Quote Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65
Duran was great but overrated. His lightweight competition was not at all equal to him to show how good he really was. And people insulted Jones for fighting bad competition at light heavyweight. When Duran moved up he got Ray to fight him in a phonebooth, but then he gets beat easily the next two times. And losing to these greats Benitez,Hearns, Hagler doesn't really show Duran as the best ever. But his lightweight reign and then beating Moore and Barkley gets him in a good place in boxing history. He was alot better than Gatti but not the best ever. maybe 25 in p4p . Ray Leonard beat the best and found ways to beat them all. All styles. That is why he at 40 fights in my mind is better than Duran at 119 fights.
thank you finally..someone to say what i've been trying to say all along...i never once was trying to say that duran wasn't an ATG..it's just when i look at some P4P list he's been as high as number four, frequently top ten..and that to me is overrated...and because we're talking about the all time best fighters..if he's rated that high then he'd have to be the most overrated all time....