The Famous NO MAS Fight: The rematch took place at the New Orleans Superdome five months and five days after the first fight. Everybody saw from the onset of the second bout that Leonard wasnt going to be lured into a street fight with Duran this time. He used the whole ring to avoid Duran and had Duran following and chasing him all over the ring. After seven rounds Leonard was leading on the scorecards 68-66 twice and 67-66. I had it 4-3 Leonard in rounds watching it live on closed circuit. It wasnt as if Duran was being taken apart by Leonard after seven rounds and the fight was still up for grabs. Leonard was having a good eighth round and landed some body shots and counter rights to Robertos head, not to mention he was at his showboating piss taking best. Then with 15 seconds left in the round Duran turned his back and waved Leonard off with his right hand and quit the fight, thus handing Leonard an eighth round TKO victory. Duran was allegedly to have said No Mas No more box to the referee, but hes always claimed he never said that! It was a media creation by american commentator Howard Cossel. Duran has always claimed he said: No quiero pelear con el payaso. (Meaning, I do not want to fight with this clown.) Do you think Hands of Stone Duran quit?
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:42:31 +0000
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