Roberto Durán, Jr. to debut on March 23rd in Hollywood, FL

On the undercard of a WBA interim bantamweight title fight (Stephon Young vs. Reymart Gaballo, both unbeaten) with former champ Juan Carlos Payano in the co-feature taking on yet another undefeated prospect - a card which also features hard-hitting Kazakh heavyweight (2-time Olympian and WSB veteran) Ivan Dychko...and yet a card which AFAIK isn't set to be televised anywhere.

Durán Jr. is 27 years old. No word on what he typically weighs or fought at in the amateurs (if even applicable) or what division he'll be competing in. Opponent also TBA.

Obviously the odds he comes even close to being a speck on his dad's legacy are like a zillion to one, but at the very least he can shoot to outdo some of his recent outta-the-gate face-planting legend's-forebears peers, such as Shane Mosley Jr., Sal Sánchez II, etc.

 

I'd suppose old Iron Hands wouldn't let him off the leash at such a late age if he thought he was going to sully the proud name he worked so hard to build up? Maybe?

 

Ouch. Sad but very plausible.

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I think legally you can't have multiple juniors spawned by one sire (and customary primogeniture would be to have the honor given the firstborn male) but in boxing it has become pretty commonplace for people to adopt their famous dad's name and tack on a "Jr." when that isn't what it says on any of their official documents.

You have some pretty weird scenarios like Gary Russell Jr. and his brothers all being named after their dad, all Gary [Insert Different Middle Name] Russell, but who's to say if "Mr." is the genuine legal "Jr." or just the one that went pro first and called dibs.

 

I guess maybe..if Robin is 27.

All I know about him for sure is his age and that he's definitely the offspring of Manos di Piedra.