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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]
Durán instead fought journeyman Jacques LeBlanc two days after the Pazianza-Honeyghan fight and when asked at a conference call about his rumored fight with Pazienza, Durán angrily replied "If Pazienza is man enough to fight Roberto Duran, then tell him to sign a contract once and for all and stop wasting time.
Roberto Alejandro Durán (born March 6, 1973) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1997 and 1998. He batted and threw left-handed.
In January 1983, former welterweight champions Roberto Durán and Pipino Cuevas met in a non-title bout at the LA Sports Arena. Durán dominated the fight and scored a fourth-round knockout victory that put him in line for a title shot against the undefeated reigning WBA super welterweight champion Davey Moore. [ 3 ]
In December 1982, a fight between former world champions Roberto Durán and José "Pipino" Cuevas was made official. The bout was to take place on January 29, 1983, at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on the eve of Super Bowl XVII, which was being played in nearby Pasadena. The fighters agreed to a catch weight of 150 pounds, between the ...
Roberto Durán vs. Héctor Camacho II, billed as When Legends Collide was a professional boxing match contested on July 14, 2001, for the NBA super middleweight title. This was the 119th and final professional fight of Durán's career.
A match between 3-division world champion Héctor Camacho and 4-division world champion Roberto Durán was made official in April 1996 to take place two months later in June. Both fighters appeared at a press conference announcing the fight when Durán, angered by Camacho's trash talk, suddenly stood up and started a scuffle with Camacho on ...
Iran Barkley vs. Roberto Durán, billed as Steel vs. Stone was a professional boxing match contested on February 24, 1989, for the WBC middleweight title. [ 3 ] The fight was The Ring magazine's fight of the year for 1989.