No Mas Roberto Duran Sugar Ray Leonard

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The 30 on 30 espn show No Mas Roberto Duran Sugar Ray Leonard was pretty cool, very interesting how it unfolded. I was around and remembered the fight in New Orleans. Both were amazing fighters, but thought Duran was tougher-and Leonard was smarter. Have you seen this special yet?
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  • Profile picture of the author lcombs
    Here's what pissed me off about that fight.

    Duran had beaten Leonard in their first fight
    and agreed to a rematch.

    After the "No Mas" fight, Leonard refused to give Duran a rematch.
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    • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
      They fought again in 1990, with Leonard winning easily.
      Originally Posted by lcombs View Post

      Here's what pissed me off about that fight.

      Duran had beaten Leonard in their first fight
      and agreed to a rematch.

      After the "No Mas" fight, Leonard refused to give Duran a rematch.
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      • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
        Nine years after the Leonard 2 fight Duran won his forth championship in what was the fight of the year according to The Ring magazine.

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      • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
        Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

        They fought again in 1990, with Leonard winning easily.
        Yea, that was pitiful as Sugar Ray pot shotted Duran whenever he wanted.

        That was when Ray was trying to carefully choose his opponents but he finally made the wrong move by fighting Terry Norris who knocked Leonard down in the 2nd and 7th round and won by a unanimous decision.

        After the decision was announced, Leonard took the ring microphone and announced, "This is my last fight."

        I don't remember if it was or not.
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        • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
          His last fight was at age 40 against Camacho. Camacho TKOd him in round 5.

          Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post


          After the decision was announced, Leonard took the ring microphone and announced, "This is my last fight."

          I don't remember if it was or not.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    Originally Posted by craigslist View Post

    The 30 on 30 espn show No Mas Roberto Duran Sugar Ray Leonard was pretty cool, very interesting how it unfolded. I was around and remembered the fight in New Orleans. Both were amazing fighters, but thought Duran was tougher-and Leonard was smarter. Have you seen this special yet?
    I watched it and it was one of the better documentaries I've seen in a while.

    It wasn't as much about boxing, as it was about two men coming to understand and respect each other. It was good to see each find some peace within.
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  • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
    I've recorded it but have not watched it yet.

    Duran quit because he was being made a fool of in front of the world and there was nothing he could do about it.

    Sugar Ray should/could have done the same thing to him in the first fight but was psyched out by Duran into trying to prove his manhood.

    One was just getting into his career and the other was at the end of his career.

    A younger Duran would have made a much, much better fight.

    I saw the first fight at the Capitol Center with 18K other fans.

    On the way home on a special bus, a young Hispanic guy was talking a lot of ying-yang and was about to get his ass beat but yours truly, a really nice guy, stepped in and prevented it from happening.

    Bottom line...

    He made the great macho man say... "No mas".
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  • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
    Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill View Post

    Duran came for a fight, not a dancing lesson.

    I know, he wanted the toe to toe brawl he got in the first fight but it was not to be so he uttered those infamous words...

    ..."No Mas."

    He's lucky Ray took his bait and didn't make a monkey out of him the first fight also.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill View Post

    I saw that fight. Duran got disgusted with Leonard's pitty-pat bullshit and left.
    How do you know?

    That's not what Duran said in the ESPN show.
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  • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
    I retract what I said about Duran. He was a great fighter and I wish the two could have met during their primes.
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryC
    Not to take anything away from Leonard, who was definitely one of the all time greats, but Duran's greatest years were as a Lightweight. As he got older, he had trouble with his weight and often let himself get out of condition.

    Leonard was apparently clever enough to demand a rematch quickly, knowing that Duran would not be in top form.

    After the Montreal fight Durán went on a partying binge and ballooned in weight. Leonard was aware of this, and in an interview for Beyond the Glory he said: "My intention was to fight Durán ASAP because I knew Durán's habits. I knew he would indulge himself, he'd gain 40–50 lbs and then sweat it off to make 147."

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