The significance of Roberto Duran vs. Jorge Fernando Castro II
Have many of you seen this fight ? It is a pretty damn good scrap considering Duran was 45 years old at the time, and Castro was around 30 years old.
I had seen pretty much all of Durans career defining victories, Buchanan, Leonard, Moore, Barkley, but not this fight.
I guess this is considered a real career defining fight for Duran as well, to a lesser extent.
Castro already had a win record of over 100 fights, and was still a contender at the time Duran faced him in 1997, after losing a decision to Castro in their first fight the same year.
Duran gets rocked a few times but he outboxes Castro and wins 6 or 7 rounds and the fight. Pretty damn impressive for being 15 YEARS older than Castro.
"You knocked him down...now how bout you try knockin me down ?"
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