Why Pacquiao would beat Mayweather, according to boxing legend Roberto Duran

Roberto Duran has studied both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao closely, and the Hall of Fame boxer from Panama sees a decided edge for the Filipino ring icon should the two finally mix it up in the ring.

 

"I think Pacquiao would win. I've studied Pacquiao's fights as I also have studied Mayweather's," Duran told fighthype.com.

 

"Mayweather has had trouble defeating some fighters and those same fighters who then fought with the Filipino afterwards." 

 

A four-division champion whose career spanned for a total of five decades, Duran believes that the much-awaited super fight should have happened years ago.

 

"That fight for me doesn't have the same enthusiasm it had before but it has to be made because the whole world wants to see it," he said.

 

"That fight should've happened five years ago."

 

Duran is best remembered for his epic fights against fellow legends Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler. — JST, GMA News