Duran vs Whitaker, prime vs prime at LW

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Better question, round robin between Duran, Sweet Pea, Shane Mosley and Armstrong.

Nice.

Throw Benny Leonard in there along with the Old Master and Ike Williams and that's one hell of a tourney.

I don't think Whitaker or Shane make it out alive.

I never warmed up to Benny. I don't know why. Wish I had a better reason for you than "just cause."

That is cool. The top 5 lightweights in history is perhaps the toughest list to make in boxing.

This is what Durans trainer Ray Arcel had to say about Leonard and its paraphrased by a boxing writer.

The great trainer Ray Arcel once said that the two best fighters he ever saw were Benny Leonard and Ray Robinson and hesitated on picking between them. Of Leonard he said, “His mental energy surpassed that of anyone else.” Indeed “The Ghetto Wizard” was a clever tactician and ring strategist with a brilliant mind who believed and taught that boxing was the art of out thinking one’s opponent. At this few were Benny Leonard’s equal. Leonard was a master boxer who possessed superb defensive footwork, speed, and elusiveness. He was superb at feinting and counter-punching as well as being a great combination puncher. In many ways Benny was the Muhammad Ali of the lightweight division as he defeated the greatest array of challengers in lightweight division history including Freddie Welsh, Willie Ritchie, Johnny Dundee, Ritchie Mitchell, Charley White, Lew Tendler, and Rocky Kansas.