"Currently, I'm working with a company called DRL Promotions with my partners Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas. We're currently representing over 30 fighters"
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There is something almost disarmingly corporate about hearing Roberto Duran talk like a roster manager. That’s the point. For a fighter whose legend was built in sweat, volatility, and a career-defining mixture of pride and punishment, this quote signals a deliberate shift: from being the product to owning part of the pipeline.
The repeated “currently” reads like an athlete consciously repositioning himself in real time, clarifying that his relevance isn’t trapped in highlight reels. Duran isn’t selling nostalgia; he’s selling infrastructure. Naming partners (Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas) isn’t casual credit-sharing so much as credibility-building. In boxing, where promoters are often treated with suspicion and fighters are routinely mismanaged, specificity functions like a trust badge: these are the adults in the room, and Duran is one of them.
“Representing over 30 fighters” is doing double duty. It’s a flex, but it’s also a protective argument against the “retired champ with a pet project” stereotype. Thirty implies scale, leverage, and an operation that can place talent on cards, negotiate purses, and move careers forward. The subtext is mentorship with teeth: Duran’s brand becomes a shortcut to legitimacy for young fighters, while their activity keeps his name circulating in the modern fight economy.
Context matters here: boxing’s power centers have shifted toward promotional stables and network-ready narratives. Duran is staking a claim inside that machine, not outside it.
The repeated “currently” reads like an athlete consciously repositioning himself in real time, clarifying that his relevance isn’t trapped in highlight reels. Duran isn’t selling nostalgia; he’s selling infrastructure. Naming partners (Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas) isn’t casual credit-sharing so much as credibility-building. In boxing, where promoters are often treated with suspicion and fighters are routinely mismanaged, specificity functions like a trust badge: these are the adults in the room, and Duran is one of them.
“Representing over 30 fighters” is doing double duty. It’s a flex, but it’s also a protective argument against the “retired champ with a pet project” stereotype. Thirty implies scale, leverage, and an operation that can place talent on cards, negotiate purses, and move careers forward. The subtext is mentorship with teeth: Duran’s brand becomes a shortcut to legitimacy for young fighters, while their activity keeps his name circulating in the modern fight economy.
Context matters here: boxing’s power centers have shifted toward promotional stables and network-ready narratives. Duran is staking a claim inside that machine, not outside it.
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