2014 NVBHOF: Sugar Ray Leonard inducts Roberto Duran 

+Nicky Depaola Before Cable there was something called "OnTv" and "Select Tv" and one could order pay per view events. I invited a few friends over to see it and by the time the fight was being announced I had to move the box out to my garage to accommodate the over flow, I even had neighbors come by that heard the cheers and just watched from the distance. The build up to this fight was incredible!

+Nicky Depaola Same here .... good to see such fierce warriors reunited in this way.

+Nicky Depaola I was 18 years old and stood by the TV waiting for a report from the round by round coverage. Its a night I will never ever forget.

+Nicky Depaola the intensity of duran that first night, no one except hearns would ahve beaten that duran at welter,

+Bruce Lee me to it seemed like yesterday when they fought wow! Just Blink!

Man, that's exactly my point in my comment above. I thought it looked kind of funny (seriously) To me anytime anyone is kind of known for being one way, or being seen one way most if not all the time then to see them act the opposite has always been kind of funny to me. Roberto was kind of like the king of the scowl at least publicly, now to see him smiling and hugging is very entertaining to me. Loved me some Duran back in the day though.

That was a wonderful event but the audio on my phone was awful and I could not hardly understand a word.

How naive

U outside ur mind lol tf u talking about? Sugar ray always been like this, he even defended duran saying he never said “no mas” when leonard was interviewed in 1982

Ray became a real legend 20years after he retired. Greater than ever.

+beto perea Man they both owned the 80's LEGENDS!!!!!!!

Yes, to all of it... Hagler got jobbed. If only they fought in 1983-84

@Joseph Babica Hagler lost to Leonard but he was also bigger than Ray and much bigger than Duran. Hagler was a middleweight while Duran was a LW.

Joseph Babica yawn. Zzzzzz. Leonard won. Period. Deal with it.

Duran went 15 with Hagler and Leonard, didnt own him at all. These guys were tough and had balls, they didnt duck each other like they all do today. I wouldnt think SRL wld have it any other way, there s always something special about the first as they say no ..... People freak out that they are such good friends but real fighters who love it know that after the fight, its over. Aaron Pryor and Arguello were the same way.

SuperSw21 your right boxing today isn't like it used to be R.I.P ALI a true legend in my eyes god bless Ali and his family

michael Castle wait they didnt have a 3rd fight

@@pianogiovanna4854 yes

@michael Castle you talk about Duran running out the fight and quitting like a bitch? In this case yes, everyone see that

Joseph Babica do you always SCREAM at people in your texts?🤦🏻‍♂️

Joseph Babica Zzzzzzzzz🥱

Amen to that!

Whoooweee!That would be a firestorm!!!!!

Duran would win

Amen!

So true

Kumbaya.

He quit for frustration, not for coward, he had faced all the best fighters in the world, including Marvin Hagler, Carlos Palomino, Pipino Cuevas, all great punchers and nobody was able to knock him out except Hearns

@@05gnavarrofor frustration and for be a coward for being easyli destroyed by sugar, no más no más!!! A boxing legend but only a toy for sugar, be real and don't cry

Tarola He wasn’t a toy in the first fight fool 🤷🏻‍♂️

Floyd is a beast hell go down as one of the best

@@mohammedahwias3335 he is shit just face it he’ll never be the greatest or the best of all time

thats just gay as fuck lol

Jordan Jones HAHAHAHA. It was funny though got to give the man some credit hahahahaha

+FA Barragan People don't realize how great a boxer Duran was. Not just a slugger. He would have ate Floyd Jr. up with body shots and clean punches. This guy could go all out for fifteen rounds. Way to good.

+longtalltexan63 nope. Have you seen maidana vs mayweather 2? When Floyd moves around like how he moved around against Corrales and Catillo- he can't be beat. Floyd only changed his style after Mosley then maidana 2 he went back to that play it safe kinda style. Leanard out boxed the shit out of Duran in the 2 rematches so Floyd would have done the same. Floyds a boxer- they dont slug with a slugger.

+Kris DLC ...You could say what you want about what could of been, my comment was very clear. Floyd would of not signed a fight with Duran. He ducked Manny for 10 years and when the fight came to be it was a big dud!

FA Barragan how can u hit mayweather when he runs? Lets not forget alvarez, ortiz, and maidana were heavy punchers but none of them connected. Seriously what was wrong with the manny fight? Dont forget marquez ko manny but marquez vs floyd was his easiest fight. U can't tell me manny can handle real boxers? Manny only beats guys that try to fight him strength against strength. And floyd ran against manny and manny acted like it was a suprise, it was his fault, and as the commentator said- "well u trained for that right?" He fucked up. Lenard vs duran 1 lenard made no adjustments just kept trying to fight strength against strength. Floyd wouldn't have done that. Its simple, its boxing nigga, so box.

+Kris DLC Duran fought a fighter similar in style to Mayweather back when I was in High School, I'll say... 1974 , ( you know, cocky, fast, braggart,) with that" I am the Greatest" attitude about the time Duran was making his way up to fight Leonard he faced Monroe Brooks, this was the classic Duran, in shape, hungry and with that killer instinct that set him aside from the others. The Duran of the 80's and 90"was half the man we fight fans remember when he ruled his division for 6 years knocking out all, unlike fighters like Mayweather that have let 50% of his fights go to the generosity of the judges!

He might be the better aged man on the planet. Alien genes.

I was about to say he looks ready to step in the ring!

he got whopped by camacho 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

Little Holmes wow my gym still has that fight poster Nickey Furlano vs Aaron Pryor

he beat leonard once out of 3 fights, he got his ass whupped by hearns and haggler, other than that what makes him even relevant?

Ether LOL Fuck you noob...

Vincent Marduk lol jusy sayin bro

Ether He came close to beating Hagler and was the first to take him 15rds. Hagler was massive in size comparison, and as for the second fight Leonard made it knowing Duran would take it regardless because Leonard was the Mayweather of his day, if you wanted a big pay day you had to jump thru Rays hoops, so Duran had no time to take the weight off, Leonard talks about doing this on purpose all the time. The rubber match which Duran called for, Ray then made him wait 9 years by which time the older, smaller Duran was far, far past his best and due to his fighting style even more ring worn especially with the amount of hard fights he had compared to Ray.

well you could say the same of Manny Pacquiao who probably is fighting 3 weight division abouve his natural weight.

These days there are no more fighters...Since 2000 there are only proffesional pussys entering the ring..

y posiblemente de todo el mundo ..........

@@tarola7807 dije "posiblemente". o sea depende de la persona .....

@@josebartoli9921 Okey cierto

@@tarola7807 Según la revista "The Ring" es el número 7 de la historia, número 2 de los últimos 50 años, y número 4 de los últimos 80 años. Es considerado el mejor boxeador Latino de la historia. Es considerado el mejor peso Ligero de la historia. Es considerado el mejor Fajador de la historia. Así que ve a aprender algo de Boxeo, porque solo sos un inculto que no sabe un carajo. Durán bien puede estar en el Top 1 de la historia, compartido con Ray Robinson, porque tiene los méritos para serlo.

@@tarola7807 Nosotros los latinos tenemos campeones y leyendas de sobra, ¿ustedes en Fornitelandia que tienen?... Exacto, NADA.

indeed....r.i.p. to Sanchez. I was in jr. high school when he was doing his thing and tragically died.

Salvador Sanchez!!!! What a freak of nature. May God rest his soul. We lost him so soon.

Chavez one of the greatest of all time

jamx97 I was thinking in Joe Pesci :D

Melchi Zedeq Hahahahaha yeah you're right

jamx97 How many pro fights did Ray have? How many did Roberto have? Show some respect to a guy who fought over 5 decades of professional fighting.

jamx97 True. But Duran always put on a lot of pounds (fat, not muscle) when he wasn't preparing for a signed fight. Ray stayed in pretty good shape all the time.

blite13 I agree with every word you said. Ask most pro's today, who were your hero's when you were growing up, i'll guarantee 90% will put Roberto in their top five.

Dr. Anderson a little “deceiving” perhaps due to age/time that these fights all took place. Also, some controversy on some of the outcomes. But, pretty well sums it up! Great era for the sport..INCREDIBLE fighters ALL of them!!

Duran fue mejor porque los busco en el peso d ellos q eran mas grande.Cosa q nunca pudo aser el segundo mejor latino jc chaves

Duckman calling himself TBE loL! real hilarious!

When Mayweather and Arum first tried to make this fight who was it that was saying they were scared of needles and drug testing and then made up conflicting stories of what kind of testing they were open to doing ie just urine one week before the fight. Oh that's right it was Pacquiao. Quit the hating, there's plenty of blame on both sides for this fight not happening, Pac has hid behind Arum when he could have promoted himself like everyone else does when they get popular enough and both sides have been caught out lying ie your hero and his promoter was refuted in what they were saying by the President of HBO Ross Greenberg no less but i'm under no childish Flomo or Pactard delusions, i'm a grown up, Mayweather has plenty to answer for as well but all i'm happy about is the fight is happening, it would have been better 5 years ago but both have regressed at about the same rate so it will still be a sign of who the better boxer is.

+Step hen RJS Testosterone M edication T eam..IV froid...drip, drip, drip.

+Step hen RJS Your favorite boxer has losses. Mayweather doesnt. you automatically lose idiot.

This is not about Mayweather it's about Roberto Duran hands of stone

Duran as a lightweight against Alexis Arguello. I hope I spelled his last name right.

SALVADOR SANCHEZ VS DURAN OR LEONARD??

@@12106445 Duran would have beaten Alexis, just too strong and too skilled.

@@raulrxr6058 Sanchez was too small to compete with Duran or Leonard

Never say never, it’ll take a change, but it is possible and we should always desire it.. It is like many sports, they have altered what the powers that be, want.. Most the masses wanted a Mayweather, they don’t know any better… It’s an unbeaten record vs one that accepts defeat but ultimately triumphs albeit on a second attempt… Most the greats have fought those that are capable of beating them on their day… Consequently they occasionally lost.. Tennis changed to allow clay, hard and grass players to play on all surfaces… It has lead to a baseline game, favoring the fittest and strongest and not so much the most naturally gifted, on a given surface.. Homogenization of surfaces was a way of keeping the big names in the for front.. Television rules currently… We still produce the Duran’s, SRL, McEnroe’s and Henri Leconte’s of this world, it is only their respective sports don’t want them any more… It is all about tv, advertisements, sponsorships and these type of players are by definition unpredictable and less of a consistent day in day out cash cow..

That's what makes me sad there will never be such great fighters or fights like that again

Medardo Pinto .Gladiadores de 15 rounds

Les cuesta mucho aprender Is dificult,for people that down education and old ,,,im only speak whit book,,learning alone..