Roberto Duran vs Davey Moore | FREE FIGHT ON THIS DAY
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- Look back #onthisday with this free fight featuring #RobertoDuran vs Davey Moore.
#DuranMoore was fought with more than 20,000 fans were on hand at Madison Square Garden to watch the living legend Duran take on reigning WBA super welterweight champion Moore, the undefeated Bronx native who was a 5-2 favorite.
Duran turned 32 years old on fight day and had lost twice since the infamous “No Mas” fight against Sugar Ray Leonard almost three years prior.
Duran battered Moore en route to an eighth-round stoppage, winning a world title in a third weight class and cementing his legacy as an all-time great.
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Again, I watched Duran train at Gleason gym in Manhattan NY for this fight . Unbelievable training regiment. Moore raises his hands, Duran digs body shots. Duran can take a punch. One of the greatest fighters of his era.
Duran was the greatest Lightweight in the history of boxing.
p4p one of the Greatest ever ! Doooooran !!
Gleasons gym is in Brooklyn
Gleason 's gym is in Brooklyn.
More action in this fight than in most of this new so called champions fights from this era. RESPECT to both of this fighter's 🥊 R.I.P Dave Moore. Y COMO DURAN NOMAS UNO! 🇵🇦🇲🇽
Moore was one of the best respect to him 1:05
There’s nothing in sports that compares to boxing. Nothing more exciting, exhilarating than the contest between two brave fighters. I feel stronger and younger just watching this fight. Thank you Davie Moore and Roberto Duran
Indubidubly 🙂
football(soccer) and basketball are definitely at the peak aswell
0:42 0:42 0:42
MMA compares now, especially considering the mix of arts involved, but boxing at its *peak* back in the GOLDEN age of the sport... I agree, just ridiculous. I mean c'mon just look at this fight. And Davey Moore isn't really even a name known to casual fans, but WHAT a phenomenal *athlete* as well as warrior, and practitioner of the the extraordinary martial art known as boxing - which is essentially the supreme artistry of *fisticuffs*. He's here just competing in an all time great fight against an all time great fighter in Duran, but this is almost typical stuff of the golden age, when boxers looked like superhumans in all of these ultra-skilled, tactical/strategic all-out WARS of powerful, fast, precision shots being MASTERFULLY traded back and forth in BEAUTIFUL combinations in a give and take competition at the highest level ever seen/recorded between two men (or women)
You'd feel like you've taken roids if you watch some UFC. Watch any Justin Gaethje fight, and you'll understand.
Duran was a true legend, there won’t be another Roberto Duran he was a one off
True but look at his son roberto duran Jr he fights just like his pops
Pound for pound one of the greatest fighters of all time you can never take that from this great legend
@Barry Xenyx Carlos Monzon is nipping at his heals.
@Barry Xenyx naw... Ricardo Lopez and Salvador Sanchez better...but not by much
@@signkutter9218 Ricardo Lopez has a weak resume.
@@signkutter9218 Salvador Sanchez was elite ... much more than Roberto 'no mas' Duran
@@rafaelramirez1507 As a boxing fan how can you go wrong with a Sanchez or a Duran... both these guys were the elite of the elite. We can't say what would've happened to Sanchez had he hung on to not his best days... would he have still been able to beat bigger, younger fighters in their prime? We'll never know as he really did die in a tragic end at only 23... while Duran fought until he was like 100 years old!
Whenever I'm feeling a bit down,I watch this fight ,..cheers me up no end !!!
What a masterpiece from duran THE BEST EVER
Duran, an absolute legend! What an incredible story and career!
-Big Love & Respect 🥊
Best lightweight of all time...
@@leialmasy1 I got a text message from Willie Pep to say he disagrees. Sorry, I'm just being an idiot, not a troll.
A Duran masterpiece. Such an incredible fighter
Roberto Duran was a monster this night, but Davey Moore was a great fighter who fought his heart out too. RIP champ!
True, Moore showed well how great he was in this fight his inside hook and slugs look very vicious to contend with and actually very intimidating to see him doing that in action, but what can I say, Roberto Duran is not in that class, his skills are extremely high and diversified and natural. Moore had no chance. He actually fought well just like Barkeley fought extremely well the best fight of his career against Duran (the live commentators acknowledged said it all the way during the fight in progress) but they both faced a much superior fighter in Duran. Duran only enemy was not on the ring it was his love of food and partying.
Leonard-Durán 1 almost didn’t go ahead because of a heart scare.
Durán had to spend 2 hours having his heart checked as an ECG showed an abnormal heartbeat. “That can’t be true” deadpanned Ray Arcel “Durán doesn’t have a heart”
Legend!
Duran already head weight problem in the first Leonard fight that heart scare was do two diet pills he already head weight problems
Neither did Davey's corner!
Gran error fajarse con duran x eso tomy lo sabia xq pa bajo tomy tenia barbilla de cristal el se la rifo y le salio y cmo no mucho mas grande y unos tremendos canaletes pero.moore cometio una falla mortal eso le paso a leonar en la primera en el asalto segundo fue alcansado pero despues quiso competir hombre a hombre y no le salio xq pa ultimo entraba y salia 😂😂😂😉😃
Doesn't have a heart on the ring, outside the ring he has the biggest heart on earth.
The knockdown at the end of the seventh was magnificent, Moore was such a brave guy to get up and carry on. Duran was superb but the American had incredible guts and played his part in an historic fight for the Panamanian legend and the sport of boxing.
Yes great comment
Agreed. Duran was an absolute animal. Moore was incredibly brave and a tough man
I still think this was a mistake by moores camp. I know my comment is "after the event" but why take on a legend with little to lose, and smarting from a difficult previous 18 months?
Duran was actually half American. his father was Mexican - American from Arizona.
He had one eye, was brutally pummeled to the body, knocked down and got up. Davey Moore is a rockstar.
Maravilloso Roberto Durán !! Dios te bendiga!! Saludos y Abrazos de Argentina 🇦🇷💪
“La leyenda viviente Roberto Duran
Duran y el Diego ... IRREPETIBLES !!!
... lo demás es puro cuento !! Saludos de un panameño !!
@@DavidGonzalez-tg3wq Duran, Maradona, Mariano Rivera, Rod Carew, Lafit Pinkay Jr LEGEND LEGEND FOREVER
La Tierra del Grande Carlos Monzon, saludos desde Panamá
When Duran trained hard and came to fight, he was unbeatable.
You re right..... i never have chnace to see his fight live... only in youtube..compared to him, todays welterweights are just joke.....may be pacman is an exceptional
So you mean Duran did not came to fight when he quit against Leonard?
so you're saying in all his losses he didn't train hard...?
@@thornados4969 that was a shameful fight. Sugar ray himelf admitted that the most, that was the disgraceful moment in his life.
@@bconni2 Hearns was unbeatable the night he beat Duran
Me trae tantos recuerdos de niña junto a mis padres y hermanos viendo las peleas de Duran, momentos increíbles que nunca olvidaré. Mano de Piedra increíble!!!❤️
Te Amo
Hola bebé te vi y me acabo de enamorar de ti😘😘😘😍 dame tu wapsap, para seguir hablando de boxeo o lo que quieras cariño,serias la campeona de todos los knokaut😍
...ASI ES!...UN ENORME Y GRAN CAMPEON!
Sus palabras me dieron ganas de llorar hice un puente de comprensión con usted
El boxeo ves cuestión de estilos Wilfredo Benites derrotó a durán bien fácil y perdió ante Moore siendo el propio durán el vengador dela derrota de otro ollgullo latino Benites
What heart from Moore, that man took a serious beating.
what heart from a looooooooooooooser ahahahahaha what a joke....
Unbelievable ass kicking endured...that ref was atrocious! Moore was a very proud young champion. Should have waited awhile to take this fight.
@@martinrolando9324 Hey!!! More respect for the man. You would have run out of the ring.
@@martinrolando9324 YOU WOULDNT TAKE HALF OF ONE OF DURANS BODY SHOTS CUPCAKE
tooka beating but wouldnt quit
This fight was a clinic on how to break down a boxer with body blows.
those left hooks to the body devastated Davey...
Yeah, and how to rake your glove laces down your opponents face,
Yup, Duran was choppin wood out there!
@@markriley5863 Blah! Go talk to Bumstein.
yeah, I actually had Davey ahead 4-2 going into the 7th. And I was noticing Davey wasn't hurting him, but it sure was the other way around. Power body blows simply caught up and did their damage.
En casa mi papá y yo eramos fanáticos de Durán. Cuando noqueó a Moore, fue una gran alegría. Gracias por todo, Roberto Durán, hiciste que mi viejo yo fuéramos más unidos 💯
soy Frances pero entendio que tu digas e soy fanático de Durán tambien.
El grande cojones
RIP Davy Moore he was a tough fighter. Congrats to Duran awesome performance. It seems like the 80's & 90's boxers were much tougher than this current generation boxers. No ducking back then and holding out for more money.
They're just as tough today but everybody is on roids. Roids makes your body stronger but not your brain. That's why today's fighters are done after one tough fight.
Yeh todays generation (mine) is like not getting hit is the name of the game seems back than exchanges where the favorite thing to do and now people obsess over being the most skilled boring fighter.
Ducking has been around since forever
Yea no theyre not as tough lol, thats a no brainer! These guys, Duran, Arguello, Pryor, Foreman, Chavez, Hagler were all cut from a different cloth and upbringing. No comparison to today, theyd make these quit! Today they talk about saving themselves for the championship rounds 10 to 12! Bitch, these guys were just getting started on way to 15 and they never took a round off. The Pryor Arguello 1st fight is a perfect example of working every round.
SF
@El Luech idk. Im sure people train harder today. Without the swinging of an axe on wood. Which made a difference. But i think people worry about the mental and physical issues when forcing boxers to do that much. And we want them to last and to be in the hall of fame without slurring their speech.
Roberto Duran was one of the best fighters of all time.
No shit?
@Fred Forbes running lovers here ? 🏃👋
@Fred Forbes Well, he was a Lightweight who was 12+ years and 70+ fights into his career when he moved up and lost to those all time great Welterweights and Middleweights.
@Fred Forbes He was one of the best pound for pound fighters of all time.
No, I don’t rate him above Robinson. I said he was “one of the best” not “the very best”. And Robinson went 40 fights before losing to LaMotta. That’s 40 fights. Not 165. You were just a little off in your recollection.
Yes, I rank him ahead of Ali, Pep, Pacquiao, Chavez, Gans, and the rest of the Fab 4 in a pound for pound sense. I rate him #6 all time pound for pound.
The body work by Duran is just vicious and relentless in this fight. On this night he would have destroyed anyone who stepped in the ring to face him. Moore was landing big shots but Duran shook them off like nothing, a testament to his conditioning, his will to win and to prove everyone wrong who said he's done. The focus, intensity and determination was plain to see already in the face-off, and Duran grinning just goes to show how much he loved to fight. GOAT! Tremendous heart shown by Moore. Ref let the fight go on far too long.
Typical bad comment failing to recognize Duran's extremely highly talented skills. A lot of people fail to recognize how incredible Duran's defense is, and how incredible his countering and opportunistic offense is. He does not make any move that isn't adapted to his opponent or with a true purpose or calculated deceit, extremely effective and efficient. He slips punches constantly in a way that shouldn't be possible. That is the reality. You fail to see how high his skills are. It's got nothing to do with being relentless or vicious, for such a high skill, he simply cannot be stopped, it's pure virtuso skilled fighting. The highest type of boxing. You're completely wrong about Duran.
@@goognamgoognw6637 Brother, I think you misread my post. I agree with every point you make, and none of it is counter to what I said, so I don't know why you're writing as if we have opposing views. Of course I recognize Duran's amazing defense, his ability to avoid getting hit while also getting his shots in. However, he does get hit by big shots from Moore multiple times. Both things can be true. The difference is, Duran takes less hits and doesn't get affected, or at least doesn't show it, while Moore gets broken down by consistent body shots.
@@egdapa Here is why, there's a whole bunch of united-statians who don't give Duran proper credit for his incredible skills . They ignorantly attribute his wins to their false impression that the win came from being vicious, animal, relentless. That is a cunning way to discredit him as saying "yeah he won but that isn't proper boxing".
In their mind they're stuck to boxing being only a limited set of boxing skills from the outside. I already have that discussion with some who look down on Duran and think you have to copy Ali like Leonard who brought nothing new to boxing to be great. They just say Duran is just a tricky brawler and that is total bs. There are natural high skills in Duran that are sublime and that they don't even see. Leonard knew it and knew he couldn't learn those skills, he wanted to show he didn't need them and that he could win without his bunny rabbit constantly escaping away style and flirting with the judges with fake fighting, But he could not. He got beaten flat, already almost knocked down on 2nd round. He saw it was sublime skills Duran had. Not a matter of being "relentless" as you put it. The 2nd fight can be forgotten since Duran had put 20 kilos in the few months between the fights, partied and didnt train. He was still 10 kilos overweight a few weeks before the fight. He was doomed to loose by his own fault, not by leonard boxing from the outside.
@@goognamgoognw6637 Fair enough, but you can be skillfully relentless. They are not mutually exclusive qualities. In the second round, Duran gets hit by at least three big shots from Moore, about a minute in, then two minutes into the round, and finally at the bell. Every time he comes right back or turns an angle and throws big shots of his own, as if nothing happened, as if to make a point to demoralize his opponent. In a word, relentless.
@@egdapa That's true, and i recognize i was overzealous "relentless" is justified although still misleading but you also said vicious. He isn't, he is just effective with high skills. I have never seen Duran being dirty in boxing, or enjoying hurting an opponent, what he enjoyed is winning and defeating the opponent. It's not the same.
Davey Moore went into this as such a favourite the media almost had people convinced that Duran had no chance whatsoever. What followed was one of the most savage beat downs ever seen.
Seriously savage beating,Duran obviously understood this was his last chance at world championshop level.Moore met a very sad end,in 1988, run over and killed by his own car
Tremenda pelea Durán boxciador guapo
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Desde Perú....nuestro reconocimiento y cariño a unos de las más grandes del box ...Mano de piedra Duran una leyenda
Peru alguna trenda algun grande del deporte?
@@mostdefrecords4334 Claro que sí, tenemos al Cholo Hugo Sotil, que fué uno de los mejores 10 del Barcelona FC, y muy querido por los catalanes
@@luislimovasquez3836 😃😃😃😅brutal tu comentario 😉
En el boxeo no. En Voley, futbol, karate, judo, surf. Si, los mejores.
siempre desde joven manos de pierda fu mi ídolo y a sugar ray Leonard le debería dar vergüenza nunca le gano derechamente. a duran pero los gringos y sus oligarquías chifladas mandaban en ese entonces y a hora AMLO los esta mandando ala chingada
R.I.P Davey Moore,. Great Fighter, Great Champ!!!
Que pena su fallecimiento.
Moore fue un gran boxeador.
Indeed...talk about heart, that man had it in droves!!
Roberto Manos De Piedra Duran was a LEGEND. He fought a man that was younger, faster, stronger and defeated him.
Pound for Pound Roberto is definitely One of the GREATEST
I met him around this time, right before he fought Duran in NYC. Real nice man, very kind. RIP Davey Moore, indeed.
Davey Moore really *typifies* the kind of caliber of boxers and athletes that existed in the golden age of this sport, just spectacular, and almost as the norm. And Moore isn't even a name known to casual fans, except for maybe those who have seen this truly all-time-great fight with Duran. Moore looks phenomenal here, it takes truly ALL of PEAK Roberto Duran to be able to deal with him, in what amounts to an intensely competitive, back-and-forth war. Similarly sized as well, unlike a lot of opponents Duran faced
I’ve watched this fight at least 10 times. It was plain to see that Duran knew he was going to win this fight in the third round. His body attack in this fight was ferocious and anyone could plainly see it was hurting Moore badly. At 32, this, in my opinion, was Duran’s greatest performance. There will never be another fighter like Roberto Duran. What a great fight this was, so entertaining. Duran was born to fight and what a great fighter he was......maybe the greatest fighter ever!!!
He was one of the top 10 fighters in boxing history, no doubt Duran was a masterclass boxer of the highest order and a ferocious beast at all times..
Would've loved to Duran fight James Toney in their primes
He was so fun to watch. He was my favorite as a kid. Truly a legend fighter🔔👺🥊💥😵😴💤
Ring Magazine voted Duran the Greatest Lightweight Ever. And there have been many great Lightweight fighters throughout history.
@@CloudMNYT Roberto Duran was one of the greatest people and fighters in the history of boxing.
He just kept throwing those bombs to the body.
Pure genious!
This is one of the most thorough ass kickings I've ever seen. It is also one of the finest, if not THE finest, displays I've ever seen of an experienced, brutal guy who LOVES to fight, who's a legend in the ring, schooling someone with a superior body with an inexperienced head. I actually felt bad for Moore. Duran never lost his tremendous right hand as he moved up in weight. What he did lose was the ability to land it effectively. When he destroyed Moore, it pissed off Moore's buddy, Iran Barkley. Barkley wanted Duran real bad. But his style, and Moore's style, are exactly what Duran wants in an opponent. It's not a coincidence that he floored Moore, and then Barkley. Barkley was more experienced than Moore, and gave Duran a bit more trouble. Those who disagree about Duran's right hand power, take a look at the Moore knockdown. Duran hit him so hard, Moore slid a couple feet backwards after Duran sat him flat on his ass. The only reason Leonard lost to Duran was because he fought the same way as Moore and Barkley. They're ALL mighty lucky they didn't run into a 26 year old Duran......
Haha good overall analysis. Duran skills in defense are incredible so are his offensive countering skills. What he does he so superior that it cannot be learned even by other legend boxers and some tried. I consider his style of boxing the only true and highest form of this art. The whole outboxing school i believe is a lesser art, it's not engaging and is more of a ponctual hit and run premeditation it does not involve the highly natural skills of Duran boxing in constant reaction to the opponent movement and making incredibly good choice in real time constantly. He is in my view the best ever boxer i have seen in a video, with only SRR might have been another great but a doubt remains because his young years where he was at its peak were before the filming age. You have the this whole class of american black boxers who develop those impressive bodies by they're actually not great fighters. There's several generation of united statians who don't understand what the highest skill in boxing are. It's not Leonard outside dancing with dasking display of single attacks, it does not have the fighting mind skills that Roberto Duran true fighting boxing has. I am convinced that Leonard actually knows and agree with this, and all true boxers know that Duran is a class above them. If Leonard had trust his outside boxing style was more respectable then he would not have tried to fight Duran as he did and lost in fight 1, already knocked out almost on 2nd round. Duran lost in Fight 2 only because it was a few months later and he didn't keep fit and ate and partied while Leonard humiliated by his loss did the exact opposite.
Duran rearranged his face a lot
of people don't know Moore
pissed blood for 3 days from
Duran's body shoots.And once
Duran found Barkley's weak
spots he knocked Barkley on
his ass and won a decision.
Bod shots destroyed him inside work from duran unbeatable
Talk about a thorough ass beating, if you’ve ever watched Morales vs Vargas…. It was so one sided. It was like putting a civilian in there with a legendary boxer.
man please davey was 24 and that man was 32 and been professional since 15 and davey just turned pro about 2 years that wasnt nothing but more exp thats all it was u want to see thorough ass kicking type in tommy hearns vs roberto duran foo
Gracias a roberto duran se empezaron a respetar los boxeadores latinos y a pagarles buena plata . Aparte de lo grande q fue como boxeador dio a conocer la calidad latina y centroamericana.
Tienes un poco de razón
muy cierto bendito Roberto mi IDOLO
Su papá era Mexico-Americano
@@IHTLS el no tubo padre, lo crio su madre y su abuela panameñas ya siendo famoso conocio al gringo q solo le dio el apellido el cual no se sabe si es cierto si era su padre biologico ya q la madre de Durán era una señora muy callada y q jamas fue a la escuela
Nuestro orgullo nacional, el manos de piedra, Roberto Durán, saludos desde Panamá.
Tostada frittata enchiladas nacho macho crotcho.
@@TheBatugan77 todo bien pero prefiero los frijoles "de la hoya"😊
Igual😆👍🇵🇦
También orgullo latino....mexicanos con Duran.
@@josemora1782 Ofi Saludos
7:39 that smile from duran to moore after he landed that right straight was so badass. he was like "you like that?"
hahah just noticed that
i love durans smirks. when iran barkley was going down late in the fight he has that same smile on lol
That's why we love him !!
@@georgevincent1834 Nobody is as adorable as Roberto Duran, when he's beating the living sh-t of a fellow human being.
It’s the sneer
Duran is like the perfect fighter. tough, cunning, steadily wears his opponent down. Lots of great body work.
He was the shark lurking around then the chase began and he would take bites out of his victims sapping their energy...then one big bite ends it all...
Until tommy Hearns
Hearns Is Really Good So No Shame In That Loss
@@Philotheist777 Hearns was after this, so was Hagler. Duran-Hagler was a great fight, Hagler came back at the very end. Before this, he lost to Benítez, who is in the Hall of Fame.
Even started investing early to the body! Veteran fighter with all the moves, new generation take notes.
Roberto Duran one of the greatest of all time
Me gusta el de porte bibi en este negosio
El cubano se caracteriza por su valor en el rin mis respeto para todos los países
Juan of??? L0L
@@reinaldoaguila1976 que tenia que ver?
@@reinaldoaguila1976 cual cubano? Durán es Panameño...
Hermosa pelea, dos boxeadores que se entregaron totalmente. Emoción de principio a fin, dejaron todo en el cuadrilátero. Un privilegio de poder ver este tipo de combate. Davee Moore dio todo, pero Durán demostró por qué le dicen "mano de piedra".
......DE ACUERDO CON UD!....
.......Y EL REFERI DEMOSTRO SU INEPTITUD!...
Duran otro nivel término fresco como una lechuga
@@donlucho25 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Roberto Duran, la octava maravilla del mundo.saludos desde Puerto Rico. Sin duda alguna, el mejor boxeador latino de todos Los tiempos. Al Cesar lo que es del cecar,y punto.y abrazos a tu bella patria,panama.gracias por tu gran ejemplo de venir a Puerto y visitar a tu ex-contrincante Esteban de jesus en su lecho de muerte y reflejar tu amor cristiano al projimo que una vez fue tu oponente en el ring.
Gracias fanaticos de puerto rico x darle a duran un lugar y por llamar bella a pma lo mismo decimos de ustedes borinque tierra grande de muchos deportista exelentes en el boxeo en el basquet boll grandes en el beisboll tierra de grandes salseros en su musica recordamos a ismael ribera cuando venia a pma visitaba el chorrillo barrio humilde donde duran se crio y crecio cheo feliciano asia lo mismo para estas navidades se oye esta musica x aca en pma saludos a todos los puertos riqueños principal mente esas boriguas hermosas saludo para todo el Continente Cachimbon tierras fertiles y bellas Viva cristo por darnos tal bonitoContinente 😃😃😃😃😃😃
gran comentario compadre ... PR = tierra de grandes campeones.
La verdad no por que yo sea mexicano pero no creo que sea el mejor boxeador latino de todos los tiempos uno de los top 5 puede ser
@@meriguito01 es porque eres un milenial y no viviste la decada de los 70's donde Durán reino en el peso ligero y por el cual fue declarado el mejor peso ligero de la historia, siendo latino...asi que si fue escogido el mejor del mundo en una categoria, entre todas las nacionalidades del planeta, por que no iba a ser el mejor "latino" por delante de julio cesar, simple lógica.
@@meriguito01 ningun latino a echo lo de roberto gano 5 titulos en diferentes pesos y tamaño aunque con diferentes adversarios que roberto le doblaba la edad pero el tuvo que subir a 140 x 135 era invencible nadie queria pelear con el canelo un poco mas grande y va x alli aunque suma muchos titulos pero no en diferentes pesos a y antes eran 15 asalto pero cmo boxeador creo decir mejor mexicano no digo poner a roberto en primer lugar pero si hay que respetar lo que logro saludos desde Pma 👉
Duran's ability to avoid punches is so underrated. He fought in so many different weight classes and against some of the greatest fighters. A true legend and tough as nails. Hands of stone.
Right in the pocket too
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And didn't run like bitch ass froid hit and bit get hit but no running
You are correct, Duran's head movement was superb! When you go 15 rounds against a prime Sugar Ray Leonard, one of the most accurate punchers ever, and come out unscathed-----incredible! And after the fight, Leonard said he couldn't believe how difficult Duran was to hit.
@@CloudMNYT And that fight was one of the most action packed brawls too
Para este combate Roberto Duran habia subido 9 categorías desde sus inicios y se ganó a los mejores, eso es lo que hace que Durán sea considerado uno de los mejores boxeadores de todos los tiempos!
Roberto "mano de piedra" Duran!Um dos maiores de todos os tempos!Onde batia não nascia mais cabelo!
The best Latin American and lightweight boxer of all time, Roberto Durán.
I agree
Yeah.....I grudgingly admit that Duran beats out Arguello by a nose.......
Durán had the warriors blood,His Father was Mexican,Mother from Panama.
CHAVEZ, MANTEQUILLA NAPOLES, CARLOS ORTIZ , DINAMITA MARQUEZ RUBEN OLIVARES FUERON MEJORES QUE DURAN
Amen
Duran was like a streetfighter but a master of every single trick. For a smaller guy he relentlessly chased opponents down and made the ring feel what must have seemed like being battered inside a phonebox to them, absolutely no escape. As tough as they come. Moore got away with a free hit after the bell in what seemed like every round but what a price he paid for it, that hunting down in the last round and a half was brutal.
Moore wasn't ready for that fight...
I can see the referee smiling in the end of the fight when duran is beating the guy to death. Damn! Watch it closely! Its creepy.
As if he enjoys the slaughter.
Another complete bullshit comment. You don't understand how highly skilled Duran was. This is extremely high and advanced skills, not mere "tricks" as you put it. This man has more skills than many legends put together. The higher level the more difficult it is to copy a man And the impression of him being relentless is a false perception .Nobody can be relentless without being a superior expert, or they would get stopped and punished for it very quickly. Surely Moore's boxing style is perfect for stopping a pressure boxer, he's got hard punishing inside hooks and body slugs, but Duran skills are so high that he can neutralize all of it. What happens in this fight is that Moore used all his tools all his abilities and it was not even enough to slow down his demise against the overwhelmingly superiority of Roberto Duran.
@@wtfgebeurdmij2991 you lied
He was just as sophisticated as Alexis Arguello. A master at his craft, but he had something else that made him unique. He was as if Alexis Arguello had been bitten by a werewolf.
Duran duran!!, te aplaudimos en Argentina como te merecías, abrazos a los hermanos panameños che!!
Viva Boca
Viva Caminito
Salu2 a to2 desde Panama city🇵🇦
They said he was Old, Washed-Up, and Finished - then, they saw this, and the name Duran will NEVER be forgotten.
Moore was never really a champion, the promoters gave him that championship after 6 fights.
@@lestermount3287 Davey Moore was beast what are you talking about lolol sounds like you want to hate on Duran
@@lestermount3287 everybody thought moore was gonna go threw duran like a hot knife threw butter ..moore was a 10-1 fav.....wtf are you talkin bout ???
@@Highwayman7549 Moore had NO defense.
Then he went through Iran Barkley
Gran campeón saludos desde Mérida Yucatán México
Roberto Durán toda una leyenda te Saludo desde Costa Rica 🇨🇷🇨🇷 tremendo boxeador de nuestro hermano país PANAMÁ.DIOS LOS BENDIGA
Orgulloso de Nacer en la tierra de Roberto gran leyenda 🇵🇦🙏🏻
Puro sangre azteca hermano🇲🇽
Sorry pero no puedo con Los grandes, Hagler, Hearns, y Sugar Ray Leonard
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Duran le ganó a sugar y después sugar ganó
@@gabrieltam4656 Ray Leonard le Gano dos veces .... Leonard era un gran boxeador
This is why Duran is one of the all time greats. He is savage , relentless and terrifying. Never a dull moment in a Duran fight.
Duran was one of the all time greats. Master boxer and deadly infighter.
Floyd Mayweather ranked his him as one of the top 5 GOATS
@@mrboxing3517 ranked him as the #1 in fact. As do MANY other legends.
And myself as well haha
@@mrdark9916 I got Mayweather at 1 then Duran
And could slip a punch. So damn hard to Hit clean.
HE WAS EDWARD HE`S MY PROFILE PICTURE ON FACEBOOK...
Is it just me or did boxing matches feel like EVENTS back in the day, like a damn carnival or something. You don’t get that same energy today unfortunately
Different era, entirely different kind of environment, I do agree the energy in these matches are just something completely different from what you see today, man what I would give to have lived during these times.
I'd love to compete in that environment gonna bring the best out of any fighter
@@reecefleming1445 Pac man has put on some terrific fights in recent years, like the old days
You should watch Salvador Sánchez vs Azumah Nelson, the enviroment was crazy, it was like an african carnival vs a mexican party. Definately a great fight
@@fdkfskfkvmk441254741 Lol @ "African carnival"!
Cómo no recordar esta memorable pelea,estaba en el Campo de Carabobo en los preparativos del desfile del 24 de junio,esa pelea fue el 16 de junio de 1983,la ví y como suramericano me alegré de la victoria de Roberto Durán,fue un triunfo reivindicatorio.Estaba cumpliendo el servicio militar,GAC"Cornelio Muñoz #33
Roberto Duran was truly terrifying. Imagine standing across from him in the ring seeing that evil grin on his face when he knows he has you and there ain't a damn thing you can do about it. Daunting stuff.
"I'm Roberto Fukin Duran! What are you gonna do?"
One of the four Kings, he fought the best, beat the best, and lost to the best. A true brawler with granite chin not few can brag about knocking Duran out.
@@wajabi Hearns is thee only one to KO Duran as far as I know.
A true Warrior a pleasure to watch him work. He whipped Barkley next for another belt. Barkley took the fight mad cuz Davey Moore was his buddy. Roberto beat hella out of him too. Moore was hospitalized dude was wrecked
@@RonFly824 Duran ended Moores career !! Barkley was more lika light heavy and Duran owned him late in fight !
Duran was his absolute best for this fight he really tuned back the clock.
Waioo que orgullo mi Panamá 🇵🇦 ver a nuestro Campeón Roberto Durán. Ver esta pelea 🥊 la disfrute como si fue ayer. Bendiciones a nuestro gran campeón
The first time I saw Roberto Durán's fight was with Davey Moore.
Duran's boxing in this fight was perfect. Infight and defense techniques, killer instinct, bravery, calm. The most surprising fact was that Duran had passed the strongest period at this time.
You miss a lot of great fights of Duran in his prime..
I think roberto duran was the best fighter. In terms of being a complete package. I mean come on, its like he was built specifically to be a fighter.
Mike tyson, nice to look at. Great student. But he doesnt have the brain duran had. He would probably not be champion without cus d amato.
Ali often remembered as the greatest but he left his biggest impression on the world as a personality not a fighter. Thats what made him so great. As a fighter he just took way to much damage and his style was so bad for himself that he broke his brain.
Sugar ray leonard, he was a showman flirting with the judges was his priority. He also lacked his own style, everything was copied from ali. He won a lot of fights that he should not have won by being a showman. he brought in the money so it worked. He is however a very smart and good boxer.
Tommy hearns, he was a great boxer but he had enough flaws. Footwork, glass chin,bad balance, not able to adapt mid fight.
Without his freakish natural reach/height i doubt he would be able to reach the top.
Hagler, one of the few fighters who actually comes really close to roberto duran. But he missed the star factor! roberto had so many talents, including charisma. i think he just edges it in the complete package. Imagine if roberto duran was actually dedicated to training between fights like hagler 😮
There are way more fantastic fighters, many guys come close.
I think its hard to deny floyd mayweather as one who shares almost the same skillset as roberto. But his style is almost cheating. its just a little bit less impressive than duran. Floyds family had also given floyd a huge headstart, the style was already created for floyd. Duran had all this talent and created his entire style himself.
And ofcourse some people will look at the records and say he doesnt have the best record.
Well actually, if records are really that important to you, his record was amazing as well, he was 72 -1 before his second loss in the downhill of his career.
He just really loved fighting so kept going until he was an old man.
Floyd really loved money and points so he kept going till he surpassed the record of rocky marciano with 1 fight 😂
Roberto duran, he is as good as it gets when we are talking boxing!
If records showed the best fighters, joe calzaghe, rocky marciano and floyd mayweather would be the best of all time.
@@wtfgebeurdmij2991 I was in total agreement with your review of top fighters until you got to floyd mayweather, who was a fraud, how dare you even say he had anything in common with Roberto Duran. That is disgraceful. Mayweather devoted his entire boxing career at running away from opponents (also refusing fights). The exact opposite of Roberto Duran who constantly engaged his opponents on the ring and with hundreds real solid punches landed, Mayweather always disengaged and played bunny rabbit. He was looking for a well calculated 2 or 3 at the most landed punches in a fight while spending the rest of the time without fighting (which requires skills but it's an inferior skill). He is the biggest disgrace to the art of boxing and has nothing in common with any champion. I don't care how many wins he had and how many judges he influenced and paid, he did not box his opponents !! Just remember that boxing is a sport with rules and these rules have flaws that weren't exposed until mayweather came. Mayweather hated boxing he literally said so and his goal was making a business out of it and money, taking care of all the non sporting side of it, like venues, % of proceeds his side demanded to accept a fight ( he demanded 80% and only allowed 20% to pacquiao's side). Just think of the lowest boxer you've seen on TV, well i would still seriously argue that he is a better boxer than Mayweather because he fought while M didn't. The rule of boxing should have been updated to penalize non engaging boxers like M. who caused boring bouts. The only reason he lasted is he was so easy to hate and his personality so polarizing and he used pretext of racism to market himself too (like Ali but with a different spin) he produced interest and revenue that way. Still the same, this is NOT boxing. He was a disgrace and significantly lowered my view of the sport.
Duran's head movement on the inside is simply spectacular.
Totally. He was incredibly hard to hit solid.
Ninguna empezando su primera pelea R. D fueron fácil lo que le sobraba corozon y condicione
Un Duran, fuera de cerie y que mas decir esa pegada ,condiciones, y corazón.
@@claudioguevara6542 serie*
@@archywiseman Ye and even if he got hit he rolled wif the punches
This was absolutely Roberto Duran's redemption.
Thank you for the upload of one of Durán’s (the fight’s underdog) most devastating victories on his 32nd birthday. Moore, as advised to many opponents, did not make eye contact with Durán, during the referee’s instructions. Rest in God’s eternal peace, Davey Moore.
Amen
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Why is that
@@sherrillraymond7595 apparently Durans deep black eyes would break opponents before the fight. Pause
Yes i wondered if davey was advised to avoid the eye contact...it was unusual ...but to look at the floor would only give duran strength. Why not look up or past him or at the ref?
Can’t believe Moore’s corner let him go back out after the 7th
The referee too.
You can see spectators yelling at the ref to stop the fight near the end.
There was no possible way Moore was coming back at that point.
That ref was a disgrace but so was Moores corner,they're supposed to be there to protect the fighter
Did Duran thumb Moore?
Tenia años de no ver buen boxeo, que cátedra de golpes y clase de boxeador era duran la verdad lo hizo puré a moore , yo creo que hasta quería llorar con cada golpe que recibia.
Before the fight, Davey Moore said "Duran's prime is long gone and I'm just entering into mine".
Duran was probably listening because he gave Moore such a massive beating, Moore's prime never came.
You are right brother, duran gave Moore brain damage.
Love Davy Moore but damn he fought a pissed off Duran.
@@coldbloodedreptile8199 Wrong Davey Moore, there were two one born 1933, he died from fighting....this Davey Moore was killed in his own driveway, car rolled on him.
That ref was a sadist. That fight should’ve been called off at least 2 1/2 minutes before it was.
Moore was in his prime....prime meat for Duran.
@@jackwoods535 Thats an interesting bit of boxing trivia, thanks
Duran starts to get that sneer going as his love of fighting takes over....
Should have tried to sneer at Hearns.
@@proplayer566 Ray Leonard predicted they were ever matched that if the two fought Hearns would knock Duran out. Hearns a bad match-up for Duran much like he was for Cuevas.
@@proplayer566 styles makes fights. But Duran kinda got the last laugh by knocking down and beat Iran barkley (who knocked out tommy twice)
@@idktbh5791 Watch this fight and score round by round yourself. Then hit me back. Duran did not win this fight.
@@proplayer566 Moore fight or Barkley fight? Be specific lmao cuz I just saw the Barkley fight the other day
Jose Torres screaming like crazy to stop the fight, this was a slaughter. Even Patterson is concerned.
IDOLO POR SIEMPRE MANO DE PIEDRA, EL MÁS GRANDE BOXEADOR LATINO DE LA HISTORIA
Cuando veo boxeo de esta generación, ni la sombra de manos de piedra duran. Miren a lomachenco. Dizque libra por libra. Vean este monstruo como acabó pesos más grandes y pesados que el.
Cómo que el mejor latino,el mejor del mundo de todos los tiempos mi hermano.
Hispano, el término latino no existe para un Sudamericano. Es usted un membrillo
@@alvisosa943 debutó en 112 libras y termino ganando el título de las 160 libras eso no lo hace cualquiera muy osado el manos de piedra
@@alvisosa943 primero Durán no es suramericano. Es centroamericano. Segundo si es latinoamericano por que nuestro idioma el español se deriva del latin al igual que el italiano el portugués el francés y el rumano
"Duran got nailed!!"
Literally every time was him rolling with the punch and taking no damage lol
Well you still take some damage like if a car that was moving forward got hit from behind it woof with the momentum but still be damaged unlike obviously a head on collision but regardless some damage is still sustained
Yeah that lady didn't know shit about boxing lol
@@juk1107 I remember a different announcing team when I watched this fight with Gil Clancy… that lady didn’t know crap
@@jayclarke9611 yeah there are 3 different versions with different announcers that i know of.
this one, another with Gil and SRL commentating, and a 3rd with Bernstein as well. i like to watch all 3 versions lol the other two are far far better
@@mrdark9916 I saw it that nite w Gil Clancy as analyst . He was spot on, a real boxing officianado
One of the best crowds I’ve ever seen at a boxing event.
ELECTRIC ⚡️
Hands of stone; gut of stone; head of stone. The harder you hit Duran and Hagler the harder they hit back.
Duran must have forgot this against Hearns.
@@proplayer566 that's one of the great mysteries of boxing. Well, not so much a mystery but more of an illustration about how styles make fights. That leverage from a Hearn's right hand was hard to overcome. I'm still impressed that Leonard beat Hearns at welterweight.
@@proplayer566 he was 14 st when he signed for the fight 6 weeks before made the weight though best tactics by hearts team
@@proplayer566 Hearns unbeatable at Jr. Middleweight (154), that's where he should have stayed. He had no power at lightweight when he lost to Aaron Pryor and to weak at Welterweight when he was stopped by Leonard and obviously too heavy at Middleweight when he lost to Hagler. Dream fight Felix Trinidad vs Hearns at Jr Middleweight. Remember Duran fought Hearns at Jr. Middleweight not at Lightweight or Welterweight. Duran greatest ever
@@rodd7 Duran greatest ever! Are u kidding? The greatest don't get knocked down 4 times before being knocked out in 2 rounds by Hearns. The greatest don't get beat by Hagler's little brother. And the greatest never just quit in the middle of of fight in which you are loosing.
This was an amazing resurgence of Roberto Duran. This fight always pumps me up, I just wanna train after watching this fight! Duran was a Beast in the ring, he even beat Barkley in his prime for the middleweight title!!! ✊✊
I don't like all these bad adjectives about Duran he was neither a beast, nor an animal, nor vicious, not anything in that line. He was simply extremely talented and superior over his opponent. Almost no other boxer had the full package of skills that he had, he was unstoppable, and didn't take any punishment because his defense was incredible. He was as calm as calm could be.
Increíble. La he visto montón de veces. Moore tenía el poder de nock a Durán, pero increible como Durán pasaba golpes a tan poca distancia, y terminó Moore con la cara hinchada. Esto era lo que Tyson halagaba de Durán, y también el lo hacía.
The original inventor of ‘beast mode’. Duran was as tough as they came. I reckon he would have stood toe to toe with devil himself and not budged. One of a kind. Thanks for this video!!!!
I could not agree more! Duran was warrior class and there is not many in that class.
I love Duran but I think the inventor of "beast mode" has to be Jack Dempsey. He was an absolute savage, and I'm sure Duran was a huge fan
Funny you said that because Duran is “El Diablo” (The Devil) he inspired fear on his opponents.
Todo un Grande Roberto.. Saludos desde Guayaquil Ecuador
Wish I could go back and c these fights for the first time again
Great fight, amazing body work from Duran.
Agreed he chopped him down like a tree!
Imagine being the champ, and then you get a phone call and your manager tells you...YOU ARE FIGHTING DURAN NEXT.
😶
I would have said screw that you fight him.
I would fight him. I’d train my balls of and I would fight him but that’s only because I love to fight. A fighter like Duran would bring out the best in me.
@@snehalkrishnan618 LoL 😂
Moore cherry picked Durán thinking he was finished as a Boxer,Moore was a natural Middle weight and Durán a Light weight,The same thing happened to Barkley,Durán kicked their ass and retired them both.
@@andreschavez3134 thats the part of history that makes him great, all the did with the fantastic 4 and before was amazing, even tho he loss to all of them but got one amazing victory against the one the beated all of them. Beating those 2 middle weights made his name go in the books.
Duran went after Moore's liver like it owed him money. What a vicious body attack. A great display of courage and skill by both men. Respect and Honor.
Agreed. Davey took too much damage to the body. - by 5th round he was done.
Definitely Duran one of the toughest of boxers
Holy crap what a great fight !
This is the fight that Duran got his reputation back and all the respect he lost from "No-Mas". One last glimpse of the master who out-boxed, out-punched and out-thought this younger and fresher opponent. He got it all back. 🥊🧔
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After the fight , Moore said he couldn't believe how strong Duran was
@@hectorkafati6149 ggggggggggggg
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Poor Davey Moore. He underestimated Duran, which you should NEVER do. When Duran comes in ready to rumble, and is in shape, you can count on a war. Moore not only lost his title, but he'd soon lose his life. I blame his trainers and manager. No way he should've been in the ring with an experienced all time great at that stage of his career.....
Roberto Duran fue lo mAs grande del boxeo mundial Wuaaooo. Tremenda. Leyenda soy Peru y vivo en usa lo más grande Roberto duran 👍🇵🇪🇺🇸
el mejor boxeador latino de todos los tiempos!!
Para unos respeto el gusto de cada quien pero de que fue muy bueno lo fue
Man what a fantastic fighter Duran was ,miss him.
Duran uno de los más grandes en la historia del boxeo
The way Duran looks at Moore just before they fight, totally fearless…Whilst Moore is doing every he can to avoid eye contact.
Yes pulsonar i noticed that too. Moore not ready for duran, it was a mismatch sadly for brave brave davey.
@@johntate5722 Hardly a mismatch, this is an intensely close, back-and-forth WAR, very evenly competitive at least for the first half of it
Moore wasn't scared of Duran... the fuck
@@kirklandau2826“Moore wasn’t afraid” so what does his body language say otherwise?
@@kirklandau2826although much of what you say is true, by mismatch i dont mean "walkover" - davey gave a great egfort and grwat account of himself. what i mean is that he wasnt really ready for a wily, experienced, and desperate duran. Duran needed a big victory here. Daveys camp shouldnt have gone for duran, too risky. Duran himself was in a mismatch v hearns. Hearns too tall, huge reach, not a good choice for duran
The four kings were truly ahead of everyone else in every aspect of the game
Nice one Top Rank! nice one!. Please keep these classics in 60fps coming! godbless ya's.
He visto esta pelea como 4 veces en las últimas 2 semanas, cuando ocurrió tenía 12 años y no la disfrute tanto como ahora. Wao! Durán estaba intratable, lo molio a golpes.
Muchos dicen que un duran entrenado y disciplinado seria invatible, lo q si escierto que el apodo de manos de piedra esta bien definido y la tecnica de defensa de Dura nes exquisita.
Yo hubiera sido boxeador jamás hubiera boxeando con Durán... Era un peligro una de esas manos amigo..
Durán pegaba como una bestia.
@@luiseduardosegurabadilla638 Yes
Es mi favorito duran y canelo
Pure art of boxing. Duran- legend!
Robertito...lo vi en Las Vegas..la gente lo saludaba..lo amaba..lo engreia , nunca vi un carino tan grande hacia una persona....!!!!!!!..llegue a gritarle..".ROBERTO, ROBERTO .".....volteo y me saludo.....ya me puedo morir tranquilo..!!!!!!!!..
Mi vida loca
People don’t give enough credit on how wicked some of the shots Moore landed on Duran were
I remember this fight like it was yesterday.
Tremendous win for Duran.
In those days this fight was closed circuit.
I remember calling the “Ringside” In downtown Oakland California for the updates on the fight.
Thanks for the memories.
Espectacular Roberto Durán!!!💪🥊🌟
23:10 unos de los mejores golpes de todos los tiempos, limpio y contundente...sencillamente espectacular y es admirable el coraje de moore al ponerse de pie.
Así es de milagro no lo mató que aguante para soportar los golpes del manos de piedra
Hoy en día nadie soportaría un golpe así, Moore fué un gran valiente pues tuvo que reconocer que Durán no era ningún mediocre en ese peso como lo había afirmado.
Tommy hearns KO against duran was better
Parabéns para o lutador o senhor Roberto Duran ele foi uma legenda em seu tempo.
Ahora entiendo por qué lo llamaban mano de piedra. De un golpe lo mandó un metro al suelo. Davey Moore no se rindió. Una gran pelea y un gran espectáculo. Gracias por darnos el privilegio de ver esta pelea.
Moore un gran guerrero nunca se rindio apesar de la golpisa que estaba recibiendo golpes contundente ,,que dios lo tenga en su gloria
Gracias.argentina peru brazil uruguay paraguay ecuador venesuela chile granada por darle un lugar a Roberto Duran el tiene 70 años esta bien tiene un restaurante se llama la tazca de Duran cmo siempre jocoso el esta en forma todavia hasta corre x alli saludos Dios los Bendiga desde el Istmo de Panama '
Ese golpe le dio la vuelta al mundo
Duran es duran
Es manos de piedra duran porque con las dos pegado durisimoo...n es mano de piedra?.sin duda el mejor latino de todos los tiempos..es duran y ahi entra nuestro gran campeon igual leyenda alexis arguello...
We want more roberto durans fights??
Shikher Razdan what against who
Look at his fights at Lightweight, He was a Monster!!!!!! 12 title fights at this weight 11 knockouts
Yes we do!
I met Duran earlier this month. Happy Birthday champ!
🙏💡 What Great boxer Roberto Duran was HANDS Of STONE 🤩 I had the Honor of meeting him twice and he was such a nice man 🙏 So kind
Troy, maybe seemed nice. But let's not forget his hatred of America, it's people and our military.
Relentless body attack from Duran from the opening bell! Moores' corner was worthless for letting him go out for the 8th round. No one should be looking out for you more than your own corner.
Moore himself said years later that he should have stayed in his corner after the third round.
That beating was barbaric and his corner kept sending him out for even more punishment. The referee failed to act as well. Moore could easily have died from a beating like that. Incompetent doesn't even come close to describing the actions of the referee and Moore's corner.
I would describe it as criminally sadistic.
@@johncohen222 I just read Moore's Wikipedia page. Apparently, he was managed by the UK mob, which demanded the fight to make money betting on Duran. If only those sickening shysters were in the ring taking the beating Moore did. They deserved it. He didn't.
@@johncohen222 thats not his fault obviously. As a fighter he did the right thing. The corner should've sorted the rest out.
@@johncohen222 Well said.
@@johncohen222 i don't think boxing is your thing
Duran fighting almost 30 pounds over his natural lightweight class and at 32 years of age looked simply amazing this night. Duran went on to move up another weight class and knocked out the much younger, taller, and physically stronger middleweight champion Iran Barkley. Duran so skilled was one of the best to ever lace em up, no doubt about it.
Duran's body punching sublime. Digs with right, feeds with left. What a thrilling performer he is. Elan!
Uma luta lindíssima , dois gigantes parabems , uma luta pra ser lembrada daqui a mil anos !
To me this was Durans greatest fight. He put everything together..
Well it certainly was the best fight for him at 154. What's just as amazing if not more is the masterpiece he put on 5 and 1/2 years "later" at age "37" vs Iran Barkley, who had just beated Hearns "twice", including utterly demolishing him in one of those fight, AND who grew up w/ Davey Moore and had a lot of motivation to get even w/ Duran, considering the back story to Moore and his untimely passing after his loss here to Roberto.....
Roberto Duran, only man to defeat Ray Leonard in his prime, and the only fighter to go the distance w/ Hagler in a title fight until Ray Leonard, spurred on by Durans performance and motivated even further by a candid conversation w/ Duran after the fight w/ Hagler "I just got tired Ray" did it himself.
the irony in the Hagler fight is that Duran was ahead on 2 of the 3 cards after round 12. "I just got tired Ray".....
Duran s career is like no other in history. To really put things in perspective, Duran's early televised fights are in "Black and White".... . Hearn's and Leonard were in high school, "literally" when Roberto won his first world title vs Ken Buchanan.
Duran's fights w/ Ernesto Marcel, Ken Buchanan, Esteban DeJesus, {3 times}, Carlos Palomino Ray Leonard, Pipino Cuevas, Davey Moore, Marvin Hagler and Iran Barkley are all among the greatest fights in boxing history.
Thats "8" great fighters at least 5 of whom are in the Boxing Hall of Fame. Duran who wont titles in 4 different weight divisions and skipped the Jr Welter title jumping up to fight Ray at 147 ! There's NO way anyone would debate whether or not Duran would have beaten Saoul Mamby for the Jr Welter title, no one who knows boxing from that period at least....
Pacquiao may have belts in more weight classes, but do you think he's better than Duran?!...A fair question... ME I love them all. They are all Hero's to me. But I grew up w/ Duran and Ali, so they are "my" guys !
and frankly, you watch those Duran fights and you wanna know who you see at ringside?!...."EVERYONE" who was "anyone" among the elite of that era....Ali, Frazier, Bob Foster, George Foreman, Gerry Quarry, DURAN was "THE" man. We're talking about a man who went "8/eight" YEARS without a loss !.......
And finally, not to put too fine point on it, beating Ray in Montreal was the first time a lightweight had defeated a welter for a title in 42 years.....
I personally believe the Roberto Duran who beat Ray that night in Montreal, and who trained almost 5 months would beat any welter in history, even Robinson.
Peace Brother
Absutely brilliant comments.
Thanks. I could not agree more.
@@stevefowler3398 If your comment was intended for me, " Thank you".
As a big Roberto Duran fan I remember watching this fight live on TV back in 83. Before the fight Davey Moore was cocky and said he would beat Duran and that Duran was an old washed up fighter. Moore also stated he would fight for his friend Kenny Schuler and avenge his loss to Duran. Duran's interpreter came back and stated Duran replied that when he (Moore) steps into the ring he better be fighting for himself. Duran was right and fought one of his best fights this day. Davey Moore was a tough kid and put up a good fight. Too bad he died young in a tragic accident at his home when he was only 28.