Known for his ability of being both technical and aggressive in the ring, Duran is just the second fighter to have fought in five decades, retiring at 50 after a life-threatening injury.
"Hands of Stone" was part of the most famous rivalry outside of the heavyweight division - later known as the Fabulous Four - which included Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas "Hitman" Hearns.
"El Cholo" vacated his titles to move up to welterweight in 1979. In total, Duran made 12 lightweight title defences, winning all 12 and 11 coming by knockout.
The fight, which originally got announced as a majority decision, is known as the Brawl in Montreal but got turned into a unanimous decision following an error on one scorecard.
Duran - who admitted he had been partying heavily since defeating Leonard in their first battle - shouted 'No Mas' which translated to 'no more' in Spanish during round eight to end proceedings.
Duran's form inside the ring once he returned dipped, despite winning his next two fights.
His eighth-round knockout of Moore got people talking about Duran again and the Panamanian decided to move up to middleweight to challenge Hagler for the WBA, WBC, IBF, the Ring and lineal belts in 1983.
In 1996, Duran tasted a controversial defeat to Hector Camacho for the IBC middleweight title.
Leonard, who was commentating the fight live, called it an early Christmas gift for the Mexican, something which prompted the American to return to the ring in 1997 and face Camacho.
Despite highly lucrative purses against Leonard, Hagler and Hearns, Duran reportedly blew an estimated $20million during the peak of his career through living a lifestyle that consisted of drugs, alcohol and women.
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The first encounter between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran is regarded as one of the greatest fights in boxing history.
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The first fight between the two legends is regarded as one of the greatest fights of all-time in the Canadian city.
“Hands of Stone” delivered an upset in the first encounter and now it was time to see if Duran could repeat his victory in New Orleans.
Haye, who has been out of the ring since 2018, has spoken of his interest in returning for heavyweight's top prize.
The fight was a dominant performance by the "Hitman", who later called out Marvelous Marvin for a middleweight showdown.
