Duran-Leonard

By John F. McKenna (McJack): On June 20, 1980 a great fight dubbed “The Brawl in Montreal” took place between Panamanian Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard from the United States. Ray Leonard was a media darling, having won the Light Welterweight Olympic Gold Medal in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada. The fight with [...]

By Klaas Mabetlela: Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns form part of the ‘fab’ four (fabulous four) that also included Marvelous Marvin Hagler. The four were responsible for the richest boxing era of the recent memory. For most people, the issue of defining fights will be easy for these three because they fought [...]

By Klaas Mabetlela: On the night of November 1980, Roberto Duran shocked the world when he turned his back and refused to fight any longer against the challenger, Sugar Ray Leonard. He won his career defining fight against the same Leonard hardly 5 months earlier in Montreal. How does a man who never displayed cowardice [...]