Especially from a man as great as Duran who knew boxing. I never understood excuses in boxing as far as anyone accepting them. ![]() It bothers Leonard that he never beat the man at his best today more than No Mas haunts Duran. Anyone who tells me they can't see a difference in Duran from Montreal to New Orleans must be getting their cocaine from the same guy Ray got his from. The bottom line is Duran f.ked up Leonard did what he was supposed to do Ray won the fight. The best version of Duran would of had alot of trouble with Ray in New Orleans. With that said Ray came into New Orleans smarter, determined, in peak condition. He wasn't getting hit much, that's why many have been baffled about why he said No Mas.Ī physically healthy Duran could face Leonard 100 times and he would not be stopped once. When it comes to Duran quitting the way he did its a legitimate reason why he stopped fighting. He was a professional and he is responsible for his performance. It was also Duran's fault for partying to that degree. Leonard has acknowledged he knew about Duran's weight fluctuations. And Roberto, who had been talking about only wanting Leonard, mails it in even though it’s highest career payday to that time (apart from the two Leonard fights) and the very real possibility of getting the match he wanted with Ray if he beat Wilfred.Ĭlick to expand.The rematch wasn't signed on June 21st. Had he beaten Benitez, it was in the offing (before Ray’s detached retina halted his career for a time). If Duran does anything short of quitting, a rubber match for huge money for both sides would have been in the offing straightaway.īut Duran was untouchable after quitting, at least until he found some sort of redemption. You can’t walk into a super fight, where people are paying money to see it in a theater or arena on closed circuit, quit mid-fight with no injury or excuse and expect promoters can sell a rematch of that fight. Duran - may have just been a bad matchup for any version of Roberto, but his effort still looked subpar.) (It’s a fair argument that peak Wilfred - and he’s pretty close to that vs. And Roberto, who had been talking about only wanting Leonard, mails it in even though it’s his third-highest career payday to that time (apart from the two Leonard fights) and the very real possibility of getting the match he wanted with Ray if he beat Wilfred. ![]() Higher than Leonard by far.Ĭlick to expand.If Duran does anything short of quitting, a rubber match for huge money for both sides would have been in the offing straightaway.īut Duran was untouchable after quitting, at least until he found some sort of redemption. I always rate fighters historically when they were at their best, I rate Duran comfortably inside the top 5 of all time. ![]() And there was his win over Jorge Castro when Duran was ancient, I never could figure out how Duran got that win. Looking at the back part of his career he put significant effort out in very few fights, Cuevas, Moore, Hagler, Barkley and maybe Pazienza. I remember Freddie Brown saying once that the only reason Duran moved to 154 pounds was he didn't want to train and lose the weight not because he couldn't. Roberto grew up poor as poor gets and when faced with doing, eating, drinking or having anything he wanted he indulged. Sort of like when James Toney made weight for the Jones fight but was no where near ready and for the same reason as Roberto, lack of discipline. I've posted before where Bob Arum a few years after the fight saw Roberto that summer and thought he weighed close to 200 pounds. There's a huge difference in making weight and being in fighting shape.
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