, once you get past the article headline being a lie then you'll see a more reasonable Duran approach. Duran never said Mayweather would have been ordinary. What he said and was making it out to be is that Mayweather wouldn't have stood out from that elite hall of fame group he mixed it up with. He basically said Mayweather would have belonged in that group but wouldn't have stood out from them like they were second tier like he is doing to today's era. And with that point I don't necessarily disagree although I find it funny that Mayweather probably would have had the easiest time with Duran's style and maybe have knocked him from that group. Duran was 1-4 in that group and squeaked by for the lone victory at that. Every opponent in that group beat him. He might want to realize he actually was the low man on that totem pole. Adding Mayweather may have taken his name from belonging.
Duran had possibly the biggest win though out of all of them, the man was the smallest of the bunch yet gave Leonard and Hagler hell, IMO despite being brutally KO'd by Hearns he gave Hagler a better fight than Hearns did, Leonard danced and mocked Duran in the rematch more than actually beat him up or even outboxed him, that's why it baffles me that people regard "No Mas" as if Duran was taking an ass whooping when he really wasn't, the man isn't regarded THE GREATEST LIGHTWEIGHT of ALL TIME for no reason, and IMO he'd be on a more even playing field against Floyd than he was with ANY of the other 3 mentioned, hence why he can say he would have handled him, funny how people only look at what's shiny and new and try to cast out great fighters from the past as overrated
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
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Lets flip the script.
Dont be surprised if a prime cotto gets him out by 8 via bodyshots.
A prime roid mosley destroys duran in 6.
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Oh my ******* God! I'm lost for words.... I'm just so lost for words right now!
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Lets flip the script.
Dont be surprised if a prime cotto gets him out by 8 via bodyshots.
A prime roid mosley destroys duran in 6.
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Oh my ******* God! I'm lost for words.... I'm just so lost for words right now!
Exactly.
Thats the point.
No one would ever know.
Go on. Bring up the fact that cotto got destroyed by margarito or moseley by forrest.
Theres a never ending line of excuses to discredit a fighter to bring another one up in their place.
Duran has had his day and will always be remembered for being a great fighter AND for quitting.
To say that floyd would be ordinary in his era when duran was behind haglar, hearns and leonard and benitez doesnt make sense.
Manny pac would probably beat duran as well but prob at a catchweight.
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I think Floyd is much better than an ordinary fighter in the 70's and 80's - he is very smart and adaptable in the ring. The title of the article is ridiculous. If he said that Floyd wouldn't have been undefeated, I can go with that.
Exactly and that will probably be the one thing other then the phantom fight that historians will hold against him. His inactivity levels. However I suppose one has to take into account that he made on average 20 million dollars a fight while guys like
Montiel never got a 7 figure payday until he fought Donaire. People keep accusing him of ducking but it simply cant be shown. Would other fighters have fought as much as they did earning that kind of money? No way to show that w/o a time machine. Had he been in the era of the fab 4 or 5 he most likely would have fought all of them or most of them.
I don't think he'd fare all that well against Duran at 135 but when you see how Duran struggled against Benitez its certainly not far fetched that he would struggle with Floyd at 147 or 154.
He didn't make 7 figures for the Donaire fight
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
We will never know how duran would fair in this era and floyd in durans era.
Lets also not discredit other current fighters as duran is not everyones ATG.
Floyd has the advantage over duran and obviously duran is jealous to be making those comments.
Theres no escaping the fact duran was a great lightweight and he would be a problem in any era but i just feel he wouldnt beat floyd.
Just like a prime vlad wouldnt beat a prime larry holmes..it works both ways.
Wlad would be a bad styles match up for Holmes.
Holmes was so skilled with a great heart and fast hands.
Over 15 rounds it would be even worse for Wlad.
Wlad is massive and has all the size advantages but that would not save him.
Holmes never got the respect he deserved. Even after being floored by one of the hardest hitters in the game in earnie shavers and still coming back to win the fight.
Duran has a great chin, power and heart (when he doesnt quit) but the slick style of floyd would be too much for him and floyd would be left to battle it out with leonard and hearns for that top spot.
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Holmes was so skilled with a great heart and fast hands.
Over 15 rounds it would be even worse for Wlad.
Wlad is massive and has all the size advantages but that would not save him.
Holmes never got the respect he deserved. Even after being floored by one of the hardest hitters in the game in earnie shavers and still coming back to win the fight.
Duran has a great chin, power and heart (when he doesnt quit) but the slick style of floyd would be too much for him and floyd would be left to battle it out with leonard and hearns for that top spot.
OK, so allow me to get this straight. With Duran you're saying and I quote
"Exactly.
Thats the point.
No one would ever know"
But with Wladimir you're saying with certainty, no doubts, 100% sure that he'd lose to Larry Holmes.
Do you kinda sorta see how that might, maybe, just possibly perhaps be a bit hypocritical?
The problem you have @imp is that the only person trying to completely discredit a fighter here is YOU. You're attempting to discredit Wladimir Klitschko and in bringing him up to begin with you've lost the argument because you've veered so far off topic. This is about what Roberto Duran said about Floyd Mayweather Jr why does Wlad factor into this? Why bring him up? Just because someone suggests Floyd would have struggled vs some of the greatest fighters ever, in one of the deepest divisions ever....you're THAT upset about a tiny bit of criticism?
OK guys, new rule, no more saying anything remotely negative about Floyd Mayweather Jr., his fans can't take it :rolleyes:
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Okay so we've already established (I should but never ever read articles from these less-than-credible websites) that Duran was really referring to Mayweather's opposition or this Era as a whole, so beyond that, I guess I can only remark that the WW and LMW of the 80's were better than those of more recent times.
Which I think is fair.
The lightweights of the 70's against the lightweights of the late 90's/ early 00's, I'll be honest, I really ain't too sure??
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Holmes was so skilled with a great heart and fast hands.
Over 15 rounds it would be even worse for Wlad.
Wlad is massive and has all the size advantages but that would not save him.
Holmes never got the respect he deserved. Even after being floored by one of the hardest hitters in the game in earnie shavers and still coming back to win the fight.
Duran has a great chin, power and heart (when he doesnt quit) but the slick style of floyd would be too much for him and floyd would be left to battle it out with leonard and hearns for that top spot.
OK, so allow me to get this straight. With Duran you're saying and I quote
"Exactly.
Thats the point.
No one would ever know"
But with Wladimir you're saying with certainty, no doubts, 100% sure that he'd lose to Larry Holmes.
Do you kinda sorta see how that might, maybe, just possibly perhaps be a bit hypocritical?
The problem you have @
imp is that the only person trying to completely discredit a fighter here is
YOU. You're attempting to discredit Wladimir Klitschko and in bringing him up to begin with you've lost the argument because you've veered so far off topic. This is about what Roberto Duran said about Floyd Mayweather Jr why does Wlad factor into this? Why bring him up? Just because someone suggests Floyd would have struggled vs some of the greatest fighters ever, in one of the deepest divisions ever....you're THAT upset about a tiny bit of criticism?
OK guys, new rule, no more saying anything remotely negative about Floyd Mayweather Jr., his fans can't take it :rolleyes:
Lool
Ek, please go back to the start of the thread and you will clearly see i never brought Wlad into this discussion!
Jeez, as soon as Wlad is even mentioned you start getting nasty.
I said many times in my post to keep on track and stick with duran/floyd.
Floyd is not perfect which is why i said many times i wouldnt know how he would fair against leonard or hearn.
BUT i am sure that duran would not pose as much as a problem in the squared circle to floyd as you mentioned would never have the balls to fight a fighter like duran anyway...
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El Kabong
You know the Floyd fans are on the ropes when they're trying to defend Floyd by trying to make the discussion about Wlad. And the stupidity of it is that NOBODY is trying to make the case that Floyd sucks or isn't great.....such delicate feelings you have
Again you are the one who loves a boxer with no great names on his resume, if Floyd had beat Martinez, Williams, prime Cotto and Manny he wouldn't get credit from you anyway.
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Floyd is an ATG in any era. His combination of skill, freakish athletic ability, ring generalship and DISCIPLINE are, at least in my opinion, unmatched in the history of boxing.
Would he have had a tough time against guys like Leonard and Hearns? Sure. They are ATG fighters. Might he have lost to them? It's certainly possible.
But nobody is going to tell me that Floyd doesn't belong with those guys.
And here's another fact that a lot of you might not like: Floyd eats Duran alive. Floyd is absolute poison for Duran.
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
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imp
Lool
Ek, please go back to the start of the thread and you will clearly see i never brought Wlad into this discussion!
Jeez, as soon as Wlad is even mentioned you start getting nasty.
I said many times in my post to keep on track and stick with duran/floyd.
Floyd is not perfect which is why i said many times i wouldnt know how he would fair against leonard or hearn.
BUT i am sure that duran would not pose as much as a problem in the squared circle to floyd as you mentioned would never have the balls to fight a fighter like duran anyway...
I take it that Reading Comprehension is not your strong suit.
I said Floyd would never fight someone like Duran and never will fight someone the caliber of Duran not because Floyd is "scared" but because Roberto Duran was that fucking good that there have been very few who even come close to his brilliance in the ring. It's not about Floyd being scared it's about Duran being a once in a lifetime fighter and an all-time great. And yet again, nobody is making the argument that Floyd is bad or Floyd sucks or Floyd isn't a Hall of Famer, All-Time great....Roberto Duran said he would have trouble with the guys he fought is all and rightfully so: Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, Benitez, Gomez...those guys are legends.
Onetime brought Wlad into the discussion, but you called me the "Wlad fan club" after my very first post in this thread, then you said
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The main weak divison today is the heavyweights. (Guess why)
alluding once again to Wlad. But yet you strove to "stay on topic" did you? You retreated from Onetime's indefensible argument is what you did.
I've not gotten nasty at all, I believe my arguments have been very even handed and if anything I have posted has been "nasty" I'll let any poster call me out on it.
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
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Onetime
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El Kabong
You know the Floyd fans are on the ropes when they're trying to defend Floyd by trying to make the discussion about Wlad. And the stupidity of it is that NOBODY is trying to make the case that Floyd sucks or isn't great.....such delicate feelings you have
Again you are the one who loves a boxer with no great names on his resume, if Floyd had beat Martinez, Williams, prime Cotto and Manny he wouldn't get credit from you anyway.
I've given Floyd plenty of credit....is it horrible of me that I wish the best fighter of this era to challenge himself? Is that so terrible of me? I mean I wanted RJJ to challenge himself when he was on top of his game....nobody called me out on that.
Get a fucking grip
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El Kabong
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Originally Posted by
imp
Lool
Ek, please go back to the start of the thread and you will clearly see i never brought Wlad into this discussion!
Jeez, as soon as Wlad is even mentioned you start getting nasty.
I said many times in my post to keep on track and stick with duran/floyd.
Floyd is not perfect which is why i said many times i wouldnt know how he would fair against leonard or hearn.
BUT i am sure that duran would not pose as much as a problem in the squared circle to floyd as you mentioned would never have the balls to fight a fighter like duran anyway...
I take it that Reading Comprehension is not your strong suit.
I said Floyd would never fight someone like Duran and never will fight someone the caliber of Duran not because Floyd is "scared" but because Roberto Duran was that fucking good that there have been very few who even come close to his brilliance in the ring. It's not about Floyd being scared it's about Duran being a once in a lifetime fighter and an all-time great. And yet again, nobody is making the argument that Floyd is bad or Floyd sucks or Floyd isn't a Hall of Famer, All-Time great....Roberto Duran said he would have trouble with the guys he fought is all and rightfully so: Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, Benitez, Gomez...those guys are legends.
Onetime brought Wlad into the discussion, but you called me the "Wlad fan club" after my very first post in this thread, then you said
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The main weak divison today is the heavyweights. (Guess why)
eluding once again to Wlad. But yet you strove to "stay on topic" did you? You retreated from Onetime's indefensible argument is what you did.
I've not gotten nasty at all, I believe my arguments have been very even handed and if anything I have posted has been "nasty" I'll let any poster call me out on it.
Look in 20 years we'll look back at Floyd and say how great he is, in 20 years will say Wlad got lucky to reign over a dead era and the Lewis fight proves it, Golota would reign over this era.
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El Kabong
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Originally Posted by
Onetime
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Originally Posted by
El Kabong
You know the Floyd fans are on the ropes when they're trying to defend Floyd by trying to make the discussion about Wlad. And the stupidity of it is that NOBODY is trying to make the case that Floyd sucks or isn't great.....such delicate feelings you have
Again you are the one who loves a boxer with no great names on his resume, if Floyd had beat Martinez, Williams, prime Cotto and Manny he wouldn't get credit from you anyway.
I've given Floyd plenty of credit....is it horrible of me that I wish
the best fighter of this era to challenge himself? Is that so terrible of me? I mean I wanted RJJ to challenge himself when he was on top of his game....nobody called me out on that.
Get a fucking grip
I think you are confused you sound like the emotional one, I've rooted against Floyd many times I'm just realistic you sound like one of those casuals who say oh Floyd he isn't so good Manny would have fucked him up.
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imp
Lets flip the script.
Would duran even survive in floyds era.
Dont be surprised if a prime cotto gets him out by 8 via bodyshots.
A prime roid mosley destroys duran in 6.
Obviously these fights wont occur but dont underestimate what we have today in boxing.
This is our era.
The main weak divison today is the heavyweights. (Guess why)
Ps:- would duran even beat manny pac?
How much would Duran benefit by moving up in weight in the steroid/PED era? You've got guys starting at 106 and knocking people out at 147 and career featherweights suddenly becoming musclebound welters at forty years old and scoring one-punch KOs. When Duran moved up his body looked like JMM's did for the Mayweather fight. It'd be a different story today.
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TitoFan
Duran is considered an ATG by most knowledgeable people in boxing.
He's just never been known much for his diplomacy (ie: he doesn't have any).
He wasn't known for his love of cats either.
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
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Originally Posted by
Onetime
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Originally Posted by
El Kabong
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Originally Posted by
imp
Lool
Ek, please go back to the start of the thread and you will clearly see i never brought Wlad into this discussion!
Jeez, as soon as Wlad is even mentioned you start getting nasty.
I said many times in my post to keep on track and stick with duran/floyd.
Floyd is not perfect which is why i said many times i wouldnt know how he would fair against leonard or hearn.
BUT i am sure that duran would not pose as much as a problem in the squared circle to floyd as you mentioned would never have the balls to fight a fighter like duran anyway...
I take it that Reading Comprehension is not your strong suit.
I said Floyd would never fight someone like Duran and never will fight someone the caliber of Duran not because Floyd is "scared" but because Roberto Duran was that fucking good that there have been very few who even come close to his brilliance in the ring. It's not about Floyd being scared it's about Duran being a once in a lifetime fighter and an all-time great. And yet again, nobody is making the argument that Floyd is bad or Floyd sucks or Floyd isn't a Hall of Famer, All-Time great....Roberto Duran said he would have trouble with the guys he fought is all and rightfully so: Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, Benitez, Gomez...those guys are legends.
Onetime brought Wlad into the discussion, but you called me the "Wlad fan club" after my very first post in this thread, then you said
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The main weak divison today is the heavyweights. (Guess why)
eluding once again to Wlad. But yet you strove to "stay on topic" did you? You retreated from Onetime's indefensible argument is what you did.
I've not gotten nasty at all, I believe my arguments have been very even handed and if anything I have posted has been "nasty" I'll let any poster call me out on it.
Look in 20 years we'll look back at Floyd and say how great he is, in 20 years will say Wlad got lucky to reign over a dead era and the Lewis fight proves it, Golota would reign over this era.
That's the second time in this thread you've said Lewis proves how Lucky Wlad is. Now you either have a fantastic theory about Lewis and Wlad or you don't realise Wlad and Vitali are different human beings?
Explain it please?
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
Could you SEE Floyd going 15 round with Hagler, I could see the brown adrenaline running
down Floyd's leg.;D
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Originally Posted by
Fenster
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Originally Posted by
Onetime
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Originally Posted by
El Kabong
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Originally Posted by
imp
Lool
Ek, please go back to the start of the thread and you will clearly see i never brought Wlad into this discussion!
Jeez, as soon as Wlad is even mentioned you start getting nasty.
I said many times in my post to keep on track and stick with duran/floyd.
Floyd is not perfect which is why i said many times i wouldnt know how he would fair against leonard or hearn.
BUT i am sure that duran would not pose as much as a problem in the squared circle to floyd as you mentioned would never have the balls to fight a fighter like duran anyway...
I take it that Reading Comprehension is not your strong suit.
I said Floyd would never fight someone like Duran and never will fight someone the caliber of Duran not because Floyd is "scared" but because Roberto Duran was that fucking good that there have been very few who even come close to his brilliance in the ring. It's not about Floyd being scared it's about Duran being a once in a lifetime fighter and an all-time great. And yet again, nobody is making the argument that Floyd is bad or Floyd sucks or Floyd isn't a Hall of Famer, All-Time great....Roberto Duran said he would have trouble with the guys he fought is all and rightfully so: Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, Benitez, Gomez...those guys are legends.
Onetime brought Wlad into the discussion, but you called me the "Wlad fan club" after my very first post in this thread, then you said
Quote:
The main weak divison today is the heavyweights. (Guess why)
eluding once again to Wlad. But yet you strove to "stay on topic" did you? You retreated from Onetime's indefensible argument is what you did.
I've not gotten nasty at all, I believe my arguments have been very even handed and if anything I have posted has been "nasty" I'll let any poster call me out on it.
Look in 20 years we'll look back at Floyd and say how great he is, in 20 years will say Wlad got lucky to reign over a dead era and the Lewis fight proves it, Golota would reign over this era.
That's the second time in this thread you've said Lewis proves how Lucky Wlad is. Now you either have a fantastic theory about Lewis and Wlad or you don't realise Wlad and Vitali are different human beings?
Explain it please?
My fault I pretty much consider them one person named K2 or The Kilts, same point they are Golotas who got lucky
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Re: Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary
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Originally Posted by
Onetime
My fault I pretty much consider them one person named K2 or The Kilts, same point they are Golotas who got lucky
To be fair, I don't blame ya :-\
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Originally Posted by
Jimanuel Boogustus
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Originally Posted by
Onetime
My fault I pretty much consider them one person named K2 or The Kilts, same point they are Golotas who got lucky
To be fair, I don't blame ya :-\
They show Wlad's fights on Epix sometimes, they don't even show Vital fights, they are K2 they reign over a dead era they aren't a thought to most US fans.
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Dia bando
Could you SEE Floyd going 15 round with Hagler, I could see the brown adrenaline running
down Floyd's leg.;D
Lol.
Right. Thats it.
Im bringing calzaghe into the discussion.
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Originally Posted by
El Kabong
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Originally Posted by
Onetime
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Originally Posted by
El Kabong
You know the Floyd fans are on the ropes when they're trying to defend Floyd by trying to make the discussion about Wlad. And the stupidity of it is that NOBODY is trying to make the case that Floyd sucks or isn't great.....such delicate feelings you have
Again you are the one who loves a boxer with no great names on his resume, if Floyd had beat Martinez, Williams, prime Cotto and Manny he wouldn't get credit from you anyway.
I've given Floyd plenty of credit....is it horrible of me that I wish
the best fighter of this era to challenge himself? Is that so terrible of me? I mean I wanted RJJ to challenge himself when he was on top of his game....nobody called me out on that.
Get a fucking grip
Kabong,
What on earth do you think floyd does everytime he steps in the ring?!
Every fight is a challenge for any boxer!
Fine, you appreciate floyds skills but theres still an underlying tone that you think hes a chicken.
Durans style is perfect for floyd and always will be..
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I'm most assuredly not confused. The topic is about what Roberto Duran said about Floyd Mayweather Jr. I agree with part of what Duran was saying and therein lies the problem that @Onetime and @imp have with me.
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Fine, you appreciate floyds skills but theres still an underlying tone that you think hes a chicken.
You might INFER that but I did not specifically imply that nor would I.
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They show Wlad's fights on Epix sometimes, they don't even show Vital fights, they are K2 they reign over a dead era they aren't a thought to most US fans.
"$23,333,330 The bid is the third-biggest winning bid ever and far exceeded expectations".....that's for Wlad vs Povetkin...."dead division" 3rd largest bid ever. Yeah he's REALLY hurting for fans in those huge soccer stadiums.
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My fault I pretty much consider them one person named K2 or The Kilts, same point they are Golotas who got lucky
So blatantly admitting your lack of understanding about boxing...brave move
