Dec. 11 Ernie Singletary, Nassau W10
1982 Feb. 27 Marcos Geraldo, Las Vegas KO1
July 25 Jeff McCracken, Detroit TKO8
Dec. 3 Wilfred Benitez, New Orleans W15
Won WBC Light-Middleweight Title
1983 July 10 Murray Sutherland, Atlantic City W10
1984 Feb. 11 Luigi Minchillo, Detroit W12
Retained WBC Light-Middleweight Title
June 15 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas TKO2
Retained WBC Light-Middleweight Title
Sept. 15 Fred Hutchings, Saginaw TKO3
Retained WBC Light-Middleweight Title
1985 April 15 Marvin Hagler, Las Vegas TKOby3
For WBA, WBC, and IBF Middleweight Titles
1986 Mar. 10 James Shuler, Las Vegas KO1
June 23 Mark Medal, Las Vegas TKO8
Retained WBC Light-Middleweight Title
Oct. 17 Doug DeWitt, Detroit W12
1987 Mar. 7 Dennis Andries, Detroit TKO10
Won WBC Light-heavyweight Title
Oct. 29 Juan Domingo Roldan, Las Vegas KO4
Won Vacant WBC Middleweight Title
1988 June 6 Iran Barkley, Las Vegas TKOby3
Lost WBC Middleweight Title
Nov. 4 James Kinchen, Las Vegas W12
Won Vacant WBO Super-Middleweight Title
1989 June 12 Sugar Ray Leonard, Las Vegas D12
For WBC and WBO Super-Middleweight Titles
1990 Apr. 28 Michael Olajide, Atlantic City W12
Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title
1991 Feb. 11 Kemper Morton, Inglewood KO2
Apr. 6 Ken Atkins, Honolulu TKO3
June 3 Virgil Hill, Las Vegas W12
Won WBA Light-Heavyweight Title
1992 Mar. 20 Iran Barkley, Las Vegas L12
Lost WBA Light-Heavyweight Title
1993 Nov. 6 Andrew Maynard, Las Vegas TKO1
1994 Jan. 29 Dan Ward, Las Vegas KO1
Feb. 19 Freddie Delgado, Charlotte W12
1995 Mar. 31 Lenny LaPaglia, Detroit TKO1
Sept. 26 Earl Butler, Auburn Hills W10
1996 Nov. 29 Karl Willis, Roanoke KO5
1997 Jan. 31 Ed Dalton, Inglewood KO5
1998 Nov. 6 Jay Snyder, Detroit KO1
1999 Apr. 10 Nate Miller, Manchester W12
2000 Apr. 8 Uriah Grant, Detroit TKOby2
2001-2004 Inactive
2005 July 30 John Long, Detroit TKO9
2006 Feb. 4 Shannon Landberg, Auburn Hills TKO10
Ring Record of Roberto Duran
Career record 103-16-0; 70 KOs
1968 Feb. 23 Carlos Mendoza, Colon City W4
May 14 Juan Gondola, Colon City KO1
June 15 Manuel Jimenez, Colon City KO1
June 30 Eduardo Morales, Panama City KO1
Aug. 10 Enrique Jacobo, Panama City KO1
Aug. 25 Leroy Carghill, Panama City KO1
Sept. 22 Ulises De Leon, Panama City KO1
Nov. 16 Juan Gondola, Colon City KO2
Dec. 7 Carlos Howard, Panama City TKO1
1969 Jan. 19 Alberto Brand, Panama City TKO4
Feb. 1 Eduardo Frutos, Panama City W6
May 18 Jacinto Garcia, Panama City TKO4
June 22 Adolfo Osses, Panama City TKO7
Sept. 21 Serafin Garcia, Panama City TKO5
Nov. 23 Luis Patino, Panama City TKO8
1970 Mar. 28 Felipe Torres, Mexico City W10
May 16 Ernesto Marcel, Panama City TK010
July 18 Clemente Mucino, Colon City KO6
Sept. 5 Marvin Castaneda, Puerto Armuelles KO1
Oct. 18 Ignacio Castaneda, Panama City TKO3
1971 Jan. 10 Jose Angel Herrara, Monterrey KO6
Mar. 21 Jose Acosta, Panama City KO1
May 29 Lloyd Marshall, Panama City TKO6
July 18 Fermin Soto, Monterrey TKO3
Sept. 13 Benny Huertas, New York TKO1
Oct. 16 Hiroshi Kobayashi, Panama City KO7
1972 Jan. 15 Angel Robinson Garcia, Panama City W10
Mar. 10 Francisco Munoz, Panama City TKO1
June 26 Ken Buchanan, New York TKO13
Won WBA Lightweight Title
Sept. 2 Greg Potter, Panama City KO1
Oct. 28 Lupe Ramirez, Panama City KO1
Nov. 17 Esteban DeJesus, New York L10
1973 Jan. 20 Jimmy Robertson, Panama City KO5
Retained WBA Lightweight Title
Feb. 22 Juan Medina, Los Angeles TKO7
Mar. 17 Javier Ayala, Los Angeles W10
Apr. 14 Gerardo Ferrat, Panama City TKO2
June 2 Hector Thompson, Panama City TKO8
Retained WBA Lightweight Title
Aug. 4 Doc McClendon, Hato Rey W10
Nov. 8 Guts Ishimatsu Suzuki, Panama City TKO10
Retained WBA Lightweight Title
Dec. 1 Tony Garcia, Santiago de Veraguas KO3
1974 Jan. 21 Leonard Tavarez, Paris TKO4
Feb. 16 Armando Mendoza, Panama City TKO3
Mar. 16 Esteban DeJesus, Panama City KO11
Retained WBA Lightweight Title
Jul. 6 Flash Gallego, Panama City TKO7
Sept. 2 Hector Matta, Hato Rey W10
Oct. 31 Jose Vasquez, San Jose KO2
Nov. 16 Adalberto Vanegas, Panama City KO1
Dec. 21 Masataka Takayama, San Jose KO1
1975 Feb. 15 Andres Salgado, Panama City KO1
Mar. 2 Ray Lampkin, Panama City KO14
Retained WBA Lightweight Title
June 3 Jose Peterson, Miami Beach TKO1
Aug. 2 Pedro Mendoza, Managua KO1
Sept. 13 Alirio Acuna, Chitre KO3
Sept. 30 Edwin Viruet, Uniondale W10
Dec. 20 Leoncio Ortiz, Hato Rey KO15
Retained WBA Lightweight Title
1976 May 4 Saoul Mamby, Miami Beach W10
May 23 Lou Bizzarro, Erie KO14
Retained WBA Lightweight Title
July 31 Emiliano Villa, Panama City TKO7
Oct. 15 Alvaro Rojas, Hollywood KO1
Retained WBA Lightweight Title
1977 Jan. 29 Vilomar Fernandez, Miami Beach KO13
Retained WBA Lightweight Title
May 16 Javier Muniz, Landover W10
Aug. 6 Bernardo Diaz, Panama City KO1
Sept. 17 Edwin Viruet, Philadelphia W15
Retained WBA Lightweight Title
1978 Jan. 21 Esteban DeJesus, Las Vegas TKO12
Retained WBA Lightweight Title; Won WBC Lightweight Title
Apr. 27 Adolfo Viruet, New York W10
Sept. 1 Ezequiel Obando, Panama City KO2
Dec. 8 Monroe Brooks, New York KO8
1979 Relinquished Lightweight Titles in January
Apr. 8 Jimmy Heair, Las Vegas W10
June 22 Carlos Palomino, New York W10
Sept. 28 Zeferino Gonzalez, Las Vegas W10
1980 Jan. 13 Joseph Nsubuga, Las Vegas TKO4
Feb. 24 Wellington Wheatley, Las Vegas TKO6
June 20 Sugar Ray Leonard, Montreal W15
Won WBC Welterweight Title
Nov. 25 Sugar Ray Leonard, New Orleans T KOby8
Lost WBC Welterweight Title
1981 Aug. 9 Nino Gonzalez, Cleveland W10
Sept. 26 Luigi Minchillo, Las Vegas W10
1982 Jan. 30 Wilfred Benitez, Las Vegas L15
For WBC Light-Middleweight Title
Sept. 4 Kirkland Laing, Detroit L10
Nov. 12 Jimmy Batten, Miami W10
1983 Jan. 29 Pipino Cuevas, Los Angeles TKO4
June 16 Davey Moore, New York TKO8
Won WBA Light-Middleweight Title
1983 Nov. 10 Marvin Hagler, Las Vegas L15
For WBA, WBC, and IBF Middleweight Titles
1984 June 15 Thomas Hearns TKOby2
For WBC Light-Middleweight Title
1985 Inactive
1986 Jan. 31 Manuel Zambrano, Panama City KO2
Apr. 18 Jorge Suero, Panama City KO2
June 23 Robbi
e Sims, Las Vegas L10
1987 May 16 Victor Claudio, Miami Beach W10
Sept. 12 J.C. Gimenez Ferreyra, Miami Beach W10
1988 Feb. 5 Ricky Stackhouse, Atlantic City W10
Apr. 14 Paul Thorne, Atlantic City RTD6
Oct. 1 Jeff Lanas, Chicago W10
1989 Feb. 24 Iran Barkley, Atlantic City W12
Won WBC Middleweight Title
Dec. 7 Sugar Ray Leonard, Las Vegas L12
For WBC Super-Middleweight Title
1990 Inactive
1991 Mar. 18 Pat Lawlor, Las Vegas TKOby6
1992 Sept. 30 Tony Biglen, Buffalo W10
Dec. 17 Ken Hulsey, Cleveland KO2
1993 June 29 Jacques LeBlanc, Bay St. Louis W10
Aug. 17 Sean Fitzgerald, Bay St. Louis KO6
Dec. 14 Tony Menefee, Bay St. Louis TKO8
1994 Feb. 22 Carlos Montero, Marseilles W10
Mar. 29 Terry Thomas, Bay St. Louis TKO4
June 25 Vinny Pazienza, Las Vegas L12
Oct. 18 Heath Todd, Bay St. Louis TKO7
1995 Jan. 14 Vinny Pazienza, Atlantic City L12
June 10 Roni Martinez, Kansas City TKO7
Dec. 21 Wilbur Garst, Fort Lauderdale TKO4
1996 Feb. 20 Ray Domenge, Miami W10
June 22 Hector Camacho, Atlantic City L12
Aug. 31 Ariel Cruz, Panama City KO1
Sept. 27 Mike Culbert, Chester TKO6
1997 Feb. 15 Jorge Fernando Castro, Buenos Aires L10
June 14 Jorge Fernando Castro, Panama City W10
Nov. 15 David Radford, Temba W8
1998 Jan. 31 Felix Jose Hernandez, Panama City W10
Aug. 28 William Joppy, Las Vegas TKOby3
For WBA Middleweight Title
1999 Mar. 6 Omar Eduardo Gonzalez, Buenos Aires L10
2000 June 16 Pat Lawlor, Panama City W12
Aug. 12 Patrick Goossen, Yakima W10
2001 July 14 Hector Camacho, Denver L12
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New York Post
New York Times
Philadelphia Bulletin
Philadelphia Daily News
Index
A
AAU Championships, 3–4, 12–13
ABC network, 13–14, 32–35, 40, 41, 72, 96, 99, 197, 226
Abraham, Seth, 286
Acri, Mike, 293–294, 296–297
Duran-Leonard III, 277–278, 279, 280, 281
Aldama, Andres, 13, 14
Ali, Muhammad, 40, 65–66, 132, 154, 255
Dundee and, 38–39, 41, 174, 289
Duran-Leonard I, 70
Hearns-Leonard I, 133
Leonard and, 58, 149
Shavers and, 50
v. Frazier, 197
v. Holmes, 97, 98
v. Liston, 114, 117
v. Norton, 67
Aliano, Eddie, 257, 279
Alli, Terrence, 194
Amparo, Jorge, 225–226
Anderson, Dave, 75, 89, 228
Anderson, James, 285–286
Andries, Dennis, 223
Angioletti, Dr. Louis, 231
Antuofermo, Vito, 35, 99, 103–104, 284
v. Hagler, 51–57, 59, 71, 95–96, 98, 125–126, 158, 194
v. Minter, 76, 95–96
Aquino, Lupe, 233
Arce, Jorge, 145
Arcel, Ray, 29, 45–46, 290
Duran and, 17, 46–47, 144
Duran-Leonard I, 68, 69, 73–76, 82
Duran-Leonard II, 90, 108, 114, 116–119
Duran-Leonard III, 274
Arcel, Stevie, 117–118
Arledge, Roone, 13
Arum, Bob
Ali and, 65–66
Antuofermo-Hagler, 52, 54–55
Antuofermo-Minter, 96
character of, 64, 65–66
on Duran, 145, 147, 282
Duran-Leonard I, 63–64, 67, 71, 76
Duran-Leonard III, 269, 270–271 , 275, 277, 281
on Fields, 105
&n
bsp; on Hagler, 292
Hagler-Hearns, 185–186, 188, 193, 202, 203
Hagler-Leonard, 148–149, 218, 233, 237–238
Hagler-Minter, 97, 100, 102–104
Hagler-Mugabi, 206
Hearns-Leonard I, 123, 134
Hearns-Leonard II, 251–252, 255, 257, 258, 260–261, 267
King and, 79
Knievel and, 176–177
Sandoval and, 209
on Sulaiman, 76
“Triple Hitter,” 212–213
on WBO, 249
Arum, Sybil, 157, 255
Astaire, Jarvis, 96, 99–100
Axthelm, Pete, 111–112
Ayala, Tony, Jr., 21, 133, 146
B
BADK, Inc., 67
Baek, In-Chul, 151
Baker, Mike, 97
Baldeyrou, Raymond, 84
Baldwin, Johnny “Mad Dog,” 28, 32
Ballairgeon, Rosario, 77
Baraka, Amiri (LeRoy Jones), 25–26
Barile, Nancy, 259–261
Barker, D. C., 3
Barkley, Iran, 225–226, 245–246, 288
Barrett, Mike, 99
Bartin, Cindy, 249
Batten, Jimmy, 145–146
Baxter, Billy, 60, 242
Beaz, Pablo, 127
Beitchman, Ted, 188
Benitez, Gregorio, 47, 58
Benitez, Wilfredo, 28, 54, 76
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