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"Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches."
Roberto DuránMy experience won this fight…. I knew I was in control. I was not scar — Roberto Durán
"My experience won this fight…. I knew I was in control. I was not scared. He was not hitting me with anything that was hurting me."
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Roberto Carlos Durán Samaniego is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: Lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight. Duran also reigned as the undisputed and lineal lightweight champion and the lineal welterweight champion. He is also the second boxer to have competed over a span of five decades
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"One gets the impression of Duran is that he’s a tough, rough brawler who just wades in and ducks nothing. But all you have to do is look at his face to see that is nonsense. He’s not marked up. He does a lot of cute things in there."
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"He’s good inside, very good, strong physically. The one thing that surprised me the most was his quickness. And his defensive ability. He moves his head a lot, feints a lot. He’s not an easy man to hit."
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"I realized that my body can give me so much more."
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"Duran has heart. Hes been a great champion for years and years. It must have been something very serious to make him quit. But I won fair and square, I beat him emotionally and I beat him physically."
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"Duran laid back, counterpunching,hes a three-time champion, a very gutsy warrior. I couldnt go in there and get foolish."
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