Natural withwithin Guarare, Panama he experienced his number 1 office fight in 1967. Fallowing an initial adjustment he won thirty withinside the row, culminating inside his number 1 title bout in June 1972, in which he defeated Ken Buchanan at New York's Madison Square Garden for the WBA world lightweight championship. He so processed dozen successful defences of his title prior to returning higher a belt inside February 1979. Vacating a title was a build higher for an attempt at the welterweight title. He fought for the welterweight title inside June 1980 & beat Sugar Ray Leonard via a 15-spherical unanimous guide. In the November re-match, all the same, Duran shockingly quit in the eighth spherical when existence frustrated per caper & style of Leonard. A re-match would forever become referred to as a No Más Fight.

He took a few instance to heal from either that fight, gaining further mass to contend for the WBC world junior middleweight title, but losing inside his number one attempt at the championship therein section on the January 30 of 1982, against Wilfredo Benitez by a Xv circular unanimous guide. When existence relegated to the Tenner spherical hike out convert hard Englishman Jimmy Batten at The Battle of The Champions in Miami, Duran signed with promoter Bob Arum. This marked the beginning of a comeback where he beat previous globe champion & at present hall of famer Pipino Cuevas via a quaternary around knock-out, which earned him another crack at a junior middleweight title, this period against WBA champion Davey Moore. Duran conquered his third title in his birthday, June 16th, 1983, defeating prizewinning Moore by an eighth circular stoppage.

Duran late fought for the Globe middleweight title, meeting Marvin Hagler in Las Vegas in November 1983, but losing a fight ended 15 cycles. Inside June 1984, he was stripped of his junior middleweight title while a WBA did non approve of his fight by using WBC globe champion Thomas "Hitman" Hearns, and took away recognition of Duran as world champion the moment Duran stepped into the ring to box Hearns. Duran wasted the fight when a vicious 2nd spherical knock-severe by Hearns.

Duran did non contend an additional title fight until 1989, but manufactured a shot count whenever he won a WBC middleweight title from either Iran Barkley in February. His reign wwhen short lived again as Duran moved as much as extremely middleweight for third clash by using "Sugar" Ray Leonard witharound December, however wasted in the lopsided guide. Duran seemed to become inside decline when a fight, he attempted to wwithin farther middleweight titles in 1994, 1995 and 1996 (fighting for the minor IBC belt), and 1998 (WBA). When the promptly kill to William Joppy withinside the go one shots Duran announced his retirement in August 1998, however was back fight in 1999. Around June 2000 he won the minor extremely middleweight title from either Pat Lawlor but quickly lost it to Hector Camacho.

Fallowing splitting fights by owning Jorge Castro and losing a replay to Camacho, Duran attend Argentina to promote a Salsa music CD that he had upright released. When there, he was exposed inside the spectacular car crash & mandatory life-saving surgery. When that, he announced his retirement from either boxing.

Duran's 5 globe title belts, which he won around foursome different divisions, were stolen from either his home inside Panama around 1993 during a robbery allegedly arranged by his brother-within-law, world health organization gave the children to memorabilia vender Luis Gonzalez Baez, who may have test for trying to sell purloined goods. Gonzalez Baez allegedly sold a belts to clandestine FBI agents. He alleges that Duran authorized the low of the 5 belts to him when you took a instance that Duran was facing fiscal condition. In September 23, 2003, a federal judge inside Florida ordered the 5 belts returned to Duran.

His 69 wins by knockout placing him in the exclusive class action of boxers world health organization own won 50 or even extra fights by knockout.

Duran's girl, Irichelle, is a agent woman boxer.