Imagine how good Duran was that he could spar someone like Benn who was in his prime, while being past his prime and out of shape…just insane how good Duran really was!!

Duran was a natural lightweight , with only 5'7 height. It's insane that he could handle guy's that were much bigger than him. Duran was one of the greatest fighters of all times.

Durans ring savvy and skills are insane. By the second round he's slipping and rolling by half an inch. Ben doesn't let up for even a second. You don't see work like this anymore.

“Fame doesn’t make me any different. I am the same man now who grew up in the hard streets of Panama. I am just myself. I always will be. Whoever wants to talks to me, talks to me. Whoever loves me, loves me for who I am.” Duran

Benn was snapping his punches but not fully committing to the power. Both guys being respectful yet putting in good solid work.

Nigel Benn was a special fighter. He was a pure warrior. He wasn't known for being a technician but he was a huge puncher and was always launching haymakers. Duran is an all time great. He is just toying with Benn. It's incredible to see. Grappling, throws in a few shots, yanks him off balance, circling, holding, just taking a stroll thru the park. Most fighters sparring Benn will have their hands full. Duran just pulls out a bag of tricks and never even starts fighting. He lands a brutal 2 punch combo but then continues playing games with him. Benn is a beast and Duran is on a totally different level. A top 200 fighter all time sparring with a top 5.

Duran was a master of the art of boxing. So calm so collected it’s almost like a father showing his son how to box

As a life long fan of Nigel Benn I can imagine this was a highlight and an honour for him to be inside a ring with such a legend. Brilliant to watch these two . Real treat

This has got to be one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. Duran was just incredible with his awareness and balance, its often overlooked because his aggression and intensity was also off the charts.

Randomly looking up Duran Footage clicked on this and see my Uncle in Duran’s corner giving him water and calling time. Almost forgot he worked with him back in the days. Thank you for uploading this footage!

Ben's combos were lightning quick.. unbelievable how Duran timed the slips so perfectly.. I never realized how precise Duran's rhythm was before this video. Thanks for posting!

Crazy quickness by those two, even by Duran who was obviously out of shape. Never saw Roberto clown like that in the ring. In a real fight, he was serious as a heart attack. Teddy Atlas in Nigel’s corner, by the way.

I don't know much, but loved Roberto Duran. He's a boxing lesson on two feet and an incredible specimine. He's sparring with this kid who is many years younger and showing us multiple occasions where he could, if he wanted to, connect with punches but at the last second, he pulls up. I expect the younger boxer to be fast, but he's not fighting Duran in his prime with the specticle of the lights, crowd and media... Big fan of Mr. Duran.

Durans' grace and relaxed maneuvers gave me chills. 👏 😮

Duran showing he was in a different class. Tough, durable and clever boxer. Had a very long career.

This is another example why Duran is the best lightweight of all time. Would you wanted that at 50 lbs lighter and 15 yrs younger?

Duran was so awesome, he's just playing, while completely out of shape. He's simply on another level.

This footage is absolutely epic. Benn was quick, Duran just doing his own thing. Thankyou for uploading this peice of Boxing History.

Benn's speed and intensity got the best of Duran in the first round. Once Duran warmed up and got his timing down he showed great defense at mid and close range. Great work by both fighters. Awesome footage

Duran is So calm in there just playing around. A real legend!

3:50 Duran still wanted to keep going 😂😂

What a heartwarming spar to watch. Benn is something else! But you can see immense respect from both within it

Amazing video. One of the best sparring sessions I’ve ever seen.

Thank you for the great quality

what an absolute piece of history, thank you for uploading!

Damn where did you get the HD version of this!? Great upload

Two legends, two virtual Miracles. Thanks for finding and posting!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS CLEAR FOOTAGE THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SPARRING CLIPS OF ALL TIME!!!

Truly good sparring session and beautiful demonstration of skills by both fighters with respect. Thanks for the video

we tend to think of Duran as an insane Kamikaze type puncher only, but look at his moves. Slick, balanced, controlled yet graceful and effortlessly performed,. Uncanny timing and distance calculation. just masterful. Thank you for posting this.

Omg god bless you for this footage

Damn, I'm glad you were able to post this video , thanks

Roberto “mano ‘e piedra”Duran the man emptied all the streets of Latin America in every fight. 30 years professional boxer and 4 weight divisions champion. GOAT!

Pretty awesome stuff. Duran showed his craftiness and Benn showed his hand speed and boxing ability. If Nigel would've only been this disciplined in his real fights, he might have had a longer career.

Two of my all time favorites, Benn because he was just such a fierce very bad man in the ring and Duran because he was just insane as far as skill and they didn’t call him the hands of stone for nothing

Thanks for the post, I really enjoyed the casual but incredible display of skill.

Glad there are educated boxing people in this forum. One could see an older heavier Duran look like he's taking alot of incoming but his use of feints, shoulder rolls and moving in such a way where punches that look hard don't have the impact people think they are having. Plus Duran realizes that he's there to help a younger boxer. Duran knows that it's Benn's time to shine and he is more or less a facilitator who has nothing to prove. What a great video thank you.

Duran is the man who who stood toe to toe with a prime Marvelous Marvin Hagler for fifteen rounds and walked away undamaged.

Gold content. I never even knew this occurred. 2 absolute warriors

Amazing to watch, speed and explosiveness of benn is something else. Loved how they were taking the sting out of 90% of their punches. Duran always a legend

Duran was on a whole different level. He's an old man at this point too. He was there to help benn obviously.

Awesomeness from the Legends !! Duran has a few lbs on him but gotdamn thx for the amazing sparring footage and respect in the ring

Duran is seeing openings and throwing and pulling counter shots and he’s probably 50 years old here .

I can feel the respect the two have for each other, it’s like watching art ❤️🏆👊

This is great. Two legends.

Amazing footage.

Thanks for the video, KOTV BOXING

The master & the killer. This is beautiful to watch, & must have been a real experience for Benn, he’s getting real work here from the old timer. You can see the reverence Benn has for Duran, wonderful respect.

Duran was so relaxed in the ring, like he was taking a walk in the park. All-time great, with defensive skills second to none.

This is dope to see…funny how you randomly come across classic stuff like this on KZfaq.

Awesome. Thank you.

"too much champagne, too much champagne"....Duran loved to fight and he loved to party just as much.

This sparring reminds you how great Duran was at slipping shots. Too easy to think of him as an animal when he was fighting. Joe Pesci sparred him and said he was terrified, but it was the way he slipped shots that really stood out.

Amazing. They were going light to learn from each other. Each one had full control of their power output when their punch landed. One was showing what speed and quick footwork is capable of while the other learned how grappling and openings work as well as bobbing and weaving movements. Great quality fighters with the highest amount of respect for each other. What a fantastic video this was to watch

Privilege to see two of the very best boxers in my lifetime. Duran incredible skills from a truly great era of boxing. Benn an underrated fighter I always believed at the time of his ring career.

Fascinating different in styles and attributes: Benn's speed, athletic movement and obvious power; and Duran's rocklike balance, calm and technical wizardry.

Duran toying with him. Duran was incredible and I’m glad I got to watch this session, thanks.

Great sparring footage here. Thanks my friend.

Unbelievable reflexes by Duran exactly why he was numero uno!!!

To the Laymen Duran is trying to help Benn hence the half speed/power openings he shows him. Great Footage!

Thankx for uploading

This is beautiful footage!

That’s the best boxing I’ve seen Nigel Benn do. In competition he reverted to a puncher far too easily. Duran’s skills are insane.

Love this. You can just feel the young lion/old lion respect coming through.

Thank the Boxing Godz someone decided to record this!!! 💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥

Amazing footage, Boxing Holocron

So much respect. Both pulling their punches, but working

Amazing Spar between two legends. Benn with an almighty tenacity and pace meanwhile Duran showcasing some lovely defensive skills and real composure. I have read through the comments quite thoroughly though and a lot of comments are people discussing how Benn got the better of Roberto. I have seen a couple defences for Duran saying he is much older and out of shape etc. but non of them are needed. All you have to do is look at Roberts’s body language. He wasn’t even trying against Benn here. I honestly think if he wanted to he could have done whatever he wanted to in this spar. No doubt about it. Duran was in complete control.

Duran is a beast and is one of boxings greats. Love this sparring video

That was amazing 🎉 two legends

This was probably in preparation for his bout with Iran Barkley. Duran was almost forty here. He had been fighting professionally for twenty years. Hanging with Benn, a surging up-and-comer that would become a great in his own right, it's incredible.

Benn is one of my favorite fighters of all time. The fact that he was vulnerable and often got rocked just made him more exciting and likeable.

Duran is soo relaxed and just playing, giving Ben targets and shots yet skill and footwork, head movement off the charts. Duran is legend in a league of he's own

Amazing how fluent Duran was in the ring.........

Nice Video. Duran shows tremendous skills and knowledge, with some really nice punches, and 'small' punishers showing he still got it. Benn showing many of his traits and skills. Benn was born in the anvil and fire in a period of British boxing middle and super middleweight out side of an American golden period. Watson, Benn, Eubank - these guys could, and should have had superfights vs the best US fighters of the time. Yes, Barkley, Yes a few others, but a host of fighters did not meet who should have. And without that, we are only left to look back on a golden period for the Brits in that timeframe. Depending on styles and skills, hard to say who would really come out, but we'll never know. In most of his fights, watching Benn fight was spectacular. Not actually the biggest, and not the strongest, but he tried to hit like a hammer, and generally did. Benn vs Eubank 1 remains one of the most brutal wars we've ever had in the ring. Matching era's, especially the men from 15 rounds - vs other eras, is not really comparable, but we can say the fights would have been great. Savour the thought of Hearns Vs Benn. Hagler vs Eubank, Duran vs Watson, and so on.

The composure Duran shows is beautiful

Brief vocal appearance from Rick Flair for a few seconds at 4:46. Or an owl. Great footage thanks for the upload!

What a Gem of a video.

Its crazy that a aging past prime 135er can hang with one of the biggest hitters in 168 history

This footage is a miracle and a treasure

Thanks for posting this. Heard it was out there. Always wanted to see it.

this is special footage unlike anything I’ve ever seen, ie, this is what I imagine a training session is like. Both are definitely showing their speed but politely withdrawing power. Extremely interesting for a lay person like me. Mutual respect.

7:52 Duran landed with power!!! He was playing the whole sparring what a legend!!!

Duran was just playing with him lmao. They’re both having fun with it, but fr Duran dodged 90% of it

An old seasoned journeyman. Love these clips.

First time I've seen this. Outstanding. From both...

Benn expending plenty of energy and Duran having a gentle Sunday morning spar. One is a very good fighter in his era and the other is an all time top five greatest fighter pound for pound.

Nigel is in one word. Legend

This may be the best sparring session I've ever seen. Duran is just fooling around. That's as high level as anything in music, dancing, art...

Superb video. Thanks.

Nigel my hero, love him. 💙🥊👏

Duran is teaching here. You can tell how far past his best he is here and obviously out of shape. Nigel Benn was a very very good but very one dimensional fighter and Roberto was showing him that there are real weaknesses to that. Duran was once thought of as one dimensional before he started to age too so its a lesson he learned and was passing on. Definitely friendly and extremely educational for Benn.

Duran is so relaxed just toying and having fun with Benn like if he wasn’t another world class champ

Poetry in motion🥊a good sparring session with no liberties taken💪🏼beautiful to watch👍🏻from two legends of the sport!

Nigel Benn, even during sparring is just scintillating to watch. He's not the smoothest or most technical but there's something about the Dark Destroyer. And Duran is so savvy. You can see he's nowhere near in shape yet he's more than holding his own. This is legendary.

Never in a million years I’d have put these two together!!

Dope footage classic 🥶🤖

All fun and play until Duran decides to: 7:52

Duran one of the greats of boxing history. He was toying with Benn the whole two rounds slipping n sliding he never threw one power punch

Super, super video. Shed loads of respect to both men.