Mexican Diaspora - Mexican Expatriates, People of Mexican Descent, Roberto Duran, Paulina Rubio, Jorge Ramos, Javier Hernandez Balcazar, Thalia (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Mexican expatriates, People of Mexican descent, Roberto Duran, Paulina Rubio, Jorge Ramos, Javier Hernandez Balcazar, Thalia, Rafael Marquez, Javier Aguirre, Carlos Salcido, Ana Maria Canseco, Angelica Vale, Felipe Colombo, Andres Guardado, Efrain Juarez, Alaska, Penelope Menchaca, Frankie Gomez, Denise Lopez, Mexicans in the United Kingdom, Hilda Paredes, Ana de la Reguera, David Sanchez Morales, Olivia Harrison, Maya Jupiter, Chelo Alonso, Mexicans in Spain, Tiffany Villarreal, Mexicans abroad, Blanca Soto, Karla Martinez, Gisele Itie, Jacqueline de la Vega. Excerpt: Roberto Duran Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a retired professional boxer from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. A versatile brawler in the ring, he was nicknamed "Mano de Piedra" (or "Hands of Stone") during his career. In 2002, he was chosen by The Ring to be the 5th greatest fighter of the last 80 years. Bert Sugar rates him as the 8th greatest fighter of all-time and many consider him the greatest lightweight of all time. 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. He finally retired in January 2002 at age 50 (having previously retired in 1998) following a bad car crash in October 2001, with a professional record of 119 fights, 103 wins with 70 KOs. Up until the second Ray Leonard fight, he was trained by legendary boxing trainer Ray Arcel. Roberto Duran was born on June 16, 1951 in Panama, his father was a native from Mexico and mother from Panama. He was raised in the slums of El Chorrillo in the district "La Casa de Piedra" (The House of Stone) Panama. He made his professional debut in 1968 at the age of 16. After an initial adjustment he won thir...