Comments by "Milo Janis" (@milojanis4901) on "Top Rank Boxing"
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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......
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First body shot KO I ever saw was some poor lightweight. Roberto Duran threw one intense body shot, and down went his opponent. Didn't get up, either. But the worst one I ever saw was in Saginaw, Michigan. Back in the early 80s, Earnie Shavers fought some young guy there. My dad and I went to see it. Good seats, maybe 5 rows back. Shavers was on the downside of his career at this point, but he still had that tremendous right hand. After a round or 2, maybe (its been almost 40 years) they were both throwing punches at the same time. When the young guy hit Earnie, it sounded like "pop, pop, pop-pop". But when Shavers hit him, wow-It was a very loud Wap, Wap, Wap. The young guy hit Earnie maybe twice as much, but Earnie's punches were driving the poor guy all over the ring. Finally, WAP!!! The young guy went down like someone had cut a trap door in the canvas!!! Shavers hit him with that huge right hand in the side of the body. Poor guy, I felt sorry for him, as he just rolled from one side to the other in terrible pain, and was counted out. He'd probably never taken a shot like that in his life!! I remember Sly Stallone wanting to see how hard a Heavyweight hit. He asked Earnie to show him what he had. So Earnie did. Stallone went down, got up, and went to the men's room and puked his guts out for at least 5 minutes!!!!
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Ray Arcel and Freddie Brown always maintained that there were two types of Duran fights. One type was a fight Duran took for a mandatory fight, and the second was one he was motivated for, one he really wanted. Duran was pissed in both the first Leonard fight and in this one. He was insulted before both fights. In the Leonard fight, he got only 30% of the $$$$$$ that Leonard did. Plus, Leonard was the favorite. If Duran had fought the 2nd fight with Leonard the same as the first, he would've won that one, too. Wouldn't matter what Leonard did. Duran would've gone inside with such fury, Leonard couldn't have kept him away. But he had no motivation when compared to the first fight. Same with Moore. He was super motivated due to shit talk from Moore and took it out on Moore. Same with Barkley. When he took Barkleys title, he was almost 38 years old and 25lbs over his prime weight. Think about that for a moment. Now think of this; imagine if Duran would've been at 135lbs-140lbs, 25 years old, and Leonard or Barkley challenged him at that weight. Duran had everything. Offense, maybe even better defense, a great chin, and tremendous stamina. The only thing he didn't have was a long reach. Arcel once said people dont realize that after around the 7th round, Duran somehow "got a second wind, and could go like Hell." I saw a few guys hang with him for 6 or 7 rounds, but his opponents just couldn't keep up the furious pace.
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Baseball isn't the only game of inches. Boxing can be, too. In this fight, Hearns stunned Hagler early in the 1st round. The punch that did it glanced off top of Marvin's head. It also broke Hearns right hand. If that punch had landed on Marvins jaw, the fight was over. Instead, it kind of crippled Hearns, and the fight was over less than 9 minutes later. Taking nothing from Marvin, because, in my opinion, he was the greatest MW in my lifetime, which is 71 years. But can you imagine the guts it would take to get in the ring with Hagler, then imagine fighting him with one hand?!! Kudos to Hearns, who still kept throwing the right hand, but it had no impact after that. When Hearns KOd Duran, he showed me he could KO anyone, including Hagler. But that punch missed Marvins jaw by several inches. Hagler knew Hearns had tremendous power in that right hand. Why? Because he knew he was stunned by it, probably for the only time in his career. Hearns always wanted a rematch, but Marvin obviously did not. When asked how his broken hand was doing a couple of months after this fight, Hearns replied, "Fine, I'm saving it for Marvins Head!"
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