Question to Mexican posters in regards to Roberto Duran....

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  1. BENNY BLANCO

    BENNY BLANCO R.I.P. Brooklyn1550 Full Member

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    To the Mexicanos here at ESB, being that Duran was half Mexican from his father side, do you guys take pride in that or was it difficult to relate to Duran being that he was always representing Panama throughout his career?
     
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  2. eliqueiros

    eliqueiros Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't think most Mexicans care about this. I don't. I love Duran as a fighter but whether or not he has Mexican blood is neither here or there. What seperates a Mexican and a Puerto Rican and a Nicaraguan is not blood but where they grew up and their cultures that make them unique to those countries.
     
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    BENNY BLANCO R.I.P. Brooklyn1550 Full Member

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    Interesting take on your part. I guess the reason why I asked this is because a couple of months ago I was looking at that popular Duran highlight on youtube and I saw in the comments from many whom I would assume to be Mexican saying that Duran was a great fighter because of his Mexican bloodline.
     
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  4. ricardinho

    ricardinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It was never an issue like eliqueiros says however it was common knowledge. Kind of like the fact that Ted Williams the hall of fame baseball player was half Mexican.
     
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  5. ricardinho

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    Mexican fighters are tough because Mexican are from a culture that embraces death. The aztecs worshipped death --today we still venerate the dead on Day of the Dead. If you look at Mexican art you see death romanticized. So undoubtedly his fearless attitude came in part from his roots. However, latinos are generally tough sob's.
     
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  6. Oscar de la Roa

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    Duran is great because he was duran, for me(mexican) he is the best latino fighter ever, natural born fighter
     
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    e45
     
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    RealBoxing Kill The Nonsense Full Member

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    nezy37 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    so you are telling me when a Rican fights a Mexican you don't get more fired up due to the national pride aspect of the fight.
     
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  10. nezy37

    nezy37 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I was about to call BS but apparently its true, he doesn't really look it.
     
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  11. JM22

    JM22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This..
     
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    ricardinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The first time I heard it I thought it was BS..
     
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  13. KOTF

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    I did not know that Ted Williams is half-Mexican. Never heard that before
     
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  14. Indio-Bandido

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    I've never seen him with a Mexican flag...
     
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  15. VARG

    VARG Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Has this ****** been banned yet? God damn ignorant sonuvabitch gets himself kicked out in under 50 posts.

    Go die now.

    slowly...
     
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