Roberto Duran
Roberto Duran
Roberto Durán Samaniegois a Panamanian former professional boxer, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. A versatile brawler and in-fighter in the ring, he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra"during his career due to his devastating punching power...
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth16 June 1951
CityGuarare, Panama
style wheels fighter
Nobody stands out right now. Everybody has similar styles. None of these fighters have reinvented the wheel and created a new style.
america carry course fighting fights-and-fighting italy loved miss people
I wanted to carry on fighting but I just couldn't after the accident. People loved me all around the world, from America to Italy and even England, so of course you are going to miss that.
thank-you heart america
I want to thank America. You opened your heart so I could enter. Thank you everybody who lives in the United States, who saw me grow into becoming a world champion.
fighting world boxers
The life of a boxer is about fighting for world titles.
white black legends
Everybody says it: black, white; everybody calls me a legend. Italians, Jews. Everybody
wind
The wind is old, but it keeps blowing.
fighting fighter born
I do not fight for free. But I was born to be a fighter.
kill-me wanted rings
Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.
legends
There is only one legend. That's me
singing salsa should
De La Hoya doesn't know about salsa. He should keep on singing mariachis and leave the salsa to me. I'm good at salsa
fighting way fighter
Some of the old refs have favoritism toward some of the fighters that are currently fighting. There should be a changing of the guard with the refs, the same way there are with fighters
fighting would-be want
If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather
fighting doctors sound
I really feel that if it wasnt for the accident, Id still be fighting. I would have handled some of these fighters. I would have made sure that the doctors would have declared me physically sound; and after that, I would have trained.
mother horse home
Yes, it's true I once knocked out a horse. It was at a fiesta in my mother's home town of Guarare. Someone bet me a bottle of whiskey that I couldn't do it