Release dates 1 also known as aka 0 release dates usa 1980. Duran had complained of stomach cramps earlier in the match. Juni 1980 im olympiastadion in montreal nach funfzehn. It gained its name from the moment at the end of the eighth round when duran turned away from leonard towards.
Stamp which has been redacted from the photos but is on the cover and page 3. Roberto duran retires during sugar ray leonard fight, 1980. Sugar ray leonard nearly lost all of his teeth in first. In another era, with few rivals of equal caliber, each might have held championship belts for years on end. Duran vs leonard i by michael carbert on june 20, 2019 time waits for no one, as the old cliche goes, a statement whose meaning the young can barely grasp and alas, i am young no longer. Scheduled for 15 rounds, sugar ray leonard and roberto duran were about to make history by beginning a trilogy that would last in the minds of boxing fans for all eternity. Sugar ray leonard program with newspaper clippings.
Sugar ray leonard nearly lost all of his teeth in first roberto. Roberto duran movie shows more to no mas legend and recalls an. Roberto duran insists sugar ray leonard never truly beat him and. Sugar ray leonard ii, billed as the super fight and later popularly known as the no mas fight, was a boxing match which took place on november 25, 1980, at the louisiana superdome in new orleans, united states. In the upcoming documentary i am duran, the panamanian fighters family and longtime rivals and opponents sugar ray leonard and mike tyson reflect on his life and. Sugar ray leonard met roberto duran in the ring for the first time in may 1980. Roberto duran no mas quits against sugar ray leonard this day november 25, 1980. The matched ended in the eighth round when duran quit the match and told the referee no mas. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. When the fight was made, duran only had a vague idea of who sugar ray leonard was, but the more he learned of him, the more duran developed an intense hatred for sugar ray.
Roberto duran, known as one of the greatest boxers of all time, held world championships in four weight classes during his career and met sugar ray leonard in the ring for the first time in june 1980. Regardless, the filmavailable on digital download on june. The bout took place on june 20, 1980 at the olympic stadium in montreal. Sugar ray leonard knock out kos tkos thomas hearns. But as it was, they matured together in the 1980s and. Roberto duran movie shows more to no mas legend and.
The original owner also had a personalized library of. Roberto duran, billed as the brawl in montreal, was a welterweight professional boxing match contested between wbc, the ring and lineal champion sugar ray leonard and roberto duran. In the midst of boxings contemporary golden age the 1980s stood two. Former world lightweight champion and one of the most feared boxers of the era, roberto duran, challenges the recently crowned wbc world welterweight champion, sugar ray leonard. The events of that 1980 bout are addressed in a new documentary called i am duran, which will be available by digital download starting. Roberto duran movie shows more to no mas legend and recalls an era when great boxers fought each other save no mas. In 1980, however, the sport was resuscitated by a riveting series of bouts involving an improbably dissimilar quartet.
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