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Roberto Durán was born on June 16, ... Durán's five world title belts, which he won in four different divisions, were stolen from his house in Panama in 1993 during ...
The bout was the main event of a program that also included Freddie Roach's 10-round unanimous decision loss in a rematch fight to Louie Burke and a contest to determine Hagler-Duran's winner's next challenger, between American Frank "The Animal" Fletcher and Argentina's Juan Roldan, which was won by Roldan by a brutal, blistering sixth round knockout.
After the fight Durán all but officially announced his retirement stating simply "I am finished.", though he would return the following year and fight until 2001. Said Joppy of the victory "This was kind of a sad victory for me, Roberto Duran is a great legend. I've watched him fight since I was a kid. But it's my time now. He's had his years.
Duran had been stripped of his WBC belt for failing to meet Ishimatzu Suzuki in a world championship bout, Suzuki later won the WBC title and lost it to De Jesus. January 28 – Alexis Argüello wins the second of three world titles, knocking out WBC world Jr. Lightweight champion Alfredo Escalera in thirteen rounds at The Bloody Battle of ...
Roberto Durán: 16 Jun 1983 – 15 Jun 1984 0 Durán intends to vacate the WBA title before fighting Thomas Hearns. [89] The title was officially vacated when he stepped on the ring against Hearns. [90] 23 Mike McCallum (def. Sean Mannion) 19 Oct 1984 – Aug 1987 6 McCallum vacated the title to move up to middleweight. [91] 24 Julian Jackson
Durán, who had the nickname “Hands of Stone” as a boxer from 1968 to 2001, is a sports icon in Panama and Latin America. Ex-boxing champ Roberto Durán tests positive for coronavirus Skip to ...
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.
A former employee of a Broward County-based beauty supply company is accused of orchestrating a theft scheme that cost the company more than $1.1. million, according to police.