roberto MANOS DE PIEDRA duran

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ok this may seem like a random thread, but duran for me is the greatest fighter i have ever seen, sure there have been better boxers but im talking about a fighter,can anyone agree with me on the difference between a boxer and a fighter, ive brought this thread up because i just watched one of my many duran dvds again and i cant help thinking of the possible dream matchups i would love to see him in against other great fighters that wasnt around in his time, may i ask u guys for fights ud love to see him in or just comments on what u loved about this great warrior, how would u see him fairing in fights today agaisnt the top guys from lightweight to middleweight, e.g marquez, mayweather, pacman,cotto,mosley, margarito,cambell,guzman,prime de la hoya, cant think of any middleweights worth mentioning to be honest and from yester year the great chavez, sweat pea, hawk time pryor, prime tyszu, the list goes on and on.i need to stop or ill never finish this thread

Roberto Duran was a great fighter but he did struggle against boxers, losses to Kirkland Laing, Robbie Simms, are a bit unforgivable. And its not like he was a shot fighter when he lost those fights either.

At Lightweight he was amazing and he had some very good wins, but again i don't feel it was anything amazing. Its the way he comeback like against Davey Moore, Iran Barkley, ETC. That made him special IMO.

But i always liked watching a prime Julio Cesar Chavez more, he was like an artist at work when he went to the body. Just amazing stuff to watch.

But as for your thread the fighters that would of beat Roberto Duran IMO are.

Lightweight:

Pernell Whitaker
Shane Mosley
Floyd Mayweather Jr

Jr Welterweight:

Meldrick Taylor

Welterweight:

Donald Curry
Felix Trinidad
Paul Williams

Jr Middleweight:

Mike McCallum
Julian Jackson
Terry Norris

Middleweight:

James Toney
Roy Jones Jr
Bernard Hopkins
Gerald McClellan
Michael Nunn

And by the way i done present fighters or fighters around the time of Roberto Duran, not past fighters otherwise that would take all day to think of that many and work it all out.

honestly i think he'd have a good chance against Mosley, Trinidad, Norris (a bit chinny at times, and wasn't very consistant, but if he had his shit together, it'd be a 60/40 fight in favor of Norris), Jackson (also chinny), and Nunn, also i think DLH would of outboxed him at 147

Nah Felix Trinidad is too big for Roberto Duran, he was a beast at Welterweight. The size difference is too much for Roberto Duran to overcome.

Shane Mosley would of been too fast, he had unreal speed at Lightweight. And plenty of wallop to go along with that speed.

We are talking about Terry Norris at his best here as you said, the Terry Norris that beat Sugar Ray Leonard or Simon Brown. Would of been too big, too fast, too skillful.

I don't think Michael Nunn was chinny he was only stopped once, by one of the best punches i've ever seen. And he still got up from that, the Michael Nunn that beat Sumbu Kalambay, or any of his fights previous to that.

Would of beaten Roberto Duran badly IMO, he is 6'3. He is a southpaw. He's fast, he's slick, and he hit harder than he's credited for. This may of been the worst style match up for Roberto Duran, out of the opponents listed.

And finally Julian Jackson again he may be chinny, but his power is just unreal. And i don't care how good Roberto Duran is. Theres no way the smaller Roberto Duran would be able to take Julian Jackson's best punch.