At the end of 12 rounds against Vinnie Pazienza Saturday night, Duran was just a tired old professor who had brought home to him the harsh lesson that in boxing, age often is an unforgiving foe.
The 32-year-old Pazienza, 11 years Duran's junior, dominated their rematch at the Convention Center and was a much more impressive winner than he had been when he beat Duran last June 24 in Las Vegas.
Duran seemed to hold his own through the first four rounds, but from then on it was all Pazienza.
The judges scored it 117-111, 116-112, 118-110, all for Pazienza.
"I couldn't move as fast as I wanted to," said Duran, who was fighting for the 105th time.
The victory was Pazienza's eighth straight since he returned to the ring in late 1992 after recovering from a broken neck suffered in an auto accident over a year earlier.
Pazienza, 75.6 kilograms, a former IBF lightweight and WBA junior middleweight champion, boosted his record to 39-5 with 27 knockouts.
Duran, 75.5 kilograms, is now 94-11 with 65 knockouts.
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