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    #1

    what was durans greatest win at lightweight?

    go for forum members I am going for dejeus III as it was his last fight at that weight and he boxed esteban and then ko ed him,
    #2
    Originally posted by rightsideup View Post
    go for forum members I am going for dejeus III as it was his last fight at that weight and he boxed esteban and then ko ed him,

    Agreed. He was a complete fighter in that fight....and it makes you wonder if any 135lber could have beaten him on that night.

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      #3
      I would go all the way back to the Buchanan fight.

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        #4
        What was Duran's greatest win as lightweight?

        In a direct answer to the question/thread title above, I'd have to say when he TKO'd Buchanan to win the title. As for his greatest win as champion, I'd have to go with the tie-breaker of the trilogy with arch-rival Esteban DeJesus.

        But there are other victories deserving of honrable mention:
        • His KO of Leoncio Oritz, a tough southpaw who gave him trouble until the fateful 15th.
        • Lou Bizzarro who was on his bike all fight until Duran finally caught to to him in the 14th.
        • His epic struggle with Ray Lampkin before flattening him with a left upper to the jaw in the 14th.

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          #5
          I'm not going to consider a fight that ended with a punch to the balls as anyone's greatest performance.

          Was Buchanan better than DeJesus? Maybe. But, the Duran who beat DeJesus was a better all around fighter than the one who beat Ken B....and it was a more convincing performance.

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            #6
            Originally posted by SBleeder View Post
            I would go all the way back to the Buchanan fight.
            Agreed nothing compares to beating a top 10 ATG.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Barnburner View Post
              Agreed nothing compares to beating a top 10 ATG.
              ...except beating him with a legal punch. Not saying Duran needed it to win, but just that the ending took a lot of luster off of it for me.

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                #8
                Originally posted by jabsRstiff View Post
                ...except beating him with a legal punch. Not saying Duran needed it to win, but just that the ending took a lot of luster off of it for me.
                I agree.

                I give that win to Buchanan cementing his place as a Top 3 LW and Top 10 ATG.

                Without it he'd only be top 20.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by rightsideup View Post
                  go for forum members I am going for dejeus III as it was his last fight at that weight and he boxed esteban and then ko ed him,
                  While it may have been one of his higher-profile fights at LW, it wasn't his last. He went to have 8 more fights (incl. Palomino, Brooks) before facing Leonard at welter.

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