José Manuel Durán Pérez, popularly known as "Pepe Durán" (born October 9, 1945, in Madrid, Spain) is a former Spanish professional boxer.Una historia de El País y del Grupo Prisa María Cruz Seoane, Susana Sueiro Seoane - 2004 "En el que lleva fecha de 29 de abril de 1976, se dedicaba a un combate de José Durán, ..."Narices chatas, p. 142 "Cuando finalmente se consagró campeón del mundo frente a José Durán en Madrid, la vida pareció pagarle algunas deudas de ..." During his eleven-year professional career Duran held the Lineal and WBA light middleweight titles. He challenged for the WBC version of the title and held the EBU title. He also competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Professional career 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 a unanimous 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.

Duran lost his title in his first defence, against the Argentine challenger Miguel Angel Castellini on October 8, 1976. Duran, fighting in his home city of Madrid, was knocked down in the third round by a left hand to the jaw. Although Duran rose from the canvas, he was outworked by the faster challenger and lost his title via a split decision in a fight where both boxers finished with bloody faces.

In his final fight Duran challenged the Italian-Australian champion Rocky Mattioli for the WBC Light Middleweight title. The result was never in doubt, as Mattioli knocked Duran down in the second, fourth and early in the fifth before delivering the final knockout punch late in the fifth round.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes78LossRocky MattioliKO5 (15), May 14, 197777Win63–5–9Moussa Kassongo MukandjoKO6 (8)Oct 1, 197776Loss62–5–9Miguel Ángel CastelliniSD15Oct 8, 197675Win62–4–9Peter ScheibnerPTS10Aug 7, 197674Win61–4–9Juarez de LimaPTS8Jun 30, 197673Win60–4–9Koichi WajimaKO14 (15), May 18, 197672Win59–4–9Aroldo OlivaresPTS8Apr 2, 197671Draw58–4–9Jules BellaichePTS8Jan 30, 197670Win58–4–8Dino FleitasPTS8Dec 20, 197569Win57–4–8Mario MolinaPTS8Nov 8, 197568Draw56–4–8Jules BellaichePTS8Oct 17, 197567Loss56–4–7Eckhard DaggeTKO9 (15)Jun 24, 197566Loss56–3–7Miguel de OliveiraUD15May 7, 197565Win56–2–7Peter ScheibnerPTS10Feb 14, 197564Win55–2–7Franz CsandlPTS15Jan 7, 197563Win54–2–7Johann OrsolicsTKO14 (15)Nov 5, 197462Win53–2–7Eckhard DaggeTKO11 (15)Sep 3, 197461Win52–2–7Michel ChapierPTS8Jul 26, 197460Win51–2–7Gray IbekweTKO6 (8)Jul 12, 197459Win50–2–7Jacques KechichianUD15Jun 7, 197458Win49–2–7Gerard ColaPTS8Apr 30, 197457Win48–2–7Gray IbekwePTS8Apr 5, 197456Win47–2–7Michel ChapierPTS8Dec 28, 197355Win46–2–7Vincent ParraPTS10Dec 14, 197354Win45–2–7Jose Luis PachecoPTS8Nov 23, 197353Win44–2–7Francis VermanderePTS10Oct 11, 197352Win43–2–7Bo HogbergPTS8Aug 1, 197351Win42–2–7Jose Maria MadrazoPTS12Jun 30, 197350Draw41–2–7Fighting MackPTS10May 28, 197349Win41–2–6Juan Jose PardoTKO6 (8)Feb 8, 197348Win40–2–6Daniel MakreRTD6 (8)Dec 16, 197247Win39–2–6Michel ChapierPTS8Oct 6, 197246Draw38–2–6Antonio TorresPTS8Sep 29, 197245Win38–2–5Giancarlo GarbelliTKO2 (10)Aug 25, 197244Win37–2–5Jose Maria MadrazoPTS12Aug 1, 197243Loss36–2–5Angel GuinaldoPTS8Jul 12, 197242Win36–1–5Dorman CrawfordTKO3 (8)Jun 21, 197241Win35–1–5Delfim TavaresDQ2 (10)Jun 15, 197240Win34–1–5Jean Baptiste RollandRTD4 (8)May 3, 197239Win33–1–5Dramane OuedraogoRTD8 (10)Mar 3, 197238Win32–1–5Domenico TiberiaPTS10Feb 2, 197237Draw31–1–5Francisco FerriPTS8Jan 13, 197236Win31–1–4Miguel MunozTKO5 (8)Dec 29, 197135Draw30–1–4Epifanio ColladoPTS10Nov 27, 197134Draw30–1–3José HernandezPTS10Nov 5, 197133Win30–1–2Mooreday AdigunPTS8Oct 15, 197132Draw29–1–2Fabio BettiniPTS10Jul 8, 197131Win29–1–1Jean JosselinPTS8May 21, 197130Win28–1–1Frank YoungPTS8Feb 11, 197129Win27–1–1Antonio TorresPTS8Dec 18, 197028Win26–1–1Bobby ArthurPTS10Nov 21, 197027Win25–1–1Eduardo BatistaTKO4 (10)Nov 6, 197026Draw24–1–1Antonio TorresPTS10Sep 11, 197025Win24–1Angel Robinson GarciaPTS10Aug 21, 197024Win23–1Dante PelaezPTS8Aug 1, 197023Loss22–1Jean JosselinPTS8Jun 22, 197022Win22–0Ferdinand AhumibeTKO6 (8)May 14, 197021Win21–0John WhitePTS8Apr 24, 197020Win20–0Eduardo BatistaTKO7 (8)Mar 20, 197019Win19–0Bob CofiePTS8Feb 5, 197018Win18–0Vicente Tomas MokhtarPTS8Nov 28, 196917Win17–0Daniel MakreDQ3 (8)Nov 13, 196916Win16–0Vicente Tomas MokhtarPTS8Oct 31, 196915Win15–0Giovanni MurgiaPTS8Oct 23, 196914Win14–0Juan Jose AntinPTS8Oct 9, 196913Win13–0Aldo MondoraRTD4 (8)Oct 2, 196912Win12–0Jose Maria IturriTKO6 (8)Sep 18, 196911Win11–0Joaquin MartinKO4 (10)Jul 24, 196910Win10–0Pablo VallecilloPTS8Jun 20, 19699Win9–0Quintino SoaresTKO2 (8)May 29, 19698Win8–0Sule AdisaPTS8Apr 26, 19697Win7–0Rocky CanadasPTS8Apr 18, 19696Win6–0Pablo VallecilloPTS8Feb 28, 19695Win5–0Jose Maria RibaRTD2 (8)Feb 20, 19694Win4–0Mauricio HernanPTS8Feb 7, 19693Win3–0Jose ArnauKO4 (8)Jan 31, 19692Win2–0Roy AteTKO4 (6)Dec 17, 19681Win1–0Ahmed ben HamidaKO2 (6)Nov 30, 1968

See also List of world light-middleweight boxing champions

References

External links

Entrevista a Durán en Diario Sur José Durán - CBZ Profile