Roberto Durán

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Roberto Durán
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Real name Roberto Duran
Nickname(s) Mano de Piedra
El Cholo
Rated at Lightweight
Nationality Flag of Panama Panamanian
Birth date June 16, 1951 (1951-06-16) (age 56)
Birth place Guararé, Panamá
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 119
Wins 103
Wins by KO 70
Losses 16
Draws 0
No contests 0

Roberto Durán (born June 16, 1951) is a retired professional boxer from Guararé, Panamá, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all-time. During his career he would be called in admiration "Mano de Piedra" which translates to "Hand of Stone".

In 2002, he was chosen by The Ring Magazine to be the 5th greatest fighter of the last 80 years.[2] He held world titles at four different weights - lightweight (1972-79), welterweight (1980), junior middleweight (1983-84) and middleweight (1989). He was the second boxer to have fought in five different decades. Mamby became the first boxer in history to compete in five decades. Two weeks later, Roberto Duran became the second fighter to do it.

He finally retired in January 2002 at age 50 (having previously retired in 1998) following a bad car crash in October 2001, with a professional record of 119 fights, 103 wins with 70 KOs. Up until the second Ray Leonard fight, he was trained by legendary boxing trainer Ray Arcel.

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[edit] History

Born in Guararé, Panamá to a Mexican father and a Panamanian mother, he had his first professional fight in 1967.[1] After an initial adjustment he won thirty in a row, culminating in his first title bout in June 1972, where he controversially defeated Ken Buchanan at New York's Madison Square Garden for the WBA world lightweight championship. Duran knocked down Buchanan in the first round and dominated him throughout the fight, until Duran floored him with an unpunished low-blow with the final punch of the match. [2] Duran followed up on his title winning performance with several non-title matches. Later that year, in another non-title bout, he lost a ten round decision to Esteban De Jesus. Duran got back on track with successful title defenses against Jimmy Robertson, Hector Thompson, and former lightweight champion Guts Ishimatsu. In 1974, Durán would avenge his loss to De Jesus with a brutal eleventh round knock out. Overall Durán made twelve successful defenses of his title (eleven coming by knock out), his last defense coming in 1978 where Durán fought a third fight with De Jesus, a unification match where Durán once again knocked out De Jesus and captured his WBC lightweight belt. Durán would give up the unified lightweight title in February 1979.

Vacating the lightweight title was a build up for an attempt at the welterweight title. Duran earned a pair of wins against former WBC welterweight champion Carlos Palomino and Zeferino Gonzales, setting the stage for a title bout against then undefeated WBC Welterweight Champion Sugar Ray Leonard. The venue chosen would be the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, the same location where Leonard won an Olympic gold medal during the 1976 Summer Olympics. Duran resented the fact that he was getting only one-fifth the money Leonard would make despite the fact that he was entering the bout with a 73-1 record. He would curse and insult Leonard during press conferences in an attempt to intimidate the young champion. On June 20, 1980, Duran captured the WBC welterweight title by defeating Leonard via a 15-round unanimous decision. The fight would become known as "The Brawl in Montreal".[3] In the November re-match, however, Durán shockingly quit. Leonard has said that his strategy was to use speed and agility to taunt and frustrate Durán, believing it was his best chance of winning the fight.[4] In round 8, Durán turned around, walked to his corner and gave up, supposedly saying the now famous words, "no más" (no more). However he claims to have actually said, "No quiero pelear con el payaso." (Meaning "I do not want to fight with this clown.") Referee Octavio Meyran, perhaps as incredulous as was the rest of the world at what he was seeing, asked Durán if he was sure, and Durán then said, "No más, no más" (no more, no more). In violation of what any professional fighter does on the day of a fight, Durán gorged himself after the weigh-in, claimed he quit because he was having stomach cramps.[3] The controversy regarding this bout continues to this day.

Roberto Duran (centre) with British boxer Errol Christie (left) in the eighties
Roberto Duran (centre) with British boxer Errol Christie (left) in the eighties

He took some time to recover from that fight, gaining even more weight to contend for the WBC world junior middleweight title, but losing in his first attempt at a championship in that division on the January 30 of 1982, against Wilfredo Benitez by a 15 round unanimous decision. Duran was also to lose his come back fight in December 1982 in Detroit. Kirkland Laing, from London, shocked the boxing world, producing the type of display his talents promised yet he so rarely produced, taking the split decision. After being relegated to a 10 round walk out win over Englishman Jimmy Batten at The Battle of The Champions in Miami, Durán signed with promoter Bob Arum. This marked the beginning of a comeback in which he beat former world champion and now hall of famer Pipino Cuevas via a fourth round knock-out, which earned him a second crack at the junior middleweight title, this time against WBA champion Davey Moore.

The WBA title bout took place at Madison Square Garden on June 16, 1983, which also happened to be Duran's 32nd birthday. The result turned out to be a one sided affair as Duran dominated Moore throughout the bout. The pro-Duran crowd at ringside cheered as Duran relentlessly punished Moore. By the end of the sixth round, Moore's eye had swollen shut and he was floored near the end of the seventh. Finally the fight was stopped in the eighth round as Moore was taking such a horrific beating and Duran won his third world title. After the victory, Duran was hoisted up in the air as the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to a sobbing Duran.[5]

Durán later fought for the World middleweight title, meeting Marvin Hagler in Las Vegas in November 1983, but losing in a competitive fight that went the full fifteen rounds. Despite the loss, Duran was the first fighter to go the full distance with the great middleweight champion in one of his defenses. In June 1984, Duran was stripped of his junior middleweight title when the WBA did not approve of his fight with WBC world champion Thomas "Hitman" Hearns, and took away recognition of Duran as world champion the moment Duran stepped into the ring to box Hearns. Durán lost the fight after a vicious second round knock-out by Hearns.

Durán did not contend another title fight until 1989, but made the shot count when he won the WBC middleweight title from Iran Barkley in February, a fight in which Duran used Don Longanecker as a training partner.The fight is considered one of Duran's greatest achievements, as the 38 year old former lightweight champion took the middleweight crown, his fourth title. In a tough, back and forth fight, Durán knocked Barkley down in the eleventh round and won a close decision. The bout was named the 1989 "Fight of the Year" by Ring Magazine. His reign was short lived once again as Duran moved up to super middleweight for a third clash with Sugar Ray Leonard in December (a fight dubbed Uno Más--One More--by promoters), but lost in a decision. Duran seemed to be in decline after the fight, he attempted to win further middleweight titles in 1994, 1995 and 1996 (fighting for the minor IBC belt). In 1998, at the age of 47, he challenged 28 year old WBA middleweight champion William Joppy. Joppy, a trim, quick-fisted fighter, battered Duran to defeat in just 3 rounds. It was Duran's most emphatic loss since the Hearns fight, over a decade earlier. Duran then announced his retirement in August 1998, but was back fighting in 1999. In June 2000 he won a minor super middleweight title from Pat Lawlor but quickly lost it to Héctor Camacho.

After splitting fights with Jorge Castro and losing a rematch to Camacho, Durán went to Argentina to promote a Salsa music CD that he had just released. While there, he was involved in a dramatic car crash and required life-saving surgery. After that, he announced his retirement from boxing.

Durán's five world title belts, which he won in four different divisions, were stolen from his house in Panama in 1993 during a robbery allegedly staged by his brother-in-law, who gave them to memorabilia seller Luis González Báez, who will stand trial for trying to sell stolen goods. González Báez allegedly sold the belts to undercover FBI agents. He alleges that Duran authorized the sale of the five belts to him during a time that Duran was facing financial trouble. On September 23, 2003, a federal judge in Florida ordered the five belts returned to Duran.

His 70 wins by knockout place him in an exclusive group of boxers who have won 50 or more fights by knockout.

On October 14th, Roberto was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame of Los Angeles, California. You can find more about this historic date for Roberto Duran reading these articles [4] (in Spanish) published and written by Panamanian sports journalist Adán De Gracia E. (Mi Diario newspaper, Panamá)

Preceded by
Ken Buchanan
WBA Lightweight Champion
26 Jun 1972– Jan 1979
Vacates
Succeeded by
Ernesto España
Preceded by
Esteban De Jesus
WBC Lightweight Champion
21 Jan 1978– Jan 1979
Vacates
Succeeded by
Jim Watt
Preceded by
Sugar Ray Leonard
WBC Welterweight Champion
20 Jun 1980– 25 Nov 1980
Succeeded by
Sugar Ray Leonard
Preceded by
Davey Moore
WBA Light Middleweight boxing champion
16 Jun 1983– 1984
Stripped
Succeeded by
Mike McCallum
Preceded by
Iran Barkley
WBC Middleweight Champion
24 Feb 1989–1990
Vacates
Succeeded by
Julian Jackson

Durán's daughter, Irichelle, is a professional woman boxer. His son, Roberto Jr., was also a professional at one time.

[edit] Trivia

Durán appeared in the 1979 sequel Rocky II as a lightning fast sparring partner for Rocky Balboa.

Duran was in the Playstation 2 and Xbox 360 game Fight Night: Round 3.

Singer songwriter Tom Russell recorded the song "The Eyes of Roberto Duran" on his 1997 album Long Way Around.

Roberto Duran's life and boxing career are collected in the documentary "Los puños de una nación" (The fists of a nation) by Panamanian film maker, Pituka Ortega-Heilbron.

Duran also had a cameo appearance, as a bouncer named Roberto, in the 1989 movie "Harlem Nights" with Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor.

Duran made another cameo appearance on the hit TV show "Miami Vice" in the episode titled "Payback"

[edit] Career record

103 Wins (70 knockouts, 32 decisions, 1 retirement), 16 Losses (4 knockouts, 12 decisions) [5]
Res. Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Loss Flag of Puerto Rico Héctor Camacho Decision (unan.) 12 (12) 2001-07-14 Denver, Colorado Lost NBA Super-Middleweight title.
Win Flag of the United States Patrick Goossen Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 2000-08-12 Toppenish, Washington
Win Flag of the United States Pat Lawlor Decision (unan.) 12 (12) 2000-06-16 Panama City, Panama Won NBA Super-Middleweight title.
Loss Flag of Argentina Omar Gonzalez Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1999-03-06 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss Flag of the United States William Joppy TKO 3 (12), 2:54 1998-08-28 Las Vegas, Nevada Fight was for WBA Middleweight title.
Win Flag of Colombia Felix Jose Hernandez Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1998-01-31 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of England David Radford Decision (unan.) 8 (8) 1997-11-15 Temba, South Africa
Win Flag of Argentina Jorge Fernando Castro Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1997-06-14 Panama City, Panama
Loss Flag of Argentina Jorge Fernando Castro Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1997-02-15 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win Flag of Ireland Mike Culbert TKO 6 (10) 1996-09-27 Chester, West Virginia
Win Flag of Mexico Ariel Cruz KO 1 (10) 1996-08-31 Panama City, Panama
Loss Flag of Puerto Rico Héctor Camacho Decision (unan.) 12 (12) 1996-06-22 Atlantic City, New Jersey Fight was for IBC Middleweight title.
Win Flag of the United States Ray Domenge Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1996-02-20 Miami, Florida
Win Flag of the United States Wilbur Garst TKO 4 (10) 1995-12-21 Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Win Flag of the United States Roni Martinez TKO 7 (10), 2:59 1995-06-10 Kansas City, Missouri
Loss Flag of the United States Vinny Pazienza Decision (unan.) 12 (12) 1995-01-14 Atlantic City, New Jersey Fight was for IBC Super-
Middleweight title.
Win Flag of the United States Heath Todd TKO 7 (10) 1994-10-18 Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
Loss Flag of the United States Vinny Pazienza Decision (unan.) 12 (12) 1994-06-25 Las Vegas, Nevada Fight was for IBC Super-
Middleweight title.
Win Flag of the United States Terry Thomas TKO 4 (10) 1994-03-29 Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
Win Flag of the United States Carlos Montero Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1994-02-22 Marseille, France
Win Flag of the United States Tony Menefee TKO 8 (10) 1993-12-14 Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
Win Flag of the United States Sean Fitzgerald KO 6 (10) 1993-08-17 Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
Win Flag of Canada Jacques LeBlanc Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1993-06-29 Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
Win Flag of the United States Ken Hulsey KO 2 (10), 2:45 1992-12-17 Cleveland, Ohio
Win Flag of the United States Tony Biglen Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1992-09-30 Buffalo, New York
Loss Flag of the United States Pat Lawlor TKO 6 (10), 1:50 1991-03-18 Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss Flag of the United States Sugar Ray Leonard Decision (unan.) 12 (12) 1989-12-07 Las Vegas, Nevada Fight was for WBC Super-
Middleweight title.
Win Flag of the United States Iran Barkley Decision (split) 12 (12) 1989-02-24 Atlantic City, New Jersey Won WBC Middleweight title.
Win Flag of the United States Jeff Lanas Decision (split) 10 (10) 1988-10-01 Chicago, Illinois
Win Flag of the United States Paul Thorn Retirement 6 (10) 1988-04-14 Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win Flag of the United States Ricky Stackhouse Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1988-02-05 Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win Flag of Paraguay Juan Ferreyra Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1987-09-12 Miami, Florida
Win Flag of Puerto Rico Victor Claudio Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1987-05-16 Miami, Florida
Loss Flag of the United States Robbie Sims Decision (split) 10 (10) 1986-06-23 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
Win Flag of the Dominican Republic Jorge Suero KO 2 (10), 1:45 1986-04-18 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Colombia Manuel Zambrano KO 2 (10), 2:57 1986-01-31 Panama City, Panama
Loss Flag of the United States Thomas Hearns KO 2 (15) 1984-06-15 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas Fight was for WBC Light-
Middleweight title.
Loss Flag of the United States Marvin Hagler Decision (unan.) 15 (15) 1983-11-10 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas Fight was for WBA, WBC and IBF
Middleweight titles.
Win Flag of the United States Davey Moore TKO 8 (15), 2:02 1983-06-16 Madison Square Garden, New York City Won WBC Light Middleweight title
Win Flag of Mexico Pipino Cuevas TKO 4 (12), 2:26 1983-01-29 Los Angeles, California
Win Flag of England Jimmy Batten Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1982-11-12 Miami, Florida
Loss Flag of England Kirkland Laing Decision (split) 10 (10) 1982-09-04 Detroit, Michigan
Loss Flag of Puerto Rico Wilfred Benitez Decision (split) 15 (15) 1982-01-30 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas Fight was for WBC Light
Middleweight title.
Win Flag of Italy Luigi Minchillo Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1981-09-26 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
Win Flag of the United States Nino Gonzalez Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1981-08-09 Cleveland, Ohio
Loss Flag of the United States Sugar Ray Leonard TKO 8 (15), 2:44 1980-11-25 New Orleans, Louisiana The "No Más Fight"; lost WBC
Welterweight title.
Win Flag of the United States Sugar Ray Leonard Decision (unan.) 15 (15) 1980-06-20 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Won WBC Welterweight title.
Win Flag of Ecuador Wellington Wheatley TKO 6 (10) 1980-02-24 Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas
Win Flag of Norway Joseph Nsubuga TKO 4 (10), 3:00 1980-01-13 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
Win Flag of the United States Zeferino Gonzalez Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1979-09-28 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
Win Flag of Mexico Carlos Palomino Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1979-06-22 Madison Square Garden, New York City
Win Flag of the United States Jimmy Heair Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1979-04-08 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
Win Flag of the United States Monroe Brooks KO 8 (12), 1:59 1978-12-08 Madison Square Garden, New York City
Win Flag of Costa Rica Ezequiel Obando KO 2 (10), 1:09 1978-09-01 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Puerto Rico Adolfo Viruet Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1978-04-27 Madison Square Garden, New York City
Win Flag of Puerto Rico Esteban De Jesús TKO 12 (15), 2:32 1978-01-21 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas Retained WBA Lightweight title;
won WBC Lightweight title. Durán
vacated titles in January 1979 to
concentrate on heavier divisions.
Win Flag of Puerto Rico Edwin Viruet Decision (unan.) 15 (15) 1977-09-17 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Retained WBA Lightweight title.
Win Flag of the Dominican Republic Bernardo Diaz KO 1 (10), 1:29 1977-08-06 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of the United States Javier Muniz Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1977-05-16 Landover, Maryland
Win Flag of the Dominican Republic Vilomar Fernandez KO 13 (15), 2:10 1977-01-29 Miami, Florida Retained WBA Lightweight title.
Win Flag of Costa Rica Alvaro Rojas TKO 1 (15), 2:17 1976-10-15 Hollywood, Florida, United States Retained WBA Lightweight title.
Win Flag of Colombia Emiliano Villa TKO 7 (10), 2:00 1976-07-31 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Italy Lou Bizzarro KO 14 (15), 2:15 1976-05-23 Erie, Pennsylvania Retained WBA Lightweight title.
Win Flag of the United States Saoul Mamby Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1976-05-04 Miami Beach, Florida
Win Flag of Mexico Leoncio Ortiz KO 15 (15), 2:39 1975-12-20 Hato Rey, Puerto Rico Retained WBA Lightweight title.
Win Flag of Puerto Rico Edwin Viruet Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1975-09-30 Uniondale, New York
Win Alirio Acuna KO 3 (10) 1975-09-13 Chitre, Panama
Win Flag of Nicaragua Pedro Mendoza KO 1 (10), 2:00 1975-08-02 Managua, Nicaragua
Win Flag of Puerto Rico Jose Peterson TKO 1 (10) 1975-06-03 Miami, Florida
Win Flag of the United States Ray Lampkin KO 14 (15), 0:39 1975-03-02 Panama City, Panama Retained WBA Lightweight title.
Win Flag of Colombia Andres Salgado KO 1 (10), 1:00 1975-02-15 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Japan Masataka Takayama KO 1 (15), 1:40 1974-12-21 San Jose, Costa Rica Retained WBA Lightweight title.
Win Flag of Colombia Adalberto Vanegas KO 1 (10) 1974-11-16 Panama City, Panama
Win Jose Vasquez KO 2 (10) 1974-10-31 San José, Costa Rica
Win Flag of Puerto Rico Hector Matta Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1974-09-02 Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Win Flag of the Philippines Flash Gallego TKO 7 (10), 2:35 1974-07-06 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Puerto Rico Esteban De Jesús KO 11 (15) 1974-03-16 Panama City, Panama Retained WBA Lightweight title.
Win Flag of Venezuela Armando Mendoza TKO 3 (10), 1:50 1974-02-16 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of France Leonard Tavarez TKO 4 (10) 1974-01-21 Paris, France
Win Flag of Puerto Rico Tony Garcia KO 3 (10) 1973-12-01 Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
Win Flag of Japan Guts Ishimatsu TKO 10 (15), 2:10 1973-09-08 Panama City, Panama Retained WBA Lightweight title.
Win Flag of the United States Doc McClendon Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1973-08-04 Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Win Flag of Australia Hector Thompson TKO 8 (15), 2:15 1973-06-02 Panama City, Panama Retained WBA Lightweight title.
Win Flag of Mexico Gerardo Ferrat TKO 2 (10), 2:45 1973-04-14 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Mexico Javier Ayala Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1973-03-17 Los Angeles, California
Win Flag of Mexico Juan Medina KO 7 (10), 1:22 1973-02-22 Los Angeles, California
Win Flag of the United States Jimmy Robertson KO 5 (15) 1973-01-20 Panama City, Panama Retained WBA Lightweight title.
Loss Flag of Puerto Rico Esteban De Jesús Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1972-11-17 Madison Square Garden, New York City
Win Flag of Mexico Lupe Ramirez KO 1 (10), 3:03 1972-10-28 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of the United States Greg Potter KO 1 (10), 1:58 1972-09-02 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Scotland Ken Buchanan TKO 13 (15) 1972-06-26 Madison Square Garden, New York City Won WBA Lightweight title.
Win Flag of Mexico Francisco Munoz TKO 1 (10), 2:34 1972-03-10 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Cuba Angel Robinson Garcia Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1972-01-15 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Japan Hiroshi Kobayashi KO 7 (10), 0:30 1971-10-16 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Puerto Rico Benny Huertas TKO 1 (10), 1:06 1971-09-13 Madison Square Garden, New York City
Win Flag of Mexico Fermin Soto TKO 3 (10) 1971-07-18 Monterrey, Mexico
Win Flag of the United States Lloyd Marshall TKO 6 (10), 1:37 1971-05-29 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Venezuela Jose Acosta KO 1 (10), 1:55 1971-03-21 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Mexico Jose Angel Herrera KO 6 (10) 1971-01-10 Monterrey, Mexico
Win Flag of Mexico Ignacio Castaneda TKO 3 (10) 1970-10-18 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Costa Rica Marvin Castaneda KO 1 (10), 1:30 1970-09-05 Chiriqui, Panama
Win Flag of Mexico Clemente Mucino KO 6 (10), 2:18 1970-07-18 Colon, Panama
Win Flag of Panama Ernesto Marcel TKO 10 (10) 1970-05-16 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Mexico Felipe Torres Decision (unan.) 10 (10) 1970-03-28 Mexico City, Mexico
Win Flag of Panama Luis Patino TKO 8 (10) 1969-11-23 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Panama Serafin Garcia TKO 5 (8) 1969-09-21 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Panama Adolfo Osses TKO 7 (8) 1969-06-22 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Panama Jacinto Garcia TKO 4 (8) 1969-05-18 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Panama Eduardo Frutos Decision (unan.) 6 (6) 1969-02-01 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Panama Alberto Brand TKO 4 (6) 1969-01-19 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Panama Carlos Howard TKO 1 (6) 1968-12-07 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Panama Juan Gondola KO 2 (6) 1968-11-16 Colon, Panama
Win Ulises De Leon KO 1 (6), 1:20 1968-09-22 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of Panama Leroy Carghill KO 1 (6) 1968-08-25 Panama City, Panama
Win Enrique Jacobo KO 1 (6) 1968-08-10 Panama City, Panama
Win Eduardo Morales KO 1 (4), 3:00 1968-06-30 Panama City, Panama
Win Flag of the Dominican Republic Manuel Jiménez KO 1 (4) 1968-06-15 Colon, Panama
Win Flag of Panama Juan Gondola KO 1 (4) 1968-05-14 Colon, Panama
Win Flag of Mexico Carlos Mendoza Decision (unan.) 4 (4) 1968-02-23 Colón, Panama

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ A Night of Cheers for Roberto Duran and others | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
  2. ^ BBC - A Sporting Nation - Ken Buchanan wins world lightweight title 1970
  3. ^ Boxingfanatics.com
  4. ^ [1] Fox Sports, "Beyond The Glory" episode
  5. ^ Boxingfanatics.com

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