"Roberto Duran knocked Carlos Palomino down in the sixth round, mixed boxing with punching and pounded out a 10-round unanimous decision over the former welterweight champion Friday night at Madison Square Garden. The fight was a preliminary to Larry Holmes' World Boxing Council heavyweight title defense against Mike Weaver, but it was the fight most of the fans came to see. Duran didn't disappoint them. The 28-year-old Panamanian, who gave up the lightweight title because of trouble making the 135-pound limit, showed he is deadly serious about becoming welterweight champion. He feinted with his head and shoulders, he jabbed, he countered and of course, he put on the deadly pressure that led to his nickname 'Manos de Piedra' — Hands of Stone. He especially put on the pressure in the second half of the fight, overwhelming Palomino....At the beginning of the sixth round, Duran walked out and knocked down Palomino with a left-right. Palomino bounced up immediately and took the mandatory eight count. He survived the round, but before it was over, he was cut at the corner of his right eye and under the left ear. Palomino held his own in the seventh round, scoring well with hooks inside, but then Duran took complete command in the final three rounds — often smiling from the sheer joy of battle." - Associated Press.

Roberto Duran vs Calos Palomino 

Roberto Duran attempts to capture a title in a third weight class when he challenges undefeated Davey Moore for the WBA Super Welterweight Championship. They trade bombs in the first two rounds, with Duran freezing Moore up with a right hand in the second and absorbing a three-punch combination from the champion at the end of the round, after which they get in each other's face. Moore again lights Duran up with flush shots at the end of the fifth, but Duran takes them all well. After Duran tears into him in the sixth, Moore comes out for the seventh with his right eye swollen shut and bleeding from his left eye. Duran knocks Moore into the ropes, hurts him and eventually puts him down on his backside against the ropes with a wicked right hand. Although Moore valiantly beats the count and manages to stay on his feet through a brutal eighth round, his corner finally throws in the towel to save him further punishment.

Roberto Duran vs Calos Palomino

Davey Moore vs. Roberto Duran

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