Ray didn't have one punch power...Floyd doesn't have any power at all at 147......if Ray could outbox Duran a great fighter who could box extremely well on the inside and out fight Tommy Hearns then he wouldn't have had much of a problem with Floyd who damn near got beat by an old Oscar De la Hoya.
Ray's handspeed, heart, and style would provide lots of trouble for Floyd.....Ray only got beat 3(really 4 because the rematch with Hearns) times and those times he was old or fighting one of the greatest pound for pound fighters in the history of the sport (Roberto Duran). Floyd hasn't been beat YET but he has had major trouble in a couple fights vs guys who just don't compare to the likes of Hearns, Duran, Hagler, and Benitez....Jose Luis Castillo a good fighter but nothing close to Duran
Ray was also the naturally bigger man
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