Home  News Roberto Duran Inducted Into World Boxing HOF
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Roberto Duran Inducted Into World Boxing HOF
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HOFMAG.com Staff
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Los Angeles (October 15, 2006) – Roberto Duran walked on the stage of his World Boxing Hall of Fame induction with same bravado he took into the ring. "That's right, it's me," he said through an interpreter before his formal induction. "Everybody says it: black, white; everybody calls me a legend. Italians, Jews. Everybody."
Duran, now 51, headlined the 13 Class of 2006 inductees that included former champions Matthew Saad Muhammad, Julian Jackson and Eddie Perkins, and announcer Barry Tompkins. With five major titles, a 103-16 record, and 69 knockouts between 1972 and 1989, the evidence supports that Duran was indeed more than a legend in his own mind. Waving the flag of his native Panama, he declared that not only he, but "the whole country of Panama and for my president...All of Panama is going into that Hall of Fame." |
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