Find the deal you deserve on eBay. Discover discounts from sellers across the globe. No matter what you love, you'll find it here. Search Duran duran albums and more. Background On May 9, 1980, the highly anticipated fight between the undefeated reigning WBC champion "Sugar" Ray Leonard and former undisputed lightweight champion and the-then number-one ranked welterweight contender Roberto Durán was announced.
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Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán had first fought on June 20, 1980, in Montreal. Leonard was defending the World Boxing Council (WBC) Welterweight Championship for the second time. Durán was the WBC No. 1 welterweight contender. Leonard abandoned his usual slick boxing style and stood flat-footed with Durán. 20th of June, 1980Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWBC Welterweight World Title June 20, 2023 Michael Carbert Time waits for no one, as the old cliché goes, a statement whose meaning the young can barely grasp and alas, I am young no longer. But more than four decades later and the memories are still fresh: Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and the fight the entire world could barely wait to see. Leonard became a sensation in the boxing world during the 1980s, providing a superstar presence that boxing lacked after Muhammad Aliretired in 1981.
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On June 20, 1980, Roberto Duran won a welterweight title by defeating Sugar Ray Leonard in 15 hard-fought rounds at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. June 22, 1980. Copies of the official master score sheet for the Sugar Ray Leonard-Roberto Duran championship bout released today show two changes made in the voting by one of the three judges. A mouse, violet and red, swelled below his left eye—the work of Leonard's right hand. And there was his own right hand, swathed in an Ace bandage that covered the bruises sustained when he. Sugar Ray and n the second defence of his WBC Welterweight Title against the former Undisputed Lightweight Champion Roberto Duran in Montreal.
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Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard fought twice in a span of five months in 1980, resulting in two of the most memorable matches in boxing history. Durán, a Panamanian hero who, at. By 1980, the 24-year-old Leonard was the biggest star in boxing. The Palmer Park, Maryland native was unbeaten in 27 fights with 18 knockouts, and he was in the argument for being the finest pound-for-pound fighter alive. Duran, the former undisputed lightweight champion, was 29 years old, but he was already a legend.
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran 2 at 1980-11-25 for WBC Welter title. Infamous 'No Mas' bout by Roberto Duran. On Thursday, November 25, 1980, I was just days away from celebrating my 16th birthday. Despite my young years, I had already invested more than six-and-a-half years of my life into "The Sweet Science" and the reason I made that decision was because of what Roberto Duran did against Esteban DeJesus on March 16, 1974.
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Complete Fight Highlights: LEONARD vs. DURAN 'NO MAS' (1980) sugarrayleonard 3.12K subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 1.8K Share Save 470K views 11 years ago See the highlights the Sugar Ray. By Thomas Boswell. November 25, 1980. The only way Roberto Duran could have looked at his raw steak any more voraciously was if it were still on the hoof, so he could have the pleasure of killing.