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  June 20, 1980: Duran vs Leonard I

  Time waits for no one, as the old cliché goes, a statement whose meaning the young can barely grasp and alas, I am young no longer. But four ...

  On June 20, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  Boxiana 6

  June 15, 1984: Hearns vs Duran

  At the time, the story lines had not yet become vivid, the true significance of what was unfolding not yet clear. The term “The Four Kings” had yet ...

  On June 15, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  Boxiana 7

  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, 2021 / By Rafael García
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  Lee Wylie 1

  Roberto Duran: Control

  Any intelligent ranking of the greatest boxers to have ever lived, pound-for-pound, will be dominated by names from the past as the simple fact is that the Golden ...

  On November 11, 2020 / By Lee Wylie
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  Lee Wylie 0

  Duran’s Killer Technique

  We don’t know about you, but for us, the 40th anniversary of “The Brawl In Montreal,” is kind of a big deal. Which shouldn’t come as a surprise ...

  On June 21, 2020 / By Lee Wylie
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  Boxiana 0

  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