And when Roy got a hold of Paz, what happened? LoL.

@@ANieves3873 Roy was in his prime

​@@ANieves3873And then Joe humiliated Roy sobad

Vinny had heart no doubt ,his performances were so so at best, but labeling a fight thag went the distance with the Paz hitting the deck once isn't nightmare worthy.

And that’s why it was his worse nightmare

Long live Duran 💕 Manos de Piedra Style, and dogged determination.

@@johnalexander4940 Facts my friend

Duran was not a natural boxer, he fought his way out of poverty.

@raymondvasquez4984 That's funny 😂 fought his way out of poverty !

Other than Pacquiao

Duran was an old man then that’s why.

Its crazy how Hearns knocked out Duran but then got knocked out twice by Iran Barkely who Duran then beat....

@@dalebecause2467styles makes fights.

Agreed.

​​@@dalebecause2467 not twice

I don't recall Paz landing a single punch on Roy.

Actually Roy beat the tar out of Vinny before Duran made his third or fourth or thousand comeback.

​@@Radrook353Roy made Vinny look like a defenseless woman

Pazienza took a brutal beating from Roy. Roy was in his prime and beautiful to watch. That was Pazienza’s worst nightmare.

That was one worse beat down. Roy was in his prime.

For real. Duran was overweight and noticeably slow. A 31 year old Duran would've made mince meat of Vinny.

But it is Vinny after the accident. Duran is old, but not disabled. Vinny cancelled his disabled status. Which one is more impressive?

Excellent point. I couldn't agree more​@@thedragontactic

There is. Paz broke his neck in a car crash. Doctors told him he would never box again. He said no I am gonna fight again and took a harder solution to his broken neck with the halo procedure rather than getting his spine fused. Got himself stronger than ever and jumped up weight to fight a still dangerous Duran and won. It's a pretty crazy story of the human will.

How many broken necks did Duran have? 😂

Exactly

And he was juiced to the gills

But Vinny had been SLIGHTLY hurt in recent times. Two real tough hombres for sure…..

Vinny Paz had a spinal injury in 1991 and fought Duran in 94 and 95 , Paz was not 100% and have problems with mobility and pain in his back. Duran fought and injured Paz and still lost twice.

Duran was robbed when he was'nt longer a draw

Totally agree with you.

He couldn’t he was broke he needed money

If he retired after his first win to leonard he would have gone down as the greatest fighter of all time.

@@lime455 Roberto is the greatest lightweight in the history of boxing and one of the pound 4 pound grates, Ray Robinson, Henry, Armstrong, and Roberto Duran, and that order

@@lime455 Roberto couldn’t retire after the first Leonard fight. The next fight with Leonard was 10 million.

💯💯💯😂

"Joe Louis was 75 years old when he fought Rocky Marciana!" 😂😂😂😂

@@djeanpierre exactly! 😆

and Paz was so juiced he wasn't human.

Ha Ha Ha

One of the alltime greatest.

@@johnalexander4940 tremendous boxer had everything 🥊

Take a look at his fight with Hearns then come back and talk that nonsense.

@@TJ-xs5bn read my post again

@@TJ-xs5bn Read my post again.

YES, during the first fight with Sugar Ray Leonard, he was in his Zone.

No doubt,but he would probably do that will most fighters

Both were great for boxing and 5x champs

Respect is earned. I have no respect for guys who cheat by juicing, in ANY sport.

​@@milojanis4901Both were juicing tough guy, Mr Naive.

Facts. That's exactly what it is. I feel Roberto won the Camacho Fight even more convincing. Paz's arm punches do very little to to Duran even at what, 44-45 here. I hate that he fought past the Barkley Victory, but that's what he did. That was his trade. The man's my Hero.

Kinda like Foreman vs Briggs

Corectamundo my freind, great comment respect brother 🥊🥊

Vinny was never anything more than a roided wannabe

Good post...sooo true

I think the same thing happened when Patterson "lost" to Ellis

Add Foremans "win" against Briggs to the list. The powers that be in the boxing world dont like 47 year old guys making their 27 year old "up and coming stars" look bad

I totally agree. Later after his fights with Duran were well behind he stated the hardest punch he took in his career was one of the punches thrown by Duran. I tend to think it was the knockdown punch in this fight.

Duran was the greatest lightweight in history period ,relentless offense,slipped puches,went to the body ,great infighter a beast...the punches that would stop lightweights didn't work as well against welters and especially middle weights

@@thomasespositio3139 it not his natural weight . Look how heavy he looks here compared to early in his career

​@@thomasespositio3139Dont tell Barkley or Davey Moore that. Duran didnt lose his power, but he did lose some of his ability to land those punches. Why? Because he just didnt have the reach to box on an even field with those bigger guys. He did get a chance to cock that right hand against Moore. He put everything behind it, and hit Moore so hard that when he landed on his ass, he slid backwards another foot, at least. But the only reason he could land it is that Moore's eye was swollen shut, and he couldnt see it coming. Im glad Duran won that fight, but I don't see enough people calling this fight what it really was. That would be that Davey Moore's corner should be banned from boxing. Shame on them throwing a guy with just 12 pro fights experience in with a warrior like Duran. They should be ashamed. Greed, thats why they threw Davey to the Lion.....

@@milojanis4901 he had the same power it just didn't have the same affect on bigger men, Duran was one of the 3 greatest lightweights in boxing history PERIOD, but lets face when he went up in weight the results were mediocre, I think Leonard beat him the 1st fight as well

And Hearns was such a sniper Back then maybe the best performance of his career against Duran.

Hearns is a stylistic nightmare for duran

@@venicec3310 agreed. for a lot of ppl he was

Unfortunately Roberto showed up for the fight....He didn't show up for the training part....

@@arthurjamesaltmann729 in the second fight he was bloated as hell. Duran is one of my favorites in fight night champion he is my 1st choice.

Yeah, and Duran was still up on his feet in 10 seconds. Shows you how tough Duran was

After the Hagler fight, Duran was in Miami partying.....a rep from Hearns' camp came up to Roberto and told him he could have the briefcase full of cash that was in his hand, if he signed for a fight with Hearns. Roberto, with his pride and all, especially when he had been drinking.....signed. He had just had 3 big fights with Cuevas, Moore and Hagler. Many said that Roberto needed a couple of softer fights before he fought Tommy. Duran was way out of shape by the time he got into training and he never got into good shape for Tommy......made for an easy win for Tommy. Tommy then said that "Hagler must be shaking like a leaf on a tree" after his ko of Duran. Hagler took that to heart and vowed to crush Tommy....and he did.

@@blite13 Wow! I can really see this bee. Duran was from time-to-time sloppy in-between his fights and being confident having lasted all rounds with the dangerous Marvin Hagler, Duran thought Hearns would not be any different....beside that while both men was true hard punchers, Hearns had more sting and speed while Hagler was stronger and had a solid granite chin that separated there physical athletic gifts + of course different styles (!) Indeed Hagler took that to heart, he never ducked any man challanging for his MW crown and he knew that Hearns was the man, the real deal that could take his crown by a KO!

@@JohnSmith-su3ze Indeed!

You mean coked out Duran fighting above his weight? That's why Barkley mopped the floor with Hearns.

I have alot of memories at Foxwoods Casino whenever there was boxing I was there. I also met Duran and Paz they are both great guys. Das 😎 all. 👍❤️🥊🥊

And hearns only needed 2 rounds and beat a better Duran

Paz wasn't a prime Duran...but he was far from a bum. You sound like a dope when you say things like that.

​@@Niklasholmenwiped him out 3rd round 26 seconds timber " Mars is still echoes from thag KO. Watched on closed circuit Kobo Hall Detroit 1983

​@@Niklasholmenhi niklas i agree re tommy hearns beating duran better than anyone has done but looking back at this it was poor matchmaking by duran camp. It was a mismatch (admittedly with hindsight). Hearns had tremendous height and reach, and still had devastating power. He fought at lightheavy. Oddly duran did better than tommy against their common foes - leonard and hagler.

@@johntate5722 did you know that Iran Barkley koed tommy hearns twice then cherrypicked Roberto Duran and Duran beat him up and won on points.

If it wasn't for steroids his neck wouldn't have healed

Got to give it up to the man, his acident was nasty

coming back within a year of a broken neck, not only to the ring but to title calibre, is the biggest red flag to steroids you could possibly ask for lol

Conspiracy Theory...

Roy Jones tested positive for steroids.

Duran’s dad was Mexican-American who was in the US army station in Panama. After the Army moved him out of Panama, he broke up with Roberto’s mother and abandoning them. Strange how life turns out, if Duran’s dad never abandoned them, Roberto would never have become the world famous “Hands of Stone.”

He did the best he could with the cards he was given, and that’s all any of us can do!

And Antonio tarver and glen johnson gave jones a nice lesson

What😳, you call this video fiasco a good job? Stop smoking bro ...

Thats his real father

And Don King taught him how to fail.

I'm flabbergasted that he was THAT fat

@gavinbrando8255: You're quite right. Pazienza couldn't beat Duran on Duran's worst day. Duran, the legend, fought him as a natural man. Paz had to fill himself full of external elements before facing Duran and can only win by a unanimous decision.

There was a MADNESS about Duran. If you want PURITY - think Alexis Arguello.

What's the reason you don't like Duran, are you black?

Manos de Piedra " one of the top 10 middle weights . Pazmania was short lived and never reached the caliber of Hearns or Duran who showed both showed the world what equally matched gunslinging was all about. Long live Duran Long live Tommy.

ridiculous with an i damn

Tell that to Bernard Hopkins.

EXACTLY!!!

agreed.

He didn’t beat paz, but he smoked camacho in their first fight.

but his recovery?

Nobody discounts Vinnys ambition and tenacity to.overcome his near disastrous accident. But he was fighting a tough but over hill old man. Big up to the Pazman no doubt he came and he conqured.

Cruel hands, pit bull aggression, cunning fighter, relentless attacker. STEEL CHIN uhm I don't know bout all that Tommy's brutal overhand right August 1983 exposed Durans vulnerabilities. I think he had no respect or under estimated Tommys power and punch range Tommy had at that time easily a recorded 77% percent punching accuracy. He was 32-1-1 27 wins by KO Leaving Roberto stunned, paying the ultimate price a 3rd round 26 second knockout. Long live Roberto, Tommy, Marvin, Vito, Iran, Ray Leonard, and all the greats that made 80's boxing great.

@@johnalexander4940 Don't get me wrong, Hearns was a bad man. He certainly put some space in between Duran's next thoughts. He didn't have the grit or durability of Duran though. For Duran to have taken Hearns' punches in 1983 and to still be a champion at the age of 50, in 2001? Duran was 103-16, with only 4 KO/TKO losses, one of which was the "No Mas" to Leonard. Duran's chin outlasted everybody else's.

@@jrowlandj Bro I agree with you 💯 percent . Duran's chin was a blessing for him considering the wars he fought in, both from the inside and out where he was devastating. We both know that style, strategy and determination make fights as the different outcomes in the Leonard, Duran, and Hearns fights showed us. Boxers vs Bangers vs Brawlers that gave us the glorious 70s, 80s and 90s. Leonard loses to Duran Hagler takes a bitter split decision against Duran. Duran was flattened by Hearns 3 fighter 3 different outcomes. Hearns highlighted the ability to adapt his strategy and pressure Duran as no other fighter had done maybe other than Ivan De Jesus whom Duran dethroned as jr lightweight champion. He was floored but he got up and wore him down. So again his chin was strong but his hands were even more destructive. I loved Duran, even lived in Panama a few years n went to the gyms in El Chorrillo and San Francisco to watch him train. Man he was a beast for sure.

@@johnalexander4940 Absolutely true. The heyday of boxing. I don't believe that we'll ever see that amount of talent competing against each other ever again. We witnessed the sweetest that the science had to offer! My mind always goes back to Hagler/Hearns, wondering what would have happened if he wouldn't have broken his hand. I wish I could see that fight.