U.S. v. SAMANIEGO

No. 02-14977 Non-Argument Calendar.

345 F.3d 1280 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto Duran SAMANIEGO, Defendant, Luis Gonzalez Baez, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Decided: September 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon C. Watt, Miami, FL, for Baez.

Anne R. Schultz, Miami, FL, for U.S.

Before TJOFLAT, BIRCH and CARNES, Circuit Judges:


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Like the brute Mongo in Mel Brooks's 1974 comedy classic Blazing Saddles, Roberto Duran once knocked out a horse with a single punch.1 That horse, as well as countless human opponents who suffered the same fate in the streets and back alleys of Panama where Duran grew up, are not included in his career total of 104 officially sanctioned boxing wins — 69 of...

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