Roberto Durán - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Roberto Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a retired professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

from Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. A versatile brawler in the ring, he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra" (or "Hands of Stone") during his career.

In 2002, he was chosen by The Ring

The Ring (magazine)

The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

to be the 5th greatest fighter of the last 80 years. Bert Sugar rates him as the 8th greatest fighter of all-time and many consider him the greatest lightweight

Lightweight

Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

of all time. He held world titles at four different weights—lightweight

Lightweight

(1972–79), welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

(1980), junior middleweight (1983–84) and middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

(1989). He was the second boxer to have fought a span of five decades.

He finally retired in January 2002 at age 50 (having previously retired in 1998) following a bad car crash in October 2001, with a professional record of 119 fights, 103 wins with 70 KOs. Up until the second Ray Leonard fight, he was trained by legendary boxing trainer Ray Arcel

Ray Arcel

Ray Arcel was a boxing trainer who was active from the 1920s through the 1980s. He trained eighteen world champions....

.

Durán is one of the only men in boxing history to win fights in 5 separate decades. He registered wins in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and the 2000s. Putting him in the company of such boxers as Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson (boxer)

John Arthur Johnson , nicknamed the “Galveston Giant,” was an American boxer. At the height of the Jim Crow era, Johnson became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion...

who had wins in the 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.

Early life

Roberto Durán was born on June 16, 1951 in Panama, his father was a native from Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

and mother from Panama

Panama

. He was raised in the slums of El Chorrillo in the district "La Casa de Piedra" (The House of Stone) Panama. He made his professional debut in 1968 at the age of 16.

Lightweight

After an initial adjustment he won thirty in a row, and scored knockout victories over future featherweight champion Ernesto Marcel

Ernesto Marcel

Ernesto Marcel is a retired Panamanian boxer.-Career:Making his professional debut as a teenager in 1966, Marcel built up a record of 31-3-1, which included a second round knockout of Bernardo Caraballo, who had previously fought Fighting Harada and Éder Jofre for world titles, and a tenth round...

and former super featherweight champion Hiroshi Kobayashi

Hiroshi Kobayashi

Hiroshi Kobayashi, , is a former professional boxer.Kobayashi turned pro in 1962 and won the WBC and WBA Super Featherweight Title in 1967 by defeating Yoshiaki Numata by 12th round KO, in a bout where Numata was down once in the 6th and three times in the 12th roundand so becoming the undisputed...

, culminating in his first title bout in June 1972, where he controversially defeated Ken Buchanan

Ken Buchanan

Ken Buchanan is a former boxing undisputed world lightweight champion. Many consider Buchanan to be the best boxer ever to come out of Scotland.- Early career :...

in Madison Square Garden, New York for the WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

world lightweight championship. Durán, as a 2-to-1 underdog, scored a knock down against the defending champion just fifteen seconds into the opening round and battered him throughout the bout. He was well ahead on all three cards as the bell rang to end the 13th round at which time Duran (apparently not hearing the bell due to crowd noise and the heat of the moment)continued to throw a couple of extra punches as Buchanan lay on the ropes. Upon closer inspection of the famed low blow, referee Johnny LoBianco can be seen standing behind Duran as the bell rang and immediately grabbed Duran bear-hug style to pull Duran away from Buchanan, LoBianco can clearly be seen in the video altering the direction of Duran's right arm, pulling it downward as Duran attempted to throw a clean body punch at Buchanan; thus the infamous ridicule of Duran intentionally throwing a low blow was born. Buchanan immediately dropped to the canvas writhing in pain from a groin punch, that Buchanan's trainer, Gil Clancy, said was caused by a knee to the groin (which it wasn't). Referee Johnny LoBianco awarded the fight to Durán, insisting that the blow that took down Buchanan was "in the abdomen, not any lower" (the punch did land below belt line, LoBianco was out of position to see it) and that he felt that Buchanan would be unable to continue fighting. Columnist Red Smith

Red Smith (sportswriter)

For other uses, see: Red Smith Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith was an American sportswriter who rose to become one of America's most widely read sports columnists.-Career:After graduating from Green Bay East High School, site of Packers home games until 1957, Smith moved on to...

of The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

wrote that LoBianco had to award the victory to Durán, even if the punch was a low blow, as "anything short of pulling a knife is regarded indulgently" in American boxing.

Duran followed up on his title winning performance with several non-title matches. Later that year, in another non-title bout, he lost a ten round decision to Esteban De Jesús

Esteban De Jesús

Esteban De Jesús was a Puerto Rican world lightweight champion boxer whose life was full of controversy, problems and scandals. De Jesus, a native of the town of Carolina, Puerto Rico, was a gymmate of Wilfred Benítez and an acquaintance of Benitez's mother, Clara Benítez. He was trained by...

. Duran got back on track with successful title defenses against Jimmy Robertson, Hector Thompson, and future lightweight champion Guts Ishimatsu

Guts Ishimatsu

is a former boxing world champion from Kanumashi, Japan. After retiring from boxing, he has gained popularity as an actor and comedian.As a boxer, he was known for his unpredictable style, sometimes marking completely unpredicted victories, and often losing in extravagant fashion as well...

. In 1974, Durán would avenge his loss to De Jesus with a brutal eleventh round knock out. In 1976, he defeated future light welterweight champion Saoul Mamby

Saoul Mamby

Saoul Paul Mamby was a professional boxer between 1969 and 2008.- Personal :Mamby, the child of a mother of Spanish descent and father from Jamaica, converted to Judaism at age 4.Mamby is also a Vietnam veteran....

. Overall Durán made twelve successful defenses of his title (eleven coming by knock out) and amassed a record of 62-1, his last defense coming in 1978 where Durán fought a third fight with De Jesus, a unification match where Durán once again knocked out De Jesus and captured his WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

lightweight belt. Durán would give up the unified lightweight title in February 1979.

Welterweight

Vacating the lightweight title was a build up for an attempt at the welterweight

Welterweight

title. Durán earned a pair of wins against former WBC

World Boxing Council

welterweight champion Carlos Palomino

Carlos Palomino

Carlos Palomino a retired Mexican professional boxer. Palomino is a former WBC Welterweight Champion and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Palomino is also an actor who has been featured in several television shows and films...

and Zeferino Gonzales, setting the stage for a title bout against then undefeated WBC Welterweight Champion Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard is an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles...

. The venue chosen would be the Olympic Stadium

Olympic Stadium (Montreal)

The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics...

in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, the same location where Leonard won an Olympic

Olympic Games

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gold medal during the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

. Duran resented the fact that he was getting only one-fifth the money Leonard would make despite the fact that he was entering the bout with an incredible 71-1 record. He would curse and insult Leonard during press conferences in an attempt to intimidate the young champion. On June 20, 1980, Durán captured the WBC welterweight title by defeating Leonard via a 15-round unanimous decision. The fight would become known as "The Brawl in Montreal".

Duran-Leonard II

In the November rematch, Durán shockingly quit. Leonard has said that his strategy was to use speed and agility to taunt and frustrate Durán, believing it was his best chance of winning the fight. In the seventh round, Leonard started to taunt Durán. His most memorable punch came late in the round. Winding up with his right hand, as if to throw a bolo punch

Bolo punch

A bolo punch is a punch used in Martial arts. The bolo punch is among the traditional boxing punches . Used many times and can cause powerful knockouts....

, Leonard hit Durán flush in the face with a left. In the eighth round, Durán, slightly behind on all three scorecards, shortly after a vicious right uppercut from Leonard, turned around, walked to his corner and gave up, supposedly saying the now famous words, "no más" (no more). However, he claims to have actually said, "No quiero pelear con el payaso." (Meaning "I do not want to fight with this clown.") Another version of events has him saying, in Spanish, "I can't continue". Referee Octavio Meyran

Octavio Meyran

Octavio Meyran Sanchez is a former Mexican boxing referee.During his career Meyran took charge of over twenty world title fights. Among the bouts he refereed were the infamous No Más fight between Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980, Wilfredo Gómez's WBC Featherweight title-winning effort...

, perhaps as incredulous as was the rest of the world at what he was seeing, asked Durán if he was sure, and Durán then said, "No más, no más" (no more, no more). In violation of what any professional fighter does on the day of a fight, Durán gorged himself after the weigh-in and claimed he quit because he was having stomach cramps.http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/66 However, Durán's manager, Carlos Eleta, said, "Durán didn't quit because of stomach cramps. He quit because he was embarrassed. I know this."

Middleweight

He took some time to recover from that fight, gaining even more weight to contend for the WBC

World Boxing Council

super welterweight

Light middleweight

Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....

title, but losing in his first attempt at a championship in that division on the January 30 of 1982, against Wilfred Benítez

Wilfred Benitez

Wilfred Benítez , is a Puerto Rican boxer. He is remembered best as a skilled and aggressive fighter with exceptional defensive abilities who won world championships in three separate weight divisions, and was the youngest world champion in boxing history at the age of 17...

by a 15 round unanimous decision. Durán was also to lose his comeback fight in December 1982 in Detroit. Kirkland Laing

Kirkland Laing

Kirkland Laing is a retired British Welterweight boxer nicknamed The Gifted One.Laing fought 56 times in a twenty year career, the highlight of which was a shock split decision win over Roberto Durán in September 1982. The fight was selected as Ring Magazine's upset of the year...

, from London, shocked the boxing world, producing the type of display his talents promised yet he so rarely produced, taking the split decision. After being relegated to a 10 round walk out win over Englishman Jimmy Batten at The Battle of The Champions

The Battle of the Champions

The Battle of the Champions, was a term used by promoter Bob Arum regarding the November 12, 1982 boxing match between Aaron Pryor and Alexis Argüello.-The Fighters:...

in Miami, Durán signed with promoter Bob Arum

Bob Arum

Robert "Bob" Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division....

. This marked the beginning of a comeback in which he beat former world champion and now hall of famer Pipino Cuevas via a fourth round knock-out, which earned him a second crack at the light middleweight title, this time against WBA champion Davey Moore

Davey Moore (1980s)

Davey Moore was an American world champion boxer, the second of two boxers who shared the name in the late 20th century, and whose respective careers each ended with death by trauma around the age of thirty....

.

The WBA title bout took place at Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

on June 16, 1983, which also happened to be Durán's 32nd birthday. The still inexperienced Moore (12-0) was game through the first three rounds, but by the 4th, Duran said he knew Moore couldn't hurt him, and an onslaught began. The pro-Durán crowd at ringside cheered as Durán relentlessly punished Moore. By the end of the sixth round, Moore's eye had swollen shut and he was floored near the end of the seventh. Finally the fight was stopped in the eighth round as Moore was taking such a horrific beating and Durán won his third world title. After the victory, Durán was hoisted up in the air as the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to a sobbing Durán.

Durán later fought for the World middleweight

Middleweight

title, meeting Marvin Hagler

Marvin Hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler , is a former professional boxer who was undisputed world middleweight champion between 1980 and 1987. Hagler holds the distinction of having the highest KO% of all middleweight champions at 78%...

in Las Vegas in November 1983, but losing in a competitive fight that went the full fifteen rounds. Despite the loss, Durán was the first fighter to go the full distance with the great middleweight champion in one of his defenses. In June 1984, Duran was stripped of his junior middleweight title when the WBA did not approve of his fight with WBC champion Thomas "Hitman" Hearns

Thomas Hearns

Thomas "Hitman" Hearns is a retired American boxer. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra" and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns became the first boxer in history to win world titles in four divisions. He would also become the first fighter in history to win five world titles in five different divisions...

, and took away recognition of Durán as world champion the moment Durán stepped into the ring to box Hearns. Durán lost the fight after a vicious second round knock-out by Hearns.

Durán did not contend another title fight until 1989, but made the shot count when he won the WBC middleweight title from Iran Barkley

Iran Barkley

Iran Barkley is a retired American professional boxer who held world titles at three different weights—middleweight , super middleweight and light heavyweight .- Professional career :...

in February. The fight is considered one of Duran's greatest achievements, as the 37 year old former lightweight champion took the middleweight crown, his fourth title. In a tough, back and forth fight, Durán knocked Barkley down in the eleventh round and won a close decision. The bout was named the 1989 "Fight of the Year" by The Ring

The Ring (magazine)

. His reign was short lived once again as Duran moved up to super middleweight (although both fighters weighed in at the middleweight limit) for a third clash with Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard is an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles...

in December (a fight dubbed Uno Más--One More—by promoters), but lost in a decision. Duran seemed to be in decline after the fight, he attempted to win further middleweight titles in 1994, 1995 and 1996 (fighting for the minor IBC belt).

In 1996, he challenged Héctor Camacho

Héctor Camacho

Héctor Camacho , nicknamed "Macho Camacho", is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. His son, Héctor Camacho Jr., is also a boxer.- Early life and amateur career :...

but lost via unanimous decision. In 1997, Durán was defeated by former champion Jorge Castro

Jorge Castro (boxer)

Jorge Fernando "Locomotora" Castro , is an Argentine boxer and former middleweight champion of the world, who is best known for his second defense of the title against John David Jackson in 1994....

. Durán fought Castro in a rematch bout and won via unanimous decision.

In 1998, at the age of 47, he challenged 28 year old WBA middleweight champion William Joppy

William Joppy

William Torelle Joppy is an American middleweight boxer. Joppy held the WBA middleweight title on two occasions. He first became the WBA champion in June 1996 by stopping defender Shinji Takehara in Japan with a flurry of punches in the ninth round. He then would make a couple defenses of his crown...

. Joppy, a trim, quick-fisted fighter, battered Durán to defeat in just 3 rounds. It was Duran's most emphatic loss since the Hearns fight, over a decade earlier. Durán then announced his retirement in August 1998, but was back fighting in 1999. In June 2000, he avenged a previous loss to Pat Lawlor, then lost to Héctor Camacho in a rematch bout.

Retirement

In 2001, Durán traveled to Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

to promote a salsa music

Salsa music

Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...

CD that he had just released. While there, he was involved in a car crash and required life-saving surgery. After that incident, he announced his retirement from boxing at the age of 50.

Durán's five world title belts, which he won in four different divisions, were stolen from his house in Panama in 1993 during a robbery allegedly staged by his brother-in-law, who gave them to memorabilia seller Luis González Báez, who will stand trial for trying to sell stolen goods. González Báez allegedly sold the belts to undercover FBI agents. He alleges that Durán authorized the sale of the five belts to him during a time that Durán was facing financial trouble. On September 23, 2003, a federal judge in Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

ordered the five belts returned to Durán.

His 70 wins by knockout place him in an exclusive group of boxers who have won 50 or more fights by knockout. He was ranked number 28 on The Ring

The Ring (magazine)

s list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.

On October 14, 2006, Durán was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame

World Boxing Hall of Fame

The World Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Riverside, California, United States, in Southern California. The WBHF is one of two recognized international boxing halls of fame with the other being the International Boxing Hall of Fame , with the IBHOF being the more widely recognized...

in Riverside, California, and on June 10, 2007, into the International Boxing Hall of Fame

International Boxing Hall of Fame

The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta...

in Canastota, New York.

Duran is also an ultralight pilot. He holds a license to fly ultralight aircraft in Panama since April 12, 1985.

Appearances in film/music

Durán's first appearance in a movie was in the 1979

1979 in film

The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....

sequel Rocky II

Rocky II

Rocky II is a 1979 American film that is the sequel to Rocky, a motion picture in which an unknown boxer had been given a chance to go the distance with the World Heavyweight Champion. Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Tony Burton, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young and Talia Shire reprised their...

as a lightning fast sparring partner for Rocky Balboa

Rocky Balboa (character)

Robert "Rocky" Balboa, Sr. is a fictional character and the main protagonist portrayed by Sylvester Stallone who has appeared in the Rocky series from 1976 to 2006. During the series, he wins the Heavyweight Championship of the World twice....

. Outside of this, he has also received minor roles in Harlem Nights

Harlem Nights

Harlem Nights is a 1989 comedy-drama crime film starring Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. The film also featured Michael Lerner, Danny Aiello, Redd Foxx, Della Reese and Murphy's brother Charlie Murphy...

and Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...

.

Roberto Durán's life and boxing career are collected in the documentary "Los puños de una nación" (The fists of a nation) by Panamanian film maker, Pituka Ortega-Heilbron. In the fourth episode of the second season of the hit US Crime Drama CSI New York, Duran is mentioned by the Medical Examiner after talking about a dead body who was found to have metal screws put in his hands to boost his punching power.

Durán is mentioned in the third verse of Nas'

Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...

original demo for It Ain't Hard to Tell in the line: "Metaphors of murder man, hittin' like Roberto Duran, hold the mic in my hand, my life span"
Durán is also mentioned in the third verse of Paul Thorn

Paul Thorn

Paul Wayne Thorn is an Americana singer-songwriter, whose style is a mix of blues and rock music.-Biography:Thorn was born in Wisconsin, but as an infant his family moved and he was raised in Tupelo, Mississippi...

's "Hammer and Nail," based on Thorn's nationally-televised fight with Duran:
"I climbed in the ring with Roberto Durán and the punches began to rain down
He hit me with a dozen hard upper cuts and my corner threw in the towel
I asked him why he had to knock me out and he summed it up real well
He said I'd rather be a hammer than a nail"

He also appears very briefly during an interview for the documentary "The Panama Deception" (1992), in which he recounts his experience during the United States invasion of Panama

United States invasion of Panama

The United States Invasion of Panama, code-named Operation Just Cause, was the invasion of Panama by the United States in December 1989. It occurred during the administration of U.S. President George H. W...

Career record

Héctor Camacho

Héctor Camacho , nicknamed "Macho Camacho", is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. His son, Héctor Camacho Jr., is also a boxer.- Early life and amateur career :...

Toppenish, Washington

Toppenish is a city in Yakima County, Washington, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,949.-History:The General Allotment Act of 1887 granted an allotment of land to a woman of half Indian ancestry, Josephine Bowser Lillie, known as "The Mother of Toppenish"...

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, Argentina

Argentina

William Joppy

|TKO
|3 ,
|1998-08-28
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Jorge Fernando Castro

Jorge Castro (boxer)

Jorge Fernando "Locomotora" Castro , is an Argentine boxer and former middleweight champion of the world, who is best known for his second defense of the title against John David Jackson in 1994....

Jorge Fernando Castro

Jorge Castro (boxer)

Jorge Fernando "Locomotora" Castro , is an Argentine boxer and former middleweight champion of the world, who is best known for his second defense of the title against John David Jackson in 1994....

Buenos Aires

, Argentina

Argentina

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|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Mike Culbert
|TKO
|6
|1996-09-27
|align=left|Chester, West Virginia

Chester, West Virginia

Chester is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,592 at the 2000 census. Chester was established in 1896, but not incorporated until 1907. The city is...

Héctor Camacho

Héctor Camacho , nicknamed "Macho Camacho", is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. His son, Héctor Camacho Jr., is also a boxer.- Early life and amateur career :...

Wilbur Garst
|TKO
|4
|1995-12-21
|align=left|Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...

Terry Thomas
|TKO
|4
|1994-03-29
|align=left|Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
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|Win
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Marseille

Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...

Tony Menefee
|TKO
|8
|1993-12-14
|align=left|Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
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|Win
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Sean Fitzgerald
|KO
|6
|1993-08-17
|align=left|Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
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|Win
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Ken Hulsey
|KO
|2 ,
|1992-12-17
|align=left|Cleveland, Ohio
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|Win
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Buffalo, New York

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Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard is an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles...

Iran Barkley

Iran Barkley is a retired American professional boxer who held world titles at three different weights—middleweight , super middleweight and light heavyweight .- Professional career :...

Paul Thorn

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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Juan Ferreyra

Juan Carlos Gimenez Ferreyra

Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra is a Paraguayan boxer. He once fought Joe Calzaghe, losing via knockout.He went the distance with both Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank.Probably the most successful Paraguayan boxer of all time....

Robbie Sims

Robbie Sims was a former middleweight boxer out of Brockton, Massachusetts. A southpaw born November 5, 1959, he rose to prominence as a middleweight contender after defeating Roberto Durán in a split decision on 6/23/86. Sims lost to Sumbu Kalambay in a shot for the WBA title in 1988.Sims was...

Jorge Suero
|KO
|2 ,
|1986-04-18
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
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|Win
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Thomas Hearns

Marvin Hagler

Davey Moore

Davey Moore (1980s)

|TKO
|8 ,
|1983-06-16
|align=left|Madison Square Garden, New York City
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|Win
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Pipino Cuevas

Jose Cuevas

José Isidro "Pipino" Cuevas González is a Mexican former world champion boxer at the welterweight division.-Professional career:...

|TKO
|4 ,
|1983-01-29
|align=left|Los Angeles, California
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Kirkland Laing

Wilfred Benítez

Wilfred Benitez

Cleveland, Ohio

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Sugar Ray Leonard

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|TKO
|8 ,
|1980-11-25
|align=left|New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

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Wellington Wheatley
|TKO
|6
|1980-02-24
|align=left|Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas
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|-align=center
|Win
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Joseph Nsubuga
|TKO
|4 ,
|1980-01-13
|align=left|Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
|
|-align=center
|Win
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Carlos Palomino

Monroe Brooks
|KO
|8 ,
|1978-12-08
|align=left|Madison Square Garden, New York City
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Ezequiel Obando
|KO
|2 ,
|1978-09-01
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Adolfo Viruet

Adolfo Viruet is a retired Puerto Rican boxer. His brother Edwin was also a professional boxer.Viruet was a contender in the light welterweight and welterweight divisions during the late 1970s and early 1980s, fighting such opponents as Roberto Durán, Sugar Ray Leonard, Donald Curry, Bruce Curry,...

Esteban De Jesús

|TKO
|12 ,
|1978-01-21
|align=left|Caesars Palace

Caesars Palace

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, Las Vegas

Las Vegas Strip

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Edwin Viruet

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Landover, Maryland

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Alvaro Rojas
|TKO
|1 ,
|1976-10-15
|align=left|Hollywood, Florida

Hollywood, Florida

-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...

Lou Bizzarro
|KO
|14 ,
|1976-05-23
|align=left|Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie, Pennsylvania

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Saoul Mamby

Edwin Viruet

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Uniondale, New York

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Pedro Mendoza
|KO
|1 ,
|1975-08-02
|align=left|Managua

Managua

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, Nicaragua

Nicaragua

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Jose Peterson
|TKO
|1
|1975-06-03
|align=left|Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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Adalberto Vanegas
|KO
|1
|1974-11-16
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|Jose Vasquez
|KO
|2
|1974-10-31
|align=left|San José, Costa Rica

San José, Costa Rica

San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...

Esteban De Jesús

|KO
|11
|1974-03-16
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Armando Mendoza
|TKO
|3 ,
|1974-02-16
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Leonard Tavarez
|TKO
|4
|1974-01-21
|align=left|Paris, France
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|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Tony Garcia
|KO
|3
|1973-12-01
|align=left|Santiago de Veraguas

Santiago de Veraguas

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Guts Ishimatsu

|TKO
|10 ,
|1973-09-08
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Puerto Rico

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Gerardo Ferrat
|TKO
|2 ,
|1973-04-14
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Juan Medina
|KO
|7 ,
|1973-02-22
|align=left|Los Angeles, California
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Esteban De Jesús

Ken Buchanan

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|TKO
|13
|1972-06-26
|align=left|Madison Square Garden, New York City
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Francisco Munoz
|TKO
|1 ,
|1972-03-10
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Hiroshi Kobayashi

|KO
|7 ,
|1971-10-16
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Benny Huertas
|TKO
|1 ,
|1971-09-13
|align=left|Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Fermin Soto
|TKO
|3
|1971-07-18
|align=left|Monterrey, Mexico
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Lloyd Marshall
|TKO
|6 ,
|1971-05-29
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Jose Acosta
|KO
|1 ,
|1971-03-21
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Jose Angel Herrera
|KO
|6
|1971-01-10
|align=left|Monterrey

Monterrey

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Ignacio Castaneda
|TKO
|3
|1970-10-18
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Marvin Castaneda
|KO
|1 ,
|1970-09-05
|align=left|Chiriqui

Chiriquí Province

Chiriquí is a province of Panama, it is located on the western coast of Panama, and it is also the second most developed province in the country, after the Panamá Province. Its capital is the city of David. It has a total area of 6,490.9 km², with a population of 416,873 as of the year 2010...

Clemente Mucino
|KO
|6 ,
|1970-07-18
|align=left|Colon, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Ernesto Marcel

|TKO
|10
|1970-05-16
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Mexico City

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Luis Patino
|TKO
|8
|1969-11-23
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Serafin Garcia
|TKO
|5
|1969-09-21
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Adolfo Osses
|TKO
|7
|1969-06-22
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Jacinto Garcia
|TKO
|4
|1969-05-18
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Alberto Brand
|TKO
|4
|1969-01-19
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Carlos Howard
|TKO
|1
|1968-12-07
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Juan Gondola
|KO
|2
|1968-11-16
|align=left|Colon, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|Ulises De Leon
|KO
|1 ,
|1968-09-22
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Leroy Carghill
|KO
|1
|1968-08-25
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|Enrique Jacobo
|KO
|1
|1968-08-10
|align=left|Panama City, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|Eduardo Morales
|KO
|1 ,
|1968-06-30
|align=left|Panama City

Panama City

Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

Manuel Jiménez
|KO
|1
|1968-06-15
|align=left|Colon, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Juan Gondola
|KO
|1
|1968-05-14
|align=left|Colon, Panama
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left|

Colón, Panama

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External links

The Official Web Site of Roberto Durán, hosted by CMG Worldwide as Durán's representative
Roberto Durán - IBHOF Biography
Remembering Roberto Duran - BoxingFanatics.com
Ken Buchanan - Lightweight Champion of the World - Ken Buchanan site with detailed bio, statistics, full fight with Roberto Duran and more

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Early life

Lightweight

Welterweight

Duran-Leonard II

Middleweight

Retirement

Appearances in film/music

Career record

See also

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