21+ Roberto Duran Quotes On Boxing, Fighting And His Career

Roberto Duran is a Panamanian professional boxer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time and is best known for his fights with Sugar Ray Leonard. Duran held world titles in four weight classes, and retired with a professional record of 103 wins, 16 losses, and 70 knockouts. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Roberto Duran on life, boxing, fighting.

Top 10 Roberto Duran Quotes

1. Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.
2. I want to thank America. You opened your heart so I could enter. Thank you everybody who lives in the United States, who saw me grow into becoming a world champion.
3. De La Hoya doesn't know about salsa. He should keep on singing mariachis and leave the salsa to me. I'm good at salsa.
4. The life of a boxer is about fighting for world titles.
5. If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.
6. Some of the old refs have favoritism toward some of the fighters that are currently fighting. There should be a changing of the guard with the refs, the same way there are with fighters.
7. Right now, it's very difficult to single out one fighter, pound-for-pound, who is the best. Right now, it's very complex. Miguel Cotto, Mayweather and Zab Judah's a good fighter as well.
8. I do not fight for free. But I was born to be a fighter.
9. Everybody says it: black, white; everybody calls me a legend. Italians, Jews. Everybody.
10. Currently, I'm working with a company called DRL Promotions with my partners Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas. We're currently representing over 30 fighters.

Roberto Duran Short Quotes

• I was born to be champion of the world.
• There is only one legend. That's me.
• The wind is old, but it keeps blowing.
• Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.
• I am not God but something similar

Roberto Duran Famous Quotes And Sayings

I am not an animal in my personal life. But in the ring there is an animal inside me. Sometimes it roars when the first bell rights. Sometimes it springs out later in a fight. But i can always feel it there, driving me and pushing me forward. It is what makes me win. It makes me enjoy fighting. — Roberto Duran

Nobody stands out right now. Everybody has similar styles. None of these fighters have reinvented the wheel and created a new style. — Roberto Duran

I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I'll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don't think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk. — Roberto Duran

I am not going to become crazy in the ring, because I am already crazy. And I am not going to die in the ring. I am going to die in bed as an old man. — Roberto Duran

Yes, it's true I once knocked out a horse. It was at a fiesta in my mother's home town of Guarare. Someone bet me a bottle of whiskey that I couldn't do it. — Roberto Duran

I really feel that if it wasn't for the accident, I'd still be fighting. I would have handled some of these fighters. I would have made sure that the doctors would have declared me physically sound; and after that, I would have trained. — Roberto Duran

Life Lessons by Roberto Duran

1. Roberto Duran's career teaches us that hard work and dedication pay off, as he achieved success despite coming from a disadvantaged background.
2. Roberto Duran's story also shows us that with the right attitude and mindset, anything is possible and that no obstacle is too big to overcome.
3. Finally, Roberto Duran's journey demonstrates the importance of resilience and never giving up, as he continued to fight and compete even after experiencing defeat and setbacks.