Modern Classics: Duran-Barkley

By: Sean CroseFor all intents and purposes, he should have been old news. He was thirty seven years old and had been in the fight business for over twenty years. What’s more, he hadn’t won a major bout since 1980, and had a whopping seven losses on his resume. Besides, it was almost the 1990s, which meant it was time for new names and new stars. No, Roberto Duran had absolutely no business fighting for the WBC middleweight championship of the world that wintry night in February of 19