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Roberto Durán was born on June 16, 1951, in Guararé, Panama.His mother, Clara Samaniego, was a native of Guararé and his father, Margarito Duran, an American of Mexican heritage was stationed in Panama for the U.S. Army at the time of Roberto’s birth. [7]
Later, Duran joins a boxing club with Nestor "Plomo" Quiñones as his coach. As he reaches 20, an American legendary boxing trainer Ray Arcel , who nearly lost his life after being attacked by an assailant sent by the mobster, Frankie Carbo in 1953 in New York City and is now living with his wife Stephanie, notices Roberto's raw talent and ...
English: Title: Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: 1980. Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (slide format) Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-gtfy-02306 (digital file from original) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Esteban de Jesús (August 2, 1950 – May 11, 1989) was a Puerto Rican world lightweight champion boxer.De Jesús, a native of the town of Carolina, Puerto Rico, was a gymmate of Wilfred Benítez and was trained by Benitez's father, Gregorio Benitez.
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 vs. Sugar Ray Leonard II, billed as The Super Fight, and later popularly known as the No Más Fight, was a professional boxing match contested on November 25, 1980, for the WBC and The Ring welterweight championship. [2]
Roberto Durán: UD 10 Jun 22, 1979 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. 32 Loss 27–2–3 Wilfred Benítez: SD 15 Jan 14, 1979 Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Lost WBC and The Ring welterweight titles: 31 Win 27–1–3 Armando Muñíz: UD 15 May 27, 1978 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
No matter where I put my head, his (Duran's) head was there and it was cracking." A post-fight examination by A. Harry Kleiman of the New York State Athletic Commission backed up Buchanan's claims that he had been hit with a low blow confirming that Buchanan had "swelling of the right testicle. He’s in extreme pain." [8]