UpAndComing
Veteran
15:08
Roberto Duran was a straight up savage
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Thats the attitude it takes to be champion though
Tyson’s favorite boxer.
off topic but it’s crazy how much espn has fallen off.
off topic but it’s crazy how much espn has fallen off.
Nero Christ
Sniper out now on all digital platforms brev
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
My old football Coach was teaching someone how to throw a body shot at some gym in the 70s and some random Panamanian dude in the gym came up to him speaking no english and taught him how to hit the hip. Coach said that he carried that one lesson for the rest of his training career. coach found out a year later that that man was Roberto Duran
look how well this doc is
espn sportscentury>>>>.
i want a doc like this on lebron 10 years from now...too bad it wont happen
LexDiamonds
Superstar
No Mas
Erratic415
Superstar
Probably the greatest lightweight ever, and greatest fighter of the 70s.
His win in Montreal is one of the greatest ever, especially given the opposition level and being naturally smaller. Leonard from 1979-82 is one of the best boxers that’s ever been captured on film.
He was fairly inconsistent after 1980, partially due to his own laziness in training. In fairness, he already had like 75 pro fights by then.
Dejesus 3 might be my favorite defensive performance ever. It was a really controlled display of aggression, and Esteban was swinging at air all night.
His win in Montreal is one of the greatest ever, especially given the opposition level and being naturally smaller. Leonard from 1979-82 is one of the best boxers that’s ever been captured on film.
He was fairly inconsistent after 1980, partially due to his own laziness in training. In fairness, he already had like 75 pro fights by then.
Dejesus 3 might be my favorite defensive performance ever. It was a really controlled display of aggression, and Esteban was swinging at air all night.
Erratic415
Superstar
I miss those sportscentury episodes
Honored to have trained in Ray’s gym
You gotta be tough as shyt to get Duran to tap out like that....
Bigblackted4
Superstar
Off in the head
Erratic415
Superstar
When Roberto Duran was training to fight Carlos Palomino at Madison Square Garden, he worked out at Howard Albert's gym, an old factory loft in the Garment Center, just a few blocks from the new Garden.
It was summertime, and sweltering, and every Latino worker in the garment area-- and their families-- would go to watch their hero train at lunchtime.
The gym was like a steam room, and jammed cheek-to-jowl with the adoring. . They pressed so close; they barely left Duran enough room to do his floor exercises. And then he went into the ring to shadow box.
Spanning what looked like a crowded subway, you could see chests swell and faces full of pride. Plump mothers holding babies in their arms stood right at the
ring apron, while their little children looked up saucer-eyed at this god.
In the midst of all of this, somebody in the back--unbelievably! -- kept yelling at Duran in Spanish: "PIPINO CUEVAS WILL KILL YOU!
Duran paid him no mind and continued to shadow box. But the heckler was relentless: "PIPINO CUEVAS WILL KILL YOU! "PIPINO CUEVAS WILL KILL YOU!
Finally, Duran fixed a glare at him, stretched as far over the ropes as he could--just above the glowing faces of mothers and infants--and yanked down his trunks, grabbed his nuts, and roared in Spanish: "PIPINO CUEVAS CAN SUCK MY COCK!
It was summertime, and sweltering, and every Latino worker in the garment area-- and their families-- would go to watch their hero train at lunchtime.
The gym was like a steam room, and jammed cheek-to-jowl with the adoring. . They pressed so close; they barely left Duran enough room to do his floor exercises. And then he went into the ring to shadow box.
Spanning what looked like a crowded subway, you could see chests swell and faces full of pride. Plump mothers holding babies in their arms stood right at the
ring apron, while their little children looked up saucer-eyed at this god.
In the midst of all of this, somebody in the back--unbelievably! -- kept yelling at Duran in Spanish: "PIPINO CUEVAS WILL KILL YOU!
Duran paid him no mind and continued to shadow box. But the heckler was relentless: "PIPINO CUEVAS WILL KILL YOU! "PIPINO CUEVAS WILL KILL YOU!
Finally, Duran fixed a glare at him, stretched as far over the ropes as he could--just above the glowing faces of mothers and infants--and yanked down his trunks, grabbed his nuts, and roared in Spanish: "PIPINO CUEVAS CAN SUCK MY COCK!
Amare's Right Hook
Southeast World Champion
Best Lightweight ever
After
hagler
duran was my dude
hagler
duran was my dude