Roberto Manos de Piedra Durán declared himself a fan of Mexican music and cinema, during the talks that Mauricio Sulaimán, president of the World Boxing Council, holds with the members of world boxing, taking advantage of the pause forced by the quarantine due to Covid-19. 19.9.
By Rodolfo Rosales S.
Roberto Manos de Piedra Durán declared himself a fan of Mexican music and cinema, during the talks that Mauricio Sulaimán, president of the World Boxing Council, holds with the members of world boxing, taking advantage of the pause forced by the quarantine due to Covid-19. 19.9.
In a good mood, with a slightly grown beard, the best fighter that Panama has ever had in its entire history, admitted that he was a little awake because I was watching Mexican movies by Pedro Armendáriz, María Félix, Luis Aguilar and Pedro Infante.”.
“My favorite classic movies are the Mexican ones, they were the ones they watched when I was a kid, I didn't watch the ones in English, because at that time I couldn't read or write. That's why I saw the rancheras, drama and those of El Santo..
He is also a lover of Mexican music that Pedro Infante, Lucha Villa, Lola Beltrán, Miguel Aceves Mejia sang and now, as an old man, I like the voice of José Alfredo Jiménez. I grew up with them and for that reason I love Mexico very much.”.
Mauricio Sulaimán asked him what his favorite movie wasa?
“Above the Mexican ones is Gone with the Wind. When I was a boy I shined shoes and the ticket to enter the cinema was 35 cents, a great fortune and I did not get to see it. I already saw it, I was a boxer and I loved it, it became my favoritea”
ISMAEL LAGUNA WAS HIS INSPIRATION
Roberto Durán recognized that his greatest idol and the one who motivated him to be a boxer was Ismael Laguna, who was known as El Tigre de Colón, he even remembered that anecdote.a.
“I remember very well, there was a fight in Panama: Ismael Laguna against Carlos Ortiz, we climbed into a truck, without paying, almost upon reaching the arena they yelled “door” and in our desperation to get off, the truck broke down and we barely arrived
Its beginnings: I entered boxing by mistake, I remember very well that there was a fight, Ismael Lagunas with Carolos Ortiz in Panama and some trucks passed by and we climbed onto a truck, they yelled at the door and in desperation to get off, the truck broke down and people fell on me; I got to the arena running and I hear people yelling Ortiz's jabs at Laguna. After the fight I stood behind Lagunas, who after the fight got into his car and drove away. At that moment I said to myself: I am going to be a boxer and I am going to be bigger than that man. Three days later he was already training.o”.
And without hesitation he points out that Ishmael is my idol and my inspiration forever.”.
Roberto Durán said he was willing to get into a ring with Ray Leonard or Julio César Chávez for a charity exhibition, but only to take blows from me, no longer to fight and he would do it with great pleasure, since they are both great fighters.”.
In his Top Five of the best fighters of all time in the American continent, Durán made the following list:
- Muhammad Ali
- Joe Frazier
- Rocky Marciano
- Roberto Duran
- Julio Cesar Chavez
