Prime Duran vs. Prime Mayweather at any weight?

Borinken25 · Post by **Borinken25** » 18 Apr 2006, 12:33

In a head to head I have to pick Duran by UD or SD. I hear many people predicting that Mayweather will be the best ever but I have a hard time picking him as winner against many fighters. What do you guys think?

kovit · Post by **kovit** » 19 Apr 2006, 01:06

I think Duran will insult Mayweather like he did to Sugar Ray Leonard in their making Leonard fight Duran's way trying to out-macho him which was Leonard's mistakes. Mayweather will make the same mistakes as Leonard trying to out-macho Duran and Duran punished Mayweather around the ring. I say Duran TKO 14 Floyd Mayweather

ringsider · Post by **ringsider** » 19 Apr 2006, 01:56

Duran would be put away for murder. PBF should not even be mentioned in the same breathe as Duran. Duran KO inside of 9.

Migz · Post by **Migz** » 19 Apr 2006, 06:34

i agree its silly to mention duran in the same breath as PBF duran is an already established legend and its hard to match him up against someone like floyd.. but newayz i say duran by TKO11

theone · Post by **theone** » 19 Apr 2006, 20:50

Mayweather would not have been easy for any lightweight in history; including Duran. Estaban Dejesus and Ken Buchanan troubled Duran with thier speed and boxing skill. Mayweather has ALOT more of both, including power than those two. To say Duran would beat him easily is rediculous.
That being said, I pick Duran by tough UD or late round tko.

Les Darcy · Post by **Les Darcy** » 19 Apr 2006, 22:27

floyd dont like fighting up close, castillo beat him up bad in their first fight, duran would beat floyd on the inside and stop him in the late rounds, floyds never been in with anyone that could prepare him for duran

sockdolager · Post by **sockdolager** » 21 Apr 2006, 07:34

Les Darcy wrote:floyd dont like fighting up close, castillo beat him up bad in their first fight, duran would beat floyd on the inside and stop him in the late rounds, floyds never been in with anyone that could prepare him for duran

yeah this seems like a good synopsis of what would happen. Floyd at 135 was more flashy than anything else. Duran is certianly better than Castillo (taking nothing away from Castillo) and I see him beating Floyd and punishing his arms and body much like Marciano did to his unlucky opponents. Dont get me wrong here, Duran is not garunteed a victory, he was much tougher than Floyd, Floyd has a shot at frustrating Duran enough to win a close Decision but I dont see it hapening. Duran TKO 11.

Migz · Post by **Migz** » 21 Apr 2006, 07:41

sockdollanger wrote:
Les Darcy wrote:floyd dont like fighting up close, castillo beat him up bad in their first fight, duran would beat floyd on the inside and stop him in the late rounds, floyds never been in with anyone that could prepare him for duran
yeah this seems like a good synopsis of what would happen. Floyd at 135 was more flashy than anything else. Duran is certianly better than Castillo (taking nothing away from Castillo) and I see him beating Floyd and punishing his arms and body much like Marciano did to his unlucky opponents. Dont get me wrong here, Duran is not garunteed a victory, he was much tougher than Floyd, Floyd has a shot at frustrating Duran enough to win a close Decision but I dont see it hapening. Duran TKO 11.

im glad we both agreed on Duran with a TKO in the 11th round

bigzab · Post by **bigzab** » 21 Apr 2006, 08:44

Duran, but no way is this a blowout. This would be good.

generic screen name · Post by **generic screen name** » 21 Apr 2006, 13:28

A prime Duran would be at lightweight so the "anyweight" phrase would be null. Duran was a dominant lightweight I'd say Duran by split decision.

I heard Duran is one of Floyd's favorite fighters.

Borinken25 · Post by **Borinken25** » 21 Apr 2006, 20:28

generic screen name wrote:A prime Duran would be at lightweight so the "anyweight" phrase would be null. Duran was a dominant lightweight I'd say Duran by split decision.

I heard Duran is one of Floyd's favorite fighters.

Are you saying that Duran was not prime at 140 and 147? Are you sure Duran was not dominant at 140 and 147? Look at his record and remember Duran vs. Leonard was at 147 and that fight was one of his best performances ever. He took Leonard to school that night.

DoubleM · Post by **DoubleM** » 21 Apr 2006, 20:33

Duran was a top welterweight. One of the very best of all time. The only thing he didn't have in spades was power, which he lost as he moved up from lightweight. Watch his fights against Leonard, Palomino and Gonzalez and what you will see is one of the greatest fighters of all time. The Palomino fight in particular showcases some of the very best skills ever seen in the sport. Duran is focused, vicious, speedy and very agile, but most importantly, he is technically flawless and also versatile. Check out both his inside and outside fighting.

generic screen name · Post by **generic screen name** » 21 Apr 2006, 23:23

DoubleM wrote:Duran was a top welterweight. One of the very best of all time. The only thing he didn't have in spades was power, which he lost as he moved up from lightweight. Watch his fights against Leonard, Palomino and Gonzalez and what you will see is one of the greatest fighters of all time. The Palomino fight in particular showcases some of the very best skills ever seen in the sport. Duran is focused, vicious, speedy and very agile, but most importantly, he is technically flawless and also versatile. Check out both his inside and outside fighting.

I agree Duran was a great great welterweight, but he was flat out dominant as a lightweight.

Everyone talks about when Leonard played headgames w/ Duran in the No Mas fight, but he did the same thing to Leonard in the first bout giving him no respect and just going right at him.

adspath · Post by **adspath** » 22 Apr 2006, 03:04

I think Duran, hes a great fighter and I think in his prime could beat Leonard because of his great style and rough type of fighting. I just watched this video champions forever - the latin legends and it comments a bit on Leonard-Duran I and I believe if Duran can do what he did and get inside Leonards head he could beat him in their primes.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 22 Apr 2006, 20:35

Duran by dec. either at Lightweight or Welter. Feints and tons of pressure workin the body and the head. He cops the dec.

vagabundo55 · Post by **vagabundo55** » 23 Apr 2006, 16:47

I think Duran stops him. Duran's ability to cut off the ring and often underrated defensive abilities and chin would be too much for Mayweather. Duran would cut off the ring and go to the body and frustrate Mayweather. The "no mas" incident was bullshit. Someone in this forum said something interesting about Duran being sick, and I find it actually believeable. The "no mas" incident was just blown way out of proportions. Everyone forgets Duran went up in weight and still chose to fight the best guys in the division he was in. It would be a bit like Floyd moving up to fight Winky.

adspath · Post by **adspath** » 23 Apr 2006, 21:34

adspath wrote:I think Duran, hes a great fighter and I think in his prime could beat Mayweather because of his great style and rough type of fighting. I just watched this video champions forever - the latin legends and it comments a bit on Leonard-Duran I and I believe if Duran can do what he did and get inside Mayweathers head he could beat him in their primes. Plus I don't think Mayweather is half the fighter Duran was.

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 23 Apr 2006, 21:41

I think Castillo gave Floyd a lot to think about in the first fight, now just up that to Duran's level of performance and Floyd doesnt make into the 9th round. And if they do it a second time not much changes IMHO.