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  1. Roberto Durán Samaniego (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.

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Roberto Durán rose from poverty to become a famed professional boxer. Known for his punching power, he won world championships in four weight classes, though his reputation took a hit with his...

  3. Apr 25, 2024 · Roberto Duran, Panamanian professional boxer who was world lightweight, welterweight, junior-middleweight, and middleweight champion. At the height of his career, he was considered one of the 20th century’s finest fighters.

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  4. Jun 18, 2019 · After his father abandoned him at the age of five, boxing great Roberto Duran was forced to start earning money by going out and shining shoes rather than attending school. He gave the money to...

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  5. Roberto Durán Samaniego (El Chorrillo, Panamá, 16 de junio de 1951) [1] es un exboxeador panameño, apodado «Mano de Piedra» o «El Cholo». Durán es mundialmente reconocido como el mejor peso ligero (135 libras) de todos los tiempos, y también catalogado ampliamente por cronistas deportivos e historiadores como uno de los mejores libra ...

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    Derrota
    103-16
    UD
    Victoria
    103-15
    Patrick Goossen
    UD
    Victoria
    102-15
    Pat Lawlor
    UD
    Derrota
    101-15
    Omar González
    UD
  6. Roberto Durán was certainly the last of a dying breed, soon to become extinct, it appears. But Durán didn’t simply fight for a long time (34 years); he was a great puncher-boxer with a stainless steel jaw and the heart of a Tyrannosaurus. People liked him, too, and enjoyed his panache and ferocity.

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  8. 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!

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