Boxing Great Durán Receives Pacemaker After Suffering Heart Issues Over the Weekend

Boxing great Roberto Duran of Panama attends a news conference in New York on Jan. 14, 2015. Seth Wenig/AP Photo

PANAMA CITY, Panama—Boxing great Roberto Durán received a pacemaker on Monday after he was hospitalized over the weekend, his family said.

“The Durán family is pleased to inform that thanks to God the surgery in our champion, a pacemaker implant, was totally successful,” his family posted on Durán’s Instagram account.