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Pat_Lowe
08-15-2007, 09:52 PM
Duran fought joppy when he was in his late forties, he might have even been 50 or so I can't remember. If he beat a prime middleweight contender at this point (who continues to go on and have the same career) where does Duran rank in your books? Could this push him to #1. Beating someone good at that age? It would show longetivity never seen before
ironchamp
08-15-2007, 10:04 PM
It all depends on how he pulls it off.
tays001
08-15-2007, 11:04 PM
thats a hard one although joppy a solid contender he never was anything special
Stonehands89
08-15-2007, 11:07 PM
If Duran beat Joppy at ~46 years old, he would have done the near-impossible. I'd probably boost him up a slot -not #1, never -because of his inconsistency and New Orleans.
brooklyn1550
08-15-2007, 11:19 PM
I have him 6th or 7th all time, but if he beat Joppy, he would be about 5th
Lex
08-15-2007, 11:39 PM
#1 on the Seniors Tour.
ajohnfp
08-16-2007, 01:29 AM
Wouldn't affect it too much, probably not enough to move him a spot.
achillesthegreat
08-16-2007, 03:23 AM
It would be very good but he'd be ranked roughly the same.

Instead of getting props it would be a very bad reflection on the crop of middleweights if a 50 year old man won.
TBooze
08-16-2007, 03:31 AM
Does not matter, Duran retired after the Barkley fight. The thing that fought in the 90s may of shared his name, but was prove that humans are being cloned.... badly!;)
Mantequilla
08-16-2007, 07:35 AM
All it would have done is prove how laughably incompetent William Joppy actually was.
PowerPuncher
08-16-2007, 07:37 AM
:lol: Beating Joppy makes you P4P no1 of All Times :lol:
sweet_scientist
08-16-2007, 08:44 AM
He wouldn't move in terms of placement, but it would be a nice story to tell when discussing him. Kinda like the Pep winning a round without throwing a punch story. Doesn't make Pep any greater, but it adds an extra wow.
JohnThomas1
08-16-2007, 08:49 AM
He wouldn't move in terms of placement, but it would be a nice story to tell when discussing him. Kinda like the Pep winning a round without throwing a punch story. Doesn't make Pep any greater, but it adds an extra wow.

But Joppy would have actually happened.

:smoke
sweet_scientist
08-16-2007, 09:06 AM
But Joppy would have actually happened.

:smoke
:lol:

I thought that as soon as I typed it.
JohnThomas1
08-16-2007, 09:07 AM
:lol:

I thought that as soon as I typed it.

:lol:

Of course myriads still go for it

;)
sweet_scientist
08-16-2007, 09:09 AM
:lol:

Of course myriads still go for it

;)

It's a good tale, and so long as it's not used to justify Pep as the greatest of all time, I'm fine with it being told. :good
JohnThomas1
08-16-2007, 09:16 AM
It's a good tale, and so long as it's not used to justify Pep as the greatest of all time, I'm fine with it being told. :good

For sure, good for the nights around the campfire, many beers being chugged.

:D
Duodenum
08-16-2007, 04:35 PM
Duran is #2 all-time in my estimation (SSR #1), and for me that was solidly set when he went in against Joppy, so it didn't matter where I was concerned.