Roberto Duran
(Roberto Duran Samaniego)
("Manos de Piedra")

BORN    June 16 1951; El Chorrillo, Panama (Some sources report Guarare, Panama)
HEIGHT  5-7
WEIGHT  119-176 lbs
MANAGERS  Carlos Eleta, Tony Gonzalez
TRAINERS Rigoberto Garibaldi, Ray Arcel, Pepe Correa
RECORD 103-16-0 (70 KO)

Duran was one of the best lightweight fighters of all-time; He was also one of the best pound-for-pound battlers ever; He was an aggressive, hard hitter who came to fight; He tangled with anyone who was willing, regardless of size; This was proven time and time again (through the years) as he moved upward in the weight classes

During his career, Roberto defeated such men as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Carlos Palomino, Jose "Pipino" Cuevas, Iran Barkley, Davey Moore, Esteban DeJesus, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Ken Buchanan, Saoul Mamby and Edwin Viruet

Herb Goldman ranked Duran as the #3 All-Time Lightweight;
Roberto will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on June 10, 2007



Duran-DeJesus #3 1978 Fight Video Clip

Duran-Leonard 1980 Fight Video Clip (Round 2)

Duran-Leonard 1980 Fight Video Clip (Round 15)

Duran-Cuevas 1983 Fight Video Clip

Duran-Moore 1983 Fight Video Clip

Duran "Manos de Piedro" Fight Video Clip

Duran P4P Fight Video Clip

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1968
Feb 23 Carlos Mendoza              Colon City, Panama                W  4
May 14 Juan Gondola                Colon, Panama                    KO  1
Jun 15 Manuel Jimenez              Colon City, Panama               KO  1
Jun 30 Eduardo Morales             Panama City, Panama              KO  1
Aug 10 Enrique Jacobo              Panama City, Panama              KO  1
Aug 25 Leroy Carghill              Panama City, Panama              KO  1
Sep 22 Ulises De Leon              Panama City, Panama              KO  1
Nov 16 Juan Gondola                Colon City, Panama               KO  2
Dec  7 Carlos Howard               Panama City, Panama              TK  1

1969
Jan 19 Alberto Brand               Panama City, Panama              TK  4
Feb  1 Eduardo Frutos              Panama City, Panama               W  6
May 18 Jacinto Garcia              Panama City, Panama              TK  4
Jun 22 Adolfo Osses                Panama City, Panama              TK  7
Sep 21 Serafín García              Panama City, Panama              TK  5
Nov 23 Luis Patino                 Panama City, Panama              TK  8

1970
Mar 28 Felipe Torres               Mexico City, Mexico               W 10
May 16 Ernesto Marcel              Panama City, Panama              TK 10
Jul 10 Clemente Muciño             Colon, Panama                    KO  6
Sep  5 Marvin Castaneda            Puerto Armuelles, Panama         KO  1
Oct 18 Ignacio Castaneda           Panama City, Panama              TK  3

1971
Jan 10 Jose Angel Herrera          Mexico City, Mexico              KO  6
Mar 21 Jose Acosta                 Panama City, Panama              KO  1
May 29 Lloyd Marshall              Panama City, Panama              TK  5
Jul 18 Fermin Soto                 Monterrey, Mexico                TK  3
Sep 13 Benny Huertas               New York, NY                     TK  1
Oct 16 Hiroshi Kobayashi           Panama City, Panama              KO  7

1972
Jan 15 Angel Robinson Garcia       Panama City, Panama               W 10
Mar 10 Francisco Muñoz             Panama City, Panama              KO  1
Jun 26 Ken Buchanan                New York, NY                     TK 13
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Sep  2 Greg Potter                 Panama City, Panama              KO  1
Oct 28 Lupe Ramirez                Panama City, Panama              KO  1
Nov 17 Esteban DeJesus             New York, NY                      L 10

1973
Jan 20 Jimmy Robertson             Panama City, Panama              KO  5
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Feb 22 Juan Medina                 Los Angeles, Ca                  TK  7
Mar 17 Javier Ayala                Los Angeles, Ca                   W 10
Apr 14 Gerardo Ferrat              Panama City, Panama              TK  2
Jun  2 Hector Thompson             Panama City, Panama              TK  8
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Aug  4 Adolphus "Doc" McClendon    Hato Rey, Puerto Rico             W 10
Sep  8 Guts Ishimatsu              Panama City, Panama              TK 10
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Dec  1 Tony Garcia                 Santiago, Panama                 KO  3

1974
Jan 21 Leonard Tavarez             Paris, France                    TK  4
Feb 16 Armando Mendoza             Panama City, Panama              TK  3
Mar 16 Esteban DeJesus             Panama City, Panama              KO 11
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Jul  6 Flash Gallego               Panama City, Panama              TK  5
Sep  2 Hector Matta                Hato Rey, Puerto Rico             W 10
Oct 31 Jose Vasquez                San Jose, Costa Rica             KO  2
Nov 16 Adalberto Vanegas           Panama City, Panama              KO  1
Dec 21 Masataka Takayama           San Jose, Costa Rica             KO  1
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World

1975
Feb 15 Andres Salgado              Panama City, Panama              KO  1
Mar  2 Ray Lampkin                 Panama City, Panama              KO 14
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Jun  3 Jose Peterson               Miami Beach, Fl                  TK  1
Aug  2 Pedro Mendoza               Managua, Nicaragua               KO  1
Sep 13 Alirio Acuna                Chitre, Panama                   KO  3
Sep 30 Edwin Viruet                Uniondale, NY                     W 10
Dec 20 Leoncio Ortiz               Hato Rey, Puerto Rico            KO 15
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World

1976
May  4 Saoul Mamby                 Miami Beach, Fl                   W 10
May 23 Lou Bizzarro                Erie, Pa                         KO 14
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Jul 31 Emiliano Villa              Panama City, Panama              TK  7
Oct 15 Alvaro Rojas                Hollywood, Fl                    KO  1
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World

1977
Jan 29 Vilomar Fernandez           Miami Beach, Fl                  KO 13
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
May 16 Javier Muniz                Landover, Md                      W 10
Aug  6 Bernardo Diaz               Panama City, Panama              KO  1
Sep 17 Edwin Viruet                Philadelphia, Pa                  W 15
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World

1978
Jan 21 Esteban DeJesus             Las Vegas, Nv                    TK 12
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World;
           WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Apr 27 Adolfo Viruet               New York, NY                      W 10
Sep  1 Ezequiel Obando             Panama City, Panama              KO  2
Dec  8 Monroe Brooks               New York, NY                     KO  8

1979
Apr  8 Jimmy Heair                 Las Vegas, Nv                     W 10
Jun 22 Carlos Palomino             New York, NY                      W 10
Sep 28 Zeferino Gonzalez           Las Vegas, Nv                     W 10

1980
Jan 13 Joseph Nsubuga              Las Vegas, Nv                    TK  4
Feb 24 Wellington Wheatley         Las Vegas, Nv                    TK  6
Jun 20 "Sugar" Ray Leonard         Montreal, Que, Canada             W 15
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World
Nov 25 "Sugar" Ray Leonard         New Orleans, La                  LT  8
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World

1981
Aug  9 Nino Gonzalez               Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Sep 26 Luigi Minchillo             Las Vegas, Nv                     W 10

1982
Jan 30 Wilfred Benitez             Las Vegas, Nv                     L 15
           -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep  4 Kirkland Laing              Detroit, Mi                       L 10
Nov 12 Jimmy Batten                Miami, Fl                         W 10

1983
Jan 29 Jose "Pipino" Cuevas        Los Angeles, Ca                  TK  4
Jun 16 Davey Moore                 New York, NY                     TK  8
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Nov 10 Marvin Hagler               Las Vegas, Nv                     L 15
          -WBC Middleweight Championship of the World;
           WBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
           IBF Middleweight Championship of the World

1984
Jun  15 Thomas Hearns                Las Vegas, Nv                  LT  2
           -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1986
Jan 31 Manuel Zambrano               Panama City, Panama            KO  2
Apr 18 Jorge Suero                   Panama City, Panama            KO  2
Jun 23 Robbie Sims                   Las Vegas, Nv                   L 10

1987
May 16 Victor Claudio                Miami Beach, Fl                 W 10
Sep 12 Juan Carlos Gimenez Ferre     Miami Beach, Fl                 W 10

1988
Feb  5 Ricky Stackhouse              Atlantic City, NJ               W 10
Apr 14 Paul Thorne                   Atlantic City, NJ              TK  6
Oct  1 Jeff Lanas                    Chicago, Il                     W 10

1989
Feb 24 Iran Barkley                  Atlantic City, NJ               W 12
           -WBC Middleweight Championship of the World
Dec  7 "Sugar" Ray Leonard           Las Vegas, Nv                   L 12
           -WBC Super Middleweight Championship of the World

1991
Mar 18 Pat Lawlor                    Las Vegas, Nv                  LT  6

1992
Sep 30 Tony Biglen                   Buffalo, NY                     W 10
Dec 17 Ken Hulsey                    Cleveland, Oh                  KO  2

1993
Jun 29 Jacques LeBlanc               Bay St. Louis, Ms               W 10
Aug 17 Sean Fitzgerald               Bay St. Louis, Ms              KO  6
Dec 14 Tony Menefee                  Bay St. Louis, Ms              TK  8

1994
Feb 22 Carlos Montero                Marseille, France               W 10
Mar 29 Terry Thomas                  Bay St. Louis, Ms              TK  4
Jun 25 Vinny Pazienza                Las Vegas, Nv                   L 12
Oct 18 Heath Todd                    Bay St. Louis, Ms              TK  7

1995
Jan 14 Vinny Pazienza                Atlantic City, NJ               L 12
Jun 10 Roni Martinez                 Kansas City, Mo                TK  7
Dec 21 Wilbur Garst                  Fort Lauderdale, Fl            TK  4

1996
Feb 20 Ray Domenge                   Miami, Fl                       W 10
Jun 22 Hector Camacho                Atlantic City, NJ               L 12
Aug 31 Ariel Cruz                    Panama City, Panama            KO  1
Sep 27 Mike Culbert                  Chester, WV                    TK  6

1997
Feb 15 Jorge Fernando Castro         Buenos Aires, Argentina         L 10
Jun 14 Jorge Fernando Castro         Panama City, Panama             W 10
Nov 15 David Radford                 Temba, NWP, South Africa        W 10

1998
Jan 31 Felix Jose Hernandez          Panama City, Panama             W 10
Aug 28 William Joppy                 Las Vegas, Nv                  LT  3
          -WBA Middleweight Championship of the World

1999
Mar  6 Omar Eduardo Gonzalez         Buenos Aires, Argentina         L 10

2000
Jun 16 Pat Lawlor                    Panama City, Panama             W 12
Aug 12 Patrick Goossen               Toppenish, Wa                   W 10

2001
Jul 14 Hector Camacho                Denver, Co                      L 12
           -Fight Report



Record courtesy of Tracy Callis and Rogelio Perez, Historians,
International Boxing Research Organization
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