roberto MANOS DE PIEDRA duran

[paddy448]

shit i forgot about the welters, only williams would give him trouble out of the three u mentoned icb. but id still favour duran call me crazy, trinidad and curry not a prayer

[paddy448]

whats ur prediction on a fight between duran and pacman at 135,140 and 147. come to think of it i remember seeing an interview on espn with freddie roach and viewers were textin in with questions for freddie and one person asked him who would u favour in a fight at lightweight between duran and manny and to my surprise freddie replied and said duran would win. was not expecting that. its on youtube if u wanna check it out

[ICB]

whats ur prediction on a fight between duran and pacman at 135,140 and 147. come to think of it i remember seeing an interview on espn with freddie roach and viewers were textin in with questions for freddie and one person asked him who would u favour in a fight at lightweight between duran and manny and to my surprise freddie replied and said duran would win. was not expecting that. its on youtube if u wanna check it out

Yea Roberto Duran would win, he's too much of an animal for Manny Pacquiao. Manny Pacquiao would be in a place he's never been in before, and would be stopped late on.

[The Wind]

whats ur prediction on a fight between duran and pacman at 135,140 and 147. come to think of it i remember seeing an interview on espn with freddie roach and viewers were textin in with questions for freddie and one person asked him who would u favour in a fight at lightweight between duran and manny and to my surprise freddie replied and said duran would win. was not expecting that. its on youtube if u wanna check it out

Yeah, I seen that to with Brian Kenny from ESPN, man when that question came up, I had to pause the video and get myself ready for Freddie Roach's reply and he didn't just pick Duran over Pacquiao but he said Duarn is his favuorite fighter and he used the word greatness, that made my week man.

I have been fortunate to meet the Great Duran myself when he was doing a UK tour a couple of years back, one of my proudest possesions is a picture of me with Hands of Stone, it's right there in my living room.

I feel you bro, when you watch Duran it's trully amazing.

Have you seen the way the ring announcer introduces Duran against Palomino, what an Intro!!!

[paddy448]

whats ur prediction on a fight between duran and pacman at 135,140 and 147. come to think of it i remember seeing an interview on espn with freddie roach and viewers were textin in with questions for freddie and one person asked him who would u favour in a fight at lightweight between duran and manny and to my surprise freddie replied and said duran would win. was not expecting that. its on youtube if u wanna check it out

Yeah, I seen that to with Brian Kenny from ESPN, man when that question came up, I had to pause the video and get myself ready for Freddie Roach's reply and he didn't just pick Duran over Pacquiao but he said Duarn is his favuorite fighter and he used the word greatness, that made my week man.

I have been fortunate to meet the Great Duran myself when he was doing a UK tour a couple of years back, one of my proudest possesions is a picture of me with Hands of Stone, it's right there in my living room.

I feel you bro, when you watch Duran it's trully amazing.

Have you seen the way the ring announcer introduces Duran against Palomino, what an Intro!!!

yeah i love that interview with freddie, i like his honesty, as for the palomino fight the intro was funny as hell man, good fight as well thought duran did well against a decent fighter i thought he would of stopped him if it was more then a 10 rounder,glad u got to meet the great man as well i would love to have a chance to meet him, do u no if hes still on the after dinner speaking curcuit

[ICB]

shit i forgot about the welters, only williams would give him trouble out of the three u mentoned icb. but id still favour duran call me crazy, trinidad and curry not a prayer

You gotta take size into account here mate. Paul Williams is 6'1. And he has an 82 inch reach. How would the 5'7 Roberto Duran with his 66 inch reach win ?

Felix Trinidad himself is 5'11 and is simply too big for Roberto Duran, and he would win in a toe to toe match up.

Donald Curry was special before he lost to Lloyd Honeyghan, you gotta watch some prime Donald Curry. He was a brilliant technical boxer, it was like watching a surgeon go to work when he was at his best.

[paddy448]

shit i forgot about the welters, only williams would give him trouble out of the three u mentoned icb. but id still favour duran call me crazy, trinidad and curry not a prayer

You gotta take size into account here mate. Paul Williams is 6'1. And he has an 82 inch reach. How would the 5'7 Roberto Duran with his 66 inch reach win ?

Felix Trinidad himself is 5'11 and is simply too big for Roberto Duran, and he would win in a toe to toe match up.

Donald Curry was special before he lost to Lloyd Honeyghan, you gotta watch some prime Donald Curry. He was a brilliant technical boxer, it was like watching a surgeon go to work when he was at his best.

ur very wise in ur posts mate u definately no ur boxing. i agree with u on paul williams due to his size.i do think duran would find a way tho, i no the comment sounds totally crazy, il admit my love for a certain fighter especially duran bein my favourite ever, it can cloud my judgement as in i dont want to contemplate him losing to some of these fighters u mention, im guilty of that. donald curry ive seen a enough of him to agree with u on his skill set, i still cant belive how faded he looked against rasta man honeygon tho. i need to be real here and say at lightweight for me duran on his day and lets not forget he had a lot off days,but on his absolute wrecking ball sinister best,at lightweight he was the man. when he stepped out from that division yes he was vunerable not really due to other fighters in the higher divisions being better than him i think it was just there natural size that got the better of him. duran could of stayed at lightweight for so much longer i think but he loved to live life(nothing wrong with that) and i think he just didint want the ball ache of boilin down to the weight anymore therefore why he moved up in weights like he did. lets not forget tho he pushed marvin hagler very close up at middleweight. for me even tho he lost was one of his best fights.he was very effective in the higher weights at times, but saying that he had some bad days at the office like hearns,benitez and so on. what im trying to say is i think the main thing that beat duran during his career was weight in more ways than one. and yeah i agree i think duran would take pacman to a scary place at any weight even that catch weight shit that roach always tries to pull off.all in all tho he has to be top 5 top 10 all time greatest ever i even hear people sayin hes top 3. he certainly had a mammoth career. i would die a happy man with half of what he achieved. WHAT FUKKIN FIGHTER no one can deny that

[paddy448]

oh yeah and lets not forget he gave sugar ray leonard his only loss. and by the way icb even tho trinidad was bigger and and stonger than duran at middleweight i think trinidad would be to 1 dimensional for duran. duran would just be that much smarter than trinidad. peace

[BoomBoom]

Duran was a beast, one of the greatest fighters of all time, top 5. Yeah he could be beat, but every fighter can be beat. Sure he lost to a very good version of Liang, but if he fought him again I would favor Duran to win. But in a 5 decade career, any fighter will have off days and lose fights, or fight someone who fights a great fight. Most ATG fighters have lost fights to lesser opponents, mainly because most ATG have a lot of fights and fought a lot of good opposition . A far as who beats Duran in history, im sure there are some that could have, but Id favor a 100% motivated and prepared Duran over just about anyone. Whittaker would have given him some problems imo, but hed give anyone problems.

[paddy448]

sorry meant trinidad at welter. need to get my facts right lol

[paddy448]

Duran was a beast, one of the greatest fighters of all time, top 5. Yeah he could be beat, but every fighter can be beat. Sure he lost to a very good version of Liang, but if he fought him again I would favor Duran to win. But in a 5 decade career, any fighter will have off days and lose fights, or fight someone who fights a great fight. Most ATG fighters have lost fights to lesser opponents, mainly because most ATG have a lot of fights and fought a lot of good opposition . A far as who beats Duran in history, im sure there are some that could have, but Id favor a 100% motivated and prepared Duran over just about anyone. Whittaker would have given him some problems imo, but hed give anyone problems.

totally agreed there mate.a fully prepared and motivated duran would beat most people from 135 to 147 and higher in any time in history. i often think of duran vs mayweather. i think mayweather is unbelievable and so smart i cant see him losing to anybody in and around his weight division today. hes just too good not every ones cup of tea. but if i had to choose a style out of anyone in history id want mayweathers just the hit and not get hit nature of it. u no for a fact when he does retire he will not suffer any of the related diseases that come with the aftermath of a career in the ring. in his whole career when all is said and done he would of took the same amount of punches that most fighters take in one fight. however thats not to say its my favourite style. anyway getting back to mayweather vs duran and yeah lets have it at lightweight coz thats there best divisions for me. im picking duran.does any one agree with this

[BoomBoom]

I think Castillo basically set the blueprint on how to beat Mayweather imo, and Duran could followed it easily and then some. I think Duran was too much fighter for Mayweather at lightweight, too much will, too strong, and skill to match. Floyd wouldnt have the firepower to keep Duran off of him.

[paddy448]

I think Castillo basically set the blueprint on how to beat Mayweather imo, and Duran could followed it easily and then some. I think Duran was too much fighter for Mayweather at lightweight, too much will, too strong, and skill to match. Floyd wouldnt have the firepower to keep Duran off of him.

totally agree there mate. the thing is with duran what people no him for is the fire power like u say but his defence was equally as good. the way he use to slip and slide and just ride punches was unbelievable. and yeah there is no way mayweather would be able keep duran off. no way

[paddy448]

I think Castillo basically set the blueprint on how to beat Mayweather imo, and Duran could followed it easily and then some. I think Duran was too much fighter for Mayweather at lightweight, too much will, too strong, and skill to match. Floyd wouldnt have the firepower to keep Duran off of him.

and yeah floyd is not busy enough to keep duran at bay. the way duran use to get inside fighters then just rip those body shots. when i think about i really cant find one singe weakness in his game not one

[ICB]

I think Castillo basically set the blueprint on how to beat Mayweather imo, and Duran could followed it easily and then some. I think Duran was too much fighter for Mayweather at lightweight, too much will, too strong, and skill to match. Floyd wouldnt have the firepower to keep Duran off of him.

Floyd Mayweather Jr was injured with a bad shoulder in the 1st fight, in the 2nd fight when he was 100 percent. It was a clear win points wise for Floyd Mayweather Jr. And Floyd Mayweather Jr has improved since that fight.

I could easily comeback and say Kirkland Laing, Wilfred Benitez, all set the blue print on how to beat Roberto Duran. So why can't Floyd Mayweather Jr do it ?