Quote Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
Quote Originally Posted by Dav
I stand corrected... I've just found the magazine in question and Duran was 5th. The top 10 were as follows:

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Joe Louis
5. Roberto Duran
6. Willie Pep
7.Harry Greb
8. Benny Leonard
9. Sugar Ray Leonard
10. Pernell Whitaker

Considering the thread of this topic others of note were....

17. Marvin Hagler
67. Thomas Hearns (?)
68. Wilfred Benitez

Pick the bones out of that lot!!
Willie Pep should be higher than Duran i honestly don't rate Duran as high as that yes he had great reign at Lightweight and imo is probably the best Lightweight ever but when he moved up he lost alot of the big fights and got outboxed by lowely regarded Kirland Laing and Simms yes he is a legend and i like Duran personally but top 5 he should not be imo.
Yes, the problem with Duran was that he sometimes failed to get into shape for fights and lost some howlers he should have won easily