Panama’s Hands of Stone hero marks 60th birthday

Panama’s living boxing legend,  and greatest sports hero, Roberto "Mano de Piedra" Duran celebratedhis 60th birthday. in Panama on Thursday, June 16.

Known as “Hands of Stone Duran had 119 bouts, winning  113 including   knockouts during  five decades in the ring. On his 32nd birthday,  in 1983, Duran won the world junior middleweight title.

Brought up in the slums of Chorillo, he started fighting at 16.

 In 2002, he was chosen by The Ring  as the 5th greatest fighter of the previous 80 years. He held world titles at four different weights— lightweight (1972–79), welterweight (1980),  junior middleweight (1983–84) and middleweight  (1989). He was the second boxer to have fought a span of five decades. {jathumbnail off}

He retired in January 2002 at age 50 with a professional record of 119 fights, 103 wins with 70 KOs.

Durán is the only man in boxing history to win fights in 5 separate decades. He registered wins in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and the 2000s.

He said on Thursday that he intends to spend the rest of his life in Panama.