United States v. Samaniego
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Like the brute Mongo in Mel Brooks’s 1974 comedy classic Blazing Saddles, Roberto Duran once knocked out a horse with a single punch. 1 That horse, as well as countless human opponents who suffered the same fate in the streets and back alleys of Panama where Duran grew up, are not included in his career total of 104 officially sanctioned boxing wins — 69 of them by knockout — against only 16 losses.
Born into poverty, Roberto Duran grew up fighting on the streets where he earned the nickname “Manos de Piedra” — Hands of Stone. He started his professional boxing career at…
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