{"id":249788,"date":"2025-07-09T04:14:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T04:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249788\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T04:14:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T04:14:18","slug":"roberto-duran-says-floyd-mayweather-doesnt-deserve-his-famous-50-0-record-that-man-beat-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249788\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberto Duran Says Floyd Mayweather Doesn&#8217;t Deserve His Famous 50-0 Record: &#8220;That Man Beat Him&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/roberto-duran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roberto Duran<\/a> hasn\u2019t been shy in his criticism of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/floyd-mayweather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Floyd Mayweather<\/a>, which extends to a claim that the American superstar should not be able to claim undefeated status.<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather retired with a perfect professional record of 50 wins and no defeats. Over the course of a career spanning more than two decades, he won world titles in five weight classes and was widely recognised for his defensive skill, ring intelligence, and ability to adapt to different styles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/12630211\/floyd-mayweather-top-five-fights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His resume includes victories over Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Canelo Alvarez, and Shane Mosley.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite those accomplishments, Duran questioned whether all of Mayweather\u2019s victories were deserved in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r_Z2ERRIhVI&amp;t=1550s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One on One Boxing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe fought a Mexican, the Mexican beat him, but they gave it to him [Mayweather]. Then he fought another, he lost but got the decision. I believe he\u2019s lost three fights but they\u2019ve gifted him those wins.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Duran didn\u2019t name specific opponents, one of the most frequently debated decisions in Mayweather\u2019s career came in his first bout with Mexico\u2019s Jose Luis Castillo in 2002. Many observers believed Castillo had done enough to win, although Mayweather won by unanimous decision and later won the rematch more convincingly.<\/p>\n<p>The Panamanian great also criticised Mayweather\u2019s in-ring style.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFor me he is a boxer that\u2019s weak. He doesn\u2019t like being hit to the body, and as soon as he gets hit there, he turns into a road runner, and I have much more experience than him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Duran\u2019s comments echo a view held by some in the sport\u2014that Mayweather\u2019s defensive style and occasional close decisions leave room for debate about how dominant he truly was. However, Mayweather\u2019s ability to consistently win at the highest level remains one of modern boxing\u2019s most remarkable achievements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roberto Duran hasn\u2019t been shy in his criticism of Floyd Mayweather, which extends to a claim that the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-249788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114821337330376511","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}