Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
Quote Originally Posted by JonesJrMayweather
Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
He only held the lightweight belt for 7 years,unified the WBC and WBA belts,took the welterweight belt from Leonard,and then moves up in weight again to become the light middleweight champ,and then moves up again to take the middleweight belt.
Whadda bum,I tells ya
who did he take the MW belt from because he lost to hagler and hagler was the MW champ?

So then holding a belt for a long time makes him great? top 10? because there are a number of guys that did that...

And still you haven't named the fighter that he beat that made him great? My point is so what if he held the belt for a long time..nowadays fighters aren't given credit for winning belts, or reigning for a long time but rather who they fight...and certainly aren't rated high because they lose to great fighters but rather because they beat great fighters....


and if beating ray leonard 1 out of three times makes him great, then montell griffith must be all world because he beat toney twice took the belt from RJJ (albeit DQ)...



Quote Originally Posted by BIG H
ESPN – Roberto Duran 6 p4p all time

Panel from the associated boxing press Roberto Duran – number 7 p4p all time

BBC writers poll – Roberto Duran number 3 p4p all time

IBRO is an esteemed group of analysts who are well researched in the history of boxing. The IBRO membership had 30 historians participating in the poll they had Roberto Duran number 7 p4p alltime

The Sun online poll – Roberto Duran number 9 p4p all time


Just a few I picked out - but you won't find any respected poll that doesn't include him.

Maybe JonesMyweather knows more than 99% of the rest of the boxing world

And I could less what a bunch of polls say..I'm asking for you and anybody else on here to decide for yourself...forget reading the results of polls....by what standard do you think he's deserving of top 10 ATG status?

certainly wasn't because of who he beat....
certainly isn't because he beat leonard 1 out of 3....
is it just because he moved up in weight?
i hope not because of his record it's padded with the likes of the tijiauna or panamanian cartel henchmen...
i hope not because he lost to hearns and hagler....
just let me know why you think he's deserving of a top ten ranking....
He took it from Iran Barkley
if that's a feather in his cap for ATG status then RJJ should get credit for beating Ruiz...and PBF for beating Oscar...and Iran barkley was nothing more than that eras version of rahman, mccall, dougalss...meaning he got lucky against hearns and lost every meaningful fight after that except the rematch against hearns...