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I'm aware actually. He couldn't handle Hearns combo of size, reach and power.
Duran was a great inside fighter when he could get there. But what happened when a guy wasn't willing to fight him inside and had the ability to do something else?
Duran was never unbeatable, as much as fans like to pretend he was. He got knocked out, outboxed, he quit....
I'd pick Duran over recent guys like Ricky Hatton or Lucas Mathysse etc. Brawlers, tough guys etc Thats who Duran beat, thats the sort of guy that his LW resume was built on.
But not the more skilled technical guys. Thats Durans career in a nutshell. He couldn't beat guys with good technique when he was actually active, I don't see how he suddenly does it in fantasy matchups.
eh this comment really isn't that accurate. He did beat ray. and ken buchannon was also a pretty good technical boxer.Palomino was a decent boxer as well.
I do agree that he could be outboxed but i dont think just anyone could have done it. Yea he did lose to lang but lets not forget that lang was called the gifted one and was thought of as the next superstar in boxing. He always lacked focus but he ended up taking that fight very seriously ( as you should because its roberto fucken duran). So while it was a major upset, it also showed how good lang was when he wanted to be. He ended up partying all his ability away and not taking things seriously afterweords but thats besides the point. Add in to the fact that he was much bigger than duran and its really not to bad of a loss.
Duran i think could box, hell he was boxing well against hagler and winning on points until hagler was able to turn it around at the end. In fact if i recall correctly in ray leonards book, after the hagler fight he went over to ray who was announcing and said " you box him you beat him" which planted the seeds for rays return.
yes the hearns ko was brutal and the leonard no mas are blackmarks on his career. But when you beat as many quality guys and him, moved up as many weight classes as him and won as many titles as him, i think its ok.
just for the record i think he beats tito also