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 Roberto Durán - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duran showed his brutal side in this flight by thumbing Moore and trying to deliberately hurt Moore as much as possible by butting, lacing Moore's face with his gloves and smiling every time Moore winced in pain.
His reign was short lived once again as Duran moved up to super middleweight for third clash with Sugar Ray Leonard in December, but lost in andecision.
Durán's daughter, Irichelle, is a professional woman boxer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roberto_Duran   (945 words)

  
 Roberto Duran - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
Duran took Sugar Ray Leonards welter weight title in a 15 round decision to become the first light-weight to win the welter-weight title in 46 years.
Duran first fight with Hector Camacho was competitive but this re-match was very one sided.
Duran was knocked out and suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung and a broken finger.
www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/Roberto-Duran-95441.html   (527 words)

  
 Temecula card boasts Duran Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Duran Jr., 27, hopes others eventually will see past the pretty boy exterior and appreciate him for what he is striving to become: welterweight champion of the world.
The soft-spoken Duran Jr., a 6-footer who weighs in at 147, is loathe to entertain comparisons between himself and his father, still an active fighter at age 49.
Duran, a four-time world champion who captured titles in four different weight classes, won his 104th fight in August over P.J. Goosen and became the only boxer to fight in five different decades.
www.press-enterprise.com /newsarchive/2001/04/27/988358287.html   (361 words)

  
 Boxing gym miami - Boxing gym miami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Irichelle Duran has boxing gym miami a record of 1 win and 2 losses, with 1 knockout.
Irichelle Duran lives in Puerto Rico, where her father even had a collection of exotic birds.
Irichelle Duran is married to a boxing gym miami Puerto Rican.
boxing-gyms.la-fitness.us /boxing-gym-miami/boxing-gym-miami.html   (775 words)

  
 Sunday Times - sport - 16 January 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Duran's daughter to fight in SA THE daughter of Roberto Duran, the most macho fighter in boxing history, has decided to follow the lead of Muhammad Ali's and Joe Frazier's daughters by pulling on the gloves - under the promotional guidance of South Africa's Rodney Berman.
Irichelle, 23, is the fourth of Duran's eight children and is said to share the same instinct for fighting as her famous dad.
Irichelle is said to be charismatic like her father, with her Latin good looks certain to boost her popularity.
www.suntimes.co.za /2000/01/16/sport/sport23.htm   (287 words)

  
 'No mas' at last for Duran
Duran was in town yesterday for the Ottawa-Carleton Police Youth Centre's Ringside for Youth event.
Duran hung on to the belt for almost seven years, relinquishing the title -- undefeated -- in 1979 to move up as a welterweight.
It was in that class that Duran gained his greatest notoriety.
www.canoe.ca /Slam020531/box_dur-sun.html   (551 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | OTHER SPORTS | Duran and Duran are a knockout
Irichelle, 23, took little time in defeating Marilin Hernandez from the Dominican Republic by a technical knock-out after the referee stopped the fight 52 seconds into the third round due to a cut above Hernandez's eye.
Irichelle's father was intially annoyed at his daughter's decision to take up the physical sport - but has since changed his opinion.
Roberto Duran Snr was a prolific boxer - winning 105 bouts in a career which spanned over five decades.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/959364.stm   (172 words)

  
 Women's Boxing: Irichelle Duran
Irichelle: Obviously disappointed, but they have been in the boxing game a very long time, and have seen boxing from every angle there is, from the greatest highs, to the lowest lows.
That way you never lose, only learn beautiful life lessons.........everybody loses, but Irichelle Duran will never be beaten.........thank you very much to the people that have given me there love and support, your kind words of encouragement have given me strength...thank you all, and god bless.......
Irichelle: One message I would very much like to express to everybody, is that I have asked for a rematch with Geraldine iglesias.
www.womenboxing.com /irichelleduran1.htm   (664 words)

  
 Irichelle Duran win her first pro fight by TKO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Irichelle trained hard in Australia and was physically and mentally prepared for this fight.
The TKO was her first win as a pro fighter and was held in her native country of Panama.
Miss Duran lost her pro boxing debut in August by a close split decision to Geraldine Iglesias in a 4 round super bantamweight match in Las Vegas.
www.latinosportslegends.com /Duran_Irichelle_wins_by_TKO-10500.htm   (169 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | OTHER SPORTS | Duran's daughter loses first fight
In her pro debut, super bantamweight Irichelle Duran suffered a split decision loss to Geraldine Iglesias in Las Vegas.
Her 49-year-old father is scheduled to return to the ring in a fight with PJ Goosen in Yakima, Washington State, on 12 August.
Although the 118lb Duran, who is based in Australian, showed more punching power, particularly with her straight right, she looked lethargic.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/867505.stm   (227 words)

  
 Hija de Durán, Irichelle decidida a ser boxeadora
Irichelle, cuarta hija del matrimonio conformado por Felicidad Iglesias y Roberto Durán, ha sido invitada por Shona McTagger de Golden Gloves, a presenciar el 19 de febrero en Carnival City, la pelea que sostendrá por el título Kathy Collins.
Sin embargo, Irichelle, confía en su decisión, ya que aunque parezca una chica de vitrina, abona a su favor un fuerte carácter, el cual dice lo hará valer en el ring.
Irichelle, también dijo que es tan carismática como su padre, y espera que sus gustos latinos le den popularidad.
www.critica.com.pa /archivo/01192000/dep1.html   (477 words)

  
 Hasim Rahman vs. Frankie Swindell (August 4, 2000)
Bleeding heavily from the nose, Zubia was finished off with a crushing compact left hook that exploded off his abused jaw, and referee Jay Nady stopped the beating at 1:34, as Zubia somehow wobbled up one more time.
Boxing legend Roberto Duran's daughter, 23 year old Irichelle Duran (0-1) lost her pro debut by a four round split decision to 20 year old Geraldine Iglesias (1-1) in a super bantamweight bout.
Bobbing and weaving, Duran seldom let her hands go, and was outhustled by slapping, tapping, light hitting Iglesias, as the drama that is Women's boxing continues to unfold.
www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/2000/000804rahman_swindell.html   (1037 words)

  
 Irichelle Duran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Irichelle Duran (born January 17, 1977) is a female boxer from Panama.
When the Panamanian government took possession of the mansion, however, the Durans had to move to Miami, Florida.
Her interest in becoming a fighter was met with disappointment by her father.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Irichelle_Duran   (442 words)

  
 Roberto Duran - Biography and career   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The re-match would forever be known as the No Más Fight.
After that, he announced his retirement from boxing.
The list of all authors is available under this link.
www.fameboxing.com /roberto-duran.htm   (796 words)

  
 Irichelle Duran loses her pro boxing debut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Boxing legend, Roberto Duran makes his return to the ring.
Irichelle "Lil' Miss Hands of Stone" Duran loss her pro boxing debut in a close split decision to Geraldine Iglesias in a 4 round super bantamweight match in Las Vegas.
Duran landed several soft, straight rights but bounced and weaved more than she punched.
www.latinosportslegends.com /Duran_daughter_loses_boxing_debut.htm   (211 words)

  
 Women's Boxing: Records - Irichelle Duran
At the "Fight Night" at the Alario Center, Kenner, Louisiana’s Angie Bordelon, won a four-round unanimous decision over Irichelle Duran in a featherweight bout.
News sources reported that Duran was getting clipped with constant right hands, and that in the second round, Duran was knocked down.
Bordelon improved her record to 3-6-0 (0 KO), and Duran is now 1-2-0 (1KO).
www.womenboxingrecords.com /D/duranirichelle1.html   (214 words)

  
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I'm just happy." Kournikova's reward is a semifinal matchup with fourth seed Monica Seles, who erased a match point in the deciding set before defeating eighth seed Sandrine Testud of France 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-5) in the night's last quarterfinal pairing.
Irichelle Duran, daughter of boxing legend Roberto Duran, lost a four-round split decision in her super bantamweight professional debut in Las Vegas.
The 23-year-old Duran, who was born in Panama but lives in Australia, lost by scores of 39-37, 39-37 and 37-39 to Geraldine Iglesias of Cleveland, Ohio.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=18828   (2312 words)

  
 DenverPost.com - Jim Armstrong
They finally get the top pick and they're looking at some guy whose team lost to Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament. . .
Considering Roberto Duran's daughter, Irichelle, paints her fingernails, I'm having a little problem taking Little Hands of Stone seriously. . .
Little Hands made her boxing debut Friday night in England against - I'm not making this up - a bus driver.
extras.denverpost.com /scolumns/arm0604.htm   (629 words)

  
 Boxing Monthly
Moreover, there’s drive and single-mindedness, which for a potential champion can be as critical as natural talent.
Joe Frazier and Roberto Duran fought because they had to.
Marvis Frazier and Irichelle Duran fought because they wanted to.
www.boxing-monthly.co.uk /content/0608/two.htm   (1747 words)

  
 February 01, 2001: Features, Guts, Glory and Estrogen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
While she has difficulty getting fights for herself (more on that later), she watches the line-ups, does research on the ladies, and lends a helping hand here and there, both inside and outside the ring.
Moore recalls one incident when a young Puerto Rican, Geraldine Iglesias, was slated to fight Irichelle Duran, the daughter of legend Roberto Duran.
Another current world champion, "Sugar" Shane Mosley, himself walked Iglesias to the ring and asked her, "Can you beat her?" Iglesias did beat Duran, shocking the audience and Duran, herself.
www.lasvegasweekly.com /features/guts_and_glory.html   (3884 words)

  
 Laila Ali - Brief Article - Interview Interview - Find Articles
The main thing my dad gives me is life advice, just how to deal with people, how to deal with being in the public eye, not letting it go to your head.
JM: It seems like you started a trend, with all these famous daughters--Freeda Foreman, George Foreman's daughter, Irichelle Duran, Roberto Duran's daughter--stepping into the ring.
LA: Archie Moore's daughter was actually the first to fight.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1285/is_9_30/ai_64993893   (931 words)

  
 Boxing: The Mothers of Boxing
We have also heard of Hector Camacho, JR., Julio Cesar Chavez.
and his sister Irichelle Duran, Juan Martin Coggi, JR.
And who can forget the Spinks family, brothers Leon and Michael and Leon's son Corey.
ringsidereport.com /Santiago4272006.htm   (1038 words)

  
 ESSENCE.com
Laila says her name has lent credibility to the sport and, as a result, boxing fans are becoming more supportive of female fighters-which in turn has created greater opportunities for women in the ring.
In fact, several daughters of legendary fighters have also decided to step into the ring: Jacqui Frazier-Lyde (Joe Frazier), Irichelle Duran (Roberto Duran), Freeda Foreman (George Forman) and J'Marie Moore (Archie Moore).
As champ, Laila says she won't shy from challenges.
www.essence.com /essence/bodyandsoul/wellness/0,16109,358455,00.html   (434 words)

  
 Boxing Daughters Follow Dads
The card features undefeated Hector Camacho Jr., son of the former lightweight and junior welterweight champion, against Manard Reed.
As women's bouts on undercards become increasingly more common, Freeda and Maria join daughters of other fighters in the ring, including Laila Ali, Muhammad Ali's daughter; Jacquelyn Frazier-Lyde, Joe Frazier's daughter; and Irichelle Duran, Roberto Duran's daughter, who has yet to have her first fight.
Johansson, a 34-year-old mother of two from Sweden, said her father doesn't want her to fight, but told her that, if she does, ``Remember to keep you hands up and your head down.''
www.jsonline.com /sports/race/ap/jun00/ap-box-fighting-da061800.asp   (673 words)

  
 JVC Entertainment TV - Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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www.jvcentertainment.tv /products.html   (104 words)

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