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Roberto Carlos Durán Samaniego [2] (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: Lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight. Duran also reigned as the undisputed and lineal lightweight champion and the lineal welterweight ...
Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor.Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professionally between 1977 and 1997, winning world titles in five weight classes; the lineal championship in three weight classes; [3] as well as the undisputed ...
Leonard, Duran posing with oversized boxing gloves before June 20, 1980 fight. On May 9, 1980, the highly anticipated fight between the undefeated reigning WBC champion "Sugar" Ray Leonard and former undisputed lightweight champion and the-then number-one ranked welterweight contender Roberto Durán was announced.
Roberto Durán: TKO 8/15 The Ring Welterweight – (2) WBA Light middleweight: Jun 25, 1981: Ayub Kalule: TKO 9/15 The Ring Light middleweight: WBA Welterweight: Sep 16, 1981: Thomas Hearns: TKO 14/15 WBC Middleweight: Apr 6, 1987: Marvin Hagler: SD 12/12 The Ring Middleweight: WBC Super middleweight: Nov 7, 1988: Don Lalonde: TKO 9/12 3 ...
Jose "Pepe" Correa is a boxing trainer [1] who has trained Sugar Ray Leonard, [2] Roberto Durán, Lennox Lewis, Simon Brown and Maurice Blocker. He was one of the trainers on the 3rd season of the boxing reality TV series, The Contender , premiering September 4, 2007 on ESPN .
Benítez controlled much of the fight and ultimately won a fairly close unanimous decision with scores of 144–141, 145–141 and 143–142. Durán got off to a good start and won the first two rounds on two of the judge's scorecards, but Benítez took control in the third, utilizing his superior defensive skills, a jab to the head and hooks to the body to earn the victory.
Boxing great Roberto Duran was receiving medical care for a heart problem, the family of the 72-year-old Panamanian said Saturday. Duran, who was a champion in four different weight classes ...
Roberto Durán vs. Kirkland Laing was a professional boxing match contested on September 4, 1982. [3] The virtually unknown Laing scored an upset win over Durán, a 2-division world champion whom was considered one of boxing's top fighters. The Ring magazine named the fight the upset of the year for 1982. [4]