Quote Originally Posted by rjj tszyu View Post
First of all I think your wrong saying he has no punch power at 147.Certainly not the hardest hitter but the shot that sent Hatton into the corner head first looked quite powerful to me. He was out of his comfort zone fighting DLH at 154 and still came away with a victory. I personally think he would have beaten Duran (Prime v Prime) as I see him frustrating Duran the way Leonard did in "NO MAS", but don't see him beating Tommy Hearns as I think that Hearns' height and skill coupled with that freakish punch power would have caused him serious trouble and I see Hearns as one of the only men in welterweight history that could knock a prime Floyd out. As for him struggling against people who don't compare to Hearns, Duran, Hagler and Benitez I think that DLH is certainly in that league. Im not saying Oscar would have beaten any of them but he would have certainly been no pushover and i would see him taking them all the distance (with the exception of the natural middleweight Hagler who probably would have stopped him) and losing close competitive fights.
Hatton's chin at 147 was tested by Luis Collazo...so let's be real about Floyd's power it just not there.

Prime for Prime Duran was one of the greatest pound for pound fighters of all time and the psych job he'd do on Floyd would be Floyd's undoing. Duran would want PBF to try to KO him and Duran would have beat the shit out of him....Duran was a good boxer, he lacked the speed of a Leonard or Mayweather but on the inside he was very good on defense and he was just brutal with his punches.

Oscar is a good fighter but in no way would he beat Duran, Hearns, or Hagler or even compete with them....Benitez yeah he'd have a better shot at him. Tommy Hearns was a Tito Trinidad who could box at a very high level as he damn near beat Ray Leonard in his Prime he boxed his ears off until he ran out of gas. Duran was a Ricardo Mayorga or Fernando Vargas that could box at a high level and he beat Ray Leonard to hell and back in Ray's prime!!! Hagler was like a less goofy Paul Williams with a Bernard Hopkins attitude...great work ethic and threw tons and tons of punches.

People talk of the Golden Age of Heavyweights in the 60's and 70's but the 1980's was the Golden Era of Welterweights....I doubt PBF would even beat Julio Cesar Chavez