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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Roberto Duran Victories

In assessing Roberto Duran’s boxing career some two decades removed from his last meaningful win, one thing is not to be questioned: “Manos de Piedra” is an all-time ...
On June 29, 2018 / By Patrick Connor
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McCluskey’s Dozen: 30 Years Of Talent

Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete but it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. It can manifest itself ...
On May 9, 2018 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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Top 12 Most Intimidating Boxers

Intimidation can come in many different forms: aggressive body language, rippling muscles, obnoxious trash talk, or the cold stare that sends chills down another’s backbone. Whatever way it’s ...
On March 29, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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Feb. 24, 1989: Duran vs Barkley

Iran “The Blade” Barkley vs Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran represents a very special page in the history book of boxing. This intense and historic battle is nothing ...
On February 24, 2018 / By Rafael García
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The Tao Of Roberto Duran

Lee Wylie is one of the most insightful analysts in boxing but he’s also a fan and makes no secret of the fact that Roberto Duran is his ...
On January 20, 2018 / By Lee Wylie
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Ring 10: A Glimmer Of Light In A Dark And Lonely Sport

It’s been a long time now, almost three decades, since Iran Barkley became an overnight sensation, when the boxer known as “The Blade” stopped Thomas Hearns in three ...
On November 13, 2017 / By Sheila Oviedo
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Oct. 29, 1987: Hearns vs Roldan

Henry Armstrong had come so close to accomplishing the feat. Latter day legends Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran had tried and failed. But finally, for the very first ...
On October 29, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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Underdogs, The Real Deal, And Me

“I shook up the world!” Famous words uttered by “The Greatest” that not only came to define Muhammad Ali himself, but also the victory of the underdog. No ...
On March 24, 2017 / By Jamie Rebner
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The Super Middleweight Super Six

Since being established by the major sanctioning bodies in the mid-80s, the super middleweight division has produced some classic contests. I was fortunate to grow into an avid ...
On February 13, 2017 / By Matt O'Brien
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Welcome to Hands of Stone Week

If you want to have a special tribute to Roberto Duran, then you have to do it in June. It just so happens that, with few exceptions, Duran ...
On June 14, 2015 / By Michael Carbert
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The Sad Story That Never Goes Away

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. An old fighter who should have hung up the gloves years ago is ignoring pleas to quit and trying to ...
On September 26, 2014 / By Robert Portis

The Fight City

Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.

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