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Ernesto Marcel vs Roberto Durán — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇵🇦PANAMA

Ernesto Marcel

🇦🇷ARGENTINA

Roberto Durán

Ernesto Marcel (40-4-2) and Roberto Durán (103-16) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Marcel

40

Wins23 KO · 58%

4

Losses

2

Draws4 tracked bouts

Durán

103

Wins70 KO · 68%

16

Losses

0

Draws119 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Durán leads 1–0

Ernesto Marcel and Roberto Durán have met 1 time; Durán leads 1–0.

Ernesto Marcel and Roberto Durán have met 1 time; Durán leads 1–0.
Met1970May 16Series
Ernesto MarcelFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Roberto DuránFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Marcel 4 · Durán 4 of 8 measurable rows
MarcelDurán
Record
40-4-2 (edge)103-16
Win %0–100%
89.1% (edge)
86.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
23
70 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
57.5%
67.96% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
0%
68% (edge)
Times stopped†max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.6
1.1
3.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
4
119

† Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · ‡ Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Height+1″
Ernesto Marcel: 5′6″
Roberto Durán: 5′7″ (edge)
Reach+2″
Ernesto Marcel: 68″ (edge)
Roberto Durán: 66″
Agenot comparable
Ernesto Marcel: Died aged 72
Roberto Durán: 75
Stance
Ernesto Marcel: Orthodox
Roberto Durán: Orthodox

Ernesto Marcel left, Roberto Durán right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ernesto Marcel2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Ernesto Marcel: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Roberto Durán103 wins · from 119 tracked bouts

Roberto Durán: 103 tracked wins — 70 by KO/TKO (68%) and 33 on the cards (32%). Counted from 119 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

70 by KO/TKO 68%33 on the cards 32%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ernesto Marcel 4, Roberto Durán 119 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ernesto Marcel has won two straight since two bouts without a win. Marcel last boxed on Feb 16, 1974.LDWW

Durán May 1970Shibata Nov 1971Serrano Dec 1973Argüello Feb 19741.1 tracked bouts per year

Roberto Durán last boxed on Jul 14, 2001 — 9,228 days ago. Durán had won two in a row before losing a decision to Héctor Camacho.LLWWL

Joppy Aug 1998Gonzalez Mar 1999Lawlor Jun 2000Goossen Aug 2000Camacho Jul 20013.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ernesto Marcel and Roberto Durán ever fought each other?
Yes. Ernesto Marcel and Roberto Durán met once on May 16, 1970, and Roberto Durán won by TKO.
The meeting

LMay 16, 1970 · Durán · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Marcel or Durán?
Ernesto Marcel is 40-4-2 and Roberto Durán is 103-16. Ernesto Marcel has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Marcel40–4–289.1%

Durán103–1686.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Marcel or Durán?
Ernesto Marcel has 23 knockout wins and Roberto Durán has 70. Roberto Durán has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Marcel2357.5%

Durán7068%

The Numbers ↓
Do Marcel and Durán have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ernesto Marcel and Roberto Durán have faced.
Who is bigger, Marcel or Durán?
Roberto Durán is the taller fighter at 170 cm, 2 cm above the other. Ernesto Marcel also has the longer reach, by 5 cm.
Height · reach

Marcel168 cm173 cm reach

Durán170 cm168 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Marcel and Durán?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Ernesto Marcel and 119 bouts tracked for Roberto Durán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Marcel4bouts

Durán119bouts

How They Win ↓

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