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Kirkland Laing vs Roberto Durán — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧WELTERWEIGHT

Kirkland Laing

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Roberto Durán

Kirkland Laing (43-12-1) 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.

Laing

43

Wins24 KO · 56%

12

Losses

1

Draw5 tracked bouts

Durán

103

Wins70 KO · 68%

16

Losses

0

Draws119 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Laing leads 1–0

Kirkland Laing and Roberto Durán have met 1 time; Laing leads 1–0.

Kirkland Laing and Roberto Durán have met 1 time; Laing leads 1–0.
Met1982Sep 4Series
Kirkland LaingFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Roberto DuránFighter BLLost0–1W–L
How it endedSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Laing 1 · Durán 6 of 7 measurable rows
LaingDurán
Record
43-12-1103-16 (edge)
Win %0–100%
77.7%
86.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 70
24
70 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
55.81%
67.96% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
0%
68% (edge)
Times stopped†max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.6
0.4
3.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
5
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

Heightnot held
Kirkland Laing: No height on file
Roberto Durán: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Kirkland Laing: No reach on file
Roberto Durán: 66″
Age3 yrs apart
Kirkland Laing: 72
Roberto Durán: 75
Stance
Kirkland Laing: Orthodox
Roberto Durán: Orthodox

Kirkland Laing 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
Kirkland Laing2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Kirkland Laing: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 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 — Kirkland Laing 5, 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

Kirkland Laing last boxed on Nov 22, 1994 — 11,625 days ago. Laing had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Singleton Nov 1980Durán Sep 1982Smith Jan 1990Oliva Nov 1990Catley Nov 19940.4 tracked bouts per year

Roberto Durán last boxed on Jul 14, 2001 — 9,199 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 Kirkland Laing and Roberto Durán ever fought each other?
Yes. Kirkland Laing and Roberto Durán met once on September 4, 1982, and Kirkland Laing won by SD.
The meeting

WSep 4, 1982 · Laing · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Laing or Durán?
Kirkland Laing is 43-12-1 and Roberto Durán is 103-16. Roberto Durán has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Laing43–12–177.7%

Durán103–1686.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Laing or Durán?
Kirkland Laing has 24 knockout wins and Roberto Durán has 70. Roberto Durán has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Laing2455.8%

Durán7068%

The Numbers ↓
Do Laing and Durán have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kirkland Laing and Roberto Durán have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Laing and Durán?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Kirkland Laing and 119 bouts tracked for Roberto Durán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Laing5bouts

Durán119bouts

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