Roberto Durán proved that leaving the lightweight division had taken nothing from his speed, power, or menace when he dominated Carlos Palomino at Madison Square Garden on June 22, 1979. … continue
Roberto Durán arrived at Madison Square Garden on November 17, 1972, as a 21-year-old lightweight champion with a 31-0 record and an aura already forming around him. Esteban De Jesús … continue
The fourth-round stoppage erased doubts after the Leonard and Kirkland Laing setbacks and launched Duran’s run to a third-division world title Roberto Duran rebuilt his career on January 29, 1983, … continue
The undisputed champion survived Roberto Duran’s brilliant tactical challenge before pulling away over the closing rounds in Las Vegas Marvelous Marvin Hagler retained the undisputed middleweight championship on Nov. 10, … continue
Joshua’s admiration for Durán highlights how far his heavyweight style has shifted since the Andy Ruiz Jr. defeat and why that transformation still divides opinion Anthony Joshua surprised few by … continue
The Panamanian icon built a Hall of Fame career that stretched from lightweight dominance to middleweight glory Roberto Durán turns 75 this week, nearly six decades after making his professional … continue
On June 20, 1980 a great fight dubbed “The Brawl in Montreal” took place between Panamanian Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard from the United States. Ray Leonard was a … continue
By Ken Hissner: Starting with South America and some of the great boxers in the past, there is 1948 London Olympic Gold Medalist and World Flyweight champion Pascual Perez of … continue
By Ken Hissner: Whenever I do an article, especially on the U.S boxers, I get comments adding boxers I didn’t put in, and some, for the most part, are interesting. … continue
By Ken Hissner: There have been many great Spanish Boxers from South and Central America, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba. I look forward to those who comment … continue