2007-04-02 09:04:26 · 9 answers · asked by Douglas S 1 in Sports ➔ Boxing
AT WHAT WEIGHT? NEXT TIME PLEASE GIVE THE WEIGHT DIVISION.
CHAVEZ STARTED OUT AS A SUPER FEATHER WT (126) AND INTO LT WELTER WT (140). DURAN STARTED OUT AS LIGHT WT (135) AND FINISHED AS A MIDDLE WT (160). I PICK DURAN IN A 15 RD SPLIT DECISION.
2007-04-04 03:56:10 · answer #1 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This fight would develop into a trilogy. If were talking about Duran in the early 70’s
First fight
Duran comes out strong and dominates the first 8 rounds, while JC is content to move on angles and work Duran’s body. JC pays a terrible price for this tough. Duran can’t take the idea of there being another Mexican boxing god and is more vicious than in any of the De Jesus fights.
In the ninth round JC finally lands his liver shot clean, Duran, stands straight up and sneers, down goes Duran from a perfect left hook elbow. The last 3 rounds are back and forth, Duran’s stubbornness is the difference maker and he squeezes out a very narrow split decision.
Second fight
Is almost a replay of the first, but somehow Duran doesn’t seem to be in the same kind of shape that he was in the first encounter. JC wins a close unanimous decision.
Third fight
Duran by 7th round ko
2007-04-02 17:00:46 · answer #2 · answered by turbo2317 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In their primes I would have to go with Chavez. Duran lost to Esteban DeJesus, Ray Leonard, Wilfred Benitez, and Kirkland Laing before running into Tommy Hearns right hand in June of 1984. All this before turning 33. Chavez lost only one fight by the time he was 33 (Frankie Randall). Both legends and both macho Mexicans (Duran's father was mexican, mother Panamanian), this would be an all out war and I see it going 12 rds. for Chavez and 15 rds. to Duran. Brutal war, fight of the year in any year if it would ever, could have ever, taken place.
2007-04-03 13:07:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spectacular collision of two legends. I swear this may be the best single match up I have yet seen on this sight, and that is high praise, because there have been dozens of great match ups I have seen and responded to here. Two irresistible straight ahead punchers, both with power in either hand, both masters of boxing and brawling, neither knowing the meaning of fear and neither taking a backwards step. Both with an international status that made them icon's in there home countries, and honored among the sports ultra-elite in boxing circles around the world.
If either had a weakness at their peak, the blogbaba didn't see it, and this is the first evaluation I have done, that I came up with this answer. I would have considered it a cop out to any other pair, but I truly cannot find an advantage significant enough to award one fighter a victory over the other. Two of the blogbaba's childhood idols.
In the most intense toe to toe, vicious, technically flawless slug fest in history, this one ends in a DRAW.
2007-04-02 18:27:27 · answer #4 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this have to fighter with similar styles but i'll give the punching power to duran, if these to would've fought i think it would have been a nice fight where it would be a split decision. if these guys fought 5 times either one would win them all against the other.Duran was just chavez before chavez was chavez
2007-04-02 18:40:53 · answer #5 · answered by decannadys01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As lightweights I would have to go with Duran.
2007-04-02 21:04:48 · answer #6 · answered by lestermount 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duran, no doubt.
2007-04-03 20:27:16 · answer #7 · answered by mowglieboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be all out WAR...Not a backward step taken....Fought at a furious pace.......It would be a tuff one to call....Duran....But im not totally convinced....A Draw and a rematch........we can dream...
2007-04-02 16:16:16 · answer #8 · answered by STEVE T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DURAN
2007-04-03 01:49:33 · answer #9 · answered by gman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋