Whitaker vs Duran @ lightweight

[Beanflicker]

Hey to each his own, its all opinion anyway and we'll never know for sure.

I just can't picture anybody in the history of LW dominating sweet pea. he was such a hard guy to fight, prime pea wins at least 4 or 5 rounds against anyone IMO.

[chinchekked]

Thanks for the input. This thread has given me a lot of artillery to argue each side. BTW you all seem to be pretty educated fight fans and I will definitely be spending more time on this forum.

[chinchekked]

Bump, first thread I ever started on here

[roberto duran legend]

Would have been a great fight but when in his absolute prime HANDS OF STONE was nearly unbeatable at lightweight, UD Duran.

[marbleheadmaui]

If I could just time transport two fighters from all history on their best night to matchup? it might just be the 1977 Roberto Duran and the 1990 Sweet Pea.

The Pete case says the following. Duran often struggled with gifted boxers, Leonard, the Viruets, Benitez and so Sweet Pea would dance him all night long. The Duran answer says, well wait a minute, he beat Leonard and the Viruets as well as other exceptional boxers like Esteban and Vilomar Fernandez and Lou Bizzarro.

The Duran case says Pete never saw a skilled, offensive, relentless engine at his very best weight like Duran and when he did, Tito Trinidad, he couldn't handle it. The Pete response is well Chavez was no joke even at 147, neither was Azumah even at 135 and Pete dominated both of those guys.

At the end of the day I think Pete would have moments where he made Duran look bad, even silly. But I don't think he really has an answer that lets him win a majority of rounds against Duran's aggression.

Duran in an EXTREMELY close decision.

[Master]

Duran on points but very close fight. If Duran was losing he would punch him in the balls. He would not be denied.

[Majesty]

Anyone that thinks Duran would knock out Whitaker is fooling themselves.

[johnsebastianmiran]

I have see Duran fight many times and I saw him train as well. Some people forget his head movement was superb to say the least and just for fun he used to use his head to work out on the speed bag. He used to jump rope in a squat position in his prime year workouts. He was a closet boxer that could not only circle around you but adopt and change gears when he got the distance he wanted. His defense when needed was prime stuff. I remember when he went after the elusive Vilomar Fernandez and the challenger used every trick in the book and he repeted himself and Duran knocked him out in the fourteenth round. He always dictated the ace and when he chose not to there was a KO.
I am a Duran fan and I wish to say that before anyone gives Sweet Pea the nod remember Duran fought everyone that accepted his challenge and he took risks. Sweet Pea was a great defensive fighter and Duran was no Hurtago. His endurance was unquestionable but against Duran who was always a different breed of cat and a natural predator, his work would most definitely be cut out for him. I thought he won when he fought De Lahoya but he lacked enthusiasm and the judges picked up on that. Chavez lost that night IMO when he fought Whitaker but that was not Duran across the ring.

[chinchekked]

Bump to stir up trouble to go along with the Floyd vs Leonard/Duran thread

[LobowolfXXX]

That's the thing, I see that scenario as a possibility but I picture Duran knocking him out late via cutting off the ring effectively and a great body attack or Sweet Pea being on his game and popping Duran and moving all night en route to an easy decision, making him look foolish in the process.

You're a new poster on this board, so you will soon see that majority of the posters on here see Duran as some sort of lightweight God...I on the other hand is considered a heretic on the guy...I think Sweet pea, and floyd would both beat him at LW and Mosley would absolutely crush him...

If you don't see Duran as "some sort of lightweight God," then you didn't see him fight at 135. He's one of the few people you can talk about in the same discussion with Sugar Ray Robinson about all-time P4P and pass the straight face test.