Hands of Stone
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Jun 2 Hector Thompson Panama City TKO 8
(Retained WBA Lightweight Title)
Aug 4 Doc McClendon Puerto Rico W 10
Sep 8 Ishimatsu Suzuki Panama City TKO 10
(Retained WBA Lightweight Title)
Dec 1 Tony Garcia Panama City KO 3
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 TKO5
Sep 2 Hector Matta San Juan W10
Oct 31 Jose Vasquez Costa Rica KO 2
Nov 16 Adalberto Vanegas Panama City KO 1
Dec 21 Masataka Takayama San Jose KO 1
(Retained WBA Lightweight Title)
1975
Feb 15 Andres Salgado Panama City KO 1
Mar 2 Ray Lampkin Panama City KO 14
(Retained WBA Lightweight Title)
Jun 3 Jose Peterson Florida TKO 1
Aug 2 Pedro Mendoza Managua KO 1
Sep 13 Alirio Acuna Chitre KO 3
Sep 30 Edwin Viruet Uniondale, NY W 10
Dec 20 Leoncio Ortiz Puerto Rico KO15
(Retained WBA Lightweight Title)
1976
May 4 Saoul Mamby Florida W 10
May 23 Lou Bizzarro Erie KO 14
(Retained WBA Lightweight Title)
Jul 31 Emiliano Villa Panama City TKO 7
Oct 15 Alvaro Rojas Florida KO 1
(Retained WBA Lightweight Title)
1977
Jan 29 Vilomar Fernandez Florida KO 13
(Retained WBA Lightweight Title)
May 16 Javier Muniz Landover, MD W 10
Aug 6 Bernardo Diaz Panama City KO 1
Sep 17 Edwin Viruet Philadelphia W 15
(Retained WBA Lightweight Title)
1978
Jan 21 Esteban DeJesus Las Vegas TKO 12
(Unified World Lightweight Title)
Apr 27 Adolfo Viruet New York W 10
Sep 1 Ezequiel Obando Panama City KO 2
Dec 8 Monroe Brooks New York KO 8
1979
Apr 8 Jimmy Heair Las Vegas W 10
Jun 22 Carlos Palomino New York W 10
Sep 28 Zeferino Gonzalez Las Vegas W 10
1980
Jan 13 Joseph Nsubuga Las Vegas TKO 4
Feb 24 Wellington Wheatley Las Vegas TKO 6
Jun 20 Sugar Ray Leonard Montreal W 15
(Won WBC Welterweight Title)
Nov 25 Sugar Ray Leonard New Orleans TKO by 8
(Lost WBC Welterweight Title)
1981
Aug 9 Nino Gonzalez Cleveland W 10
Sep 26 Luigi Minchillo Las Vegas W 10
1982
Jan 30 Wilfred Benitez Las Vegas L 15
(For WBC Light-Middleweight Title)
Sep 4 Kirkland Laing Detroit L 10
Nov 12 Jimmy Batten Miami W 10
1983
Jan 29 Pipino Cuevas Los Angeles TKO 4
Jun 16 Davey Moore New York TKO 8
(Won WBA Light-Middleweight Title)
Nov 10 Marvin Hagler Las Vegas L 15
(For World Middleweight Title)
1984
Jun 15 Thomas Hearns Las Vegas TKO by 2
(For WBC Light-Middleweight Title)
1986
Jan 31 Manuel Zambrano Panama City KO 2
Apr 18 Jorge Suero Panama City KO 2
Jun 23 Robbie Sims Las Vegas L 10
1987
May 16 Victor Claudio Miami Beach W 10
Sep 12 Juan Carlos Gimenez Miami Beach W 10
1988
Feb 5 Ricky Stackhouse Atlantic City W 10
Apr 14 Paul Thorne Atlantic City TKO 6
Oct 1 Jeff Lanas Chicago W 10
1989
Feb 24 Iran Barkley Atlantic City W 12
(Won WBC Middleweight Title)
Dec 7 Sugar Ray Leonard Las Vegas L 12
(For WBC Super Middleweight Title)
1991
Mar 18 Pat Lawlor Las Vegas TKO by 6
1992
Sep 30 Tony Biglen Buffalo W 10
Dec 17 Ken Hulsey Cleveland KO 2
1993
Jun 29 Jacques Blanc St. Louis W 10
Aug 17 Sean Fitzgerald St. Louis KO 6
Dec 14 Tony Menefee St. Louis TKO 8
1994
Feb 22 Carlos Montero Marseilles W 10
Mar 29 Terry Thomas St. Louis TKO 4
Jun 25 Vinny Pazienza Las Vegas L 12
(For IBC Super Middleweight Title)
Oct 18 Heath Todd St. Louis TKO 7
1995
Jan 14 Vinny Pazienza Atlantic City L 12
(For IBC Super Middleweight Title)
Jun 10 Roni Martinez Kansas City TKO 7
Dec 21 Wilbur Garst Fort Lauderdale TKO 4
1996
Feb 20 Ray Domenge Miami W 10
Jun 22 Hector Camacho Atlantic City L 12
(For IBC Middleweight Title)
Aug 31 Ariel Cruz Panama City KO 1
Sep 27 Mike Culbert Chester, WV TKO 6
1997
Feb 15 Jorge Castro Buenos Aires L 10
Jun 14 Jorge Castro Panama City W 10
Nov 15 David Radford South Africa W 10
1998
Jan 31 Felix Jose Fernandez Panama City W 10
Aug 28 William Joppy Las Vegas TKO by 3
(For WBA Middleweight Title)
1999
Mar 6 Omar Eduardo Gonzalez Buenos Aires L 10
2000
Jun 16 Pat Lawlor Panama City W 12
(Won NBA Super Middleweight Title)
Aug 12 Patrick Goossen Toppenish, WA W 10
2001
Jul 14 Hector Camacho Denver L 12
(For NBA Super Middleweight Title)
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Table of Contents
Prologue
1 Hunger
2 Fighter
3 Papa Eleta
4 Streetfighting Man
5 Two Old Men
6 The Scot
7 The Left Hook
8 Revenge
9 Hands of Stone
10 “Like A Man With No Heart”
11 Esteban and the Witch Doctors
12 “The Monster’s Loose”
13 El Macho
14 “No Peleo”
15 King of the Bars
16 Return of the King
17 Redemption
18 Tommy Gun
19 “I’m Duran”
20 The Never-Ending Comeback
21 The Last Song
Notes
Acknowledgments
Roberto Duran’s Fight Record