“My d*** got hard,” When Mike Tyson got chills from Roberto Duran’s ‘coldest’ quote inside the ring
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Roberto Duran is undoubtedly one of the best in the history of professional boxing. The Panamanian fought for 40-plus years and was a multi-division champion. Duran’s ruthless style of fighting earned him the nickname ‘Hands of stone’ and during his prime, he inspired many to be like him. One of them was none other than Mike Tyson who was highly impressed by Duran’s skills and personality.
While talking about the legendary boxer, Tyson mentioned one incident about Duran which nearly gave Tyson an orgasm. Tyson shared a story where Duran sent his opponent to a coma but it wasn’t enough for him. The fighter wanted to send his opponent to the deathbed instead.
“This guy was giving Duran a tough fight, so. In the 14th round, Duran knocks him out,” said Tyson. “Boom, he’s in a coma… When they asked him ‘What do you feel? He’s in a coma?’ Duran said,’ Pff, next time I’ll be in shape. He won’t go to the hospital, he will go to the f**** morgue’. My d*** got hard. I was a little boy, my d*** got hard.” added Iron Mike.
It is well known that Tyson admired Muhammad Ali a lot however, as a fighter he was always similar to Duran. The ruthlessness, focus, punching power, and killer instinct, both fighters showed during their primes.
Roberto Duran believes he was the ‘Mike Tyson’ of his days
Duran was vicious every time he stepped into the ring against his opponents. He wanted to dismantle his opponents from the get-go. The fear in the opponents was clearly visible and it helped Duran to get 103 professional wins out of which a whopping 70 were knockouts.
In his autobiographical film ‘I Am Duran‘, the legendary boxer mentioned “I was Mike Tyson before Mike Tyson came along…Fighters would take one look at me and crap in their pants. It was starting to dawn on the Americans that they’d never come across anything like me before – this eerie, deadly being with his jet-black hair, dark eyes, and bad intentions. El Diablo, they called me: The Devil.”
Duran was one of a kind and his boxing technique was extremely hard to penetrate for other fighters. Many boxing pundits rate him as one of the greatest fighters of all time.
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