# José Durán (boxer)

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 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

| 78 fights | 63 wins | 6 losses |
| By knockout | 23 | 2 |
| By decision | 38 | 4 |
| By disqualification | 2 | 0 |
| Draws | 9 | 9 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 78 | Loss | 63–6–9 | Rocky Mattioli | KO | 5 (15), 2:22 | May 14, 1977 | Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy | For WBC junior middleweight title |
| 77 | Win | 63–5–9 | Moussa Kassongo Mukandjo | KO | 6 (8) | Oct 1, 1977 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | |
| 76 | Loss | 62–5–9 | Miguel Ángel Castellini | SD | 15 | Oct 8, 1976 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | Lost WBA and The Ring junior middleweight titles |
| 75 | Win | 62–4–9 | Peter Scheibner | PTS | 10 | Aug 7, 1976 | Club Raúl, Lepe, Spain | |
| 74 | Win | 61–4–9 | Juarez de Lima | PTS | 8 | Jun 30, 1976 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 73 | Win | 60–4–9 | Koichi Wajima | KO | 14 (15), 0:50 | May 18, 1976 | Nihon University Auditorium, Japan | Won WBA and The Ring junior middleweight titles |
| 72 | Win | 59–4–9 | Aroldo Olivares | PTS | 8 | Apr 2, 1976 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 71 | Draw | 58–4–9 | Jules Bellaiche | PTS | 8 | Jan 30, 1976 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 70 | Win | 58–4–8 | Dino Fleitas | PTS | 8 | Dec 20, 1975 | Palacio Municipal de Deportes, Leon, Spain | |
| 69 | Win | 57–4–8 | Mario Molina | PTS | 8 | Nov 8, 1975 | Pabellón Municipal, Alicante, Spain | |
| 68 | Draw | 56–4–8 | Jules Bellaiche | PTS | 8 | Oct 17, 1975 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 67 | Loss | 56–4–7 | Eckhard Dagge | TKO | 9 (15) | Jun 24, 1975 | Deutschlandhalle, Germany | Lost European junior middleweight title |
| 66 | Loss | 56–3–7 | Miguel de Oliveira | UD | 15 | May 7, 1975 | Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco | For vacant WBC junior middleweight title |
| 65 | Win | 56–2–7 | Peter Scheibner | PTS | 10 | Feb 14, 1975 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 64 | Win | 55–2–7 | Franz Csandl | PTS | 15 | Jan 7, 1975 | Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria | Retained European junior middleweight title |
| 63 | Win | 54–2–7 | Johann Orsolics | TKO | 14 (15) | Nov 5, 1974 | Germany | Retained European junior middleweight title |
| 62 | Win | 53–2–7 | Eckhard Dagge | TKO | 11 (15) | Sep 3, 1974 | Deutschlandhalle, Germany | Retained European junior middleweight title |
| 61 | Win | 52–2–7 | Michel Chapier | PTS | 8 | Jul 26, 1974 | Campo del Gas, Madrid, Spain | |
| 60 | Win | 51–2–7 | Gray Ibekwe | TKO | 6 (8) | Jul 12, 1974 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | |
| 59 | Win | 50–2–7 | Jacques Kechichian | UD | 15 | Jun 7, 1974 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | Won European junior middleweight title |
| 58 | Win | 49–2–7 | Gerard Cola | PTS | 8 | Apr 30, 1974 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 57 | Win | 48–2–7 | Gray Ibekwe | PTS | 8 | Apr 5, 1974 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 56 | Win | 47–2–7 | Michel Chapier | PTS | 8 | Dec 28, 1973 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 55 | Win | 46–2–7 | Vincent Parra | PTS | 10 | Dec 14, 1973 | Madrid, Spain | |
| 54 | Win | 45–2–7 | Jose Luis Pacheco | PTS | 8 | Nov 23, 1973 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 53 | Win | 44–2–7 | Francis Vermandere | PTS | 10 | Oct 11, 1973 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 52 | Win | 43–2–7 | Bo Hogberg | PTS | 8 | Aug 1, 1973 | Plaza de Toros del Coliseo Balear, Palma de Mallorca, Spain | |
| 51 | Win | 42–2–7 | Jose Maria Madrazo | PTS | 12 | Jun 30, 1973 | Frontón de la Ciudad Deportiva, Burgos, Spain | Retained Spanish junior middleweight title |
| 50 | Draw | 41–2–7 | Fighting Mack | PTS | 10 | May 28, 1973 | Sportpaleis Ahoy', Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 49 | Win | 41–2–6 | Juan Jose Pardo | TKO | 6 (8) | Feb 8, 1973 | Pabellón de La Casilla, Bilbao, Spain | |
| 48 | Win | 40–2–6 | Daniel Makre | RTD | 6 (8) | Dec 16, 1972 | Pamplona, Spain | |
| 47 | Win | 39–2–6 | Michel Chapier | PTS | 8 | Oct 6, 1972 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 46 | Draw | 38–2–6 | Antonio Torres | PTS | 8 | Sep 29, 1972 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 45 | Win | 38–2–5 | Giancarlo Garbelli | TKO | 2 (10) | Aug 25, 1972 | Campo del Gas, Madrid, Spain | |
| 44 | Win | 37–2–5 | Jose Maria Madrazo | PTS | 12 | Aug 1, 1972 | Plaza de Toros Monumental, Barcelona, Spain | Won vacant Spanish junior middleweight title |
| 43 | Loss | 36–2–5 | Angel Guinaldo | PTS | 8 | Jul 12, 1972 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 42 | Win | 36–1–5 | Dorman Crawford | TKO | 3 (8) | Jun 21, 1972 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 41 | Win | 35–1–5 | Delfim Tavares | DQ | 2 (10) | Jun 15, 1972 | Pabellón de La Casilla, Bilbao, Spain | |
| 40 | Win | 34–1–5 | Jean Baptiste Rolland | RTD | 4 (8) | May 3, 1972 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 39 | Win | 33–1–5 | Dramane Ouedraogo | RTD | 8 (10) | Mar 3, 1972 | Madrid, Spain | |
| 38 | Win | 32–1–5 | Domenico Tiberia | PTS | 10 | Feb 2, 1972 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 37 | Draw | 31–1–5 | Francisco Ferri | PTS | 8 | Jan 13, 1972 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 36 | Win | 31–1–4 | Miguel Munoz | TKO | 5 (8) | Dec 29, 1971 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 35 | Draw | 30–1–4 | Epifanio Collado | PTS | 10 | Nov 27, 1971 | Pabellón del Centro Deportivo Municipal, Vigo, Spain | |
| 34 | Draw | 30–1–3 | José Hernandez | PTS | 10 | Nov 5, 1971 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 33 | Win | 30–1–2 | Mooreday Adigun | PTS | 8 | Oct 15, 1971 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 32 | Draw | 29–1–2 | Fabio Bettini | PTS | 10 | Jul 8, 1971 | Valencia, Spain | |
| 31 | Win | 29–1–1 | Jean Josselin | PTS | 8 | May 21, 1971 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 30 | Win | 28–1–1 | Frank Young | PTS | 8 | Feb 11, 1971 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 29 | Win | 27–1–1 | Antonio Torres | PTS | 8 | Dec 18, 1970 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 28 | Win | 26–1–1 | Bobby Arthur | PTS | 10 | Nov 21, 1970 | Pabellón Polideportivo del Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain | |
| 27 | Win | 25–1–1 | Eduardo Batista | TKO | 4 (10) | Nov 6, 1970 | Pabellón de La Casilla, Bilbao, Spain | |
| 26 | Draw | 24–1–1 | Antonio Torres | PTS | 10 | Sep 11, 1970 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain | For Spanish welterweight title |
| 25 | Win | 24–1 | Angel Robinson Garcia | PTS | 10 | Aug 21, 1970 | Campo del Gas, Madrid, Spain | |
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Dante Pelaez | PTS | 8 | Aug 1, 1970 | Plaza de Toros del Chofre, San Sebastian, Spain | |
| 23 | Loss | 22–1 | Jean Josselin | PTS | 8 | Jun 22, 1970 | Plaza de Toros Monumental, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Ferdinand Ahumibe | TKO | 6 (8) | May 14, 1970 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | John White | PTS | 8 | Apr 24, 1970 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Eduardo Batista | TKO | 7 (8) | Mar 20, 1970 | Pabellón Polideportivo del Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain | |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Bob Cofie | PTS | 8 | Feb 5, 1970 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Vicente Tomas Mokhtar | PTS | 8 | Nov 28, 1969 | Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Spain | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Daniel Makre | DQ | 3 (8) | Nov 13, 1969 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | Makre was DQ'd for illegal use of his head |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Vicente Tomas Mokhtar | PTS | 8 | Oct 31, 1969 | Pabellón Municipal de Deportes, Gijon, Spain | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Giovanni Murgia | PTS | 8 | Oct 23, 1969 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Juan Jose Antin | PTS | 8 | Oct 9, 1969 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Aldo Mondora | RTD | 4 (8) | Oct 2, 1969 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Jose Maria Iturri | TKO | 6 (8) | Sep 18, 1969 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Joaquin Martin | KO | 4 (10) | Jul 24, 1969 | Campo del Gas, Madrid, Spain | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Pablo Vallecillo | PTS | 8 | Jun 20, 1969 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Quintino Soares | TKO | 2 (8) | May 29, 1969 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Sule Adisa | PTS | 8 | Apr 26, 1969 | Frontón Vitoriano, Vitoria, Spain | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Rocky Canadas | PTS | 8 | Apr 18, 1969 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Pablo Vallecillo | PTS | 8 | Feb 28, 1969 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Jose Maria Riba | RTD | 2 (8) | Feb 20, 1969 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Mauricio Hernan | PTS | 8 | Feb 7, 1969 | Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Spain | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Jose Arnau | KO | 4 (8) | Jan 31, 1969 | Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Spain | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Roy Ate | TKO | 4 (6) | Dec 17, 1968 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Ahmed ben Hamida | KO | 2 (6) | Nov 30, 1968 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Spain | |