the word fighter sums up duran perfectly, he fought over 5 different decades, from age 16 til age 50, 120 odd pro fights, four division champ, wins over SRL, davey moore, ken buchanan, esteban de jesus, iran barkely, lots of defences at LW.....
just a fighter in every sense of the word, from when he was a streetkid in panama until he was 50 years old, thats all he did- fight
he is one of the reasons why i love boxing so much. my dad is a life long fan of his and so am i ... met him once too, amazing experience!!!
Yeah my Dad is a life long fan too. It was him who started showing me old LW fights of Duran. Truly amazing. The guy is the very definition of a fighter.
Yeah my Dad is a life long fan too. It was him who started showing me old LW fights of Duran. Truly amazing. The guy is the very definition of a fighter.
How did you meet Duran? Very jealous!
he was 2 seats away from me and my dad once at a fight ... shook his hand and got his autograph between fights, there were lots a people around so couldnt really have a full out convo but it was amazing. i was real close to hearns at a different fight ... but didnt get a chance to meet him
My pops was a big Duran fan also. He still watches some of his old fights from BITD. When I visit him kickin back and watchin **** from both our fight collections is always fun. Duran was ill in his heyday, and still a tough mofo when he was a bit past it.
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