Roberto Durán vs Hector Thompson, WBA World Lightweight Title, 1973

🇵🇦 Roberto Durán vs Hector Thompson 🇦🇺 2 Jun 1973 WBA World Lightweight Title Gimnasio Nuevo Panamá, Panama City Durán was still only 21 and making the second defence of his WBA lightweight title. Thompson was a tough Australian contender who came to fight and gave Durán a far harder night than many expected. It developed into a brutal, close-range battle before Durán gradually broke him down. Thompson was dropped along the way before the referee stopped it in the eighth round. Another glimpse of the frightening lightweight version of Durán — relentless pressure, vicious body punching and the ability to turn a competitive fight into a beating.