Massimiliano Duran (born 3 November 1963) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 1994. He held the WBC cruiserweight title from 1990 to 1991 and the European cruiserweight title from 1993 to 1994. He is also known for being the only fighter in boxing history to earn a shot at, win, and defend a world title with three consecutive disqualification wins.

Professional career

Duran was born in Ferrara. His father was the Argentine-Italian boxer Juan Carlos Duran; his brother, the Italian boxer Alessandro Duran. Duran turned pro in 1986 when he defeated Momo Cupelic. The win earned him the nickname "Momo". Duran's first defeat came at the hands of Ndomingiedi Lusikina. This bout began a long-standing rivalry that resulted in the two boxers fighting each other five times as professionals.

In 1990 Duran won the WBC cruiserweight title by defeating Carlos De León, when De León was disqualified for hitting after the bell to end the 11th round. Duran was leading on the cards.^[1]

His first title defence was against Anaclet Wamba. Duran won by disqualification after Wamba had been penalized a total of five points. Duran lost a rematch the following year by 11th round technical knockout.^[2] and the rubber match by knockout.

In 1993 Duran beat Derek Angol by KO for the vacant European crown but subsequently lost the title by stoppage to Carl Thompson. Duran suffered permanent damages to his left eye in a match with Alexey Ilyin and retired shortly after.

Following his retirement, Duran worked as a boxing trainer in his gym “Pugilistica Padana Vigor” in Ferrara.

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
25	Loss	19–6	Alexey Ilyin	TKO	4	02/11/1994	Palasport, Rome, Italy
24	Loss	19–5	Carl Thompson	KO	8	02/02/1994	Palasport, Ferrara, Italy	Lost European cruiserweight title
23	Win	19–4	Derek Angol	KO	11	22/06/1993	Ferrara, Italy	Won vacant European cruiserweight title
22	Win	18–4	Roy Bedwell	TKO	2	18/12/1992	Sora, Italy
21	Win	17–4	Tim Knight	PTS	6	25/06/1992	Acquaflash di Licola, Licola, Italy
20	Loss	16–4	Anaclet Wamba	TKO	11	13/12/1991	Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France	For WBC cruiserweight title
19	Win	16–3	Rick Enis	PTS	8	09/11/1991	Casinò di Campione, Campione d'Italia, Italy
18	Loss	15–3	Anaclet Wamba	TKO	11	20/07/1991	Stadio delle Palme, Palermo, Italy	Lost WBC cruiserweight title
17	Win	15–2	Anaclet Wamba	DQ	12	08/12/1990	Palazzo Dello Sport, Ferrara, Italy	Retained WBC cruiserweight title
16	Win	14–2	Carlos De León	DQ	11	27/07/1990	Outdoor Arena, Capo d'Orlando, Italy	Won WBC cruiserweight title
15	Win	13–2	Yves Monsieur	DQ	7	23/02/1990	Ferrara, Italy
14	Win	12–2	Alfredo Cacciatore	TKO	10	04/11/1989	Ferrara, Italy	Won Italy cruiserweight title
13	Win	11–2	Yves Monsieur	PTS	8	07/07/1989	San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Italy
12	Win	10–2	Jonjo Greene	KO	6	27/01/1989	Bergamo, Italy
11	Win	9–2	Ndomingiedi Lusikina	KO	6	27/01/1989	San Pellegrino Terme, Italy
10	Win	8–2	Boubacar Batere	TKO	1	20/12/1988	San Pellegrino, Abruzzo, Italy
9	Win	7–2	Konga Wa Konga	PTS	6	16/11/1988	Salerno, Italy
8	Win	6–2	Peter Mulindwa Kozza	PTS	6	02/07/1988	Arezzo, Italy
7	Win	5–2	Oliver Kemayou	PTS	6	29/04/1988	Ferrara, Italy
6	Win	4–2	Ndomingiedi Lusikina	PTS	6	03/12/1987	Ferrara, Italy
5	Loss	3–2	Giovanni Marchesini	DQ	5	06/11/1987	Merano, Italy
4	Win	3–1	Mladen Frljic	TKO	3	07/08/1987	Comacchio, Italy
3	Loss	2–1	Ndomingiedi Lusikina	KO	2	21/03/1987	Imola, Italy
2	Win	2–0	Ndomingiedi Lusikina	PTS	6	15/12/1986	Bologna, Italy
1	Win	1–0	Momo Cupelic	KO	4	23/05/1986	Ferrara, Italy

See also

• List of world cruiserweight boxing champions

References

External links

• Boxing record for Massimiliano Duran from BoxRec (registration required)