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
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.
fighting world boxers
The life of a boxer is about fighting for world titles.
fighting fighter born
I do not fight for free. But I was born to be a fighter.
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.
spring fighting animal
I am not an animal in my personal life. But in the ring there is an animal inside me. Sometimes it roars when the first bell rights. Sometimes it springs out later in a fight. But i can always feel it there, driving me and pushing me forward. It is what makes me win. It makes me enjoy fighting.
thinking names laughing
I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I'll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don't think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk
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.
wise cuba fighter
Currently, I'm working with a company called DRL Promotions with my partners Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas. We're currently representing over 30 fighters
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.
I am not God but something similar
kill-me wanted rings
Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.