Paris: It has been a while since legendary boxer Roberto Duran had a crowd on their feet chanting his name, but they did in Cannes on Monday after a screening of a film on his life starring Robert De Niro.

Grace Hightower, actor Robert De Niro (centre) and legendary boxer Roberto Duran at the "Hands Of Stone" premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Monday. Pic/Getty Images