Roberto duran tshirts on redbubble are expertly printed on ethically sourced, sweatshopfree apparel and available in a huge range of styles, colors and sizes. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He then jumped up 12lbs to challenge the golden boy of boxing at the time and p4p king, sugar ray leonard. All told, over a career that lasted over 33 years, duran racked up a record of 10316 and 70 knockouts.
May 06, 2009 this is my take on one of my favorite fighters of all time taken from my favorite fights of his. This best sums up roberto duran in this great boxing novel, which has to be one of the best boxing autobiographies of all time. Its just two different pieces of rope in either hand. The life and times of sugar ray robinson by haygood, wil isbn. This edition of best i faced originally appeared in the january 2015 issue of the ring magazine. Ramil ray arcel august 30, 1899 march 7, 1994 was an american boxing trainer who was active from the 1920s through the 1980s. Greatest ever boxing workouts including mike tyson, manny pacquiao, floyd mayweather, roberto duran book. Duran finally stepped away from the ring about 12 years ago when he was 50. The life and legend of roberto duran christian giudice milo books the world of professional in the 1970s was by and large a fairly unremarkable affair. Hands of stone movie vs true story of roberto duran, ray arcel.
Hands of stone is a nickname for one of the best boxers who ever lived. Since retirement, duran became a partner in a boxing promotional concern called drl. Duran shares story about how he knocked out a horse when. Today he is the brand ambassador of panama blue, panamas premium bottled water. Its one of the most famous fights in boxing history, but why did duran ask the referee to stop the fight in the eighth round.
Ask who he would want to fight today, he paused and gave a areyoukiddingme look. The autobiography of roberto duran main market by duran, roberto isbn. It gained its name from the moment at the end of the eighth round when duran turned away from leonard. Apr 14, 2020 dura was the greatest boxing writers even voted him fighter of the decade of the 70s over ali. He said once when he was 15, he knocked out three men in one night, the interpreter said. In the shadow of a booming downtown, people live invisible lives. Sep 20, 2016 duran was bankrupt more than once and his lovehate relationship with his native panama is the kind of thing books arewrittenabout. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest boxers of all time, roberto duran held world titles in four different weight classes. Those questions have haunted roberto duran, his fans and boxing observers since he infamously, and seemingly inexplicably, quit his nov. The book talks about more well known events as the incident with the horse, the infamous no mas fight against leonard to less well known incidents like having diarrhoea against tavarez.
Thomas hauser has authored twentyeight books about boxing that are excellent reading during the holiday season and every other time of year. As with many greats in boxing, roberto duran began life in a rough and tumble neighborhood. Roberto duran and sugar ray leonard fought for the first time in 1980, kicking off what. While anticipating this movie i have been reflecting on the career of roberto duran. Get the best deals on roberto duran boxing autographed photos when you shop the largest online selection at. A fourtime world champion, he was inducted into the world boxing hall of fame in 2006 and the international boxing hall of fame in 2007 for a career.
Who was better p4p, roberto duran or sugar ray leonard. Roberto duran jr finds himself in a daunting situation, as the son of the legendary roberto duran embarks on his own personal journey into the unforgiving business that is professional boxing. Roberto duran boxing style the pressure fighter lets first take a look at durans winning performance that captured him the wba lightweight title against brilliant scot ken buchanan in 1972. He won four united states air force championships and the 1978 national aau welterweight. Show wear since he continuously wore them in training. May 08, 2017 roberto duran, the former world boxing champion nicknamed hands of stone, has fond memories of a hellraising career but is happy with the calmer life he leads now. Exploring roberto duran v sugar ray leonard and the no mas. Roberto duran was born on june 16, 1951 in guarare, panama. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours.
Why roberto duran is the greatest boxer of all time howtheyplay. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Roger dale leonard born july 21, 1953 is the older brother of boxing legend sugar ray leonard nicknamed the dodger, leonard had over 100 amateur bouts. This book details his childhood and upbringing in poverty on the streets in panama, through his amateur career, his professional debut to winning his first world title at lightweight against buchanan, the unification against dejesus, his move through the weights against benitez and moore and during the era of the 4 kings. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes.
Buy greatest ever boxing workouts including mike tyson, manny pacquiao. At the height of his career, he was considered one of the 20th centurys finest fighters. Duran dominated at 5lb lost only once, avenging it via knockout win, making him the greatest lightweight of all times. Thomas hearns is one of the greats of boxing, a ferocious puncher who won world titles at five different weights. Roberto duran tells the real story behind the no mas. In 1968 at age 16, duran made his professional boxing debut. Roberto duran fight worn boxing shoes autographed by roberto duran i obtained these shoes directly from his corner man. Roberto durans training regime for his 1975 lightweight contest against ray lampkin. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. He weighed like 190 pounds shortly before barkley fight. Roberto duran won 25 professional boxing world titles in the different weight divisions. When you lose that much weight in that short period of time your normally.
Roberto duran, who held four world titles at different weights, was in town following a well worn path of superstar guests ive been honoured to interview on stage. Roberto duran, panamanian professional boxer who was world lightweight, welterweight, juniormiddleweight, and middleweight champion. Greatest ever boxing workouts including mike tyson, manny pacquiao, floyd mayweather, roberto duran ebook. Join facebook to connect with roberto duran and others you may know. It was my privilege to share a mic with another boxing legend this week. Roberto duran stats, pictures records a total run down of his career provided by. He is an actor, known for rocky ii 1979, harlem nights 1989 and hands of stone 2016. Hed also beaten duran and had finally escaped leonards. Springs toledos great book is a literate and literary gift to boxing fans.
Duran was arguably the finest lightweight who has ever lived, won titles in three more divisions and was a first ballot hall. His epic bouts with sugar ray leonard and thomas hearns have gone down in boxing history, and his pro record of 103 wins 70 by ko in 119 bouts puts him in an elite group of fighters. From a penniless street urchin to a world boxing champion that returns to panama and has more people greet his return 300,000 400,000 than turned out six weeks later for the pope. A very good, extremely detailed and solid biography of roberto hands of stone duran. But he got down to 156 and was in the shape of his life i really cant understand how he does it. Duran is a licensed ultralight aircraft pilot in panama. Over his 50 years career, he fought over 119 bouts and won 104 of them. Roberto duran vs sugar ray leonard 1 explained brawl in. To be honest id think in terms of p4p id say duran slightly ranks higher than ali while in terms of legacyalltime greatest boxers list alis slightly ahead of duran. We need only use one round during our analysis as the others up until the th when the bout ended were much the same in terms of the tactics. Join facebook to connect with irichelle duran and others you may know. Roberto duran smiled now at the memory of a scuffle at a dance. Monzon threw a bit of a lazy jab as a rangefinder, and duran was.
Greatest ever boxing workouts including mike tyson. Roberto duran boxing style the pressure fighter let s first take a look at durans winning performance that captured him the wba lightweight title against brilliant scot ken buchanan in 1972. Lewis watsons mustread boxing books, part two bad left. Buy greatest ever boxing workouts including mike tyson, manny pacquiao, floyd mayweather, roberto duran by gary todd isbn. Roberto duran hand signed 8x10 boxing photo autographed. He held world championships in four weight classes. View posters read his biography,his most notable fights and much more. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The independent uk if you buy only one boxing book this year, hands of stone.
On june 20th, 1980, roberto duran was on top of the world. By 1975, at age 24, he was making enough money to live in the same neighborhood as the countrys president. The life and legend of roberto duran by giudice, christian isbn. The life and legacy of roberto duran is explored in i am. He battled americas boxing sweetheart, sugar ray leonard for 15 rounds and emerged as the new wbc, the ring, and lineal. Duran is way way way way way higher than leonard p4p and overall rankings.
If you look quickly he cuts it in the middle, right before he does all that fancy. Aside from muhammad ali lighting up the heavyweight division with some of the most seismic clashes in boxing history, there were no other stand out. And that was on april 6, 1987, when undisputed middleweight champion marvin hagler 6222 52 defended the wbc title against the onceagainreturning sugar ray leonard 331 24, who had fought only once in the previous five years and never as a middleweight. At the corner of nw third avenue and 11th street, i talk to a group gathered beneath i95. Reigning wbc super middleweight champion sugar ray leonard had made the first successful defense of his title after fighting thomas hearns to a draw.
I believe duran was the last of the great old school boxers. I had them autographed in person in las vegas at the hernandez vs. In his career he stopped 21 opponents in the first round, 31 within the first 3 rounds. Roberto duran original autographed boxing items for sale.
On october 14, 2006, duran was inducted into the world boxing hall of fame in riverside, california, and on june 10, 2007, into the international boxing hall of fame in canastota, new york. Make offer thomas hitman hearns roberto duran signed autograph boxing 11x14 photo beckett. Sitting down with a former world champion of roberto durans caliber is a surreal experience. If you dont dance away shadowboxing, you probably werent that into the sport.
Roberto duran ii, also known as the no mas fight, was a boxing match which took place on november 25, 1980, at the louisiana superdome in new orleans, united states. If leonard was the lightweight we would be talking about him right now. Hagler, hearns, duran and the last great era of boxing by kimball, george isbn. Roberto duran boxing autographed photos for sale ebay. He grew up with eight brothers and sisters in a time that, according to duran, was when the invasion started, when the americans came in. There is something new to learn in this book for even the most ardent boxing fan and is a real must read for boxing and duran fans alike. Please subscribe and hit the notification button for more boxing analysis, boxing film study, and boxing highlights. Roberto duran tko8 hector thompson, june 2, 1973 one of eight fights on the calendar year, the win over thompson was the second of 12 total defenses of the wba lightweight title, but also an emphatic answer to criticism duran received following the first loss of his career several months before. Whilst a third hearns fight never came into fruition, leonard and duran would reach an. Roberto duran is one of the most iconic figures in boxing.
Not just his fights but his attitude, training methods, and amazing skills. Yet, aged 47, he is fighting again and his closest. Jul 31, 2015 tonight, on historical fight night, weve got a matchup between a seemingly ageless 37yearold roberto duran, who went through hell itself against iran barkley in the 1989 fight of the year en route to a contested split decision and the middleweight championship of the world, and carlos monzon, fresh off his beatdown and 12round tko of nino benvenuti in the 1970 fight of the year, the. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. A professional boxer since the age of 16, roberto duran was a hero in his native panama. Roberto duran vs muhammad ali p4p and overall skills. It covers his early life right through to his retirement, shows duran exhibiting the best there is in human nature, as well as the brutal, rude, arrogant, animalistic side of human nature. In 1985, he stopped hearns in three fearsome rounds in one of the most frenetic and actionpaced major fights in boxing history.
Slim fit, order a size up if youd like it less fitting. Sep 07, 2016 roberto duran is a panamanian former professional boxer, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Id like to see how far these guys would get without their famous daddies surnames. Duran thrilled audiences with an aggressive, furious attack and a powerful punch that hurt opponents and gave him victories. Nov 23, 2016 with 16 seconds remaining in the eighth round of the second fight between defending world boxing council welterweight champion roberto duran ii and sugar ray leonard on nov. Nicknamed hands of stone, roberto duran was still fighting and winning at i. Jun, 2016 former boxing champion turned actor john duddy steps into the role of ken buchanan. Duran jumped over the junior welterweight division straight into the welterweight division and beat ray leonard in his prime.