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Good breakdown Roberto had his first professional fight March 8, 1967 at bantam weight 118 pounds he grew into a light weight that was Robertos prime years in the 70s those fights in the 80s with Ray, Tommy they had their first professional fight 1977 the walter weight Marvins first professional fight was in 73 by the time he fought those guys he was well past his prime this fight you’re showing was already five years past his prime do you want to see a prime Roberto look at the light weight Roberto one of the all-time great‘s
Ring magazine has been around since 1922 they rank Roberto the greatest light weight of all time number seven greatest fighters of all time and forth on the pound for pound of all time no disrespect to the other three kings but he’s the only one that is read it that high
A lot of people make a big deal about the No mas fight the Louisiana state athletic commission was going to stop Roberto money but Don King Paid Duran before he stepped in the ring with Ray the money already in the bank in Panama you don’t have to believe me Google it to find out what really happened Don King Roberto‘s manager and Roberto knew exactly what was going to happen in that fight
I would go with a "Cyborg". Fantastic analysis of one of the most skilled fighters that ever lived. No one I know had such an incredible inside game like Duran. His skill was almost undetectable to the untrained eye. His innate ability to change tactics in a split second are unmatched. He was 32 years old in this fight with Moore! He was almost 38 when he beat "The Blade Barkley". The fight with Carlos Palamino at welterweight was another fight that Duran just schooled another skilled fighter. I never get tired of watching the talents of Hands of Stone. Excellent work my friend.
It was the minute tricks and tactics that made Roberto Duran extremely dangerous in the ring. It’s also breakdowns like this that can give more life and interest to the sport. Great video 👍
True greatness indeed. And the Moore fight wasn't even his greatest challenge. Duran was truly one of a kind. Subtle head movement, punch combinations, infighting, very high ring IQ, and a big bag of tricks. He had it all. In the Barkley fight he was constantly making adjustments, the guy was like a machine.
When he heard DeJesus was dying from AIDS, he IMMEDIATELY flew to Puerto Rico. There, he held him in his arms- despite warnings. His finest hour. Hands of stone; heart of gold. ruclips.net/video/mlvLdT9PQxc/видео.html RFGA. Ph.D.
He not get credit for his awesome defence his rolling with Punches was awesome.... Heart of stone, hand of stone, killer institutions, gream reaper of lightweight 😍
Great breakdown vid...that's boxing on an elite level. I don't understand how today's fighters are not trying to learn any of his techniques. Its crazy.
Excellent breakdown bro!! Duran was on another level. Would have loved to see him and Henry Armstrong go it now that would have been something special. Definitely one of the all time greats. Great Job on a legend!!
Great breakdown! And yes a chin of granite indeed.. Barkley hit him (I think) 2 or 3 consecutive inside hooks midway through their fight and the last one Spun Duràn Like A Top (how he survived those hooks is beyond me!) He’s literally lifted off of his feet and somehow clinches Barkley to end the round And we all know what happened in that one as well.. Duran is the best.
Can you please do more breakdowns of Duran please as a boxing novice fan the mayweathers always said duran was one of the best but my lack of understanding of the sweet science couldn’t make me understand his ring IQ and boxing defensive skills. Do more videos on him please and the black murderers row please
His inside game was fantastic people call it dirty boxing but it's just boxing and unfortunately it's a lost art. Way back when boxing had wrestling holds and throws that have been slowly eliminated
One of all time favorite fighters. Mayweather has taken a lot of things from Duran inside the ring. This was one of his best victories of his career against Moore.
Man what a whooping! This is why fighters MUST seek to gather as many tools as possible and get proficient using them. He tried to fight Roberto at Roberto's own game. Literally. Ring Generalship isn't a scoring criteria for no reason, it counts because its a clear way to see which fighter is more Boxing intelligent in there. This was suppose to be a stick n move (lateral movement) occasion, and David just was too limited. The tell was in the 1st exchange. Circling jab caught him flush on the turn. Says so much. That Duran was quicker with both hands and feet. That he had inferior footwork and could easily be forced out of position. That he couldn't think as fast as Duran. So in the 1st exchange Duran knew all that he needed to win the fight.
Nope. Unfortunately before I considered the idea of Patreon I deleted them. One was Seniesa Estrada, one was the longer version for Errol Spence. There will definitely be Patreon exclusives. Too many companies blocking the RUclips route.
How many fights did Moore have when he fought Duran? Duran had already 70+ fights. I think the experience factor played a big role too. Edit: He had just 8 fights, he was tremensously good and skilled to reach that level with just 8 fights, but clearly Duran was more experienced.
Thanks fam! Duran did quit against Leonard but I don’t think a lot of people passing judgement actually watched that fight. Duran was one of the most skilled fighters ever.
Great vid as always, I'm taking my time enjoying watching all these LOL I've noticed that Duran throws his jab generally off his front foot then he ducks, smothers or pulls from the response. Since his heads already on the front foot the 2 is thrown on the same timing as the 1. Some slick stuff. When he jabs and his weight ends on the back foot, he usually is chaining it to a 2/6 to the body, or jab-slip to backfoot and roll in to smother or control the opp leading to some grappling/inside fighting etc. Very barebones and limited analysis LOL but I think one aspect of his overall "boxing game" is mixing the two based on op's reactions and building from there. Think it opens up the rest of his arsenal(?) I guess. Thats the limit for my puny brain tho lmao. Thoughts??
This is excellent you fit a ton of inside techniques into 8 minutes thank you I personally love swimming both hand inside from Duran. My friend I’m helping wants to land more body shots for his upcoming fight, and although I wouldn’t recommend someone green trying all these at once, the inside control is a great one. Duran is also really fun to watch if you have a wrestling background because you can utilize more wrestling in boxing than most would think. Question - probe vs pin vs frame - how would you define them and do you have to use a specific part of you’re body for the move to qualify as a one of three. I see a frame as more forearm and elbow, a pin more of using your own glove to pin their glove down or their shoulder, and a probe is maybe the most general the way I define it in terms of using your glove, head, etc. How would you define these or categorize them by their differences? Thanks Gem P.S. I’m still planning on emailing you it’s just taken a little longer to get some sparring footage, but I got it and now compiling it so pretty soon! PSS lol the amount of knowledge I’ve gained from this channel over the last year blows the mind of the coaches around me, it’s been a blessing!
As far as the linguistics I have the same as you aside from probing. Probing is basically just a long feint or a “throwaway punch” to get your opponent to take his guard away from your intended target. Much love again Bobby
@@BoxingGems makes sense as probing means to scan with your hands or something similar. Wanted to clarify so I don’t confuse people. I’d assume you can also pin with your head too. The Objective of each is important too - break their posture, control their offense while having defense, create openings etc. I find if someone can understand why their learning something, they tend to remember the moves better. Have a good weekend hope you got a live soon!
When you put a weight class on it I think resume. As far as resume is concerned, it’s Duran by far. Floyd only had like 4-5 fights at lightweight. Aside from welterweight, I don’t think Floyd has an argument to be be “the best” at a particular weight class.
I’d lean Floyd. Floyd could frustrate Duran just like Leonard did sticking and moving. One of Durans flaws was cutting off the ring on a athletic mobile fighter with lateral movement.
@@BoxingGems sorry i dont agree,prime Duran at lightweight was the best ringcutter in the business,he mauled every dancer there was,the talk before the first Leonard fight was if Leonard could deal with Durans ringcutting. And i assume in a mythical fight we go with the prime setups? NO ONE can say it was a prime Duran in New Orleans,it wasnt even a prime Duran in Montreal,and still he beats a prime Leonard in Leonards prime weight,but i guess youre saying Mayweather is far greater and better then Leonard? I dont agree there either.... But sure Leonard was great at using hes golden boy status to get the fights where he wanted,and Duran Hearns Hagler Lalonde had to agree with all bs to get thoose paydays,and yes Floyd is even better then Leonard on this,so if we had Duran vs Floyd i think the stipulations for the fight would be that Duran had to be drunk for a whole month before the fight,Duran is not allowed to throw punches below Floyds throat and they would use Camp Nou as boxing ring,Duran has to agree of course else the american television dont pay and with these stips MAYBE Floyd could win... Besides this thanks for a superb vid.
I’m not going to go hard on a different era fantasy matchup. To each his own but I’ll address some of this. Mayweather far better than Leonard? Why would you guess I’m saying that? I didn’t say anything like that. We can disagree but let’s keep it respectable and leave out the strawman arguments. Styles make fights, all 3 were great fighters. It sounds like you’re suggesting that “the best ringcutter in the business” couldn’t cut the ring off because he wasn’t in his prime? If so, there are plenty of examples of fighters who are great at cutting the ring and considered past prime and could still cut the ring on mobile fighters. Foreman, Chavez Sr, GGG,… off the top of my head. I’m not feeling that excuse for supposedly “the best ringcutter”. Duran and mostly everybody else’s “prime” is subjective. Nobody seems to agree on Floyd Mayweather Jr’s prime. Duran was passed prime at 29-30 against Leonard? Don’t know about that buddy. A lot of people say the De Jesus 3 KO was his absolute prime when he was 26-27. That was 2 years before Leonard. After De Jesus, Duran had 8 fights weighing 142-151 before the first Leonard fight. All KO’s and wide UD’s. Nothing there that says “past prime” or the weight was a problem. Then he beat a prime SRL 4 days after he turns 29 years old. That spells prime to me fam.
Bro he beat vinny Paz up in his 40s Duran was a beast all the way upto retiring PS, when Mayweather Jr say’s you’re his number 1 best fighter in the world you got to listen
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A great video suggestion would be analysing carlos monzon vicious assault on nino benvenuti
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Good breakdown Roberto had his first professional fight March 8, 1967 at bantam weight 118 pounds he grew into a light weight that was Robertos prime years in the 70s those fights in the 80s with Ray, Tommy they had their first professional fight 1977 the walter weight Marvins first professional fight was in 73 by the time he fought those guys he was well past his prime this fight you’re showing was already five years past his prime do you want to see a prime Roberto look at the light weight Roberto one of the all-time great‘s
Ring magazine has been around since 1922 they rank Roberto the greatest light weight of all time number seven greatest fighters of all time and forth on the pound for pound of all time no disrespect to the other three kings but he’s the only one that is read it that high
A lot of people make a big deal about the No mas fight the Louisiana state athletic commission was going to stop Roberto money but Don King Paid Duran before he stepped in the ring with Ray the money already in the bank in Panama you don’t have to believe me Google it to find out what really happened Don King Roberto‘s manager and Roberto knew exactly what was going to happen in that fight
My personal favorite fighter.
Great choice!
I would go with a "Cyborg". Fantastic analysis of one of the most skilled fighters that ever lived. No one I know had such an incredible inside game like Duran. His skill was almost undetectable to the untrained eye. His innate ability to change tactics in a split second are unmatched. He was 32 years old in this fight with Moore! He was almost 38 when he beat "The Blade Barkley". The fight with Carlos Palamino at welterweight was another fight that Duran just schooled another skilled fighter. I never get tired of watching the talents of Hands of Stone. Excellent work my friend.
Roberto is an athletic genius.
Duran in good shape unstoppable
It's a beautiful thing to watch Roberto Duran's inside fighting.
Indeed!
Duran was the most complete fighter I think we have ever seen. He had it all.
Well you need to stop watching boxing pure trash this guy!!!
It was the minute tricks and tactics that made Roberto Duran extremely dangerous in the ring. It’s also breakdowns like this that can give more life and interest to the sport. Great video 👍
I appreciate that fam. That is the goal!
True greatness indeed. And the Moore fight wasn't even his greatest challenge.
Duran was truly one of a kind. Subtle head movement, punch combinations, infighting, very high ring IQ, and a big bag of tricks. He had it all.
In the Barkley fight he was constantly making adjustments, the guy was like a machine.
Roberto Duran is my top 3 I'm so blessed to watch all of these breakdowns
Duran was one of the best skilled ever fam! Glad you like the breakdowns
Duran was fearless, never afraid of anyone , never worried about getting hit!!
When he heard DeJesus was dying from AIDS, he IMMEDIATELY flew to Puerto Rico. There, he held him in his arms- despite warnings. His finest hour. Hands of stone; heart of gold. ruclips.net/video/mlvLdT9PQxc/видео.html RFGA. Ph.D.
Your fight analyses are so beyond anything ive seen, they've made me a better fighter thanks a ton
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Ahhh yes my favorite all time fighter
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He not get credit for his awesome defence his rolling with Punches was awesome.... Heart of stone, hand of stone, killer institutions, gream reaper of lightweight 😍
Agreed!
Even Jose Torres was in the crowd hollerin' at the ref to stop the fight
"The man is either crazy or a cyborg" :)😀
Great breakdown vid...that's boxing on an elite level. I don't understand how today's fighters are not trying to learn any of his techniques. Its crazy.
Thats the most powerfull right hand I have ever seen.
Fantastic breakdown of a fantastic fighter! I must add that the Devil emojis were awesome too!!!!
😂 Thanks fam
One of the greatest to do it
Yessir!
Manos De Piedras/ Hands of Stone, a legend from Panama. "Pops"#truschoolsports🥊🥊
Great breakdown,great video man.
Excellent breakdown bro!! Duran was on another level. Would have loved to see him and Henry Armstrong go it now that would have been something special. Definitely one of the all time greats. Great Job on a legend!!
Thanks fam! Much appreciated! Duran was special! ATG
And another one!!! All around dope: the breakdown, the beat down, the beat. Nice!!!!
Thanks fam! 💪🏾
Thank you 2023
Prerequisite: street wrestler/leg/body moves
Boxer: Pressure fighter, defensive, offensive
Final: Hands of Stone
Great breakdown! And yes a chin of granite indeed..
Barkley hit him (I think) 2 or 3 consecutive inside hooks midway through their fight and the last one Spun Duràn Like A Top (how he survived those hooks is beyond me!) He’s literally lifted off of his feet and somehow clinches Barkley to end the round
And we all know what happened in that one as well.. Duran is the best.
Thanks fam! Duran was incredible!
Awesome video...Duran was from another planet....for me top 3 of all time.
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He's either crazy or a Cyborg!!🤣 Good definition. He was one of the all time greats.
Amazing video!
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Just found your channel and I think you're one of the best at what you do
Thanks for great content
Much appreciated fam
This is gold…or should I say, a “gem” 🥊🥊
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1 of the trickiest skilled fighter of ALL TIME
Aye Duran was on a different level that tells me the other three kings are even greater!
Can you please do more breakdowns of Duran please as a boxing novice fan the mayweathers always said duran was one of the best but my lack of understanding of the sweet science couldn’t make me understand his ring IQ and boxing defensive skills.
Do more videos on him please and the black murderers row please
Off the top the best video. The circling sheeeeeeesssssshhhhhhh. Gotta love the science 🧪
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Subscribed ✔️ Nothing comes close to Boxing Gems breakdowns. On point and functional presentations. Anybody got the name of the instrumental?
Thanks fam. My bro Rize made the beat. SoundCloud in the description.
His inside game was fantastic people call it dirty boxing but it's just boxing and unfortunately it's a lost art. Way back when boxing had wrestling holds and throws that have been slowly eliminated
One of all time favorite fighters. Mayweather has taken a lot of things from Duran inside the ring. This was one of his best victories of his career against Moore.
Facts! One of Floyd’s favorite fighters
@@BoxingGems Yep, that's the truth. Most people don't know how great of an overall fighter Duran was.
Agreed! Hopefully I’ve helped to show them
@@BoxingGems You definitely did brother. They have a similar rhythm with the rocking back and forth movement/timing.
And back and forth from rhythmless to establishing a rhythm and breaking it.
Thanks for the video, BOXING GEMS
Thanks for watching
Dope video Gems.
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Roberto said have several seats. Great video!
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I don't care what anybody says prime Duran is as skilled as any boxer that lived in my opinion
Good video 💯, i would love to see a Erislandy Lara breakdown, his timing and skills are just CRAZY
Suggestion noted!
Knowing how good Duran was on the inside, why would Leonard stand in the pocket with him in the first fight? He must have really wanted to beat him.
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Man what a whooping! This is why fighters MUST seek to gather as many tools as possible and get proficient using them.
He tried to fight Roberto at Roberto's own game. Literally. Ring Generalship isn't a scoring criteria for no reason, it counts because its a clear way to see which fighter is more Boxing intelligent in there.
This was suppose to be a stick n move (lateral movement) occasion, and David just was too limited.
The tell was in the 1st exchange. Circling jab caught him flush on the turn. Says so much. That Duran was quicker with both hands and feet.
That he had inferior footwork and could easily be forced out of position.
That he couldn't think as fast as Duran.
So in the 1st exchange Duran knew all that he needed to win the fight.
Big facts!
@@BoxingGems Do you have any other videos on patreon that you couldn't put on YT?
Nope. Unfortunately before I considered the idea of Patreon I deleted them. One was Seniesa Estrada, one was the longer version for Errol Spence. There will definitely be Patreon exclusives. Too many companies blocking the RUclips route.
@@BoxingGems For sure Brodi!
How many fights did Moore have when he fought Duran? Duran had already 70+ fights. I think the experience factor played a big role too.
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He had just 8 fights, he was tremensously good and skilled to reach that level with just 8 fights, but clearly Duran was more experienced.
I saw this fight live on TV, and at the time like you I thought it should have been stopped by Moore's team.
It was brutal
You did this man all type of justice. ⚖ From being known for "no mas," to being showcased in a Supreme light 👍🏾
Thanks fam! Duran did quit against Leonard but I don’t think a lot of people passing judgement actually watched that fight. Duran was one of the most skilled fighters ever.
People that know Duran as no mad don’t have a clue about the hands of stone, casuals
Ain't start the video yet, I just wanted to note how glad I am ppl are supporting you family.
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Great vid as always, I'm taking my time enjoying watching all these LOL I've noticed that Duran throws his jab generally off his front foot then he ducks, smothers or pulls from the response. Since his heads already on the front foot the 2 is thrown on the same timing as the 1. Some slick stuff. When he jabs and his weight ends on the back foot, he usually is chaining it to a 2/6 to the body, or jab-slip to backfoot and roll in to smother or control the opp leading to some grappling/inside fighting etc. Very barebones and limited analysis LOL but I think one aspect of his overall "boxing game" is mixing the two based on op's reactions and building from there. Think it opens up the rest of his arsenal(?) I guess. Thats the limit for my puny brain tho lmao. Thoughts??
Making multiple punches look the same setup wise, seamlessly transitioning from offense to defense,… sounds like what great fighters do!
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Joined your patreon another great video
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Can we get Duran vs Hagler style one day? Amazing content
I’ll put it in the list Fam. Thanks
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This is excellent you fit a ton of inside techniques into 8 minutes thank you
I personally love swimming both hand inside from Duran. My friend I’m helping wants to land more body shots for his upcoming fight, and although I wouldn’t recommend someone green trying all these at once, the inside control is a great one. Duran is also really fun to watch if you have a wrestling background because you can utilize more wrestling in boxing than most would think.
Question - probe vs pin vs frame - how would you define them and do you have to use a specific part of you’re body for the move to qualify as a one of three.
I see a frame as more forearm and elbow, a pin more of using your own glove to pin their glove down or their shoulder, and a probe is maybe the most general the way I define it in terms of using your glove, head, etc. How would you define these or categorize them by their differences?
Thanks Gem
P.S. I’m still planning on emailing you it’s just taken a little longer to get some sparring footage, but I got it and now compiling it so pretty soon!
PSS lol the amount of knowledge I’ve gained from this channel over the last year blows the mind of the coaches around me, it’s been a blessing!
As far as the linguistics I have the same as you aside from probing. Probing is basically just a long feint or a “throwaway punch” to get your opponent to take his guard away from your intended target.
Much love again Bobby
@@BoxingGems makes sense as probing means to scan with your hands or something similar.
Wanted to clarify so I don’t confuse people. I’d assume you can also pin with your head too. The Objective of each is important too - break their posture, control their offense while having defense, create openings etc. I find if someone can understand why their learning something, they tend to remember the moves better. Have a good weekend hope you got a live soon!
I have Duran and Broner basically pinning with the head in those vids. Indeed
Best LW of all.time..
Prime Rd the only one is see beating Floyd
Roberto in this fight was already five years removed from his prime
Duran different
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Definitely
Duran the best ever, thats it....
Best lightweight: Duran or Floyd?
When you put a weight class on it I think resume. As far as resume is concerned, it’s Duran by far. Floyd only had like 4-5 fights at lightweight. Aside from welterweight, I don’t think Floyd has an argument to be be “the best” at a particular weight class.
Indiscipline took away many victories of Durán..
Duran or Chávez
Duran for me.
Duran
Duran would outbox Chavez.
@@P0licywonk That's obvious. Duran was a complete fighter, Chavez wasn't simply put.
Chavez vs Taxi drivers 80-0
duran vs pretty boy at light weight, who you got? i heard bernstein pick duran, i would go with floyd
I’d lean Floyd. Floyd could frustrate Duran just like Leonard did sticking and moving. One of Durans flaws was cutting off the ring on a athletic mobile fighter with lateral movement.
@@BoxingGems Good assessment and I agree. Floyd would have to move on Duran because in the inside they are basically even.
@@BoxingGems sorry i dont agree,prime Duran at lightweight was the best ringcutter in the business,he mauled every dancer there was,the talk before the first Leonard fight was if Leonard could deal with Durans ringcutting.
And i assume in a mythical fight we go with the prime setups? NO ONE can say it was a prime Duran in New Orleans,it wasnt even a prime Duran in Montreal,and still he beats a prime Leonard in Leonards prime weight,but i guess youre saying Mayweather is far greater and better then Leonard? I dont agree there either....
But sure Leonard was great at using hes golden boy status to get the fights where he wanted,and Duran Hearns Hagler Lalonde had to agree with all bs to get thoose paydays,and yes Floyd is even better then Leonard on this,so if we had Duran vs Floyd i think the stipulations for the fight would be that Duran had to be drunk for a whole month before the fight,Duran is not allowed to throw punches below Floyds throat and they would use Camp Nou as boxing ring,Duran has to agree of course else the american television dont pay and with these stips MAYBE Floyd could win...
Besides this thanks for a superb vid.
I’m not going to go hard on a different era fantasy matchup. To each his own but I’ll address some of this. Mayweather far better than Leonard? Why would you guess I’m saying that? I didn’t say anything like that. We can disagree but let’s keep it respectable and leave out the strawman arguments. Styles make fights, all 3 were great fighters. It sounds like you’re suggesting that “the best ringcutter in the business” couldn’t cut the ring off because he wasn’t in his prime? If so, there are plenty of examples of fighters who are great at cutting the ring and considered past prime and could still cut the ring on mobile fighters. Foreman, Chavez Sr, GGG,… off the top of my head. I’m not feeling that excuse for supposedly “the best ringcutter”.
Duran and mostly everybody else’s “prime” is subjective. Nobody seems to agree on Floyd Mayweather Jr’s prime. Duran was passed prime at 29-30 against Leonard? Don’t know about that buddy. A lot of people say the De Jesus 3 KO was his absolute prime when he was 26-27. That was 2 years before Leonard. After De Jesus, Duran had 8 fights weighing 142-151 before the first Leonard fight. All KO’s and wide UD’s. Nothing there that says “past prime” or the weight was a problem. Then he beat a prime SRL 4 days after he turns 29 years old. That spells prime to me fam.
Duran doesn't have the power in light weight
This fight don’t show much.de jesus 2 . The moves.
Marvin Hagler was a better boxer!
Let's Go Champ 🥊🔥👍
Hype job one of the worst fighter's ever pure trash he only beat Ray that's it and Ray made him quit in the rematch!
Bro he beat vinny Paz up in his 40s Duran was a beast all the way upto retiring PS, when Mayweather Jr say’s you’re his number 1 best fighter in the world you got to listen
Great video!