Roberto Duran is recovering from the coronavirus and is eager to return home, according to reports out of Panama.
Duran, 69, was admitted to a Panama City hospital this past Thursday after testing positive for COVID-19. He reportedly had mild cold symptoms at the time.
“My dad feels great, in fact he already wants to go home,” the Hall of Famer’s son Robin told a Panamanian television channel, according to BoxingScene.com. “He has almost no symptoms and no fever.
“… The doctors told us that his evolution has been very good and that he has been attacking the disease before it reaches the point of complications.”
The former champion is expected to remain in the hospital for precautionary reasons related to his age and a car accident that injured one of his lungs 19 years ago.
Robin Duran believes his father might’ve contracted COVID-19 on his birthday, June 16, when a stream of admirers went to his home to wish him a happy birthday. The retired fighter self-isolated but couldn’t turn people away.
“You already know what my dad is like,” Robin Duran said. “It is very difficult for him to close the doors to someone, and well, on that day, which was his birthday, they wanted to greet him. It was his mistake, and he paid very dearly.”
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