oogiebe wrote: ↑13 Feb 2019, 11:15
Duran was one of my all-time favs and for good reason. His resume is remarkable, remembering he started out as arguably the scariest lightweight in history to winning world titles in several divisions above that. He took more chances than the other two, and his losses were for the same reasons he made some amazing victories; he took chances, albeit with confidence. Regardless of the losses, his resume reads as a HOF listing, as he fought in one of, if not the greatest era in history. (Hearns/Hagler/Leonard/Duran, etc.). Any one of them would dominate an era if not for the other three.
I rate Duran over Ali, but not Armstrong (top 4/5 P4P ever). Ali was special in so many ways, and despite his ill fated comebacks, he is still one of the greatest P4P of all-time. I have to admit that it's difficult to imagine what would have been with Ali had he not been banned for 3 1/2 years of his prime. Three GOAT'ers. Oh shvt...I broke my paragraph rule.
Well said. I rate them:
1. Armstrong
2. Duran
3. Ali
Ambling Alp II wrote: ↑13 Feb 2019, 11:34
Don't see how Duran took more chances than Armstrong and Ali. Duran moved up in weight, but Armstrong did as well. Obviously Ali couldn't. Almost ever fighter that begins his career in the smaller weight classes moves up.
Duran beat impressive overall competition, but Armstrong and Ali beat better overall competition than Duran. Armstrong and Ali are rock solid Top fighters of all time. Duran is borderline Top 10.
Ambling Alp II wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 10:36
You already did your laughing emoji thing back on February 14. Doing it again doesn't make it any more convincing.
