Quote Originally Posted by TeleTuff View Post
I disagree on 2 fronts.

1)leonard fought Durans fight the first fight,throughout the entirety of the first fight,and IMO,and the opinion of some observers Ray won A close fight.
2)Leonard did not run from Duran in the second fight,he simply boxed his ears off.

On A side note,I for one I`am the last person to get on A fighter for quiting in A fight,when A man is beat,he`s beat,Like Hoya when he fought Pac A few weeks ago,but in Duran`s case,And I truly believe he is A all-time great,but I think he deserved all of the flack that he got for quiting in that fight with Leonard,Duran had not taken much punishment,he was`nt beat-up,he simply did not train hard,and perhaps thought Leonard was just gonna fight his fight again,when he found out that that night was`nt gonna go like that.He quit!

I dont care what happened in between fight`s,how Duran partied,etc.

Bottom line, you take the fight,you make the weight,you cash the check,save all the other stuff for the excuse file`s.
I had the first fight 145-140 on a 10 point round system. The 2nd fight was 68-66 and 67-66 at the time of the "No Mas" Leonard was hardly boxing anyones ears off according to the judges, but what do they know? Leonard sure did a lot clowning about and never wanted to get close to Duran at anytime. You are correct in saying that Duran took the fight and what happenned in between is irrelavant. It's a shame they never fought again 12 months later.