Quote Originally Posted by Bx730NY
Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer
Bilbo you have become insanely stupid as of late. And I have the utmost respect for you. However, I do suggest you watch a Duran fight at Lightweight again sometime. Floyd thinks he has fought some formidable opponents. He would shat himself when Duran slithered through the ropes.
CC for noticing.

He is one the guys the article referred to that thinks floyd walks on water.
Not at all, Duran lost to far worse fighters than Floyd.

I like Duran and think he's one of the all time greats but there is a huge tendancy to overate Duran and underate Mayweather imo.

The guy has never lost, can adjust midfight to an opponent better than any other boxer I have seen in history and never ever has an off night.

Whether you hate him or not doesn't change the fact that Floyd is a master strategist in the ring and the best defensive fighter of our generation. He could have frustrated the hell out of Duran.

Seriously I think some people just have too much nostalgia for certain old fighters and think that nobody in the present era's could touch them.

It has never been like that people. The differences between the best in any era are just marginal at best. Duran struggled against certain lesser opponents in his own era so why do assume he wouldn't struggle against the absolute best of the current era?

Likewise Ray Robinson. He lost his middleweight crown 5 times and went life and death with Randy Turpin in the rematch yet people scoff at the idea that Bernard Hopkins for example could have possibly beaten him.

Now I'm not putting Hopkins anywhere near as high as Ray Robinson on the All Time list, and I agree Ray is number 1 but if they ever met in a fight I hoonestly don't know who would have won. Considering Ray lost a bunch of fights at middleweight I would probably side with Hopkins to be honest.

Anyone back on topic, in my mind Floyd could beat Duran. Is he as high p4p yet? No. But if they fought it would be a 50/50 fight and I reckon the betting would favour Floyd slightly.

Make of that what you will.