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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 ...
A fight between 4-division world champion Roberto Durán and 2-division world champion had been in the works for over a year. Pazienza had returned to boxing in December 1992 after a 13-month absence while he recovered from a broken neck he suffered in a near-fatal car crash in November 1991.
Roberto Durán: UD 12 Jan 14, 1995: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Retained IBC super middleweight title: 44 Win 39–5 Rafael Williams UD 10 Nov 8, 1994 Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S. 43 Win 38–5 Roberto Durán: UD 12 Jun 25, 1994: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Won vacant IBC super middleweight ...
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: 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.
Duran went on to record Salsa music albums as a singer and was in Argentina promoting one of his albums when he suffered a life-threatening car accident in 2000, which caused him to retire from boxing. In 2016, a movie about him, Hands of Stone, was released. That movie was based on a book about Duran written by American author Christian ...
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 ]