Is Roberto Duran the best lightweight of all time?

[McGoorty]

Duran p4p no 1 and LW easily, in the top 3 at WW even. in the top 5 of all time for sure.

Sorry but he kills Whitaker

Top 3 WW of all time ?..... maybe top 100 mate. His record there is very ordinary, did better at Middle and Jr Middle

[rightsideup]

Duran p4p no 1 and LW easily, in the top 3 at WW even. in the top 5 of all time for sure.

Sorry but he kills Whitaker

I am a big duran supporter but would really would like to have seen a Whitaker match

[them_apples]

Top 3 WW of all time ?..... maybe top 100 mate. His record there is very ordinary, did better at Middle and Jr Middle

No, but going through palomino and leonard like he did says something about the mans ability at the weight

[C.Y.]

what about the ass wooping he gave leonard..before SRL pulled a business move and scheduled a rematch 2 months later

There is no excuse for not training or being prepared. Idk how he wouldn't think Leonard wouldn't ask for a rematch. Leonard was actually sick leading into their first encounter.

Oh yea and Sweet Pea would beat Duran

[McGoorty]

No, but going through palomino and leonard like he did says something about the mans ability at the weight

sure he had a couple of moments there but many had over a hundred moments at that weight and p4p GOAT ???? no way on earth mate, to say top 10 is a stretch and I like Duran a lot

[Panamaniac]

I am a big duran supporter but would really like to have seen a Whitaker match

A Whitaker match would pretty much look like Duran vs Bizarro. Sweet Pea would get on his bike and Duran would eventually catch-up to him and deliver the ol' coup de grāce.

[Scott9945]

A Whitaker match would pretty much look like Duran vs Bizarro. Sweet Pea would get on his bike and Duran would eventually catch-up to him and deliver the ol' coup de grāce.

You can't begin to compare a mediocrity like Lou Bizarro to the great Pernell Whitaker.

And Whitaker didn't fight on his bike against anybody.

[Panamaniac]

You can't begin to compare a mediocrity like Lou Bizarro to the great Pernell Whitaker.

And Whitaker didn't fight on his bike against anybody.

Would Ray Lampkin (same result) be a more, shall we say, "respectable" analogy?

[rightsideup]

You can't begin to compare a mediocrity like Lou Bizarro to the great Pernell Whitaker.

And Whitaker didn't fight on his bike against anybody.

I have to agree was hard to hit but always in position to hit back and although not a one punch ko artist had a tenacity to his style. Duran would have to be on his a game both mentally and Physically.

[Scott9945]

Would Ray Lampkin (same result) be a more, shall we say, "respectable" analogy?

Not really. He doesn't come close to comparing to Pernell Whitaker. What was Lampkin's best win in his career? Every time he stepped up he lost. His best win was probably Tury Pineda, who was a marginal contender at best.