BOXER

Roberto Durán

1951 - Today

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Roberto Carlos Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: Lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight. Duran also reigned as the undisputed and lineal lightweight champion and the lineal welterweight champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberto Durán has received more than 8,512,919 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Roberto Durán is the 16th most popular boxer (up from 21st in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Panama (up from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Panamanian Boxer.

Roberto Durán is most famous for his boxing career. He is a Panamanian former world champion boxer who competed from 1972 to 2001. He won world titles in four weight divisions and was the first boxer to win world titles in five weight divisions.

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  • 8.5M

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  • 59.40

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Roberto Durán ranks 16 out of 496. Before him are Jake LaMotta, Sonny Liston, Carlos Monzón, Evander Holyfield, Jack Dempsey, and Primo Carnera. After him are Larry Holmes, Teófilo Stevenson, Rubin Carter, László Papp, Ingemar Johansson, and Floyd Patterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Roberto Durán ranks 64. Before him are Zdravko Čolić, Javier Marías, Chesley Sullenberger, Chris Cooper, Mark Harmon, and Karen Allen. After him are Don Rosa, Glenn Hughes, Fatmir Sejdiu, Lou Ferrigno, Bao Xishun, and Šaban Šaulić.

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In Panama

Among people born in Panama, Roberto Durán ranks 5 out of 71. Before him are John McCain (1936), Manuel Noriega (1934), Carlos Fuentes (1928), and Omar Torrijos (1929). After him are Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918), Rubén Blades (1948), Miguel Bosé (1956), Laurentino Cortizo (1953), Billy Cobham (1944), Diego de Almagro II (1520), and Mireya Moscoso (1946).

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Among BOXERS In Panama

Among boxers born in Panama, Roberto Durán ranks 1. 

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