Panamanian great Roberto Duran is widely considered to be one of the best fighters to have ever laced up a pair of gloves.

Known as ‘Hands of Stone’, Duran’s career spanned across five decades, beginning back in February of 1968 when he was just 16 years and 252 days old.

He would go on to capture multiple world titles across four weight classes along the way, including the undisputed lightweight championship which he won with a victory over Esteban de Jesus in January 1978.

Duran would later become a member of ‘The Four Kings’ alongside former rivals Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler, an iconic quartet who took the sport by storm during the 1980s.

In a feature for The Ring Magazine, Duran was asked which of the fighters he faced during his career had the best chin, naming none other than his legendary rival Marvin Hagler.

“I hit Hagler with a lot of punches and he just kept coming. I didn’t find him as skillful as some of the opponents I faced but he was the toughest.”

Hagler got the better of Duran when they crossed paths in November 1983, defeating the Panamanian great by unanimous decision in what was the first successful defence of his undisputed world middleweight championship.

Hagler would go on to make a further four successful defences of his crown before he was controversially dethroned by Sugar Ray Leonard in what would prove to be the 67th and final bout of his professional career in April of 1987.