Hagler was on PED's. Watch his fights. The entire fight he gets plastered with hard shots and doesn't even flinch. We're are talking about HUGE punchers here: Duran, Leonard, Hearns, etc. And to move blink an eye when you take one to the face round after round is suspect to me. That might be blasphemy, but I don't buy, especially the way guys cheated in the 80's.
HAGLER TE VENDISTE COMO ES POSIBLE QUE ACABASTE CON THOMY HEARS Y NO PUDISTE CON DURAN NI CON SUGAR ERES UN FIASCO DE PERSONA Y QUE EL BOX TE OLVIDE PRONTO
Lol Duran still wanted to go after the fight with Hagler. Duran gained a lot of respect after getting knocked out by Hitman Hearns to then go 15 rounds with probably the greatest middleweight ever.
this where hagler showed his limitations against a very and clever and underestimated duran. duran was a natural lightweight 130 pounds and hagler a natural 160 so anybody says hagler would have walked throught leonard in 1983 you need to think again, right after the fight duran walked up to leonard and said you box him you will beat him.. hagler always had trouble against clever fighters and this is the proof !!!!! leonard would have beat him 1983 also !!!
@sweetassugar69 Considering how close it was in '87 between Hagler and Leonard , it's near-impossible to predict who would have won had they fought four years previous. Leonard admitted that Hearns won their second fight, so if they had never met in '81, you could have argued that Hearns would have won had they fought in their primes. Duran was a smart fighter, and timed Hagler's jab. Once Hagler began mixing it up, he earned a derseved win.
FYI guys,Duran moving up twenty five pounds to fight Marvelous Marvin Hagler,going 15 rounds...If Hagler moved up twenty five pounds and fought Micheal Spinks , do you think it would have gone 15 rounds???
Will never know if today's champs at these weights could compete with the fighters SRL Hearns ,Duran, Hagler, but it does make great Barbershop arguments. Pacman could I do know that. I'll tell ya one thing Duran had know fear of Hagler but with Hearns he looked down right frightened. Guess he knew what the experts didn't
@tellthetruthg Duran frightened? SO NOT TRUE! Duran was simply KO'd vs Hearns. The man took a beating in the 1st round; if there was ever a time he should of quit? he should of never came out for the 2nd against Tommy. His corner should of recognized Duran had NO chance and spared their fighter; the outcome as we already know was Duran fighting it out and getting smashed in the process. He himself got tired of being beat throughout the ring & went for the KO himself; but go caught instead.
Will never know if today's champs at these weights could compete with the fighters SRL Hearns ,Duran, Hagler, but it does make great Barbershop arguments. Pacman could I do know that
You know the 80's were horrible.. But one thing that made it great to be there. Were the middleweights. Haggler, Duran, Hearns, Mugabi, Leonard to name just a few. Simply the best boxing at that weight you will ever see. There is no one around now that comes close to the skill and bravery of these guys or rather there is no one who will last as long and stay at the top of their game like these fighters did. Forget your khans and your Mayweathers. These guys were the real deal
Marvin Hagler's boxing skills were very underminded. Part of this is so many people from later generations usually think of the faded Hagler that methodically chased around SRL.
Top Ten All Time Greatest Fighters: 1) Muhammad Ali 2) Sugar Ray Robinson 3) Joe Louis 4) Roberto Duran 5) Sugar Ray Leonard 6) Marvelous Marvin Hagler 7) Mike Tyson 8) Joe Frazier 9) Larry Holmes 10) Lennox Lewis
@MultiGreat1 I think you may be right. I tend to lean towards Heavyweights too much. The list should include: Salvador Sanchez, Julio Ceasar Chavez, Aaron Pryor instead of Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes
@tatertots00 Roy Jones is not the greatest of all time, sorry. But he simply is not. Your top 3 is laughable. No Ray Robinson, Willie Pep, Henry Armstrong. The p4p best fighter is based on their Boxing ability, which Roy wasn't really a great Boxer. He had tremendous speed and reflexes. As soon as they went you saw how in-complete he was as a fighter, he has poor defence and a weak chin. Ali, Louis and Leonard have all said Robinson was the greatest. Welter champ and 5 time middleweight champ.
@coolins112 I am talking about modern boxing its a different game boxing was hardly a sport before Ali. Outside of about 5-10 guys in every division the rest were weekend warriors
@tatertots00 You said in your comment ''No respectable boxing fan denies that Roy Jones Jr in his prime is the greatest of all time.'' So you stated in that comment that Roy was the greatest of all time, there was no mention of the modern era. Greatest of all time means, every boxer through the generations. So it makes your last statement redundant, and wrong.
@tatertots00 hardly a sport before? what fighting 20rds, LOL. You also had to earn your shot at World crown fighting 60 or 70 times. The Greatest Middleweight Harry Greb would"ve killed Roy Jones jnr. He was amazingly fast but had very weak chin, made alot of mistakes!
@coolins112 Roy Jones not even top 30, he did win Heavyweight belt, but who did he fight, Ruiz. Could you imagine Ruiz beating Louis, Demspey, Ali, Marciano, Frazier, Lewis, Tyson or the Klitschkos? No chance, he was a tough guy but very limited! Alot of these experts think Boxing started in 1980, & dismiss anything before hand!
@dan32113 Yeah I agree. He was the weakest of the Heavyweight champions. Ruiz to me is and always will be like a journeyman, a guy you pit against up and coming prospects. A lot of people ignore the older fighters, and just stick with today's fighters like Mayweather or Manny. People call them the greatest when they have no idea, what amazing boxers that came before them. Robinson to me is p4p n1 with Armstrong and Pep after him. My favourite will always be Duran though, I loved his style.
@dan32113 Roy Jones dominated everybody he fought up until he moved up to heavyweight. Roy did not just beat he dominated 2 all time great Hall of Famers(Hopkins and Toney)
@tatertots00 Toney was a class middlewieght, but Hopkins the welterweight slayer biggest wins against De la Hoya & Trinidad! Over rated, never beat a great Middleweight, & Calzaghe beat him fairly convincingly!
@tatertots00 The point i"m making is De la Hoya, Trindad are much smaller men. Also his "win" over smaller Winky wright was not clear cut, alot had winky winning. Who else had Hopkins beat? Tarver not exactly alltime great light heavy & tough but limited Pavlik. Hopkins also must have one of the worst counter punching styles, if you want to watch a great counter puncher watch Pernell Whitaker.
@dan32113 Pernell used to get hit clean a few times in every fight. You can count on one hand the # of times you have seen Bernard get hit clean in his career
@buckskipper Hi my friend. I love Rocky Marciano. He was a friend of my Dad's along with Marty Marshall (who beat Sonny Liston) and Pittburgh's Bob Baker. There's been tons of fighters who have been 50-0, 60-0 whatever. I understand where you are coming from. However Rocky just didn't make my top ten. See my earlier post.
Keep in mind, every fighter he beat, he either retired them or they were never the same...and that speaks volumes. He may not have been a boxer but he was a devastating slugger who had a HUGE heart. Rocco still remains very underated.
At the end of this fight during the interveiw Hagler had the look and demeaner of a man who knew he had been in the ring with a much better fighter, this had never happened to Marvin before
When a rightie fights a leftie, the guy who puts his foot to the outside of the other guy is the guy who has the advantage. In this fight, it's usually Hagler.
@bigdatut Duran definately won this fight. Look at Haglers face and look at Duran's. Hagler won a few rounds but what people don't realize is Duran was slipping most of the punches thrown by hagler and landed great shots.
i wish the fighters of today had the balls to great that these guys did. Duran started at lightweight but here he is fighting a middleweight. awesome!.
I was thinking of taking up boxing but when I consider I would have being in the same age and weight bracket as Hagler, Hernes, Duran and Leonard its probably just as well I didnt.
You have to respect these four fighters Hagler Duran Hearns and Leonard . They were an amazing generation. Its funny because the first three I loved but I could never really warm to Leonard.
@ricflarefucknsucks lool you know nothing about the sport ahah roberto duran is rated in the top 5 of all time in ring magazine and marvin hagler is definately on the list somewhere too.
Duran was out of his league with Hagler (most people were). but it was a fight. I saw the Leonard hagler fight, looked like a sparing match to me. Not buying it!
stick to politics cause ya don't know shit. He's hardly a coward when he beat leonard and had the balls to get in close with hagler while leonard danced the whole night. Duran quit cause he was pissed off at leonard taunting him and making a fool out of him.
your welcome,imagine being one of Tysons early opponents-on a hiding to nothing,your family or loved ones watching,there aint no hiding place and nobody to help.man that takes sum guts.
absolutley....going into a fight where its obvious ur gonna lose like with tyson, id like to see the people on hear talking shit to lace em up and fight in front of thousands of people.
Ring Magazine voted Duran 5th best fighter of all time, greatest Hispanic fighter of all time and greatest lightweight of all time. yeah, not a lot to rave about eh ?.....get a grip, guy is well deserved to be considered one of the best ever ! If Duran had more discipline to train, his record could have been unblemished
Hi. In this sport unlike baseball, weight class do matter, duran was a Natural Lightweight, he ruled his weight as no one did before him and no one ever has. He left his belt to fight the unbeaten champion of the next level (welterweight) and won.
He started fighting in 1968 not in 1981; HIS RECORD WAS 72 WINS-1LOST (That he revenged twice) when he fought leonard. From those 72 wins 56 where by KO MORE THAN 20 OF THEM ON THE 1ST ROUND!!!
i love all this shit-talking,calling duran a pussy and a coward -- just to get to that level you can't possibly be a coward -- duran would've kicked all your daddy's asses and as an old man he'd still kick yours -- any of you tough guys a competitive fighter -- i thought not
Absolutely, even if it's on youtube and people just talking smack, it's still the most beyond unbeliveable thing to refer to Duran as a coward or anything the like.What audacity!!
In the ring, this man does'nt know fear. After he moved up from lighweight he fought all those bigger and younger men.!! I've seen Duran around town in Miami, real nice guy. But you just know, this is not the man to mess with!! Folks, don't fool ( or flatter yourself) this guy is Duran is NO coward!
exactly most make reference to the "no mas fight" when in reality he didn't say that; what he said was: "yo no voy a pelear con este payaso" I'm not gonna fight with this clown; referencing Leonard. If there was ever a fight that he should of, or could of quit? it was his fight vs Hearns; after the 1st rd. in which he was knocked down twice; his corner could of called it then and the world wouldn't of blamed him! Duran was no coward or quitter!
Yea a big and bad man that spic Duran was eh? Fuckin Sugar ray made the coward quit in the second fight, and even stood flat footed and got the best of that spic in most of the exchanges in the first AND second fight. Duran talked mega shit before fights. that macho shit didnt get the quiter spic anywhere, sugar ray will always be known as the better pound for pound fighter. Duran's faggot ass should stick to handing out peppermint mints at food joints and scrubbing shitters.
yea well he was more successful than you will ever be and loved by all his fans he is the greatest lightweight ever and he fought some of the hardest hitters at middle also he was not prepared for 2nd leonard fight he weighed 230 right before an he was like 50 when he retired learn boxing before talking shit
I don't see how Duran was better then either of them. He lost to both of them fair and square, and he got destroyed by Thomas Hearns. Duran is an all time great, but he just wasn't as great as these guys.
Hi. In this sport unlike baseball, weight class do matter, duran was a Natural Lightweight, he ruled his weight as no one did before him and no one ever has. He left his belt to fight the unbeaten champion of the next level (welterweight) and won.
He started fighting in 1968 not in 1981; HIS RECORD WAS 72 WINS-1LOST (That he revenged twice) when he fought leonard. From those 72 wins 56 where by KO MORE THAN 20 OF THEM ON THE 1ST ROUND!!!
Hagler boxed too much in this fight (I watched it on live TV way back when). If he had brawled with Duran the way he did with Hearns Duran would have been KO'd I believe.
Hearns only beat Duran because of the height, reach, & weight advantage. And in this fight Hagler struggles against a lightweight, could you imagine what Monzon would of done to him.
Don't underestimate the great Duran. Duran was as tough as it gets in any division he fought. I agree that Duran was way past his prime when he fought Hearns but Duran knocked out many big guys including Barkley, Moore,etc.
WRONG. Hagler boxed too much. Hagler basically out boxed Duran. He should have used his superior size and strength to overpower Duran. As for Hagler vs Monzon, I saw both in their prime. It would have been a great fight and very close. I call it even. If they fought 10 times each would win 5.
Styles make fights that there tells you how things in boxing are. Hagler put down Hearns because his boxing style, Duran could'nt because of his different style made it to easy for Hearns to land power shots. Duran did well against Hagler because he is more used to fighting inside like most Latin boxers are. People can undermind Hagler for waiting for his competition in middle weight, I just don't see why he was comfortable there and a natural at that weight why kill yourself making weight.
We latinos are really tough. We've got balls and don't care about the other's height or weight. There's been good puerto rican heavy weights throught history.
what are you talking about? do you know about boxing? Barkley, Moore, the great sugar ray leonard, Ken Buchnan, Esteban de Jesus, Vilomar Fernandez who beat alexis arguello, Maciel, Carlos palomino, Pepino Cuevas, etc. Don't come and bash and guy(Duran) who's been ranked among the best five fighters ever by Ring Magazine.
Duran was fighting @ lightweight in 78 @ 135 lbs @ 5 foot 7 reach of67 inchs and @ age 33 fought and pushed the best middleweight in history - marvin had a massive reach advantage , a two inch height advantage and a chin made of steel - its a credit to the smaller Duran that he pushed Marvin all the way .
this fight is very even so far. nice to see haglar score on the insid, but Duran is countering very very effective against the bigger man. Duran is a beautiful tough boxer
Durans a great, Hagler's a great, Hearns is a great and so is sugar ray and for all you duran haters out there, Duran is probably the greatest lightweight of all time, he thought and beat the best and the worst that division had to offer. held world titles at 4 different weights, had over 100 professional fights, in his prime had a record of 70odd-1, then moved up to welterweight and beat a prime sugar ray.
anyone can say anything about anyone, duran lost to hearns, hearns to barkley, hagler to leonard, does that make them not great? no. duran started at 118 and fought hagler at 160, not only that, it was the first time hagler went 15 in 4 years. leonard came back after 3 years and beat hagler. duran beat a prime leonard, anyone who says leonard wasnt at hes best is kidding themself, he fought duran all wrong and came back with a perfect fight plan 5 months later :)
For all haters Duran was the best fighter from all them ( Hagler,Leonard & Hearns) Why he beat Leonard when Leonard was at his best, he was a natural 137 Pounder when up in weight, Not like Hagler stick at 160 all his carrer -Hearns great puncher but not chin ( Iran Brakley beat his ass twice) Leonard well good until his leggs left him mean while Duran keep coming.
you say past his prime when he needed a win he got it? When? He beat guys like Moore or Barkley, but not Benitez and Hearns and Hagler. Duran is not as great as what people think. And guys like Benitez or Hearns completely outclassed him, but then Duran came back later and beat second class guys and people say he is so great for that. But he couldn't beat Tommy and Wilfred.
Obviously Duran's very different from & not as great as Ray Robinson, but your ripping on Duran made me think of the comparison. Total domination in their twenties at their natural weights: Robinson, aged 19 to 30, 135 lbs up to 160: 128-1-2 ! Duran, aged 17 to 29, 120 lbs up to 145: 72-1-0 ! Past prime, vs many greats: RR, aged 30 to 37, 160 lbs average: 13-5-0 RD, aged 29 to 37, 145 lbs up to around 160: 13-6-0 Old men: RR aged 37 to 44: 32-13-4 RD aged 37 to 50: 18-9-0
it would have been more significant if he beat Ray when Ray fought Hearns or Hagler. But he couldn't. Ray was inexperienced when he fought Duran the first time, and this is proven by how easily he beat Duran the next two times he fought him. He beat him easily. Duran lost to all the greats. Hagler, Benitez and Hearns, and boy did he lose to Tommy Hearns. Tommy outclassed him.
Duran was a monster @ lightweight making 14 title defences ( a record ) - only 5 foot 7 and a reach of 67 inchs and @ age 29 went up to welter jumping lightwelter - its a credit to him that within 3 years he was fighting up to full middle 160lbs against physically far bigger and younger fighters particularly when he was giving away reach and height - now imagine the 135 lb duran being scaled up to 160lbs , who would of won then ? = I love em all though leonard / hearns / hagler/ benitez
duran beat ray leanord those other guys couldnt, duran leanord 2 is a stupid fiasco if you had half a brain youd already know that, as far as duran losing to those other guys, ever heard of a prime, durans 1972 to 1980, not 1984 plus even past his prime when he needed a win he always got it
According to Duran groupies- when Duran wins, he's the greatest. However, when he loses, they develop every conceivable excuse known to mankind from weight-gain/lost, age, boxing glove brand, city fight was held, lack of training, too much training whatever whatever.
Nobody is giving any excuses, we are just giving you facts. Duran fought against the best of best for decades and in his prime he just lost one time. Leornard, Tommy, Heagler were all stronger, younger and taller than Duran. Look right now there are not boxers that compares to these great and to them Duran was the older and smaller.
Duran lost to Ray two times easily. That takes away from his win. In any other case with any other fighters it would. in this case Roberto gets special treatment. As someone else said, Duran lost to all the greats in the 80s. Greatest fighter ever? Where does it leave those guys who beat him then?
durans victory over leanord will never go away its the best victory ever, son, but your just a hater, but because your wasting your time hating means roberto on your mind so he did something right
Duran's victory over Ray was nullified by losing easily to Ray in 2 fights. He couldn't duplicate that over a better Ray.. And beating Iran Barkley was no big deal. The style was made for Duran. Duran couldn't beat Robbie Sims 3 years before that. And Duran was easily beaten by Benitez is 1982 and destroyed by Hearns in 1984 when Duran was a champion at the same division as Hearns.
Leonard became a big fish later when he beat Hearns. When Duran beat him he was on his second title defense and very inexperienced. His only defense to that point was Davey Boy Green. Thomas Hearns at 32 beat I think a more formidable fighter in Virgil Hill than Duran did in 1980 in Leonard.. Leonard was inexperienced. Big fish? Ray came back and beat him easily twice.
duran beat the biggest fish in the sea leanord when he is in top shape he is as good as there ever been, durans victories over leanord and barkley are the best to victories of the 80's
It's amazing-these Roberto Duran fans. When he win they say he's greatest...however, when he gets beat vs MMH , or thoroughly humiliated vs SRL 2 all they do is BITCH and make {EXCUSES} :(
There's no disgrace in losing. With the exception of PBF & Rocky M, all the greatest fighters that have held the position of #1-p4p have suffered defeat during their career. However, it's a pure 'BITCH' move to quit during the middle of a fight. There are fighters/warriors that would rather be carried-out on a stretcher before 'QUITTING' like pussy-ass Roberto Duran. He's a disgrace to the sport of warriors.
You asked the question 'How could Duran be a a quitter? Here's your answer; Unless your memory is completely worthless, you should recall the RE-MATCH between Duran & Leonard. I'm expecting from U some typical BS excuse Y a non-injured fighter (ROBERTO DURAN) 'QUIT' in the middle of a champion bout. Any fighter that 'QUIT' without being injured is a disgrace to the sport.
Let me ask you a question...How come it TOOK almost a decade for Leornard to fight Duran again ????...and I tell you why because Leornad was afraid to lose.
How in hell Duran can be a quitter if he beat Leornard in the first fight ??????? a Boxer that fought over 100 fights in 5 decades...my friend you arguments are full of baloney.
You just don't get it my friend...Duran fought for pride and glory...sadly Boxers now fight just for money. In the second fight Duran knew that Leornard was going to run like a clown and we could not stand the mockery from Sugar...he was to proud and decided, maybe wrongly, to leave the fight. But in no way Duran is a quitter, Duran is 100% a Macho, his mother gave birth to a Man.
Well, Duran beats Ray in 1980 in their first fight, did not he? and the next match Ray was running around the ring the whole time. I think history is history, and Duran proved to be one of the bests, with ups and downs as a normal human being.
hagler hearns duran top three leonard not top 4. he picked his fights to much the others fought whoever was the next in line. & they would have fought for nothing but the belt & pride. what a great era. do you think we will ever see the like of again . i hope so !
leanord fought alot better the night he lost to duran then when he won, duran threw the fight, if you really judge the way he dominated fighters lke paliino, bucaanon, marcel, then beat leanord on leanords best night, duran waned to beat leanord and he did, he never wanted to beat him twice so he took the money and ran, duran fought close to a stalmate with hagler while being way past his prime
nathans hot dogs dont no nothing duran beat leanord for all the marbles and is by far the best fighter of the fab 4, primes duran would smoke all those fools like he smoked leanord for all the marbles , plus he is way past his prime at this point
well you have to realize that duran had already had over 70 fights when he fought leoanard and benitez. what duran accomplished was amazing. if he had been more disciplined outside of the ring, there would be no dispute over him being the greatest of all time.
"well you have to realize that duran had already had over 70 fights when he fought leoanard and benitez. what duran accomplished was amazing. if he had been more disciplined outside of the ring, there would be no dispute over him being the greatest of all time."
73 fights with 56KOs, 22 in the first round one loss (De jesus) who then he KO twice.
I agree with you. I just recently started watching his fights, and now he's become one of my favorite boxers. His first fight against Sugar Ray was awesome. I don't any fighters today, fight with that intensity.
Had Hagler jabbed at Roberto instead of trying to throw the straight left it would have worked better and opened more punches. Look how effective Hearn was with his jab against Roberto.
It would have been more impressive had he been able to beat Benitez and Hearns. But to say he is impressive with Hagler and then he was beat easily by Benitez and Hearns means he had a good style for Marvin, but still all Marvin did was pick up the pace the last few rounds in a boring fight and he won.
The reason Hearns could not extend Marvin was because Hearns never had a lot of stamina because of how thin he was. He could never outlast Hagler, but he could outbomb anyone with his freakish straight right -- and had he not broken his right hand on the first punch he threw at that steel dome of Hagler, I believe he might have knocked him out.
Duran cleaned out the entire lightweight division, good sir. He had the frame of a natural lightweight -- him moving up into the most impressive welterweight division of all-time and doing as well as he did, then challenging Marvin Hagler and thinking up the right strategy to combat him (move away, slip and counter) is impressive no matter how you slice it.
If you don't believe that Duran is a masterful boxer than you haven't really looked closely at this fight. Hagler simply couldn't find him with anything meaningful. This fight made a real Duran fan out of me. Hearns relied more on slugging than Duran, thus he couldn't slip his way through an extend fight with Hagler.
duran is a promoters dream he lets others become legends cause he dont duck nobody even whens he's older, unlike leanod who retires for five years to duck people
official scorecards had Duran ahead after 12 rounds...Duran boxed and counterpunched against Hagler...Hagler's too strong!
MegaDarryl1960 1 week ago
Hagler was on PED's. Watch his fights. The entire fight he gets plastered with hard shots and doesn't even flinch. We're are talking about HUGE punchers here: Duran, Leonard, Hearns, etc. And to move blink an eye when you take one to the face round after round is suspect to me. That might be blasphemy, but I don't buy, especially the way guys cheated in the 80's.
shyt37 2 months ago
Two of the greatests.
JerryLFC31 3 months ago
HAGLER TE VENDISTE COMO ES POSIBLE QUE ACABASTE CON THOMY HEARS Y NO PUDISTE CON DURAN NI CON SUGAR ERES UN FIASCO DE PERSONA Y QUE EL BOX TE OLVIDE PRONTO
ALVAROLM1968 3 months ago
Lol Duran still wanted to go after the fight with Hagler. Duran gained a lot of respect after getting knocked out by Hitman Hearns to then go 15 rounds with probably the greatest middleweight ever.
Deebomber 3 months ago
The golden age of boxing. It will never be as good as it was during that era. At least there are the memories...
Inukshuk67 4 months ago
@Inukshuk67 Only if Big George wouldn't have retired in the 80's for the HW's.
dirtbagwhitetrash 2 months ago
this where hagler showed his limitations against a very and clever and underestimated duran. duran was a natural lightweight 130 pounds and hagler a natural 160 so anybody says hagler would have walked throught leonard in 1983 you need to think again, right after the fight duran walked up to leonard and said you box him you will beat him.. hagler always had trouble against clever fighters and this is the proof !!!!! leonard would have beat him 1983 also !!!
sweetassugar69 5 months ago
@sweetassugar69 Considering how close it was in '87 between Hagler and Leonard , it's near-impossible to predict who would have won had they fought four years previous. Leonard admitted that Hearns won their second fight, so if they had never met in '81, you could have argued that Hearns would have won had they fought in their primes. Duran was a smart fighter, and timed Hagler's jab. Once Hagler began mixing it up, he earned a derseved win.
TenTonHorse 5 months ago
Je me rappelle de ce match que j'avais vu à la TV et c'est un
des plus beau que j'ai vu question combativité.
franckyjo01 7 months ago
At LW, Duran KO's Floyd at the staredown.
carmodifire 7 months ago
two of the toughest fighters in this era
buzzydj 7 months ago
Both of my fav fighters
RmSBoxer101 8 months ago
FYI guys,Duran moving up twenty five pounds to fight Marvelous Marvin Hagler,going 15 rounds...If Hagler moved up twenty five pounds and fought Micheal Spinks , do you think it would have gone 15 rounds???
MegaDarryl1960 10 months ago
@MegaDarryl1960
It's possible, Hagler had a granite chin and was a better boxer than Michael.
2pacinseattle 9 months ago
@MegaDarryl1960 Wouldn't count him out...
Jadervason 8 months ago
@MegaDarryl1960
Duran was reigning WBA 154lbs champion at the time of this fight. It's not as if he had gone straight from lightweight to Middleweight.
BruceinFalkirk 8 months ago
hagler was a monster
1EPowerUp 10 months ago
DURAN WON
berenicecamaroni 11 months ago
that looks fucking hard
nothing4224 11 months ago
Will never know if today's champs at these weights could compete with the fighters SRL Hearns ,Duran, Hagler, but it does make great Barbershop arguments. Pacman could I do know that. I'll tell ya one thing Duran had know fear of Hagler but with Hearns he looked down right frightened. Guess he knew what the experts didn't
tellthetruthg 1 year ago
@tellthetruthg Duran frightened? SO NOT TRUE! Duran was simply KO'd vs Hearns. The man took a beating in the 1st round; if there was ever a time he should of quit? he should of never came out for the 2nd against Tommy. His corner should of recognized Duran had NO chance and spared their fighter; the outcome as we already know was Duran fighting it out and getting smashed in the process. He himself got tired of being beat throughout the ring & went for the KO himself; but go caught instead.
judaschongo 1 year ago
@tellthetruthg the way Duran fought against Tommy; is NOT the mark of a frightened man! Duran was simply on a suicide mission!
judaschongo 1 year ago
Will never know if today's champs at these weights could compete with the fighters SRL Hearns ,Duran, Hagler, but it does make great Barbershop arguments. Pacman could I do know that
tellthetruthg 1 year ago
You know the 80's were horrible.. But one thing that made it great to be there. Were the middleweights. Haggler, Duran, Hearns, Mugabi, Leonard to name just a few. Simply the best boxing at that weight you will ever see. There is no one around now that comes close to the skill and bravery of these guys or rather there is no one who will last as long and stay at the top of their game like these fighters did. Forget your khans and your Mayweathers. These guys were the real deal
extremevalid 1 year ago
@extremevalid yessssssssss
onblock7 8 months ago
fantastic 4: hagler, duran, hearns, leonard.
jampop77 1 year ago
went to this fight 1983
crackheadt1 1 year ago
Marvin Hagler's boxing skills were very underminded. Part of this is so many people from later generations usually think of the faded Hagler that methodically chased around SRL.
TermiteAssassin1 1 year ago
bangitslo 1 year ago
@bangitslo That list is so wrong I dont care if it's your opinion.
MultiGreat1 1 year ago
@MultiGreat1 I think you may be right. I tend to lean towards Heavyweights too much. The list should include: Salvador Sanchez, Julio Ceasar Chavez, Aaron Pryor instead of Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes
bangitslo 1 year ago
@bangitslo No respectable boxing fan denies that Roy Jones Jr in his prime is the greatest of all time.
tatertots00 1 year ago
@tatertots00 Roy Jones is not the greatest of all time, sorry. But he simply is not. Your top 3 is laughable. No Ray Robinson, Willie Pep, Henry Armstrong. The p4p best fighter is based on their Boxing ability, which Roy wasn't really a great Boxer. He had tremendous speed and reflexes. As soon as they went you saw how in-complete he was as a fighter, he has poor defence and a weak chin. Ali, Louis and Leonard have all said Robinson was the greatest. Welter champ and 5 time middleweight champ.
coolins112 1 year ago
@coolins112 I am talking about modern boxing its a different game boxing was hardly a sport before Ali. Outside of about 5-10 guys in every division the rest were weekend warriors
tatertots00 1 year ago
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@tatertots00 You said in your comment ''No respectable boxing fan denies that Roy Jones Jr in his prime is the greatest of all time.'' So you stated in that comment that Roy was the greatest of all time, there was no mention of the modern era. Greatest of all time means, every boxer through the generations. So it makes your last statement redundant, and wrong.
coolins112 1 year ago
@tatertots00 hardly a sport before? what fighting 20rds, LOL. You also had to earn your shot at World crown fighting 60 or 70 times. The Greatest Middleweight Harry Greb would"ve killed Roy Jones jnr. He was amazingly fast but had very weak chin, made alot of mistakes!
dan32113 1 year ago
@coolins112 Roy Jones not even top 30, he did win Heavyweight belt, but who did he fight, Ruiz. Could you imagine Ruiz beating Louis, Demspey, Ali, Marciano, Frazier, Lewis, Tyson or the Klitschkos? No chance, he was a tough guy but very limited! Alot of these experts think Boxing started in 1980, & dismiss anything before hand!
dan32113 1 year ago
@dan32113 Yeah I agree. He was the weakest of the Heavyweight champions. Ruiz to me is and always will be like a journeyman, a guy you pit against up and coming prospects. A lot of people ignore the older fighters, and just stick with today's fighters like Mayweather or Manny. People call them the greatest when they have no idea, what amazing boxers that came before them. Robinson to me is p4p n1 with Armstrong and Pep after him. My favourite will always be Duran though, I loved his style.
coolins112 1 year ago
@dan32113 Roy Jones dominated everybody he fought up until he moved up to heavyweight. Roy did not just beat he dominated 2 all time great Hall of Famers(Hopkins and Toney)
tatertots00 1 year ago
@tatertots00 Toney was a class middlewieght, but Hopkins the welterweight slayer biggest wins against De la Hoya & Trinidad! Over rated, never beat a great Middleweight, & Calzaghe beat him fairly convincingly!
dan32113 1 year ago
@dan32113 I agree that he is a welterweight slayer but is Hopkins is still an all time great.
tatertots00 1 year ago
@tatertots00 The point i"m making is De la Hoya, Trindad are much smaller men. Also his "win" over smaller Winky wright was not clear cut, alot had winky winning. Who else had Hopkins beat? Tarver not exactly alltime great light heavy & tough but limited Pavlik. Hopkins also must have one of the worst counter punching styles, if you want to watch a great counter puncher watch Pernell Whitaker.
dan32113 1 year ago
@dan32113 Hopkins counter punching style is less pretty but it is the most effective style I had ever seen.
tatertots00 1 year ago
@tatertots00 you"ve never seen Pernell Whitaker then? Hopkins is a very poor counter puncher compared to Whitaker.
dan32113 1 year ago
@dan32113 Pernell used to get hit clean a few times in every fight. You can count on one hand the # of times you have seen Bernard get hit clean in his career
tatertots00 1 year ago
@tatertots00 sorry but to compare Whitaker & Hopkins is chalk n cheese. Ring magazine named Pernell 10th best fighter of last 80yrs!
dan32113 1 year ago
@bangitslo
So, an undefeated Marciano in the heavyweight division with a 49-0 record (43 by KO) doesn't make that list? Your opinion sucks.
buckskipper 1 year ago
@buckskipper Hi my friend. I love Rocky Marciano. He was a friend of my Dad's along with Marty Marshall (who beat Sonny Liston) and Pittburgh's Bob Baker. There's been tons of fighters who have been 50-0, 60-0 whatever. I understand where you are coming from. However Rocky just didn't make my top ten. See my earlier post.
bangitslo 1 year ago
@bangitslo
Keep in mind, every fighter he beat, he either retired them or they were never the same...and that speaks volumes. He may not have been a boxer but he was a devastating slugger who had a HUGE heart. Rocco still remains very underated.
buckskipper 1 year ago
@bangitslo
GTFO you know nothing about boxing ever here of Roy Jones Jr, Julio Cesar Chavez,
Roy Jones Jr #1 all time pound for pound
Julio Cesar Chavez #2 all time pound for pound
Roberto Duran #3 all time pound for pound
tatertots00 1 year ago
All the respect due to Duran for giving so much problems to Hagler. I thought at the time it could be an easy one for the Marvelous but I was wrong.
gianca60 1 year ago
duran was the 1st man to go the distance with Hagler in 6 years. All the others were KO's. Wat does that say about the quality of duran?
POTATER1228 1 year ago
@POTATER1228 It says what it signifies, he's one of the Greatest Fighters that ever lived! Manos de Piedra baby! (But Ali is my favorite)
bangitslo 1 year ago
At the end of this fight during the interveiw Hagler had the look and demeaner of a man who knew he had been in the ring with a much better fighter, this had never happened to Marvin before
MrReinhardt1 1 year ago
When a rightie fights a leftie, the guy who puts his foot to the outside of the other guy is the guy who has the advantage. In this fight, it's usually Hagler.
bigdatut 1 year ago
@bigdatut Duran definately won this fight. Look at Haglers face and look at Duran's. Hagler won a few rounds but what people don't realize is Duran was slipping most of the punches thrown by hagler and landed great shots.
aduran32 1 year ago
who won this fight?
malkiyelee 1 year ago
Hagler by decision.
sje1964 1 year ago
i wish the fighters of today had the balls to great that these guys did. Duran started at lightweight but here he is fighting a middleweight. awesome!.
dalastdon1432 1 year ago 3
yea, a great quartet for any generation,..especially duran, and his story.
northpoint43m 2 years ago
I was thinking of taking up boxing but when I consider I would have being in the same age and weight bracket as Hagler, Hernes, Duran and Leonard its probably just as well I didnt.
andrew097 2 years ago 2
You have to respect these four fighters Hagler Duran Hearns and Leonard . They were an amazing generation. Its funny because the first three I loved but I could never really warm to Leonard.
andrew097 2 years ago 2
Jealous much ricflare???
southwesttexasm 2 years ago
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two overrated bums in one ring
ricflarefucknsucks 2 years ago
2 bums hey ? You should know, you little 18 year turd. Stick to Porn you sicko. This guy hates everyone.
latinaloveruk 2 years ago 16
@latinaloveruk yeah you are right...one decent person and one ass.
rcaddict72 11 months ago
ur mothers over rated.
makpak 2 years ago
@ricflarefucknsucks lool you know nothing about the sport ahah roberto duran is rated in the top 5 of all time in ring magazine and marvin hagler is definately on the list somewhere too.
mrharoldb 8 months ago
@mrharoldb yeah, at the top!
Jadervason 8 months ago
what happened to round 4?
HarryTheTalkingDude 2 years ago
durans ma fav,, at this time he was the only one to go the distancee with hagler
kickboxerD 2 years ago 5
Duran was out of his league with Hagler (most people were). but it was a fight. I saw the Leonard hagler fight, looked like a sparing match to me. Not buying it!
63riprock 2 years ago
out of his league? and he almost beat him by decision? you know not whatcha talking about ,right?
KingRhaul 2 years ago
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No Mas, No Mas...Roberto Duran is a COWARD.
barackobamaexpress 2 years ago
stick to politics cause ya don't know shit. He's hardly a coward when he beat leonard and had the balls to get in close with hagler while leonard danced the whole night. Duran quit cause he was pissed off at leonard taunting him and making a fool out of him.
upthera5 2 years ago
and leanard didnt dance around Hgler, he ran.
Ali danced around Clleveland W.
makpak 2 years ago
I think Duran may have been a tad braver than you and me don't you think?
barkingbasher 2 years ago
hagler must of respected durans power as he is trying to box duran
Rfc1Darryl 2 years ago 4
Hagler wanted to be remembered as a boxer and not a slugger. That's why he boxed Leonard when instead he should have just walked through him.
Midnightrambler3760 2 years ago 2
Were there any other fighters who would switch there stance and be as affective as Hagler?
batosmak 2 years ago 3
That was quite a good boxing match, between two well-trained and accomplished boxers.
QuieroGuerra 2 years ago 2
any man who puts on gloves and goes to war with another man is no coward.
unmensunshne 2 years ago 31
ill quote that
angerboy2957 2 years ago
your welcome,imagine being one of Tysons early opponents-on a hiding to nothing,your family or loved ones watching,there aint no hiding place and nobody to help.man that takes sum guts.
unmensunshne 2 years ago 2
absolutley....going into a fight where its obvious ur gonna lose like with tyson, id like to see the people on hear talking shit to lace em up and fight in front of thousands of people.
angerboy2957 2 years ago
watch your words tyson just lost a child, his daughter died yesterday
larojned 2 years ago
fuck you faggot i wasnt even talking shit about him. I already knew he lost a kid. Go look up gay sex vids man
angerboy2957 2 years ago
me too
DarkswordSerathus 2 years ago
but ducking an opponent even before the fight negotations start is an absolute shame and cowardness
- floyd gayweather jr.
larojned 2 years ago 3
@unmensunshne As someone who was shit at boxing but gave it a go. This sentence is 100% correct. Well said sir!
MrAmadaeus 1 year ago
@unmensunshne LOL yeahh right you just want someone to talk too
chaka943 6 months ago
ladies stop cussing
566791967 2 years ago
Ring Magazine voted Duran 5th best fighter of all time, greatest Hispanic fighter of all time and greatest lightweight of all time. yeah, not a lot to rave about eh ?.....get a grip, guy is well deserved to be considered one of the best ever ! If Duran had more discipline to train, his record could have been unblemished
scottmc316 2 years ago 2
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Hi. In this sport unlike baseball, weight class do matter, duran was a Natural Lightweight, he ruled his weight as no one did before him and no one ever has. He left his belt to fight the unbeaten champion of the next level (welterweight) and won.
He started fighting in 1968 not in 1981; HIS RECORD WAS 72 WINS-1LOST (That he revenged twice) when he fought leonard. From those 72 wins 56 where by KO MORE THAN 20 OF THEM ON THE 1ST ROUND!!!
mutantes98 2 years ago
i love all this shit-talking,calling duran a pussy and a coward -- just to get to that level you can't possibly be a coward -- duran would've kicked all your daddy's asses and as an old man he'd still kick yours -- any of you tough guys a competitive fighter -- i thought not
paulianna1 3 years ago 2
I agree. I mean Duran quiting against Leonard does not make him look good, but he was one tough motherfucker. No doubt about that.
Transformers217 3 years ago
RE:Paulianna
Absolutely, even if it's on youtube and people just talking smack, it's still the most beyond unbeliveable thing to refer to Duran as a coward or anything the like.What audacity!!
In the ring, this man does'nt know fear. After he moved up from lighweight he fought all those bigger and younger men.!! I've seen Duran around town in Miami, real nice guy. But you just know, this is not the man to mess with!! Folks, don't fool ( or flatter yourself) this guy is Duran is NO coward!
6400az 2 years ago
exactly most make reference to the "no mas fight" when in reality he didn't say that; what he said was: "yo no voy a pelear con este payaso" I'm not gonna fight with this clown; referencing Leonard. If there was ever a fight that he should of, or could of quit? it was his fight vs Hearns; after the 1st rd. in which he was knocked down twice; his corner could of called it then and the world wouldn't of blamed him! Duran was no coward or quitter!
judaschongo 2 years ago 4
Yea a big and bad man that spic Duran was eh? Fuckin Sugar ray made the coward quit in the second fight, and even stood flat footed and got the best of that spic in most of the exchanges in the first AND second fight. Duran talked mega shit before fights. that macho shit didnt get the quiter spic anywhere, sugar ray will always be known as the better pound for pound fighter. Duran's faggot ass should stick to handing out peppermint mints at food joints and scrubbing shitters.
Banguisoil 3 years ago
yea well he was more successful than you will ever be and loved by all his fans he is the greatest lightweight ever and he fought some of the hardest hitters at middle also he was not prepared for 2nd leonard fight he weighed 230 right before an he was like 50 when he retired learn boxing before talking shit
00fatmat00 3 years ago
Duran was a quitter and lost to the best of his time thats all there is to that
Banguisoil 3 years ago
He also beat Lenonard first.
Lookhow he fought close with Hagler even if he lost.
Hagler is a middleweight,Duran a lightweight.
So Duran is a freak,and the better P4P fighter of both.
NapoletanoDaBest 3 years ago
I don't see how Duran was better then either of them. He lost to both of them fair and square, and he got destroyed by Thomas Hearns. Duran is an all time great, but he just wasn't as great as these guys.
Transformers217 3 years ago
Hi. In this sport unlike baseball, weight class do matter, duran was a Natural Lightweight, he ruled his weight as no one did before him and no one ever has. He left his belt to fight the unbeaten champion of the next level (welterweight) and won.
He started fighting in 1968 not in 1981; HIS RECORD WAS 72 WINS-1LOST (That he revenged twice) when he fought leonard. From those 72 wins 56 where by KO MORE THAN 20 OF THEM ON THE 1ST ROUND!!!
mutantes98 2 years ago 2
he aint no quitter.he just quit that time cause they put him in a fight that he wasnt ready for
KiddKapo 2 years ago 2
you shoudnt being talking about boxing, dont know anything about!!! You are just an idiot!
mutantes98 2 years ago
i know more than u motherfucker justify your claims
00fatmat00 2 years ago
hagler 2 me was the best middleweight all time,duran best lightweight ever,cant belive how good duran is fighting a man much stronger than him,
hyenachase 3 years ago
Hagler boxed too much in this fight (I watched it on live TV way back when). If he had brawled with Duran the way he did with Hearns Duran would have been KO'd I believe.
tbcass 3 years ago
great fight.... hearns vs nigel benn. correct me if im wrong???
tompeppers2 3 years ago
duran did extremely well moving up to box hagler. he even exposed hagler alot. it also showed many hagler could box too.
LeonardHearns1981 3 years ago
Hearns only beat Duran because of the height, reach, & weight advantage. And in this fight Hagler struggles against a lightweight, could you imagine what Monzon would of done to him.
judaschongo 3 years ago
Monzon would have beten him on points. Monzon is the best middleweight
Doderhultarn89 3 years ago
Monzon could of stopped him, Hagler had a propensity to cut.
judaschongo 3 years ago
Don't underestimate the great Duran. Duran was as tough as it gets in any division he fought. I agree that Duran was way past his prime when he fought Hearns but Duran knocked out many big guys including Barkley, Moore,etc.
juandi2570 3 years ago 2
WRONG. Hagler boxed too much. Hagler basically out boxed Duran. He should have used his superior size and strength to overpower Duran. As for Hagler vs Monzon, I saw both in their prime. It would have been a great fight and very close. I call it even. If they fought 10 times each would win 5.
tbcass 3 years ago
Styles make fights that there tells you how things in boxing are. Hagler put down Hearns because his boxing style, Duran could'nt because of his different style made it to easy for Hearns to land power shots. Duran did well against Hagler because he is more used to fighting inside like most Latin boxers are. People can undermind Hagler for waiting for his competition in middle weight, I just don't see why he was comfortable there and a natural at that weight why kill yourself making weight.
freddyoro 3 years ago 3
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lATINOS ARE STRONGER THAN BLACKS, HERE IN PANAMA BLACK FIGHTERS ARE ALWAYS A DECEPTION..WE NEED A CHOLO LIKE DURÁN
manfromutopia82 3 years ago
YOUR GAY
stainshield 3 years ago
ur a funny kid latinos make great fighters but if they were the strongest theyd have more champs from middleweights - heavy where real power exists
chapple37 3 years ago
We latinos are really tough. We've got balls and don't care about the other's height or weight. There's been good puerto rican heavy weights throught history.
juandi2570 3 years ago
Really? Well then name at least 5 good ones then, if that's even possible.
chapple37 3 years ago
what are you talking about? do you know about boxing? Barkley, Moore, the great sugar ray leonard, Ken Buchnan, Esteban de Jesus, Vilomar Fernandez who beat alexis arguello, Maciel, Carlos palomino, Pepino Cuevas, etc. Don't come and bash and guy(Duran) who's been ranked among the best five fighters ever by Ring Magazine.
juandi2570 3 years ago
u must have wrote the wrong perosn i said name the top latinos from middles up to heavyweights
chapple37 3 years ago
NO mas!
gracko14 3 years ago
Duran was fighting @ lightweight in 78 @ 135 lbs @ 5 foot 7 reach of67 inchs and @ age 33 fought and pushed the best middleweight in history - marvin had a massive reach advantage , a two inch height advantage and a chin made of steel - its a credit to the smaller Duran that he pushed Marvin all the way .
nobbytang 3 years ago
Best middleweight in history? No way! Hagler was a very incorrect fighter, a right handed south-paw.
kingq01 3 years ago
Best middleweight in history? No way! Hagler was a very incorrect fighter, a right handed south-paw
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It is interesting to watch him switch. Watching this fight taught me what "fighting on the inside" means.
DaisyLee1963 3 years ago
this fight is very even so far. nice to see haglar score on the insid, but Duran is countering very very effective against the bigger man. Duran is a beautiful tough boxer
bertinotti 3 years ago 3
Durans a great, Hagler's a great, Hearns is a great and so is sugar ray and for all you duran haters out there, Duran is probably the greatest lightweight of all time, he thought and beat the best and the worst that division had to offer. held world titles at 4 different weights, had over 100 professional fights, in his prime had a record of 70odd-1, then moved up to welterweight and beat a prime sugar ray.
markybh0y 3 years ago 15
gr8 comment unfortunately sum1 will probably give you a negative comments :( lol
ricardoparker93 3 years ago
Ray Leonard still got beat up on the inside against a 5'7 lightweight. He only won when he ran.
86pimp3 3 years ago 3
Spot on.
warszawa45 3 years ago
anyone can say anything about anyone, duran lost to hearns, hearns to barkley, hagler to leonard, does that make them not great? no. duran started at 118 and fought hagler at 160, not only that, it was the first time hagler went 15 in 4 years. leonard came back after 3 years and beat hagler. duran beat a prime leonard, anyone who says leonard wasnt at hes best is kidding themself, he fought duran all wrong and came back with a perfect fight plan 5 months later :)
olddirtypelican 4 years ago 3
For all haters Duran was the best fighter from all them ( Hagler,Leonard & Hearns) Why he beat Leonard when Leonard was at his best, he was a natural 137 Pounder when up in weight, Not like Hagler stick at 160 all his carrer -Hearns great puncher but not chin ( Iran Brakley beat his ass twice) Leonard well good until his leggs left him mean while Duran keep coming.
ribelino1970 4 years ago
you say past his prime when he needed a win he got it? When? He beat guys like Moore or Barkley, but not Benitez and Hearns and Hagler. Duran is not as great as what people think. And guys like Benitez or Hearns completely outclassed him, but then Duran came back later and beat second class guys and people say he is so great for that. But he couldn't beat Tommy and Wilfred.
MyFavoriteBoxer 4 years ago
mpolzkill 3 years ago 3
it would have been more significant if he beat Ray when Ray fought Hearns or Hagler. But he couldn't. Ray was inexperienced when he fought Duran the first time, and this is proven by how easily he beat Duran the next two times he fought him. He beat him easily. Duran lost to all the greats. Hagler, Benitez and Hearns, and boy did he lose to Tommy Hearns. Tommy outclassed him.
MyFavoriteBoxer 4 years ago
Duran was a monster @ lightweight making 14 title defences ( a record ) - only 5 foot 7 and a reach of 67 inchs and @ age 29 went up to welter jumping lightwelter - its a credit to him that within 3 years he was fighting up to full middle 160lbs against physically far bigger and younger fighters particularly when he was giving away reach and height - now imagine the 135 lb duran being scaled up to 160lbs , who would of won then ? = I love em all though leonard / hearns / hagler/ benitez
nobbytang 3 years ago 3
duran beat ray leanord those other guys couldnt, duran leanord 2 is a stupid fiasco if you had half a brain youd already know that, as far as duran losing to those other guys, ever heard of a prime, durans 1972 to 1980, not 1984 plus even past his prime when he needed a win he always got it
moben7 4 years ago
According to Duran groupies- when Duran wins, he's the greatest. However, when he loses, they develop every conceivable excuse known to mankind from weight-gain/lost, age, boxing glove brand, city fight was held, lack of training, too much training whatever whatever.
Wood490 3 years ago
Nobody is giving any excuses, we are just giving you facts. Duran fought against the best of best for decades and in his prime he just lost one time. Leornard, Tommy, Heagler were all stronger, younger and taller than Duran. Look right now there are not boxers that compares to these great and to them Duran was the older and smaller.
eddypana 3 years ago
Duran lost to Ray two times easily. That takes away from his win. In any other case with any other fighters it would. in this case Roberto gets special treatment. As someone else said, Duran lost to all the greats in the 80s. Greatest fighter ever? Where does it leave those guys who beat him then?
MyFavoriteBoxer 4 years ago
durans victory over leanord will never go away its the best victory ever, son, but your just a hater, but because your wasting your time hating means roberto on your mind so he did something right
moben7 4 years ago
Iran from Iran Berkley is the great fighter pound for pound. Thanks for great video :)
Satori1800 4 years ago
Duran's victory over Ray was nullified by losing easily to Ray in 2 fights. He couldn't duplicate that over a better Ray.. And beating Iran Barkley was no big deal. The style was made for Duran. Duran couldn't beat Robbie Sims 3 years before that. And Duran was easily beaten by Benitez is 1982 and destroyed by Hearns in 1984 when Duran was a champion at the same division as Hearns.
NathanHotDogs 4 years ago
Leonard became a big fish later when he beat Hearns. When Duran beat him he was on his second title defense and very inexperienced. His only defense to that point was Davey Boy Green. Thomas Hearns at 32 beat I think a more formidable fighter in Virgil Hill than Duran did in 1980 in Leonard.. Leonard was inexperienced. Big fish? Ray came back and beat him easily twice.
NathanHotDogs 4 years ago
duran beat the biggest fish in the sea leanord when he is in top shape he is as good as there ever been, durans victories over leanord and barkley are the best to victories of the 80's
shortright80 4 years ago
It's amazing-these Roberto Duran fans. When he win they say he's greatest...however, when he gets beat vs MMH , or thoroughly humiliated vs SRL 2 all they do is BITCH and make {EXCUSES} :(
Wood490 4 years ago
benitez lost to leonard,hearns to hagler and
ray pussy leonard,hearns also lost twice to barkley which duran defeated.duran a lightweight beat leonard,barkley,close with
hagler all bigger guys,benitez could never do
that,there is no comparison,and remember he
was demolished by moore after duran nearly
killed him,I invite you to watch that fight
MORON.
elmuco2006 3 years ago
There's no disgrace in losing. With the exception of PBF & Rocky M, all the greatest fighters that have held the position of #1-p4p have suffered defeat during their career. However, it's a pure 'BITCH' move to quit during the middle of a fight. There are fighters/warriors that would rather be carried-out on a stretcher before 'QUITTING' like pussy-ass Roberto Duran. He's a disgrace to the sport of warriors.
Wood490 3 years ago
I think is better to quit in the middle of the
fight against somebody,a coward,who only wants
to run,rather than fight,the girl is bigger disgrace.Why not fight,because you are a pussy.
elmuco2006 3 years ago
Duran fought until he was 50 against taller, younger, stronger boxer...how may boxers have ever done that ???? How could he be a quitter ???
You just don't know nothing about boxing.
eddypana 3 years ago
You asked the question 'How could Duran be a a quitter? Here's your answer; Unless your memory is completely worthless, you should recall the RE-MATCH between Duran & Leonard. I'm expecting from U some typical BS excuse Y a non-injured fighter (ROBERTO DURAN) 'QUIT' in the middle of a champion bout. Any fighter that 'QUIT' without being injured is a disgrace to the sport.
Wood490 3 years ago
Let me ask you a question...How come it TOOK almost a decade for Leornard to fight Duran again ????...and I tell you why because Leornad was afraid to lose.
How in hell Duran can be a quitter if he beat Leornard in the first fight ??????? a Boxer that fought over 100 fights in 5 decades...my friend you arguments are full of baloney.
eddypana 3 years ago
You just don't get it my friend...Duran fought for pride and glory...sadly Boxers now fight just for money. In the second fight Duran knew that Leornard was going to run like a clown and we could not stand the mockery from Sugar...he was to proud and decided, maybe wrongly, to leave the fight. But in no way Duran is a quitter, Duran is 100% a Macho, his mother gave birth to a Man.
eddypana 3 years ago
Well, Duran beats Ray in 1980 in their first fight, did not he? and the next match Ray was running around the ring the whole time. I think history is history, and Duran proved to be one of the bests, with ups and downs as a normal human being.
ramose01 4 years ago
hagler hearns duran top three leonard not top 4. he picked his fights to much the others fought whoever was the next in line. & they would have fought for nothing but the belt & pride. what a great era. do you think we will ever see the like of again . i hope so !
gezter 4 years ago
leanord fought alot better the night he lost to duran then when he won, duran threw the fight, if you really judge the way he dominated fighters lke paliino, bucaanon, marcel, then beat leanord on leanords best night, duran waned to beat leanord and he did, he never wanted to beat him twice so he took the money and ran, duran fought close to a stalmate with hagler while being way past his prime
shortright80 4 years ago
nathans hot dogs dont no nothing duran beat leanord for all the marbles and is by far the best fighter of the fab 4, primes duran would smoke all those fools like he smoked leanord for all the marbles , plus he is way past his prime at this point
shortright80 4 years ago
well you have to realize that duran had already had over 70 fights when he fought leoanard and benitez. what duran accomplished was amazing. if he had been more disciplined outside of the ring, there would be no dispute over him being the greatest of all time.
oreck1964 4 years ago
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"well you have to realize that duran had already had over 70 fights when he fought leoanard and benitez. what duran accomplished was amazing. if he had been more disciplined outside of the ring, there would be no dispute over him being the greatest of all time."
73 fights with 56KOs, 22 in the first round one loss (De jesus) who then he KO twice.
Duran is on my top 3 of all time
mutantes98 2 years ago 2
I agree with you. I just recently started watching his fights, and now he's become one of my favorite boxers. His first fight against Sugar Ray was awesome. I don't any fighters today, fight with that intensity.
lilya006 2 years ago 2
Had Hagler jabbed at Roberto instead of trying to throw the straight left it would have worked better and opened more punches. Look how effective Hearn was with his jab against Roberto.
NathanHotDogs 4 years ago
It would have been more impressive had he been able to beat Benitez and Hearns. But to say he is impressive with Hagler and then he was beat easily by Benitez and Hearns means he had a good style for Marvin, but still all Marvin did was pick up the pace the last few rounds in a boring fight and he won.
JFK1963 4 years ago
The reason Hearns could not extend Marvin was because Hearns never had a lot of stamina because of how thin he was. He could never outlast Hagler, but he could outbomb anyone with his freakish straight right -- and had he not broken his right hand on the first punch he threw at that steel dome of Hagler, I believe he might have knocked him out.
coknetten 4 years ago
Duran cleaned out the entire lightweight division, good sir. He had the frame of a natural lightweight -- him moving up into the most impressive welterweight division of all-time and doing as well as he did, then challenging Marvin Hagler and thinking up the right strategy to combat him (move away, slip and counter) is impressive no matter how you slice it.
coknetten 4 years ago
If you don't believe that Duran is a masterful boxer than you haven't really looked closely at this fight. Hagler simply couldn't find him with anything meaningful. This fight made a real Duran fan out of me. Hearns relied more on slugging than Duran, thus he couldn't slip his way through an extend fight with Hagler.
iliketowatchtoo 4 years ago
duran is a promoters dream he lets others become legends cause he dont duck nobody even whens he's older, unlike leanod who retires for five years to duck people
shortright80 5 years ago
Was this fight before Hagler/ Hearns, Hearns/ Duran?
ducbukowski 5 years ago
Hagler-Duran was in November 10 of 1983. Hearns-Duran in June 15 of 1984 and Hagler-Hearns in April 15 of 1985.
ImpromptuinC 5 years ago
Watching these rounds go by, you gotta wonder how Hearns would have done had he tried to be patient with Marvin, tried to extend him, stick him.
SmelOdies 5 years ago