Former boxing champ Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran infected with COVID-19


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  • Friday, 26 Jun 2020

FILE PHOTO: Former boxer Roberto Duran gestures as he arrives at a photocall for the film "Hands of stone" out of competition at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Former world boxing champion Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran tested positive for coronavirus after being admitted to a hospital centre with flu-like symptoms, the pugilist's son said on Thursday.

"My father's exams have just arrived and confirm that he is positive for COVID-19," Robin Duran said on his Instagram account.

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