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Roberto Durán Samaniego is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He is a four-weight world champion, having held titles at lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight, and middleweight; as well as reigns as the undisputed and lineal lightweight champion, and the lineal welterweight champion. He is also the second boxer to have competed over a span of five decades, the first being Jack Johnson. Durán was known as a versatile brawler and pressure fighter, which earned him the nickname of "Manos de Piedra" for his formidable punching power.In 2002, Durán was voted by The Ring magazine as the fifth greatest fighter of the last 80 years, and is currently the 26th greatest pound for pound boxer of all time in Boxrec's ranking, while boxing historian Bert Sugar rated him as the eighth greatest fighter of all time. The Associated Press voted him as the best lightweight of the 20th century, with many considering him the greatest lightweight of all time. Durán finally retired in January 2002 at age 50 following a car crash in October 2001, with a professional record of 119 fights, 103 wins, and 70 knockouts. Up until his fight with Wilfred Benítez in 1982, he was trained by legendary boxing trainer Ray Arcel.



✵ 16. June 1951
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Famous Roberto Durán Quotes

“I realized that my body can give me so much more.”

Roberto Durán

http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/duran/quotes.html

“English: No more, no more!”

Roberto Durán

<span id="no-mas"></span>¡No más, no más!
Infamous words supposedly uttered in quitting the Leonard-Duran II fight, which became known as the "No Más Fight"
[Fred W., Kiger, http://www.espn.go.com/classic/s/add_leonard_sugar_ray.html, Duran wanted 'no mas' of Leonard, ESPN Classic, espn.go.com, 19 November, 2003, 2007-08-06]
Roberto Duran: I never said 'No Mas', EastSideBoxing.com, 17 June 2005, 2007-08-06 http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=3886&more=1,
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“Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.”

Roberto Durán

http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/duran/quotes.html

“My experience won this fight…. I knew I was in control. I was not scared. He was not hitting me with anything that was hurting me.”

Roberto Durán

On his fight with P. J. Goosen on 12 August, 2000 http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/duran/quotes.html

“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.”

Roberto Durán

http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/duran/quotes.html

“There's only one legend. That's me.”

Roberto Durán

http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/duran/quotes.html

Roberto Durán Quotes

“Duran has always been the master of defense that is one of his trademarks.”

Roberto Durán

Al Bernstein, boxing analyst, at ring side during a fight against Iran Barkley and "The Hands of Stone" http://coxscorner.tripod.com/duran.html
About Durán

“Duran knew how to fight. He knew what to do. If he looked at the corner the only thing I ever had to do was pretend to jab, once he was using his jab I knew he’d have no trouble. Even more important he knew how to think. When you talk about great fighters, always remember there was a guy named Roberto Duran. He was never given the opportunity to really display his wares because at his peak, he was overshadowed by Muhammad Ali.”

Roberto Durán

Ray Arcel, Duran's trainer http://coxscorner.tripod.com/duran.html
About Durán

Fight , Guy , Thinking

“He’s good inside, very good, strong physically. The one thing that surprised me the most was his quickness. And his defensive ability. He moves his head a lot, feints a lot. He’s not an easy man to hit.”

Roberto Durán

Carlos Palomino, 16 June 1980, after his defeat by Duran http://coxscorner.tripod.com/duran.html
About Durán

Strong

“Moving fluidly and jabbing, slipping punches and countering rather than swarming over DeJesus, he stalked him, relentlessly wearing him down and coolly destroying him with savage punches to the body. For 11 rounds Duran bested the classic boxer at his own game, robbing him of his speed and his will to fight, and only then did he permit himself the luxury of putting DeJesus away.”

Roberto Durán

Sports Illustrated, 30 January 1978 http://coxscorner.tripod.com/duran.html
About Durán

Fight , Game , Speed

“One gets the impression of Duran is that he’s a tough, rough brawler who just wades in and ducks nothing. But all you have to do is look at his face to see that is nonsense. He’s not marked up. He does a lot of cute things in there.”

Roberto Durán

Angelo Dundee, boxing cornerman, 30 January 1978 http://coxscorner.tripod.com/duran.html
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