When Pop Singer Confronted Roberto Duran 

Very Lion-hearted indeed. Paul can Always hold his head high for the Valiant effort , tremendous drive, and Courage he displayed against Roberto Duran.

Same here and I thought I'd watched all of Duran's fights but never heard of this one and the kid is from the same town Elvis Presley was from.

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Likewise.

Barkley beat Hearns twice ! Styles make fights .

The best trick duran had is that he was mean as hell in the ring.

Duran went 15rds with Hagler. He had great Boxing brain. Used it well against Barkley

Not true- Duran wasn’t a small middleweight and Barkley knew it was time to go up. Ironically he seemingly had Hearns’ number but in reality Tommy also needed to go up and nearly skipped super entirely then controversially (IMO) lost the split to Barkley at LHW. Iran never won another fight again at middleweight losing those 3 straight shots at a strap concluding with Benn devastating him in the opening round in 1990. Fact is Durant retired at 12 stones. Meanwhile Iran desperately needed to go up at this exact time. Just bad timing and a great game plan by Roberto. Only timing worse than Iran’s was Tommy’s lol

@@CYMotorsport Duran was a small Middleweight he started @ Lightweight FFS. Stayed there for a decade.

70s

50s, Ray Robinson etc..

Ray Arcel legendary Trainer said to Freddie Brown don't teach him, just get him fit. He knows how to fight. Yes Duran was a master, his skipping rope routines were magic. He would've destroyed Mayweather

​@@dan32113Absolutely agree!!! Even Mayweather's father said when asked how Floyd would have done against Duran ,said, " Duran ? Duran? Are you fu@#%^& crazy? You ever see Duran fight,what he did to fighters ? " That's all that needed to be said ,LMFAO!!! Even Leonard and Benitez would have smoked Mayweather.

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Steel 😂😂😂

Yes, & that fight is on RU-vid. I've seen a few of Daves bare knuckle fights. A very hard man.

Mayweather anyone??? Lol.

Duran would have made Mayrunner jump out of the ring and run out of the whole area.@@eac1235

Settle down Princess! Have U ever fought?

@@markmcallan973Ever heard “It’s a Great Day To Whup Somebody’s Asss”by Paul Thorn?

Paul Thorn also has a song called Mexican Dog , Pretty funny song. Just sayin

@@geraldfriend256 that's hilarious he's full of surprises👊

@@bull419 yes, plus Benitez who imo should be recognised alongside the 'fabulous four' making it the fabulous five👍

he kinda is El Radar was one hell of a boxer@@martindunstan8043

Did you know a fighter Nicky Walker from Carson City, NV by any chance? Interesting story you shared.

@@jimmyrants4342 *No. I don't recall the name. I didn't grow up in Nevada. I grew up in Oakland and LA.. My sister knew an Amateur contender from Gardnerville she met visiting my Grandmother in 1989. I believe his name was Jared. Who was a Lightweight. My sister told me about the gym. As, I prepared to leave Oakland and visit my Grandmother. While I visiting her, I ventured down to gym with my equipment to seek gym access. The man managing gym let me in. Low and behold, Roberto walked in with his entourage the next day. Needless to say, I stayed in town and became one of the sparring partners. The gym recognized my skill and experience quickly. While Roberto picked out fighters to spar. He would often pick to pair 3-4 fighters. He would spar 15 rounds collectively with all of us. Which was 3-4 rounds with each of us, at a time. After, a month and a half. I returned back to California. Later fought in the Golden Gloves, Nationals, and World Amateur Chapionships in Australia. I fought out of Garden City gym San Jose, and Kings Gym in Oakland*

So it is. There is always a time, where you have bad conditions. But when he had a challenge, no one could beat him. Just the haters see his losses 😂

I bet if you set up a third fight with Leonard he’d take it tomorrow

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Absolutely Correct Comment

Roberto Duran, Salvador Sanchez, Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar Delahoya, Canelo Alvarez. The Big 5.

@@robertdecker146 You missed one Alexis Argulleo

Canelo???? Chavez??? Come on.@@robertdecker146

I think he meant the people he'd fought and got beaten by made his record awful rather than just the numbers themselves, could be wrong tho

Ali lost the heavyweight title against Leon Spinks with seven professional fights

Welcome to boxing lol, that’s really not horrible but in a modern world where every elite boxer is undefeated any losses look bad even if that’s not how it should be

That's how I interpret it. Regardless, if you can last five rounds with Duran, you're pretty tough and your record is inconsequential.@@aidenbrooks7529

True, but among those seven Spinks had wins over a few name opponents in Pedro Agosto, Alfio Righetti and tough as nails Scott LeDoux.@@charlesrazo7246

Too much talk, and you yet you contribute...

Would Jeff be able to beat Barkley. No. That’s why Duran got the win.

5 rounds each with Duran landing the harder blows. Lanas dominated 6 through 8, but the final 2 rounds belonged to Duran. 1 through 5 were very close but let's not forget body shots count. Not a robbery - a draw would have been a fair result.

Stick to tennis son because you don't know boxing

​@@Bruins-vq5eyI bet you didn't even know the Lanas fight took place

@@cobravision8837 as a boxing historian I've seen em all... especially Duran who wobbled and hurt lanas multiple times with left hooks and body shots... Lanas was game but he did not handily outbox Duran..that's hilarious as is your post