1. INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTERCopy !req
2. When the bell rang in a Roberto Duran fightCopy !req
3. you felt something's going to happen.Copy !req
4. To be able to be in the ring
119 times over 40 yearsCopy !req
5. it's unparalleled. He did it.Copy !req
6. He was absolutely ferocious, he was fearless.
The greatest lightweight in boxing history.Copy !req
7. He always pressed the action.
He always brought that charisma, that anger.Copy !req
8. Roberto was a great fighterCopy !req
9. and he's an interesting character.
Flamboyant, flashy.Copy !req
10. It's frightening to see his upbringings
and how he has survived that.Copy !req
11. A young man from Panama
who brought the people together.Copy !req
12. He was a catalyst for hope, aspiration.
He kept it all alive.Copy !req
13. The continents of North America
and South America are connectedCopy !req
14. by a narrow link of land, Central America.Copy !req
15. As explorers and traders learnt more
about Central AmericaCopy !req
16. they found that the shortest path
from ocean to oceanCopy !req
17. was across the area known today
as the Republic of Panama.Copy !req
18. There's the fiery Panamanian DuranCopy !req
19. right on Buchanan again.Copy !req
20. The United States
built a great Panama CanalCopy !req
21. controlling the trade routes
from north to south and east to west.Copy !req
22. We should end those negotiations
and tell the General:Copy !req
23. "We bought it, we paid for it, we built itCopy !req
24. and we intend to keep it".Copy !req
25. INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTERCopy !req
26. Shipping through the Panama CanalCopy !req
27. and the nearly 10,000 American troops
guarding itCopy !req
28. were not affected by the unrest.Copy !req
29. The canal would be
a prime target for an aggressorCopy !req
30. Seeking to disrupt peace and security.Copy !req
31. The US Senate declared it would
always respect Panamanian sovereignty.Copy !req
32. Preparing for the crackdownCopy !req
33. the government had ordered the closure
of banks, schools and government offices.Copy !req
34. USA!Copy !req
35. A tremendous right hand by Duran.Copy !req
36. INDISTINCT CHATTERCopy !req
37. Duran just cannot be beaten or intimidated.Copy !req
38. Last night, I ordered
US military forces to Panama.Copy !req
39. And we will not be
intimated by the bullying tacticsCopy !req
40. brutal though they may be,
of the dictator, Noriega.Copy !req
41. He found an order in a disorderly universeCopy !req
42. when he was a child,
in learning how to fight.Copy !req
43. Not just to fight, but how to fight.Copy !req
44. Duran was a product of want.Copy !req
45. Duran was a product of poverty.Copy !req
46. You have a natural fighter here.Copy !req
47. You have someone who's driven
by vivid memories of going to bed hungryCopy !req
48. and dirt floors
and barrels lit on fire for heat.Copy !req
49. He didn't have a family, a proper family.Copy !req
50. He was abandoned by his father
and he had to rough it out on the streets.Copy !req
51. He had to make a living since very young,
selling newspapers, shining shoesCopy !req
52. on the streets and trying to support
his family while being a five-year-old kid.Copy !req
53. So, it was hard for him.Copy !req
54. Well, the Canal Zone
is not a colonial possession.Copy !req
55. It is not a long-term lease.
It is sovereign United States territory.Copy !req
56. Where do prize fighters come?Copy !req
57. They come from desperate, poor circumstance.Copy !req
58. In the sport of boxingCopy !req
59. it requires such emotional strength,
determinationCopy !req
60. the experience of being
in very difficult situations daily.Copy !req
61. Pain, living with pain every day.Copy !req
62. It's not a stretch to walk into a boxing gym.Copy !req
63. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
64. Dynamite in both hands
and he's showing it tonight.Copy !req
65. There has to be some inner fireCopy !req
66. that wants to escape from where he came
and from what he'd seenCopy !req
67. and some desire just to...Copy !req
68. beat other people up.Copy !req
69. Ray Arcel had 20 world champions.Copy !req
70. Now, keep in mind this is not 20 belt holders
or a few world champions and belt holders.Copy !req
71. These are legitimate true champions,
divisional kingsCopy !req
72. and Ray Arcel had 20 of them.Copy !req
73. He wasn't the typical trainer
that you would think of.Copy !req
74. He was more like, as somebody described him,
"He dressed like a banker."Copy !req
75. He was very much a gentleman.Copy !req
76. He was very elegant
and he cared for his fighters very much.Copy !req
77. I always felt that there was no one
could beat him.Copy !req
78. I told him one time, [ said:Copy !req
79. “If you fought the heavyweight champion
of the world, you could win."Copy !req
80. Roberto was his last fighterCopy !req
81. and he was, at that time, close to 80
and he was not wanting to go back into it.Copy !req
82. He did because Roberto was so special.Copy !req
83. This kind of like a father-son relationship
which I think that they had.Copy !req
84. Every trainer has a different work ethic.Copy !req
85. Every trainer has
a different way of instillingCopy !req
86. in their fighter a fighting style.Copy !req
87. Ray Arcel called him a natural fighter.Copy !req
88. In other words,
they clearly didn't have to teach him much.Copy !req
89. All these guys learn a lot
of stuff from the streets and whateverCopy !req
90. and they bring it into the ring.Copy !req
91. Being a champion is something that
you got to learn and you got to learn itCopy !req
92. the hard way.Copy !req
93. And the most of us,
we had nothing to start out with.Copy !req
94. So, we ain't got nothing to lose.
HE CHUCKLESCopy !req
95. He's gone!
There is no getting up from that.Copy !req
96. Ken Buchanan was the favourite.Copy !req
97. He was very good, if not a great fighter.Copy !req
98. Well, I was a boxer
and Roberto was a fighter.Copy !req
99. I knew what I was up against, like.Copy !req
100. Roberto, you seem very confident
that this is going to be a knockout.Copy !req
101. Now, let's go a step further
and tell me the round.Copy !req
102. Duran had
this absolute certainty that he would win.Copy !req
103. I remember thinking:
"What does he know that we don't know?"Copy !req
104. When the bell rang for round oneCopy !req
105. it was like Duran's coming out
to end the fightCopy !req
106. like you just stole something from him.Copy !req
107. He fought Ken Buchanan
as if Ken Buchanan mugged his mother.Copy !req
108. Oh, he really hurt him that time!Copy !req
109. He just had the guts to keep goingCopy !req
110. throwing punches at me
and hoping they were going to land.Copy !req
111. He had just turned 21 years old
ten days earlier.Copy !req
112. He combined his aggression
with being elusive.Copy !req
113. And for Buchanan,
to withstand that for round after roundCopy !req
114. it was a tremendous effort.Copy !req
115. Duran was fighting for a nation.Copy !req
116. Duran was fighting for Panama.Copy !req
117. The trouble began when a group
of American high school pupilsCopy !req
118. flew an American flag
without the Panamanian flag by its side.Copy !req
119. And before the Panamanian National GuardCopy !req
120. the police and US troops
brought the rioters under controlCopy !req
121. more than a score were dead,
including four US soldiers.Copy !req
122. The Panamanians cannot talk politics.Copy !req
123. Cannot talk in the papers,
because we don't have freedom of speech.Copy !req
124. Duran came as a symbol of opportunityCopy !req
125. to express ourselves
as a country of oppression.Copy !req
126. / don't think Buchanan
has ever been in this much trouble.Copy !req
127. Duran knew how to pace himself naturally.Copy !req
128. He also had a lot of stamina,
he kept on going.Copy !req
129. He was just relentlessCopy !req
130. going after him with his head
as well as his fistsCopy !req
131. and eventually, he just broke him down.Copy !req
132. BELL RINGSCopy !req
133. He hit me low and that was it.Copy !req
134. Like, the referee...
He just stopped the fight.Copy !req
135. And the winner
and new lightweight champion of the worldCopy !req
136. 21-year-old Roberto Duran of Panama.Copy !req
137. That moment announced
Duran on the world stage without a doubt.Copy !req
138. A fighter arises from their midstCopy !req
139. who became one of the all-time greats.Copy !req
140. Something personal driving him.Copy !req
141. I'm not sure if Duran even understood what it
was but there was something that was primal.Copy !req
142. SPORTCASTER CHATTERS IN SPANISHCopy !req
143. He was naturally aggressive,
but he could also box.Copy !req
144. Ferocity and savage punching, speed...Copy !req
145. People never know him as fast,
but he's very fast.Copy !req
146. He has a great anticipation of punching.
He's just an all-around marvel in the ring.Copy !req
147. "Manos de Piedra" as a tag
is so perfect for himCopy !req
148. because it feels like...
His hands feel like freaking bricks.Copy !req
149. I've talked to fighters that have fought himCopy !req
150. and everyone underestimates him.Copy !req
151. They think they can win
until they're in the ring with him.Copy !req
152. HE CHUCKLES
I actually have been in the ringCopy !req
153. in a fashion, with Roberto.Copy !req
154. He was in Rocky /I.
He's supposedly Rocky's sparring partner.Copy !req
155. At first, I thought,
this will be pretty interestingCopy !req
156. because, you know,
I was a few pounds heavier, a little tallerCopy !req
157. and then I realised the difference
between amateur and consummate pro.Copy !req
158. The way he could move
his head just an inch...Copy !req
159. It's impossible to hit him.Copy !req
160. This man would demolish me in...Copy !req
161. Put it this way: if it was a fight, the fight
would be 11 seconds including the count.Copy !req
162. SPORTSCASTER SPEAKS SPANISHCopy !req
163. Every county is more than just its politics.Copy !req
164. Cultural heroes are particularly important
in times of political unrest.Copy !req
165. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
166. The Panamanian people always
identified themselves with DuranCopy !req
167. especially during his fights.
I mean, you know, it was a national fever.Copy !req
168. He won, we won.Copy !req
169. The demonstration was organised by
Panama's strongman, General Omar Torrijos.Copy !req
170. He was remarkable.
He was strong, he was firmCopy !req
171. and he had to do
whatever was necessary to be doneCopy !req
172. to promote the upward mobility
of the Panamanian people.Copy !req
173. The presence of 50,000 Americans
here at the Canal ZoneCopy !req
174. have always been emotional issues
in PanamaCopy !req
175. and Torrijos has demanded
Panamanian sovereignty over the zone.Copy !req
176. You could call him a military strongmanCopy !req
177. but that doesn't really capture who he was.
He was a populist.Copy !req
178. He was somebody who identified down,
identified with the people.Copy !req
179. They have the weapons
and the tanks given by the United StatesCopy !req
180. but we have our dignity
and we are going to fight.Copy !req
181. We don't care if we die.Copy !req
182. In Washington on September 7th,
President CarterCopy !req
183. and the Panamanian president,
General Omar TorrijosCopy !req
184. signed two treaties for Washington
to surrender the Canal and ZoneCopy !req
185. gradually to Panama by the year 2000.Copy !req
186. And what is to say that once we have declared
we are willing to give up that canalCopy !req
187. that he can't just cancel out
the rest of the treaty?Copy !req
188. Nobody cared in those days about "unbeaten".Copy !req
189. What they cared about is what Duran did,
which is you fight the best guys out there.Copy !req
190. You take your chances, you take risks.Copy !req
191. What really shows you
what he has going on insideCopy !req
192. is that his greatest fights
were still yet to come.Copy !req
193. At the end of the day,
the talent makes the fightsCopy !req
194. but you've got to have the promoters
in order to plug them, to sell themCopy !req
195. to get the tickets out,
to get the crowd interested.Copy !req
196. You know, to get everybody's juices flowing.Copy !req
197. You know,
the rise of the promoters was very importantCopy !req
198. because they really brought out boxing.Copy !req
199. The promoters are the ones
that make that happenCopy !req
200. and if it wasn't for them making it happen,
we wouldn't be able to watch great events.Copy !req
201. Definitely worth $20 to see it.
I'll be there.Copy !req
202. Why is it worth that much to see this fight?Copy !req
203. Hey, that's once in a century.Copy !req
204. That's gonna be the best fight
I ever seen in my life.Copy !req
205. There's been a little bit more
of a razzmatazzCopy !req
206. come to the boxing game over the years,
you know?Copy !req
207. And it has made non-boxing people
boxing fans, you know what I mean?Copy !req
208. So they have served their pointCopy !req
209. and none more so
than Don King and Bob Arum.Copy !req
210. that you will see on Monday nightCopy !req
211. will be one of the greatest fights
in history.Copy !req
212. Arum and King, they were like...Copy !req
213. apples and oranges, you know?
Same bag of groceries, but different fruits.Copy !req
214. I was a great promoter, you know?Copy !req
215. And I say that immodestly,
but I'm just a fact.Copy !req
216. You know, not braggadocio,
just a fact of what it is.Copy !req
217. They were probably the pioneersCopy !req
218. and they were the ones who planted the seedCopy !req
219. for boxing to be what it is today.Copy !req
220. They were rivals.Copy !req
221. Every time they would find a great fight,
they would make it happen.Copy !req
222. My relationship with King,
throughout that period, was very adversarial.Copy !req
223. I think it benefitted both of us.Copy !req
224. He played off me, I played off him.Copy !req
225. I would have never known how good I was
if I didn't have lonesome Bob.Copy !req
226. Can't tell him what to do neither.
When he gets passionateCopy !req
227. and he gets on a tyrant or a rageCopy !req
228. he just goes, man.
You know what? It's no holds barred.Copy !req
229. You got to be on your P's and Q's
when you're dealing with Bob Arum.Copy !req
230. He was a treacherous foe, you know,
and an admirable friend.Copy !req
231. Well, Don King
was a very, very good promoter.Copy !req
232. Tremendously adept at promoting himself.Copy !req
233. A lot of promotional activities were centred
on Don King as the promoter.Copy !req
234. He got his idiosyncrasies
and I have mine, you know what I mean?Copy !req
235. So, you know, sometimes we can make
the twain meet, you know what ll mean?Copy !req
236. So we could be
friends today and foes tomorrow.Copy !req
237. The rivalry between themCopy !req
238. was as important as the one
from the fighters.Copy !req
239. So, people knew
when there was a fight involving bothCopy !req
240. it would be a tremendous event.Copy !req
241. Duran is called,
/I mean, if we read the sports pages hereCopy !req
242. one of the toughest punchers for his weight.Copy !req
243. He's certainly maybe the toughest puncher
you've ever faced.Copy !req
244. He's a brawler, street-fighter.Copy !req
245. Somebody said it's like being hit by a rock
to be hit by this guy.Copy !req
246. Scared?Copy !req
247. Just a little.
HE CHUCKLESCopy !req
248. Ray was America's sweetheart.Copy !req
249. He had won the Olympic gold medal
in Montreal in 1976.Copy !req
250. And Ray had a great smile
and a great personality.Copy !req
251. So, he was America's darling.Copy !req
252. An absolute master boxer at welterweight,
you know?Copy !req
253. The golden boy, if you like.Copy !req
254. A celebrated young fighter in America.Copy !req
255. Brilliant Ali-like smileCopy !req
256. but there were still
some questions out there.Copy !req
257. Could he stand in with a really tough guy?Copy !req
258. Sugar Ray Leonard, for his first fight,
he earned $40,000.Copy !req
259. Roberto Duran was 16 years old.Copy !req
260. He probably earned a couple of mangoes.Copy !req
261. So Duran looked upon LeonardCopy !req
262. and felt something like rage
about what Leonard had.Copy !req
263. An Olympian who was America's sweetheartCopy !req
264. against...Copy !req
265. a... a...Copy !req
266. a demon.Copy !req
267. A destruction machine.
It just made for great theatre.Copy !req
268. Especially in America, since the beginning
of time, you could always pitch good vs evil.Copy !req
269. People were just beginning to adjustCopy !req
270. to the presence of Hispanics
in the United States.Copy !req
271. There was a lot of anti-Hispanic feeling.Copy !req
272. Duran instinctively played
his role as that villain.Copy !req
273. During the press conference
to announce the fightCopy !req
274. the guy walked into that room.Copy !req
275. His eyes, his expressions...Copy !req
276. His demeanour was so...
just violent and just nasty.Copy !req
277. HE SPEAKS SPANISHCopy !req
278. "I'm not here to be a clown
like this guy over here.”Copy !req
279. ROBERTO DURAN SPEAKS SPANISHCopy !req
280. "This is the first time in his lifeCopy !req
281. he's gonna have
to get in the ring and fight."Copy !req
282. Today I said a few words.
I looked at him and he was ready to fight.Copy !req
283. He took his rings off and everything.
! think he was ready.Copy !req
284. When Ray's wife Juanita would go out
of the hotel to go shoppingCopy !req
285. Duran would come down and follow in a carCopy !req
286. and say the vilest things.Copy !req
287. It bothered me as a man.Copy !req
288. It bothered me as a guy.
It bothered me as a fighter.Copy !req
289. And you don't insult a man's wife, girl...Copy !req
290. You don't do that,
and I was gonna get him back.Copy !req
291. I was gonna get him back.Copy !req
292. With Roberto, it was an act.
It really was an act.Copy !req
293. It meant for tremendous closed-circuit sales.Copy !req
294. It was a blockbusterCopy !req
295. because he played his role
of the villain to perfection.Copy !req
296. Live from Montreal, Canada.Copy !req
297. It's the WBC
World's Welterweight Championship.Copy !req
298. Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran.Copy !req
299. We are in on one of the historic events
in all of history.Copy !req
300. More people tonight will see this telecastCopy !req
301. than have ever witnessed
a cable telecast before, closed-circuit.Copy !req
302. Throughout my career,
I never walked to the ring angry.Copy !req
303. Except that fight.Copy !req
304. And I remember vividlyCopy !req
305. in Montreal, walking to that ring, I mean...Copy !req
306. My mind was thinking toe-to-toe,
toe-to-toe with this guy.Copy !req
307. Leonard, prior to the fight, said to himself:
" wanna knock this guy out.”Copy !req
308. Leonard wanted to stand toe-to-toe with one
of the most vicious fighters of all time.Copy !req
309. I thank him for that,
because it made it a great fight.Copy !req
310. I remember the bell going. Bing, first round.Copy !req
311. I didn't foresee any problem...Copy !req
312. until he hit me.Copy !req
313. INDISTINCT COMMENTARYCopy !req
314. I've never been hit that hard.Copy !req
315. Duran was perpetual motion.
He was tenacious, aggressive and...Copy !req
316. Duran had a lot of old school tricks.Copy !req
317. There's something called
the "Fitzsimmons shift".Copy !req
318. He would throw a dummy right handCopy !req
319. and immediately go into a southpaw positionCopy !req
320. and then he would drive in a left hook
or a left uppercut to the solar plexus.Copy !req
321. That is high-tech, sophisticated strategy.Copy !req
322. He's playing games with him.Copy !req
323. Leonard is... Oh, man,
he's throwing these hydrogen bombsCopy !req
324. and he's throwing 'em
at 30 punches per secondCopy !req
325. and they're going so fast,
and they slipping by Duran's faceCopy !req
326. and, boom, it's like he's dancing.Copy !req
327. It's like it's ballet and I'm saying:
"Woah, he's making punches miss."Copy !req
328. I'm just... "Man! God! Damn!"Copy !req
329. They weren't far from each other.Copy !req
330. They're real close
and the movements were... "Oh!"Copy !req
331. Man, you couldn't believe
how close they were throwing punches.Copy !req
332. Right above is Roberto Duran.Copy !req
333. And after seeing that fight,
I knew this was what I wanted to do.Copy !req
334. Remember Leonard has never lost a fight.Copy !req
335. Duran thinks
he has won the fight. I can't believe it.Copy !req
336. BELL RINGS
The bell! It's over!Copy !req
337. He thinks he's won this fightCopy !req
338. and then he has to fight the 15th round!Copy !req
339. I think he thought so. He thinks he's won.Copy !req
340. ! think he thought he won.Copy !req
341. I think you can be fairly certain that Duran,
at that point in his careerCopy !req
342. was not hiding his feelings.Copy !req
343. Now he's yelling at Benitez.Copy !req
344. Most fighters'd just take the win.
"Thank you very much" and get out.Copy !req
345. He was like: "No, have it.
That's what it's all about."Copy !req
346. That's why I loved him.Copy !req
347. He was X-rated for television at the time.Copy !req
348. At the time, he was giving people the finger,
grabbing his crotchCopy !req
349. and I thought that was incredible.Copy !req
350. I said: "I don't need this anymore."Copy !req
351. I really contemplated retirement.Copy !req
352. I said: "I can't take this."
You know, "I can't take this, man."Copy !req
353. Duran had given him a beating
like he had never received in his lifeCopy !req
354. and he told me: "Sly, that night, I could
move every one of my teeth back and forthCopy !req
355. as if they literally were hanging in my gums.Copy !req
356. I thought all my teeth
were going to come out."Copy !req
357. That's how hard he hit.Copy !req
358. Yeah. I told Sly,
I told a lot of people that...Copy !req
359. Most people don't... were not privy to this,
the fact that he hit me like that.Copy !req
360. My forward teeth went back
and I went back to the cornerCopy !req
361. and I asked my cornerman.
I said: "Guys, are my teeth knocked back?"Copy !req
362. And they said: "No, Ray, you're fine,
you're fine."Copy !req
363. Cos they didn't want to, you know, upset me.Copy !req
364. HE SCOFFS
But... I do remember that.Copy !req
365. In my opinion,
Sugar Ray Leonard proved his greatnessCopy !req
366. losing to Duran.Copy !req
367. Roberto Duran, on the other hand,
is a different beast.Copy !req
368. It's almost like he moved to Sodom
and Gomorrah. He just indulged.Copy !req
369. CROWD WHISTLESCopy !req
370. Duran was a fighter of the people.Copy !req
371. He related and identified with themCopy !req
372. the downtrodden and the underprivileged
and denied.Copy !req
373. It was ecstasy.Copy !req
374. It was a celebration of all the people.Copy !req
375. You know, because the celebration...
it was en masse, it was grandiose.Copy !req
376. Everybody was there.Copy !req
377. Babies, their mothers, their grandfathers.Copy !req
378. Everybody was there because it was
a family reunion, as they would say.Copy !req
379. The prodigal son is returning home,
so to speak.Copy !req
380. A month-long party is what it was.Copy !req
381. Now, you can understand
that Duran denies himself when he trains.Copy !req
382. So, in other words, he's reliving
his childhood when he trains.Copy !req
383. That's a little bit of a trauma for him,
it's a mini-trauma if you will.Copy !req
384. So after he wins,
sometimes after he lost, he would indulge.Copy !req
385. He would enjoy the fruits of his labour.Copy !req
386. Duran being Duran,
he did it a little too muchCopy !req
387. but that's how he was wired.Copy !req
388. He was always the guide.Copy !req
389. In the difficult years,
they had Roberto DuranCopy !req
390. to represent them,
and save them and give them pride.Copy !req
391. So he was, and still is,
the most famous Panamanian today.Copy !req
392. He can do whatever he wants in Panama.
He can get away with anything.Copy !req
393. HE SINGS IN SPANISHCopy !req
394. HE SINGS IN SPANISHCopy !req
395. I got a phone call saying
he was gonna pick me upCopy !req
396. with his brother at the airport.
I expected him to be kerbsideCopy !req
397. but he wasn't. He was right through
at the gate when I got off the plane.Copy !req
398. He went: "Ricky, Ricky!"
and he took me through passport control.Copy !req
399. Passport control were saying:
"Roberto, Roberto, passport!”Copy !req
400. He was like: "No, no, no"
and he took me right through.Copy !req
401. I thought "How famous are you
to take me right through passport control?"Copy !req
402. Wherever restaurant we went to,
we would never have to pay anythingCopy !req
403. because he would always say:
"People love me here."Copy !req
404. So it was a treat to see him
in his home town, in his countryCopy !req
405. where people adore him.Copy !req
406. He's still like a little boy, you know?Copy !req
407. I come into his house
and he's watching cartoons.Copy !req
408. You know, he didn't have a childhood.Copy !req
409. It's part of what he is today.Copy !req
410. It gave him that anger to fight.Copy !req
411. Only people who doesn't have places
to live go to El Chorillo.Copy !req
412. People without work.Copy !req
413. People involved in detailing drugs.Copy !req
414. Criminal groups.Copy !req
415. That was El Chorillo.Copy !req
416. I think it's wine, women and song.
You know, the fighters work so hardCopy !req
417. and they live such a Spartan lifeCopy !req
418. that it's so difficult to maintain
that training regimenCopy !req
419. and that disciplineCopy !req
420. and quite often you just wanna
enjoy your youthCopy !req
421. and they get a little carried away.Copy !req
422. They come from poverty
and they've never had anythingCopy !req
423. and now they have millions of dollars
and temptation is just around the corner.Copy !req
424. Duran is not
the first great athlete or fighterCopy !req
425. who got more attracted by the distractionsCopy !req
426. than the main event.Copy !req
427. It's human. Young guys on top of the world.Copy !req
428. More money than they could imagine.Copy !req
429. Everybody telling them
how wonderful they are.Copy !req
430. HE SINGS IN SPANISHCopy !req
431. I remember visiting him at his house.Copy !req
432. There must have been 40 peopleCopy !req
433. and they were all laying around the poolCopy !req
434. with Dom Perignon champagne,
only the best.Copy !req
435. Cooking steaks
and living the high life on Duran's money.Copy !req
436. He partied... partied...Copy !req
437. Well, he celebrated, I should say,
he celebrated a lot more than I did.Copy !req
438. And I wanted to catch him off guard.Copy !req
439. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
440. After the fight,
I was really emotionally just down.Copy !req
441. Devastating.Copy !req
442. But I took my wife to Hawaii
to kinda cool out.Copy !req
443. And while I was there, the first thing I did
the next morning was run, did road work.Copy !req
444. I'm running down the beachCopy !req
445. and people saying:
"Hey, Sugar, man, tough fight."Copy !req
446. "Hey, Sugar Ray, if you'd have boxed him,
you would have beat him."Copy !req
447. I kept hearing that: "If you had boxed him,
you would've beat him."Copy !req
448. "If you were boxing..."Copy !req
449. And something said: "Bing!"Copy !req
450. I called my partner, Mike Trainer.
I said: "Mike, I wanna fight Duran ASAP."Copy !req
451. Hello?Copy !req
452. Training would not be spentCopy !req
453. devising new strategies and tactics
to defeat Sugar Ray LeonardCopy !req
454. who was now going to try
a different strategy of course. No.Copy !req
455. It was spent losing weight.Copy !req
456. This time around will be
a different story altogether.Copy !req
457. Me no like you, Leonard.
Leonard too much talk.Copy !req
458. Everybody rush out there, closed-circuit,
and get their ticketsCopy !req
459. because this is gonna be World War IV.Copy !req
460. It's hard for an outsider to know
how prepared a fighter isCopy !req
461. even when he says, as he usually does,
that he's in the best shape of his life.Copy !req
462. Here we go,
the WBC Welterweight Championship.Copy !req
463. There's Sugar Ray Leonard
in the black trunksCopy !req
464. and Roberto Duran, the champion
in the white trunks, from Panama.Copy !req
465. BELL RINGSCopy !req
466. Roberto Duran comes to battle.Copy !req
467. He knew that toe-to-toe,
he would win that fight.Copy !req
468. And he's even doing a little dodging now.Copy !req
469. A little Ali.Copy !req
470. He's taunting Duran.Copy !req
471. He didn't realiseCopy !req
472. the strategy of Sugar Ray Leonard
was almost sleight of hand.Copy !req
473. Magic. Lllusion.Copy !req
474. Duran became incredibly frustrated.
Embarrassed.Copy !req
475. Sugar Ray is taunting Roberto Duran like AlCopy !req
476. Leonard was just too fast, too craftyCopy !req
477. and it got into the skin of Duran.Copy !req
478. Duran could not abide.Copy !req
479. Those eyes that used to stare at someone
and stare you down were now just, like, lost.Copy !req
480. The taunting that went on, the anticsCopy !req
481. were to pour some acid on this machismo.Copy !req
482. He had no cure.Copy !req
483. He had no responseCopy !req
484. for what I was doing in that ring.Copy !req
485. Sugar Ray is oozing confidence.Copy !req
486. Look at that!Copy !req
487. Well, he saw what to do and he did it.Copy !req
488. Old school fighters would frown upon that.Copy !req
489. A lot of old school commentators
back then frowned upon that.Copy !req
490. They did not like to see...Copy !req
491. Even Howard Cossell did not like to see
Sugar Ray Leonard acting in this mannerCopy !req
492. against a great fighter like Roberto Duran.Copy !req
493. But Sugar Ray Leonard is gonna do
what works for Sugar Ray Leonard.Copy !req
494. Those things, those "antics" or whatever
you call them, happen in the ring.Copy !req
495. It always happened and you can't...
you don't think about doing that.Copy !req
496. You would never think about sticking
your chin out against Roberto Duran, trust meCopy !req
497. but it worked then and there, instinctively.Copy !req
498. It just naturally happenedCopy !req
499. because I saw something in his eyes:Copy !req
500. I saw that he was not there.Copy !req
501. The crowd laughed.Copy !req
502. The people began to laugh at Roberto Duran.Copy !req
503. Both men can throw lethal bombs.Copy !req
504. The machismo at that point said...Copy !req
505. "Enough, I'm not going to be humiliated
like this anymore."Copy !req
506. Something snapped.Copy !req
507. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
508. Hey, what's happening?Copy !req
509. Duran says no!Copy !req
510. ! think he's quitting.Copy !req
511. What is he saying, Larry?
He says no.Copy !req
512. I don't understand it.
He's saying no. He quit!Copy !req
513. I don't understand this.Copy !req
514. / think Duran quit.
/ don't understand it.Copy !req
515. CROWD JEERSCopy !req
516. COMMENTATORS CLAMOURCopy !req
517. Gentlemen, Roberto Duran...Copy !req
518. This is not like Duran.Copy !req
519. threw his hands up
and said: "I quit”.Copy !req
520. I don't understand this.Copy !req
521. And he almost got
in a fight with Leonard's brother.Copy !req
522. The police are in the ringCopy !req
523. and we have
a very, very unpleasant situation in there.Copy !req
524. I don't understand this.Copy !req
525. The referee
has not declared the fight over yet.Copy !req
526. Duran suddenly said: "I quit”.Copy !req
527. / don't understand it.
/ don't either.Copy !req
528. And then he did it a second time.Copy !req
529. I don't understand it.Copy !req
530. CROWD CLAMOURSCopy !req
531. / don't understand.
What happened?Copy !req
532. He's saying: "I don't want it anymore”.Copy !req
533. And there's no question,
ladies and gentlemenCopy !req
534. that Sugar Ray Leonard has retakenCopy !req
535. the World's Welterweight ChampionshipCopy !req
536. in round eight when Duran surrendered.
VOICE FADESCopy !req
537. I could not be more stunnedCopy !req
538. at anything that ever happened
in a prize fightCopy !req
539. than seeing Roberto Duran quit.Copy !req
540. The crowd was shocked.Copy !req
541. Worldwide, it was shocking.Copy !req
542. In Spanish, no mas means "no more".Copy !req
543. The fight became the No Mas fight.Copy !req
544. All you had to say or all that was written
was "no mas".Copy !req
545. When he did so many good things,
so many great things in boxingCopy !req
546. than that simple phrase.Copy !req
547. Some people forget about him being
the greatest lightweight champion of all timeCopy !req
548. and they simply say: "No mas".Copy !req
549. Now, Luis, exactly what happened
in Roberto's words?Copy !req
550. HE SPEAKS SPANISHCopy !req
551. He got cramps in his stomach
and his body, upper body.Copy !req
552. And then his arms.Copy !req
553. And he got weaker,
so that's why he stopped, he quit the bout.Copy !req
554. Does this mean the end
of boxing for Roberto?Copy !req
555. THEY SPEAK SPANISHCopy !req
556. “Yes, I'm not fighting anymore. "Copy !req
557. This is final, permanent retirement?Copy !req
558. THEY SPEAK SPANISHCopy !req
559. "Definitely, I'm not fighting anymore. "Copy !req
560. Leonard scored
with a chopping right that hurt Duran.Copy !req
561. When Duran motioned that that was itCopy !req
562. I just felt that I beat a man, a legend,
mentallyCopy !req
563. you know, more so than physically.Copy !req
564. Ray Leonard was using his skillsCopy !req
565. and his physical adroitness
and his mental capacityCopy !req
566. to be able to do that.Copy !req
567. He played the mental gymnastics
as well as the physical.Copy !req
568. Duran was right for it.
You know, instead of him readjustingCopy !req
569. he stayed on that same mode,
and so since he got frustratedCopy !req
570. with that misguided emotionalism
and passionCopy !req
571. he then played right into Ray's hands,
but Ray wasn't expecting him to stop.Copy !req
572. Sugar Ray had a plan and, you know,
his plan worked.Copy !req
573. To frustrate him, not to fight him.Copy !req
574. If anybody come to fight Duran,
he'll fight you to the deathCopy !req
575. but, you know, he gets caught upCopy !req
576. in that macho mentality,
"He's not fighting me, he's not the man."Copy !req
577. I think for a man who, in his chest
beats the heart of a warriorCopy !req
578. the frustration and the embarrassment
and the pressure from the audienceCopy !req
579. it just threw him off.Copy !req
580. I'm sure he's...Copy !req
581. regrets that moment every day.Copy !req
582. There is no amount of money.
There is nobody that can do anythingCopy !req
583. that would help this man
with the destruction of his reputationCopy !req
584. or the doubt
that has been cast upon his reputationCopy !req
585. and he's going to be out of boxing.Copy !req
586. He'll have to live that
for the rest of his life.Copy !req
587. It's gonna be a real traumatic experience.Copy !req
588. HOWARD COSSELL.:
Ray, you heard what Duran said.Copy !req
589. Will you fight him again, ever?Copy !req
590. No, Howard.Copy !req
591. It's a painful moment.Copy !req
592. It's a painful moment for boxing history
because it did hurt the sport.Copy !req
593. It not only hurt Duran,
it really demolished his reputation.Copy !req
594. But it also hurt everything about the sportCopy !req
595. because people paid good money
to see a great rematchCopy !req
596. and what happened
was Duran basically ripped everybody off.Copy !req
597. I've never seen
this young man behave in this manner.Copy !req
598. I've been with him nine years.Copy !req
599. He's been through tough fightsCopy !req
600. and I was absolutely astounded.Copy !req
601. ! wish I could give you an honest answer,
Howard, of what really happened.Copy !req
602. This is my interpretation,
I'm not sure if I'm rightCopy !req
603. but he was disappointed, deeply disappointed
that he would pull out like thatCopy !req
604. and probably heartbroken in some ways
because you just don't do that.Copy !req
605. It was just one of those...Copy !req
606. too human moments...Copy !req
607. of weakness.Copy !req
608. "But to thine own self one must be true",
as Shakespeare would say.Copy !req
609. The man in the mirror knows
that he did that to himselfCopy !req
610. because of that machismo, macho attitudeCopy !req
611. and life that he had lived,
you know what I mean?Copy !req
612. How do you go back to your people, your fansCopy !req
613. who have constructed a part
of their lives around youCopy !req
614. who worship you and look up to you?Copy !req
615. You become a champion,
you have an entourage of 50 peopleCopy !req
616. carrying your suitcase, your backpack,
giving you water, cleaning your sweat.Copy !req
617. You lose your championship,
you lose your money, you have nobody again.Copy !req
618. Good evening.
One of Central America's best knownCopy !req
619. military and political leaders,
General Omar TorrijosCopy !req
620. has died in a plane crash in the jungle,
971 miles outside of Panama City.Copy !req
621. He was 52.Copy !req
622. The Panamanian National GuardCopy !req
623. gave their General a military farewellCopy !req
624. complete with a motorcycle escort
and cavalry.Copy !req
625. Torrijos' coffin draped
with the Panamanian flagCopy !req
626. was carried up the steps
to the cathedralCopy !req
627. on the shoulders of the
members of his national guard.Copy !req
628. He was their commander and chief.Copy !req
629. Torrijos is a victim of the system.Copy !req
630. That he was such an advocate for the peopleCopy !req
631. and next thing you know,
his plane is crashing into a mountain.Copy !req
632. An accident, but in my opinion by designCopy !req
633. and the world lost a great statesman,
a great scholar, a great fighter.Copy !req
634. Torrijos became a symbol of protestCopy !req
635. a symbol of a different militaryCopy !req
636. and also identified with the lower classCopy !req
637. with the workers, with people like Duran.Copy !req
638. WOMEN WAILCopy !req
639. Panama never was
the same again after Torrijos.Copy !req
640. Of course, his death leads
to the rise of Noriega.Copy !req
641. Noriega had a relationship with the CIACopy !req
642. and the US military that was very, very closeCopy !req
643. very intimate and very profitable.Copy !req
644. He goes on the CIA payroll
and the Pentagon payrollCopy !req
645. cooperating with the US on the one hand
and violating US law on the other hand.Copy !req
646. He begins a relationship
with the Medillin Cartel, Pablo EscobarCopy !req
647. at a time when drug trafficking is starting
to explode coming out of Colombia.Copy !req
648. Panama becomes one
of the most important havensCopy !req
649. for laundering
millions and millions of dollarsCopy !req
650. being produced by trafficking cocaine,
marijuana, in and out of the United States.Copy !req
651. Panama was where business was being doneCopy !req
652. and Noriega was facilitating drug operations
in his country.Copy !req
653. Noriega has taken control literally
at the point of a gun.Copy !req
654. It's absolutely irresponsible for anyone
to think the people of Panama want himCopy !req
655. they don't.Copy !req
656. HE CHUCKLESCopy !req
657. See? I tell you.Copy !req
658. It's not easy to come backCopy !req
659. after being ridiculed.Copy !req
660. After being looked down upon.Copy !req
661. It's gonna do one of two things to you.
It's gonna make you a better fighterCopy !req
662. or it's gonna destroy you.Copy !req
663. The first time you find out
how good a fighter you areCopy !req
664. and how big a man you are in boxingCopy !req
665. when you've got to drag your backside up
off the floor and come back from adversityCopy !req
666. which is what Roberto found himself
having to do after the No Mas fight.Copy !req
667. This is the island of CoibaCopy !req
668. a tough penal colony
and a sort of Devil's IslandCopy !req
669. where Panama's most menacing criminals
are sent.Copy !req
670. It's also become homeCopy !req
671. to one of the most bizarre training camps
of all time.Copy !req
672. Roberto Duran has spent
the last six weeks working hereCopy !req
673. sweating himself into shape,
surrounding himselfCopy !req
674. with men much harder,
meaner and tougher than him.Copy !req
675. Good right hand by Kirkland Laing.Copy !req
676. A lead right
and that tagged Duran on the chin.Copy !req
677. Duran had a go at Laing...Copy !req
678. [ don't wanna remember Duran this way.Copy !req
679. At 31 years of age, it may be all overCopy !req
680. for Hands of Stone.Copy !req
681. Being a champion is very important.Copy !req
682. I would say if I didn't lose in my careerCopy !req
683. I wouldn't know how great I would have been,
cos it put me in a placeCopy !req
684. and then it was for me, mentally
and physically, to get myself out of itCopy !req
685. and show that I'm a true champion.Copy !req
686. Cuevas against the ropesCopy !req
687. down for the second time in the round.Copy !req
688. Cuevas a beaten fighter.Copy !req
689. Duran, a good right hand set it all offCopy !req
690. went to the kill.Copy !req
691. Roberto Duran back
in the title picture again.Copy !req
692. In fact, he will be fightingCopy !req
693. Davey Moore
for the Junior Middleweight Championship.Copy !req
694. Pandemonium in the ring.Copy !req
695. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
696. Duran!Copy !req
697. Duran!Copy !req
698. Duran!Copy !req
699. BELL RINGSCopy !req
700. For Duran to consent
to step in the ring with Davey MooreCopy !req
701. twenty-four years oldCopy !req
702. one of the best junior middleweights
in the worldCopy !req
703. so long after Duran's primeCopy !req
704. so far out of his natural divisionCopy !req
705. against a fighter who has exceeded
Sugar Ray Leonard's dimensions...Copy !req
706. Once again Duran was an underdog.Copy !req
707. I'm 17 years old,
I'm in Madison Square GardenCopy !req
708. and right there in the front rowCopy !req
709. and I'm going: "Yeah, yeah yeah!"
And he goes like this.Copy !req
710. Yo, he was looking at me!
Well, that was a sign.Copy !req
711. That's a sign I'm gonna make it big.Copy !req
712. Cos he saw me out of all those thousands
of people. I thought it was all about me.Copy !req
713. He don't fucking know me!Copy !req
714. Davey Moore was up-and-comingCopy !req
715. and Roberto Duran showed me what kind
of skill that he really had at that time.Copy !req
716. When he won the fight as an underdog,
which nobody expected him to winCopy !req
717. I think he made the people of Panama
very, very proud of him again.Copy !req
718. Duran!Copy !req
719. On his 32nd birthday last nightCopy !req
720. challenger Roberto Duran knocked out
24-year-old Davey MooreCopy !req
721. to win the World Boxing Association,
Junior Middleweight Championship.Copy !req
722. There's no doubt that beating MooreCopy !req
723. brought Duran back to life
as a prize fighter.Copy !req
724. The '80s was really dominated
by the Four Kings.Copy !req
725. They all fought each other.Copy !req
726. Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler...Copy !req
727. It's war.Copy !req
728. Tommy Hearns. Roberto Duran.Copy !req
729. Those four, they truly represent
perhaps the best times of boxing.Copy !req
730. Everybody thought initiallyCopy !req
731. that once Muhammad Ali departed
from the sceneCopy !req
732. that boxing would suffer
a real terrible blow.Copy !req
733. But it was those four fightersCopy !req
734. that revitalised the sport during the '80s.Copy !req
735. They fought nine timesCopy !req
736. in various combinationsCopy !req
737. and every time they fought,
it was a major, major event.Copy !req
738. Each fight among themCopy !req
739. became a drama.Copy !req
740. Oh, not since Cain and Abel
have you seen one like this.Copy !req
741. Every fight was an event.Copy !req
742. The Four Kings era without Roberto DuranCopy !req
743. it wouldn't have been the same.Copy !req
744. He was a fighter
who would take on all challengers.Copy !req
745. He would move up several weight classes
and challenge the very best.Copy !req
746. He was a serious threat to anybody.Copy !req
747. And indeed this historic event isCopy !req
748. Roberto Duran challenging
Marvelous Marvin HaglerCopy !req
749. for the undisputed
Middleweight Championship.Copy !req
750. Back in the day, you fought the best.Copy !req
751. You had to work yourself in the rankings
to become a champion.Copy !req
752. They all wanted to fight each other.
They wanted to fight each other.Copy !req
753. They didn't have to,
they didn't make 'em, they wanted it.Copy !req
754. This was an era
when dinosaurs ruled the Earth.Copy !req
755. These were the real deals, real specimensCopy !req
756. and Hagler was perfection
in his particular weight classCopy !req
757. which is much bigger than Roberto.Copy !req
758. Basically, this guy was trying
to take away my titleCopy !req
759. and I said: "No. There's no way that you're
going to take away my title," you know.Copy !req
760. It was a psych game, like,
going on between him and I.Copy !req
761. Two day more, you no more champion.
- OK.Copy !req
762. He was at the height of his game
at nine stone, nine.Copy !req
763. And all of a sudden, he fights one
of the greatest middleweights of all time.Copy !req
764. Up at 11 stone, six.Copy !req
765. Every morning, I used to see his ugly face.Copy !req
766. My entourage and his entourageCopy !req
767. we used to run around the dunes.Copy !req
768. We would see each other like 4:30
in the morning and just before the fightCopy !req
769. and we go, "Rrrrrr!"Copy !req
770. And he goes, "Rrrrrr!"Copy !req
771. ROBERTO DURAN SPEAKS SPANISHCopy !req
772. He says: "Thank you very, very much
to all of you"Copy !req
773. and he don't care of nothingCopy !req
774. because he knows how to do it
on top of the ring.Copy !req
775. / notice you didn't shake his hand.
Has the psyching already started toward that?Copy !req
776. Oh, yeah. Roberto's very tricky, very cagey.Copy !req
777. Uh, he's got a lot of heart.Copy !req
778. One thing that I believe
that I won't have to look for him.Copy !req
779. So, it's going to be an exciting fight.Copy !req
780. You're gonna see a good performance.Copy !req
781. !I'm sure Duran is going
to give a good account of himself.Copy !req
782. He's too strong, much too fast for Duran.Copy !req
783. He's in better shape.Copy !req
784. He's got just as much experience.Copy !req
785. The last time Hagler had a fight
was against Vito Antofuermo five years ago.Copy !req
786. He hasn't had a fight since
and Duran's gonna give him a fightCopy !req
787. cos Duran's gonna hit him downstairs,
Duran's gonna hit him upstairs.Copy !req
788. And it's gonna be all over
within a short time.Copy !req
789. Duran!Copy !req
790. To do a 15-round fight in that heat,
outdoors...Copy !req
791. They weren't in the casinos now,
and the air conditioning.Copy !req
792. That was absolutely unbelievable.Copy !req
793. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
794. The way that I look at that fight, I meanCopy !req
795. it was two great champions going in,
teaching each otherCopy !req
796. what kind of skills that they had.Copy !req
797. Middleweight Championship of the world.Copy !req
798. Hagler, of course, familiar to most peopleCopy !req
799. that left-handed style.Copy !req
800. Remember, he will switch to righty
at various times throughout this fight.Copy !req
801. For the first three rounds,
what he would do wasCopy !req
802. every time that I would throw a right handCopy !req
803. he would counter-punch.Copy !req
804. And I says: "Hmm" for three rounds
and I'm asking my trainerCopy !req
805. "How the hell does this guy
keep catching me?"Copy !req
806. "He's a smart warrior
and he's timing your punch."Copy !req
807. So, what we had to do was
we had to go to school on himCopy !req
808. show him who he's in there with,
switch up on himCopy !req
809. and every time that he would do
that right hand...Copy !req
810. Boom, I hit him with a body shotCopy !req
811. and I hear him go, "Ugh!"Copy !req
812. He can't believe
that he's getting hit this muchCopy !req
813. because nobody hits Roberto Duran
that much.Copy !req
814. "You hit me, do you know who I am?"Copy !req
815. I say: "Yeah,
and you gonna get some more, too.Copy !req
816. C'mon!"Copy !req
817. Big left hand from Hagler
on the chin of Duran but Duran is OK.Copy !req
818. The fight was toe-to-toe, nonstop.Copy !req
819. There was barely a foot, two foot
between them the whole fightCopy !req
820. because Roberto Duran fought that way
and Marvin fought that way.Copy !req
821. It was always going to be
a close-quarter fightCopy !req
822. so that for a 15-round fight...Copy !req
823. Fantastic, fantastic stuff.Copy !req
824. Here in this 15th round.Copy !req
825. Ripping, body and head shots
to the head of Roberto Duran.Copy !req
826. I give him a lot of credit, man.Copy !req
827. He was so experienced that he knew
how to keep bouncing off the ropeCopy !req
828. and bobbing and weaving
and avoiding some of the punches.Copy !req
829. Two warriors,
two champions going the full 15 rounds.Copy !req
830. I tell you,
in about 30 more seconds in the 15th roundCopy !req
831. I would have knocked Roberto Duran out.Copy !req
832. I had him. I had him.Copy !req
833. BELL RINGSCopy !req
834. Duran stole the drama of the showCopy !req
835. simply by going 15 rounds
with Marvin Hagler.Copy !req
836. Having a fighter like Roberto Duran,
that brings out the best in youCopy !req
837. and that's what he did for me.Copy !req
838. He pushed him all the way,
do you know what I mean?Copy !req
839. Stood there and had it out with him,
it was...Copy !req
840. From someone who was a 9 stone, nine,
a lightweight fighterCopy !req
841. to fight out with one of the strongest
and best middleweights of all time.Copy !req
842. I think, you know, it ended in his defeatCopy !req
843. but it's again, another one of them,
bit by bitCopy !req
844. each fight and each fight he was havingCopy !req
845. he was getting the respect back
from the Panamanian people.Copy !req
846. To me, it isn't always about the victoriesCopy !req
847. cos Duran, every fight had just...
elements of dramaCopy !req
848. that other fighters just don't have.Copy !req
849. Every one is almost like a movie in itself.Copy !req
850. If you look at the pattern of Duran's careerCopy !req
851. it's pretty rare, especially after 1979Copy !req
852. where he could be inspired
for a fight twice in a row.Copy !req
853. To fight Hearns on the heels of Hagler,
that's insanity.Copy !req
854. No longer will he be called
the Motor City Cobra.Copy !req
855. He has returned as Thomas The Hitman.Copy !req
856. He had that real devil, evil in his eye,
you know?Copy !req
857. He, you know...
Like he wanted to hurt his opponents.Copy !req
858. Duran predictedCopy !req
859. he's going to knock Tommy Hearns out
in one round.Copy !req
860. Thomas Hearns said: "I'm going to knock
Roberto Duran out in two rounds."Copy !req
861. It was apparent in that fightCopy !req
862. that Hearns had no respect for Duran.Copy !req
863. BELL RINGS
Referee, Carlos Padilla.Copy !req
864. He was training in Bahamas.Copy !req
865. I was very young, I was a kid.Copy !req
866. And they flew me over with my mumCopy !req
867. and I saw my father
trying to make the weight.Copy !req
868. He looked like a freaking walking dead,
you know.Copy !req
869. Sucking on a lemon.Copy !req
870. You know, he's usually the crazy guy
who loves his kidCopy !req
871. and he's always hugging us
and, you know, playing with us.Copy !req
872. And he's like: "Fula, just take the kids.
I can't deal with them right now."Copy !req
873. Big man and the little man
thus far. Right hand!Copy !req
874. Down goes Duran.Copy !req
875. Duran is on queer street.Copy !req
876. He doesn't know where he is.Copy !req
877. He's on queer street and he's going to go.Copy !req
878. Noriega was provoking the military,
the US military.Copy !req
879. Drugs are menacing our society.Copy !req
880. They're threatening our values
and undercutting our institutions.Copy !req
881. They're killing our children.Copy !req
882. This...Copy !req
883. This is crack cocaine.Copy !req
884. ! think we are moving from crisis to disasterCopy !req
885. and now we are passing disaster
and moving towards catastrophe.Copy !req
886. Oh, he's out!Copy !req
887. He was out before he hit the canvas.Copy !req
888. When that punch landed, it was a "pop".Copy !req
889. You could hear it from ringside
through the ropes into the microphone.Copy !req
890. That was definitely the hardest punch
Duran ever got hit with.Copy !req
891. This fight is over.Copy !req
892. When I have the official time from the...Copy !req
893. He doesn't know where he is.Copy !req
894. He has not known
where he is since the first...Copy !req
895. Duran was no longer a elite level fighter.Copy !req
896. He's like: "I can still get in the ring
and beat everybody up and..."Copy !req
897. You know...Copy !req
898. It was sort of a pressure for us tooCopy !req
899. because everybody coming up to us
and like: "Your father should retire."Copy !req
900. So it was sort of a pressure
for not only him but for everybody.Copy !req
901. He represented never giving up.Copy !req
902. "If I can do this, you can do it as well."
He was that type of fighter.Copy !req
903. I call on General Noriega
to respect the voice of the people.Copy !req
904. You know, Al, there's a saying in boxing:Copy !req
905. "A fighter can look like
he's in great condition.Copy !req
906. All of a sudden he walks up the stairsCopy !req
907. the bell rings,
and he doesn't have it anymore.”Copy !req
908. That's happened to Roberto Duran,
like, three times.Copy !req
909. We all wrote him off and all of a sudden
the guy comes back again.Copy !req
910. This is going to be some test
for a 37-year-old guyCopy !req
911. against a tough guy like Iran Barkley.Copy !req
912. He has the heart of a champion, of a warrior,
and no matter if you're 100 years old or notCopy !req
913. you're still going to want to fightCopy !req
914. because it's in you.Copy !req
915. It's your soul. It's what drives you.Copy !req
916. It's the loneliest of sportsCopy !req
917. but in a way, that makes it, um... better.Copy !req
918. It makes it bigger.Copy !req
919. They go out, they are alone.Copy !req
920. There can be whole countriesCopy !req
921. making you... somebody special.Copy !req
922. And so the stage is set.Copy !req
923. There's not a seat to be had.Copy !req
924. And everybody pumped up to see that man,
Roberto Duran, trying to win his fourth titleCopy !req
925. and to see if Iran The Blade Barkley...Copy !req
926. Iran Barkley was a rough, tough guy
who was from the streets of the Bronx.Copy !req
927. He was member of a street gang.Copy !req
928. He was 28 years old.Copy !req
929. He was in perfect condition.Copy !req
930. He was a huge middleweight.Copy !req
931. I was in school...Copy !req
932. and ll remember my teachers telling me:Copy !req
933. "Don't let your father do this fight,"
you know, "he's going to get killed."Copy !req
934. You know, I saw Iran Barkley
who was like ten-feet tall.Copy !req
935. I'm like: "Damn, this guy's going
to kill my father."Copy !req
936. These guys is the past.
I got to be the present.Copy !req
937. Got a spirit inside of me
that I can take myself backCopy !req
938. to where ll came from and what I've done.Copy !req
939. I'm gonna make you respect me.Copy !req
940. A promoter would say to a fighterCopy !req
941. "If you want to fight,
your name power is still big enoughCopy !req
942. to put this fight on TVCopy !req
943. to where you get a pay-day."Copy !req
944. And that's what keeps fighters going on
long after they should retire.Copy !req
945. Here's that right hand again.Copy !req
946. Being very, very proud of your people
like Roberto wasCopy !req
947. makes you not want to let them down.Copy !req
948. You can't tell me he didn't think
of that one fight against Sugar Ray LeonardCopy !req
949. and when he quit,
every time he stepped in a ring.Copy !req
950. He thought to himself:
" can't quit in this one.”Copy !req
951. You can look into a man's eyes,
you can see his soul.Copy !req
952. You don't scare me.Copy !req
953. Having the guts and having the desireCopy !req
954. to go beyond physical limits.Copy !req
955. When you do that, you're a fighter.Copy !req
956. They are both landing big shots.Copy !req
957. Who will go? Duran is now stunned.Copy !req
958. Panama City.Copy !req
959. American police called on Army help
against rioting Panamanians.Copy !req
960. You know,
I hit him with a shot that spun him around.Copy !req
961. I don't even know how he stood up from that.
HE CHUCKLESCopy !req
962. When I heard this stuff
about Noriega and invadingCopy !req
963. that is pure fabrication and a lie.Copy !req
964. Duran doing a wonderful job of tying him upCopy !req
965. Something held him up that day
that wouldn't let him fall.Copy !req
966. So it looks like Roberto Duran
got his third wind. Where he got it from...Copy !req
967. You know, it held him up somehow.Copy !req
968. He said he was in good shape.Copy !req
969. Roberto Duran's for real in this bout.Copy !req
970. And he just went for it.Copy !req
971. Duran!Copy !req
972. Last night, I ordered
US military forces to Panama.Copy !req
973. Again the right by...
Barkley's in trouble. He's down!Copy !req
974. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
975. This has been extraordinary.Copy !req
976. BELL RINGSCopy !req
977. That tells you who's champion.Copy !req
978. The victory over Iran Barkley
was Duran's last act of defiance.Copy !req
979. I mean, with that victory,
he gave the finger to history.Copy !req
980. He gave the finger to Father Time.Copy !req
981. He gave the finger to the laws of physics.Copy !req
982. And now that we're friends,
I walk over to him, I say:Copy !req
983. "Hey, Roberto, how you doing, man?"
I said: "Let me ask you a question.Copy !req
984. Did you hate me that much?Copy !req
985. Did you really hate me that much?"Copy !req
986. And he looked at me.Copy !req
987. He took a deep breath.Copy !req
988. He said: "No, Ray, that was all...
It was all made up."Copy !req
989. There wasn't this mean spirit about himCopy !req
990. uh, when you got to know him.Copy !req
991. I mean, he was just a fun-loving guy
that you wanted to be around.Copy !req
992. There was a kind of, um... charmingCopy !req
993. kind of boyishness to him, the humility.Copy !req
994. Tremendous heart, yes...Copy !req
995. A caring individual and just...Copy !req
996. Man, as I said, I'm so happy
that he was... part of my lifetime.Copy !req
997. If you look at Roberto Duran, you look
at the heights and the depths of his career.Copy !req
998. You even look at No Mas.Copy !req
999. Ask yourself who in their lives
has not had a "no mas" moment?Copy !req