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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Roberto Duran Born: June 16, 1951
Panamanian boxer
one of only 4 fighters to hold 4 different world titles— lightweight (1972-79), welterweight (1980), junior middleweight (1983) and middleweight (1989-90); lost famous “No Mas” welterweight title bout when he quit in 8th round against Sugar Ray Leonard (1980); finally retired in 2002 at the age of 50 with a record of 104-16 (69 KOs).
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