You walked into it with this one.elmersalsa wrote: ↑26 Mar 2023, 19:49Well, tell me what fighter of the 4 kings excelled above 147lbs against superb opposition?Ambling Alp II wrote: ↑26 Mar 2023, 18:42 147 and later 154 was his ideal weight class at the time. Like almost everyone who starts in a smaller weight class, he moved up. Like Leonard, like Hearns, like Benitez, and a lot of other guys. It's natural for most guys. It would have been unnatural for him to be fight at 135 at a young age and never moving up. When he moved up, the competition at 147 and 154, it happened to be a lot better at the time than the guys he had fought at 135.
Duran wasn't weighing 135 when he was fighting Leonard, Benitez, and Hearns. He natural moved up in weight. They were fair fights. He just lost most of his key fights and his apologists are forced to come up with crybaby excuses that we don't use for anyone else.
Duran was a lightweight Fighting middleweights. That's a fact. It wasn't Leonard, nor Hearns nor Benitez fighting light heavyweights.
That's a fair comparison. Each one in his own weight Class.
I already know Alp's argument before he gives it. You should to.