Jose Manuel Duran
| José Durán | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | José Manuel Durán Pérez |
| Nickname(s) | Pepe Durán |
| Rated at | Light Middleweight |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born |
9 October 1945 Madrid, Spain |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 79 |
| Wins | 63 |
| Wins by KO | 23 |
| Losses | 7 |
| Draws | 9 |
| No contests | 0 |
José Manuel Durán Pérez, popularly known as "Pepe Durán" (born October 9, 1945 in Madrid, Spain) is a former Spanish professional boxer. During his eleven-year professional career Duran held the Lineal and WBA light middleweight titles. He also challenged for the WBC version of the title and held the EBU title.
Duran made his professional debut on November 30, 1967 in Barcelona, Spain. Duran made a victorious start to his career by scoring a knockout over Ben Hamida in the third round. After winning 22 consecutive bouts Duran suffered his first defeat, losing to Jean Josselin via an eight round decision on June 22, 1970. Duran was able to avenge this defeat on May 21, 1971, once again the fight went the eight round distance although Duran won the decision on this occasion. Duran won his first championship on June 7, 1974 by beating Jacques Kechichian and thus winning the EBU title.
On May 7, 1975 Duran made his first attempt at winning the world title. He travelled to Monaco to fight Miguel de Oliveira for the vacant WBC Light Middleweight title. de Oliveira, a native of Brazil, won the title via an uanimous decision after a bloody battle which lasted the full fifteen rounds. In his next fight Duran lost his EBU title in Germany to Eckhard Dagge, a man Duran had previously beaten by a technical knockout in the eleventh round. On this occasion, however, it was Dagge who scored the knockout, with the fight being stopped in the ninth round.
Duran once again challenged for the world title on May 18, 1976. On this occasion Duran travelled to Tokyo, Japan to successfully challenge Koichi Wajima for the Lineal and WBA light middleweight titles. Duran started the fight well by opening a large cut on the champion's forehead and knocking him down in the second round. Wajima was knocked down once again in the thirteenth round before the fight was finally stopped in the fourteenth.
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