Lightweight–Middleweight · Television Era (1960–1989)

Roberto Durán

"Manos de Piedra"

Top 100 · #12 · 69.9 points

103

Wins

Losses

Draws

KOs

68%

KO %

Born: 1951
Died: —
Nationality: Panama
Career: 1968–2001

'Hands of Stone' — the greatest lightweight of the modern era and a five-decade warrior.

Titles & Honours

World champion in four divisions: lightweight, welter, light middle, middle

Career Timeline

1968–2001

1968-02-23Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Carlos Mendoza · W UD
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1971-09-13Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Benny Huertas · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
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1972-06-26Signature fight
vs Ken Buchanan
W TKO13 Ken Buchanan (1972) · Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
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1975-06-03Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Jose Peterson · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
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1980-06-20Signature fight
vs Sugar Ray Leonard
W PTS15 Sugar Ray Leonard (1980) · Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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1980-11-25Signature fight
vs Sugar Ray Leonard
W PTS15 Sugar Ray Leonard (1980) · Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
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1989-02-24Signature fight
vs Iran Barkley
W PTS12 Iran Barkley (1989) · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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1997-11-15Milestone
100th recorded win
vs David Radford · UD. Newspaper decisions excluded.
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2001-07-14Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Héctor Camacho · L UD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
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Title wins · dates not yet documented

World champion in four divisions: lightweight, welter, light middle, middle

Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.

Photo Archive

Title: Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: 1980. Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (slide format) Reproduction Number: LC

Roberto Duran preparing to fight Vinny Pazienza in Vegas 1994

Writer Prvoslav Vujcic and boxer Roberto Durán.

Présentation du film "Hands of stone" au festival de Cannes. De gauche à droite : le réalisateur Jonathan Jakubowicz, Robert De Niro et son épouse Grace Hightower, Roberto Durán.

6 archival photographs under their original licences.

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Fight-by-Fight Record

Date	Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Venue
1968-02-23	W	Carlos Mendoza	UD	4	Arena de Colón, Colón, Panama
1968-05-14	W	Juan Gondola	KO	1	Colón, Panama
1968-06-15	W	Manuel Jimenez	KO	1	Arena de Colón, Colón, Panama
1968-06-30	W	Eduardo Morales	KO	1	Gimnasio Neco de la Guardia, Panama City, Panama
1968-08-10	W	Enrique Jacobo	KO	1	Panama City, Panama
1968-08-25	W	Leroy Carghill	KO	1	Gimnasio Neco de la Guardia, Panama City, Panama
1968-09-22	W	Cesar De Leon	KO	1	Gimnasio Neco de la Guardia, Panama City, Panama
1968-11-16	W	Juan Gondola	KO	2	Arena de Colón, Colón, Panama
1968-12-07	W	Carlos Howard	TKO	1	Gimnasio Neco de la Guardia, Panama City, Panama
1969-01-19	W	Alberto Brand	TKO	4	Gimnasio Neco de la Guardia, Panama City, Panama
1969-02-01	W	Eduardo Frutos	UD	6	Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama
1969-05-18	W	Jacinto Garcia	TKO	4	Gimnasio Neco de la Guardia, Panama City, Panama
1969-06-22	W	Adolfo Osses	TKO	7	Gimnasio Neco de la Guardia, Panama City, Panama
1969-09-21	W	Serafin Garcia	TKO	5	Gimnasio Neco de la Guardia, Panama City, Panama
1969-11-23	W	Luis Patino	KO	8	Gimnasio Neco de la Guardia, Panama City, Panama
1970-03-28	W	Felipe Torres	UD	10	Mexico City, Mexico
1970-05-16	W	Ernesto Marcel	TKO	10	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1970-07-18	W	Clemente Mucino	KO	6	Arena de Colón, Colón, Panama
1970-09-05	W	Marvin Castaneda	KO	1	Gimnasio Municipal, Puerto Armuelles, Panama
1970-10-18	W	Ignacio Castaneda	TKO	3	Gimnasio Nuevo Panamá, Panama City, Panama
1971-01-10	W	Jose Angel Herrera	KO	6	Toreo, Monterrey, Mexico
1971-03-21	W	Jose Acosta	KO	1	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1971-05-29	W	Lloyd Marshall	TKO	6	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1971-07-18	W	Fermin Soto	TKO	3	Monterrey, Mexico
1971-09-13	W	Benny Huertas	TKO	1	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
1971-10-16	W	Hiroshi Kobayashi	KO	7	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1972-01-15	W	Angel Robinson Garcia	UD	10	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1972-03-10	W	Francisco Munoz	TKO	1	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1972-06-26	W	Ken Buchanan	TKO	13	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
1972-09-02	W	Greg Potter	KO	1	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1972-10-28	W	Lupe Ramirez	KO	1	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1972-11-17	L	Esteban de Jesús	UD	10	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
1973-01-20	W	Jimmy Robertson	KO	5	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1973-02-22	W	Juan Medina	TKO	7	Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
1973-03-17	W	Javier Ayala	UD	10	Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
1973-04-14	W	Gerardo Ferrat	TKO	2	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1973-06-02	W	Hector Thompson	TKO	8	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1973-08-04	W	Doc McClendon	UD	10	Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1973-09-08	W	Guts Ishimatsu	TKO	10	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1973-12-01	W	Tony Garcia	KO	3	Gimnasio Escuela Normal, Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
1974-01-21	W	Leonard Tavarez	TKO	4	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
1974-02-16	W	Armando Mendoza	TKO	3	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1974-03-16	W	Esteban de Jesús	KO	11	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1974-07-06	W	Flash Gallego	TKO	7	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1974-09-02	W	Hector Matta	UD	10	Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1974-10-31	W	Jose Vasquez	KO	2	Gimnasio Eddie Cortez, San José, Costa Rica
1974-11-16	W	Adalberto Vanegas	KO	1	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1974-12-21	W	Masataka Takayama	KO	1	Plaza de Toros El Zapote, San José, Costa Rica
1975-02-15	W	Andres Salgado	KO	1	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1975-03-02	W	Ray Lampkin	KO	14	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1975-06-03	W	Jose Peterson	TKO	1	Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
1975-08-02	W	Pepe El Toro	KO	1	Roberto Clemente Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua
1975-09-13	W	Alirio Acuna	KO	3	Gimnasio Jose D. Crespo, Chitré, Panama
1975-09-30	W	Edwin Viruet	UD	10	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Hempstead, New York, U.S.
1975-12-20	W	Leoncio Ortiz	KO	15	Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1976-05-04	W	Saoul Mamby	UD	10	Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
1976-05-23	W	Lou Bizzarro	KO	14	County Field House, Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.
1976-07-31	W	Emiliano Villa	TKO	7	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1976-10-15	W	Alvaro Rojas	KO	1	Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S.
1977-01-29	W	Vilomar Fernandez	KO	13	Fontainbleau, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
1977-05-16	W	Javier Muniz	UD	10	Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, U.S.
1977-08-06	W	Bernardo Diaz	KO	1	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1977-09-17	W	Edwin Viruet	UD	15	Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
1978-01-21	W	Esteban de Jesús	TKO	12	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1978-04-27	W	Adolfo Viruet	UD	10	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
1978-09-01	W	Ezequiel Obando	KO	2	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1978-12-08	W	Monroe Brooks	KO	8	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
1979-04-08	W	Jimmy Heair	UD	10	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1979-06-22	W	Carlos Palomino	UD	10	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
1979-09-28	W	Zeferino Gonzalez	UD	10	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1980-01-13	W	Joseph Nsubuga	RTD	4	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1980-02-24	W	Wellington Wheatley	TKO	6	Tropicana Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1980-06-20	W	Sugar Ray Leonard	UD	15	Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1980-11-25	L	Sugar Ray Leonard	TKO	8	Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
1981-08-09	W	Nino Gonzalez	UD	10	Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
1981-09-26	W	Luigi Minchillo	UD	10	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1982-01-30	L	Wilfred Benítez	UD	15	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1982-09-04	L	Kirkland Laing	SD	10	Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
1982-11-12	W	Jimmy Batten	UD	10	Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida, U.S.
1983-01-29	W	José Cuevas	TKO	4	Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
1983-06-16	W	Davey Moore	TKO	8	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
1983-11-10	L	Marvelous Marvin Hagler	UD	15	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1984-06-15	L	Thomas Hearns	KO	2	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1986-01-31	W	Manuel Zambrano	KO	2	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1986-04-18	W	Jorge Suero	KO	2	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1986-06-23	L	Robbie Sims	SD	10	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1987-05-16	W	Victor Claudio	UD	10	Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
1987-09-12	W	Juan Carlos Giménez	UD	10	James L. Knight Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
1988-02-05	W	Ricky Stackhouse	UD	10	Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
1988-04-14	W	Paul Thorn	RTD	6	Tropicana, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
1988-10-01	W	Jeff Lanas	SD	10	International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
1989-02-24	W	Iran Barkley	SD	12	Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
1989-12-07	L	Sugar Ray Leonard	UD	12	The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1991-03-18	L	Pat Lawlor	TKO	6	The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1992-09-30	W	Tony Biglen	UD	10	Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, U.S.
1992-12-17	W	Ken Hulsey	KO	2	CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
1993-06-29	W	Jacques LeBlanc	UD	10	Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
1993-08-17	W	Sean Fitzgerald	KO	6	Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
1993-12-14	W	Tony Menefee	TKO	8	Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
1994-02-22	W	Carlos Montero	UD	10	Marseille, France
1994-03-29	W	Terry Thomas	TKO	4	Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
1994-06-25	L	Vinny Pazienza	UD	12	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1994-10-18	W	Heath Todd	TKO	6	Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
1995-01-14	L	Vinny Pazienza	UD	12	Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
1995-06-10	W	Roni Martinez	TKO	7	Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
1995-12-21	W	Wilbur Garst	TKO	4	War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
1996-02-20	W	Ray Domenge	UD	10	Mahi Shrine Auditorium, Miami, Florida, U.S.
1996-06-22	L	Héctor Camacho	UD	12	Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
1996-08-31	W	Ariel Cruz	KO	1	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1996-09-27	W	Mike Culbert	TKO	6	Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort, Chester, West Virginia, U.S.
1997-02-15	L	Jorge Castro	UD	10	Mar del Plata, Argentina
1997-06-14	W	Jorge Castro	UD	10	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1997-11-15	W	David Radford	UD	8	Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal, South Africa
1998-01-31	W	Felix Jose Hernandez	UD	10	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
1998-08-28	L	William Joppy	TKO	3	Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S.
1999-03-06	L	Omar Gonzalez	UD	10	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2000-06-16	W	Pat Lawlor	UD	12	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Juan Díaz, Panama
2000-08-12	W	Patrick Goossen	UD	10	Yakama Legends Casino, Toppenish, Washington, U.S.
2001-07-14	L	Héctor Camacho	UD	12	Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado, U.S.

Showing 119 of 119 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-11. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.

Record notes

Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.

Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).

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Roberto Durán

Titles & Honours

Career Timeline

First recorded professional bout

25th recorded win

vs Ken Buchanan

50th recorded win

vs Sugar Ray Leonard