Reason 8'002 why you shouldn't mess with Roberto Duran

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  1. Ceej1979

    Ceej1979 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I was around at my dad’s house yesterday. Who has followed Duran since 1972.

    He was telling me this very early interview he saw of Roberto, when he was still boxing out of Panama, that appeared on a show he was watching.

    Basically, according to my dad, he was talking about this guy who tried to mug him in Panama City that year, not knowing who he was, and what he did.

    I’m paraphrasing, but according to my dad the translation basically came out as:

    “I beat him to an inch of his life, and then when he was unconscious, I carved a “DURAN” tattoo into his arm, with the machete I was carrying, so he knew who to come to if he wanted his revenge. He never came”.

    I think the best thing about it, is he walked about with a machete………but only used it to carve tattoos into people he had beaten up.
     
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    Some one tries to mug a man carrying a machete?
     
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    Matty lll Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What are the other 8'001 reasons?
     
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    What kind of dumbass starts a fight with Roberto Duran carrying a machete?

    :lol:
     
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  5. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Duran is GOD
     
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    Duran is legend.
     
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  7. Ceej1979

    Ceej1979 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd guesstimate, in his last 60 years, he's probably had around 8'002 incidents like this
     
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    My dad, who's lived over there (where his interest came from) tells me central Americans, in general, tend to carry big blades with them.


    It's probably true. If you read Ricardo Mayorgas Twitter feed, he's constantly talking about the big blade he carries with him.
     
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  10. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

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    Duran deserves a mention.

    (Yesss got it in there!)
     
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    maracho Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Machetes and weedeaters are the lawn mowers of Latin America and thus commonly carried. Cutting grass with a machete also develops great left and right hooks

    But yeah Duran was quite a street fighter who grew up in the tough town of Chorillo. His mom looked very Indian to me and his dad was "supposedly" a Mexican-American soldier stationed in Panama
     
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    Vysotsky Boxing Junkie banned

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    I remembered reading this thread a while ago and searched for it again to save the story. Thought i would bump it for others enjoyment :good

    Duran Legend :deal
     
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    My favorite fighter of all time there will never be another.
     
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    Apostrophes don't go in numbers.
     
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    Reason 8003 of why you shouldnt mess with Roberto Duran

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    He will eat you
     
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