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- Roberto Duran, known as “Manos de Piedra” or “Hands of Stone,” is revered for his powerful boxing style that left an indelible mark in the ring. His aggressive approach, formidable punching power, and iron chin contributed to a legendary career with several memorable fights against top rivals.
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Sitting down with a former world champion of Roberto Duran’s caliber is a surreal experience. Duran was arguably the finest lightweight who has ever lived, won titles in three more divisions and was a first ballot Hall of Famer. And he didn’t simply win fights.
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Roberto Duran was, and remains to this day, one of the most fearsome knockout specialists ever to step in the ring. “Manos de Piedra”, or “Hands of Stone”, earned this title for a very good reason. Of his first 28 fights, his opponent on average could expect to last less than 4 rounds (3.96 rounds to be precise.) By the time Duran had reached his 6...
Let’s first take a look at Duran’s winning performance that captured him the WBA Lightweight title against brilliant Scot Ken Buchanan in 1972. We need only use one round during our analysis as the others up until the 13th when the bout ended were much the same in terms of the tactics. At this stage in his career, Duran’s approach is about overwhel...
Let’s move forward one year now, with Duran taking on the redoubtable, tough and clever Australian Hector Thompson in a defence of the title that he won against Buchanan. Duran has had 7 contests during the year, and has been handed his first defeat by the brilliant Puerto Rican Esteban DeJesus, with whom Duran had 3 very intense encounters. The Du...
We move on now 6 years to 1979, with Duran having utterly annihilated the entire lightweight division, he jumps up to welterweight to face the fearsome Mexican puncher Carlos Palomino. Many consider this to be one of Duran’s finest technical performances, and I have to agree. The range and effectiveness of Duran’sfeintingis quite amazing and has Pa...
During the Palomino fight, Duran’s defensive skill was very evident, in particular his ability to slip and roll punches. In this 1983 fight with the heavy hitting Pipino Cuevas, Duran’s body movement is simply brilliant and opens up Cuevas to an offensive onslaught of counter-punching which leads to his crushing defeat. At about 0.54, Duran uses de...
Having covered what made Duran so great, ferocity, punch power, pressure, defensive prowess and counter-punching wizardry, let’s review the style of fighter with which he struggled. The key defeats which Duran suffered later in his career were to Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler and Wilfred Benitez. I believe that the Leonard and Benitez b...
Roberto Carlos Durán Samaniego[2] (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: Lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight. Duran also reigned as the undisputed and lineal lightweight champion and the lineal welterweight ...
No.ResultRecordOpponent119Loss103–16118Win103–15Patrick Goossen117Win102–15Pat Lawlor116Loss101–15Omar GonzalezJun 1, 2021 · Roberto Duran’s credentials for membership among boxing’s “Four Kings” are chiseled in stone. The famed Panamanian fighter known as “Hands of Stone” fought professionally for 30 years – 119...
Dec 8, 2021 · Roberto Duran came into the bout with simply astonishing pedigree: A former undisputed World Lightweight Champion for 6 ½ years with a record of 71 wins and only 1 loss. Roberto Duran was the #1 Welterweight contender and widely considered the best ‘Pound for Pound’ fighter on the planet!
May 31, 2023 · His combination punching, speed, and devastating power in both hands allowed him to overwhelm opponents. He possessed a strong left hook, a thunderous right hand, and a ruthless body attack. Duran's relentless pressure often wore down his opponents, forcing them into submission.
