Roberto Durán

 Roberto Durán

Roberto Durán (Spanish: Roberto Durán), born June 16, 1951 in Panama, is a Panamanian middleweight boxer. He won the Boxing Association World Championship and the Boxing Council World Championship

He was world champion in four weight classes: lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight and is the undisputed and lineal champion at the lightweight and lineal world champion at the welterweight. He is also the second boxer to compete in fifty years (the first was Jack Johnson). Known as a versatile technical fighter andpusher, Durán earned the nickname "Mano de Piedra" ("Stone Hand") for his impressive punching power and excellent defense.In 2002, The Ring magazine named Durán the fifth greatest fighter of the last 80 years,[4] while boxing historian Bert Sugar named him the eighth greatest fighter of all time.The Associated Press called him the greatest lightweight of the 20th century[5] and many considered him the greatest lightweight of all time. Durán retired in January 2002 at the age of 50 after suffering a car accident in Argentina in October 2001 that required life-saving surgery. He had retired in November 1980, June 1984 and August 1998 only to have his mind changed.

He has a record of 119 fights, 103 wins and 70 knockouts.

From May 1971 until his second fight with Sugar Ray Leonard in November 1980 and his fight with Wilfred Benítez in January 1982, Durán was trained by legendary boxing trainer Ray Arcel.