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. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
14. The continents of North America
and South America are connectedCopy !req
15. by a narrow link of land, Central America.Copy !req
16. As explorers and traders learnt more
about Central AmericaCopy !req
17. they found that the shortest path
from ocean to oceanCopy !req
18. was across the area known today
as the Republic of Panama.Copy !req
19. There's the fiery Panamanian DuranCopy !req
20. right on Buchanan again.Copy !req
21. The United States
built a great Panama CanalCopy !req
22. controlling the trade routes
from north to south and east to west.Copy !req
23. We should end those negotiations
and tell the General:Copy !req
24. "We bought it, we paid for it, we built itCopy !req
25. and we intend to keep it".Copy !req
26. INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTERCopy !req
27. Shipping through the Panama CanalCopy !req
28. and the nearly 10,000 American troops
guarding itCopy !req
29. were not affected by the unrest.Copy !req
30. The canal would be
a prime target for an aggressorCopy !req
31. Seeking to disrupt peace and security.Copy !req
32. The US Senate declared it would
always respect Panamanian sovereignty.Copy !req
33. Preparing for the crackdownCopy !req
34. the government had ordered the closure
of banks, schools and government offices.Copy !req
35. USA!Copy !req
36. A tremendous right hand by Duran.Copy !req
37. INDISTINCT CHATTERCopy !req
38. Duran just cannot be beaten or intimidated.Copy !req
39. Last night, I ordered
US military forces to Panama.Copy !req
40. And we will not be
intimated by the bullying tacticsCopy !req
41. brutal though they may be,
of the dictator, Noriega.Copy !req
42. GUNSHOTSCopy !req
43. He found an order in a disorderly universeCopy !req
44. when he was a child,
in learning how to fight.Copy !req
45. Not just to fight, but how to fight.Copy !req
46. Duran was a product of want.Copy !req
47. Duran was a product of poverty.Copy !req
48. You have a natural fighter here.Copy !req
49. You have someone who's driven
by vivid memories of going to bed hungryCopy !req
50. and dirt floors
and barrels lit on fire for heat.Copy !req
51. He didn't have a family, a proper family.Copy !req
52. He was abandoned by his father
and he had to rough it out on the streets.Copy !req
53. He had to make a living since very young,
selling newspapers, shining shoesCopy !req
54. on the streets and trying to support
his family while being a five-year-old kid.Copy !req
55. So, it was hard for him.Copy !req
56. Well, the Canal Zone
is not a colonial possession.Copy !req
57. It is not a long-term lease.
It is sovereign United States territory.Copy !req
58. Where do prize fighters come?Copy !req
59. They come from desperate, poor circumstance.Copy !req
60. In the sport of boxingCopy !req
61. it requires such emotional strength,
determinationCopy !req
62. the experience of being
in very difficult situations daily.Copy !req
63. Pain, living with pain every day.Copy !req
64. It's not a stretch to walk into a boxing gym.Copy !req
65. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
66. Dynamite in both hands
and he's showing it tonight.Copy !req
67. There has to be some inner fireCopy !req
68. that wants to escape from where he came
and from what he'd seenCopy !req
69. and some desire just to...Copy !req
70. beat other people up.Copy !req
71. Ray Arcel had 20 world champions.Copy !req
72. Now, keep in mind this is not 20 belt holders
or a few world champions and belt holders.Copy !req
73. These are legitimate true champions,
divisional kingsCopy !req
74. and Ray Arcel had 20 of them.Copy !req
75. He wasn't the typical trainer
that you would think of.Copy !req
76. He was more like, as somebody described him,
"He dressed like a banker."Copy !req
77. He was very much a gentleman.Copy !req
78. He was very elegant
and he cared for his fighters very much.Copy !req
79. I always felt that there was no one
could beat him.Copy !req
80. I told him one time, [ said:Copy !req
81. “If you fought the heavyweight champion
of the world, you could win."Copy !req
82. Roberto was his last fighterCopy !req
83. and he was, at that time, close to 80
and he was not wanting to go back into it.Copy !req
84. He did because Roberto was so special.Copy !req
85. This kind of like a father-son relationship
which I think that they had.Copy !req
86. Every trainer has a different work ethic.Copy !req
87. Every trainer has
a different way of instillingCopy !req
88. in their fighter a fighting style.Copy !req
89. Ray Arcel called him a natural fighter.Copy !req
90. In other words,
they clearly didn't have to teach him much.Copy !req
91. All these guys learn a lot
of stuff from the streets and whateverCopy !req
92. and they bring it into the ring.Copy !req
93. Being a champion is something that
you got to learn and you got to learn itCopy !req
94. the hard way.Copy !req
95. And the most of us,
we had nothing to start out with.Copy !req
96. So, we ain't got nothing to lose.
HE CHUCKLESCopy !req
97. He's gone!
There is no getting up from that.Copy !req
98. APPLAUSECopy !req
99. Ken Buchanan was the favourite.Copy !req
100. He was very good, if not a great fighter.Copy !req
101. Well, I was a boxer
and Roberto was a fighter.Copy !req
102. I knew what I was up against, like.Copy !req
103. Roberto, you seem very confident
that this is going to be a knockout.Copy !req
104. Now, let's go a step further
and tell me the round.Copy !req
105. Duran had
this absolute certainty that he would win.Copy !req
106. I remember thinking:
"What does he know that we don't know?"Copy !req
107. When the bell rang for round oneCopy !req
108. it was like Duran's coming out
to end the fightCopy !req
109. like you just stole something from him.Copy !req
110. He fought Ken Buchanan
as if Ken Buchanan mugged his mother.Copy !req
111. Oh, he really hurt him that time!Copy !req
112. He just had the guts to keep goingCopy !req
113. throwing punches at me
and hoping they were going to land.Copy !req
114. He had just turned 21 years old
ten days earlier.Copy !req
115. He combined his aggression
with being elusive.Copy !req
116. And for Buchanan,
to withstand that for round after roundCopy !req
117. it was a tremendous effort.Copy !req
118. Duran was fighting for a nation.Copy !req
119. Duran was fighting for Panama.Copy !req
120. The trouble began when a group
of American high school pupilsCopy !req
121. flew an American flag
without the Panamanian flag by its side.Copy !req
122. And before the Panamanian National GuardCopy !req
123. the police and US troops
brought the rioters under controlCopy !req
124. more than a score were dead,
including four US soldiers.Copy !req
125. The Panamanians cannot talk politics.Copy !req
126. Cannot talk in the papers,
because we don't have freedom of speech.Copy !req
127. Duran came as a symbol of opportunityCopy !req
128. to express ourselves
as a country of oppression.Copy !req
129. / don't think Buchanan
has ever been in this much trouble.Copy !req
130. Duran knew how to pace himself naturally.Copy !req
131. He also had a lot of stamina,
he kept on going.Copy !req
132. He was just relentlessCopy !req
133. going after him with his head
as well as his fistsCopy !req
134. and eventually, he just broke him down.Copy !req
135. BELL RINGSCopy !req
136. He hit me low and that was it.Copy !req
137. Like, the referee...
He just stopped the fight.Copy !req
138. And the winner
and new lightweight champion of the worldCopy !req
139. 21-year-old Roberto Duran of Panama.Copy !req
140. That moment announced
Duran on the world stage without a doubt.Copy !req
141. A fighter arises from their midstCopy !req
142. who became one of the all-time greats.Copy !req
143. Something personal driving him.Copy !req
144. I'm not sure if Duran even understood what it
was but there was something that was primal.Copy !req
145. SPORTCASTER CHATTERS IN SPANISHCopy !req
146. He was naturally aggressive,
but he could also box.Copy !req
147. Ferocity and savage punching, speed...Copy !req
148. People never know him as fast,
but he's very fast.Copy !req
149. He has a great anticipation of punching.
He's just an all-around marvel in the ring.Copy !req
150. "Manos de Piedra" as a tag
is so perfect for himCopy !req
151. because it feels like...
His hands feel like freaking bricks.Copy !req
152. I've talked to fighters that have fought himCopy !req
153. and everyone underestimates him.Copy !req
154. They think they can win
until they're in the ring with him.Copy !req
155. HE CHUCKLES
I actually have been in the ringCopy !req
156. in a fashion, with Roberto.Copy !req
157. He was in Rocky /I.
He's supposedly Rocky's sparring partner.Copy !req
158. At first, I thought,
this will be pretty interestingCopy !req
159. because, you know,
I was a few pounds heavier, a little tallerCopy !req
160. and then I realised the difference
between amateur and consummate pro.Copy !req
161. The way he could move
his head just an inch...Copy !req
162. It's impossible to hit him.Copy !req
163. This man would demolish me in...Copy !req
164. Put it this way: if it was a fight, the fight
would be 11 seconds including the count.Copy !req
165. SPORTSCASTER SPEAKS SPANISHCopy !req
166. Every county is more than just its politics.Copy !req
167. Cultural heroes are particularly important
in times of political unrest.Copy !req
168. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
169. The Panamanian people always
identified themselves with DuranCopy !req
170. especially during his fights.
I mean, you know, it was a national fever.Copy !req
171. He won, we won.Copy !req
172. The demonstration was organised by
Panama's strongman, General Omar Torrijos.Copy !req
173. He was remarkable.
He was strong, he was firmCopy !req
174. and he had to do
whatever was necessary to be doneCopy !req
175. to promote the upward mobility
of the Panamanian people.Copy !req
176. The presence of 50,000 Americans
here at the Canal ZoneCopy !req
177. have always been emotional issues
in PanamaCopy !req
178. and Torrijos has demanded
Panamanian sovereignty over the zone.Copy !req
179. You could call him a military strongmanCopy !req
180. but that doesn't really capture who he was.
He was a populist.Copy !req
181. He was somebody who identified down,
identified with the people.Copy !req
182. They have the weapons
and the tanks given by the United StatesCopy !req
183. but we have our dignity
and we are going to fight.Copy !req
184. We don't care if we die.Copy !req
185. In Washington on September 7th,
President CarterCopy !req
186. and the Panamanian president,
General Omar TorrijosCopy !req
187. signed two treaties for Washington
to surrender the Canal and ZoneCopy !req
188. gradually to Panama by the year 2000.Copy !req
189. And what is to say that once we have declared
we are willing to give up that canalCopy !req
190. that he can't just cancel out
the rest of the treaty?Copy !req
191. Nobody cared in those days about "unbeaten".Copy !req
192. What they cared about is what Duran did,
which is you fight the best guys out there.Copy !req
193. You take your chances, you take risks.Copy !req
194. What really shows you
what he has going on insideCopy !req
195. is that his greatest fights
were still yet to come.Copy !req
196. At the end of the day,
the talent makes the fightsCopy !req
197. but you've got to have the promoters
in order to plug them, to sell themCopy !req
198. to get the tickets out,
to get the crowd interested.Copy !req
199. You know, to get everybody's juices flowing.Copy !req
200. You know,
the rise of the promoters was very importantCopy !req
201. because they really brought out boxing.Copy !req
202. The promoters are the ones
that make that happenCopy !req
203. and if it wasn't for them making it happen,
we wouldn't be able to watch great events.Copy !req
204. Definitely worth $20 to see it.
I'll be there.Copy !req
205. Why is it worth that much to see this fight?Copy !req
206. Hey, that's once in a century.Copy !req
207. That's gonna be the best fight
I ever seen in my life.Copy !req
208. There's been a little bit more
of a razzmatazzCopy !req
209. come to the boxing game over the years,
you know?Copy !req
210. And it has made non-boxing people
boxing fans, you know what I mean?Copy !req
211. So they have served their pointCopy !req
212. and none more so
than Don King and Bob Arum.Copy !req
213. that you will see on Monday nightCopy !req
214. will be one of the greatest fights
in history.Copy !req
215. Arum and King, they were like...Copy !req
216. apples and oranges, you know?
Same bag of groceries, but different fruits.Copy !req
217. I was a great promoter, you know?Copy !req
218. And I say that immodestly,
but I'm just a fact.Copy !req
219. You know, not braggadocio,
just a fact of what it is.Copy !req
220. They were probably the pioneersCopy !req
221. and they were the ones who planted the seedCopy !req
222. for boxing to be what it is today.Copy !req
223. They were rivals.Copy !req
224. Every time they would find a great fight,
they would make it happen.Copy !req
225. My relationship with King,
throughout that period, was very adversarial.Copy !req
226. I think it benefitted both of us.Copy !req
227. He played off me, I played off him.Copy !req
228. I would have never known how good I was
if I didn't have lonesome Bob.Copy !req
229. Can't tell him what to do neither.
When he gets passionateCopy !req
230. and he gets on a tyrant or a rageCopy !req
231. he just goes, man.
You know what? It's no holds barred.Copy !req
232. You got to be on your P's and Q's
when you're dealing with Bob Arum.Copy !req
233. He was a treacherous foe, you know,
and an admirable friend.Copy !req
234. Well, Don King
was a very, very good promoter.Copy !req
235. Tremendously adept at promoting himself.Copy !req
236. A lot of promotional activities were centred
on Don King as the promoter.Copy !req
237. He got his idiosyncrasies
and I have mine, you know what I mean?Copy !req
238. So, you know, sometimes we can make
the twain meet, you know what ll mean?Copy !req
239. So we could be
friends today and foes tomorrow.Copy !req
240. The rivalry between themCopy !req
241. was as important as the one
from the fighters.Copy !req
242. So, people knew
when there was a fight involving bothCopy !req
243. it would be a tremendous event.Copy !req
244. Duran is called,
/I mean, if we read the sports pages hereCopy !req
245. one of the toughest punchers for his weight.Copy !req
246. He's certainly maybe the toughest puncher
you've ever faced.Copy !req
247. He's a brawler, street-fighter.Copy !req
248. Somebody said it's like being hit by a rock
to be hit by this guy.Copy !req
249. Scared?Copy !req
250. Just a little.
HE CHUCKLESCopy !req
251. Ray was America's sweetheart.Copy !req
252. He had won the Olympic gold medal
in Montreal in 1976.Copy !req
253. And Ray had a great smile
and a great personality.Copy !req
254. So, he was America's darling.Copy !req
255. An absolute master boxer at welterweight,
you know?Copy !req
256. The golden boy, if you like.Copy !req
257. A celebrated young fighter in America.Copy !req
258. Brilliant Ali-like smileCopy !req
259. but there were still
some questions out there.Copy !req
260. Could he stand in with a really tough guy?Copy !req
261. Sugar Ray Leonard, for his first fight,
he earned $40,000.Copy !req
262. Roberto Duran was 16 years old.Copy !req
263. He probably earned a couple of mangoes.Copy !req
264. So Duran looked upon LeonardCopy !req
265. and felt something like rage
about what Leonard had.Copy !req
266. An Olympian who was America's sweetheartCopy !req
267. against...
HE SIGHSCopy !req
268. a... a...Copy !req
269. a demon.Copy !req
270. A destruction machine.
It just made for great theatre.Copy !req
271. Especially in America, since the beginning
of time, you could always pitch good vs evil.Copy !req
272. People were just beginning to adjustCopy !req
273. to the presence of Hispanics
in the United States.Copy !req
274. There was a lot of anti-Hispanic feeling.Copy !req
275. Duran instinctively played
his role as that villain.Copy !req
276. During the press conference
to announce the fightCopy !req
277. the guy walked into that room.Copy !req
278. His eyes, his expressions...Copy !req
279. His demeanour was so...
just violent and just nasty.Copy !req
280. HE SPEAKS SPANISHCopy !req
281. "I'm not here to be a clown
like this guy over here.”Copy !req
282. CROWD LAUGHSCopy !req
283. ROBERTO DURAN SPEAKS SPANISHCopy !req
284. "This is the first time in his lifeCopy !req
285. he's gonna have
to get in the ring and fight."Copy !req
286. Today I said a few words.
I looked at him and he was ready to fight.Copy !req
287. He took his rings off and everything.
! think he was ready.Copy !req
288. When Ray's wife Juanita would go out
of the hotel to go shoppingCopy !req
289. Duran would come down and follow in a carCopy !req
290. and say the vilest things.Copy !req
291. It bothered me as a man.Copy !req
292. It bothered me as a guy.
It bothered me as a fighter.Copy !req
293. And you don't insult a man's wife, girl...Copy !req
294. You don't do that,
and I was gonna get him back.Copy !req
295. I was gonna get him back.Copy !req
296. With Roberto, it was an act.
It really was an act.Copy !req
297. It meant for tremendous closed-circuit sales.Copy !req
298. It was a blockbusterCopy !req
299. because he played his role
of the villain to perfection.Copy !req
300. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
301. Live from Montreal, Canada.Copy !req
302. It's the WBC
World's Welterweight Championship.Copy !req
303. Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran.Copy !req
304. We are in on one of the historic events
in all of history.Copy !req
305. More people tonight will see this telecastCopy !req
306. than have ever witnessed
a cable telecast before, closed-circuit.Copy !req
307. Throughout my career,
I never walked to the ring angry.Copy !req
308. Except that fight.Copy !req
309. And I remember vividlyCopy !req
310. in Montreal, walking to that ring, I mean...Copy !req
311. My mind was thinking toe-to-toe,
toe-to-toe with this guy.Copy !req
312. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
313. Leonard, prior to the fight, said to himself:
" wanna knock this guy out.”Copy !req
314. Leonard wanted to stand toe-to-toe with one
of the most vicious fighters of all time.Copy !req
315. I thank him for that,
because it made it a great fight.Copy !req
316. I remember the bell going. Bing, first round.Copy !req
317. I didn't foresee any problem...Copy !req
318. until he hit me.Copy !req
319. INDISTINCT COMMENTARYCopy !req
320. I've never been hit that hard.Copy !req
321. Duran was perpetual motion.
He was tenacious, aggressive and...Copy !req
322. Duran had a lot of old school tricks.Copy !req
323. There's something called
the "Fitzsimmons shift".Copy !req
324. He would throw a dummy right handCopy !req
325. and immediately go into a southpaw positionCopy !req
326. and then he would drive in a left hook
or a left uppercut to the solar plexus.Copy !req
327. That is high-tech, sophisticated strategy.Copy !req
328. He's playing games with him.Copy !req
329. Leonard is... Oh, man,
he's throwing these hydrogen bombsCopy !req
330. and he's throwing 'em
at 30 punches per secondCopy !req
331. and they're going so fast,
and they slipping by Duran's faceCopy !req
332. and, boom, it's like he's dancing.Copy !req
333. It's like it's ballet and I'm saying:
"Woah, he's making punches miss."Copy !req
334. I'm just... "Man! God! Damn!"Copy !req
335. They weren't far from each other.Copy !req
336. They're real close
and the movements were... "Oh!"Copy !req
337. Man, you couldn't believe
how close they were throwing punches.Copy !req
338. Right above is Roberto Duran.Copy !req
339. And after seeing that fight,
I knew this was what I wanted to do.Copy !req
340. Remember Leonard has never lost a fight.Copy !req
341. Duran thinks
he has won the fight. I can't believe it.Copy !req
342. BELL RINGS
The bell! It's over!Copy !req
343. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
344. He thinks he's won this fightCopy !req
345. and then he has to fight the 15th round!Copy !req
346. I think he thought so. He thinks he's won.Copy !req
347. ! think he thought he won.Copy !req
348. I think you can be fairly certain that Duran,
at that point in his careerCopy !req
349. was not hiding his feelings.Copy !req
350. Now he's yelling at Benitez.Copy !req
351. Most fighters'd just take the win.
"Thank you very much" and get out.Copy !req
352. He was like: "No, have it.
That's what it's all about."Copy !req
353. That's why I loved him.Copy !req
354. He was X-rated for television at the time.Copy !req
355. At the time, he was giving people the finger,
grabbing his crotchCopy !req
356. and I thought that was incredible.Copy !req
357. I said: "I don't need this anymore."Copy !req
358. I really contemplated retirement.Copy !req
359. I said: "I can't take this."
You know, "I can't take this, man."Copy !req
360. Duran had given him a beating
like he had never received in his lifeCopy !req
361. and he told me: "Sly, that night, I could
move every one of my teeth back and forthCopy !req
362. as if they literally were hanging in my gums.Copy !req
363. I thought all my teeth
were going to come out."Copy !req
364. That's how hard he hit.Copy !req
365. Yeah. I told Sly,
I told a lot of people that...Copy !req
366. Most people don't... were not privy to this,
the fact that he hit me like that.Copy !req
367. My forward teeth went back
and I went back to the cornerCopy !req
368. and I asked my cornerman.
I said: "Guys, are my teeth knocked back?"Copy !req
369. And they said: "No, Ray, you're fine,
you're fine."Copy !req
370. Cos they didn't want to, you know, upset me.Copy !req
371. HE SCOFFS
But... I do remember that.Copy !req
372. In my opinion,
Sugar Ray Leonard proved his greatnessCopy !req
373. losing to Duran.Copy !req
374. Roberto Duran, on the other hand,
is a different beast.Copy !req
375. It's almost like he moved to Sodom
and Gomorrah. He just indulged.Copy !req
376. CROWD WHISTLESCopy !req
377. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
378. CROWD PLAYS MUSICCopy !req
379. Duran was a fighter of the people.Copy !req
380. He related and identified with themCopy !req
381. the downtrodden and the underprivileged
and denied.Copy !req
382. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
383. It was ecstasy.Copy !req
384. It was a celebration of all the people.Copy !req
385. You know, because the celebration...
it was en masse, it was grandiose.Copy !req
386. Everybody was there.Copy !req
387. Babies, their mothers, their grandfathers.Copy !req
388. Everybody was there because it was
a family reunion, as they would say.Copy !req
389. The prodigal son is returning home,
so to speak.Copy !req
390. A month-long party is what it was.Copy !req
391. Now, you can understand
that Duran denies himself when he trains.Copy !req
392. So, in other words, he's reliving
his childhood when he trains.Copy !req
393. That's a little bit of a trauma for him,
it's a mini-trauma if you will.Copy !req
394. So after he wins,
sometimes after he lost, he would indulge.Copy !req
395. He would enjoy the fruits of his labour.Copy !req
396. Duran being Duran,
he did it a little too muchCopy !req
397. but that's how he was wired.Copy !req
398. MUSIC PLAYSCopy !req
399. He was always the guide.Copy !req
400. In the difficult years,
they had Roberto DuranCopy !req
401. to represent them,
and save them and give them pride.Copy !req
402. So he was, and still is,
the most famous Panamanian today.Copy !req
403. He can do whatever he wants in Panama.
He can get away with anything.Copy !req
404. HE SINGS IN SPANISHCopy !req
405. HE SINGS IN SPANISHCopy !req
406. I got a phone call saying
he was gonna pick me upCopy !req
407. with his brother at the airport.
I expected him to be kerbsideCopy !req
408. but he wasn't. He was right through
at the gate when I got off the plane.Copy !req
409. He went: "Ricky, Ricky!"
and he took me through passport control.Copy !req
410. Passport control were saying:
"Roberto, Roberto, passport!”Copy !req
411. He was like: "No, no, no"
and he took me right through.Copy !req
412. I thought "How famous are you
to take me right through passport control?"Copy !req
413. Wherever restaurant we went to,
we would never have to pay anythingCopy !req
414. because he would always say:
"People love me here."Copy !req
415. So it was a treat to see him
in his home town, in his countryCopy !req
416. where people adore him.Copy !req
417. He's still like a little boy, you know?Copy !req
418. I come into his house
and he's watching cartoons.Copy !req
419. You know, he didn't have a childhood.Copy !req
420. It's part of what he is today.Copy !req
421. It gave him that anger to fight.Copy !req
422. Only people who doesn't have places
to live go to El Chorillo.Copy !req
423. People without work.Copy !req
424. People involved in detailing drugs.Copy !req
425. Criminal groups.Copy !req
426. That was El Chorillo.Copy !req
427. I think it's wine, women and song.
You know, the fighters work so hardCopy !req
428. and they live such a Spartan lifeCopy !req
429. that it's so difficult to maintain
that training regimenCopy !req
430. and that disciplineCopy !req
431. and quite often you just wanna
enjoy your youthCopy !req
432. and they get a little carried away.Copy !req
433. They come from poverty
and they've never had anythingCopy !req
434. and now they have millions of dollars
and temptation is just around the corner.Copy !req
435. Duran is not
the first great athlete or fighterCopy !req
436. who got more attracted by the distractionsCopy !req
437. than the main event.Copy !req
438. LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC PLAYSCopy !req
439. It's human. Young guys on top of the world.Copy !req
440. More money than they could imagine.Copy !req
441. Everybody telling them
how wonderful they are.Copy !req
442. HE SINGS IN SPANISHCopy !req
443. I remember visiting him at his house.Copy !req
444. There must have been 40 peopleCopy !req
445. and they were all laying around the poolCopy !req
446. with Dom Perignon champagne,
only the best.Copy !req
447. Cooking steaks
and living the high life on Duran's money.Copy !req
448. He partied... partied...Copy !req
449. Well, he celebrated, I should say,
he celebrated a lot more than I did.Copy !req
450. And I wanted to catch him off guard.Copy !req
451. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
452. After the fight,
I was really emotionally just down.Copy !req
453. Devastating.Copy !req
454. But I took my wife to Hawaii
to kinda cool out.Copy !req
455. And while I was there, the first thing I did
the next morning was run, did road work.Copy !req
456. I'm running down the beachCopy !req
457. and people saying:
"Hey, Sugar, man, tough fight."Copy !req
458. "Hey, Sugar Ray, if you'd have boxed him,
you would have beat him."Copy !req
459. I kept hearing that: "If you had boxed him,
you would've beat him."Copy !req
460. "If you were boxing..."Copy !req
461. And something said: "Bing!"Copy !req
462. I called my partner, Mike Trainer.
I said: "Mike, I wanna fight Duran ASAP."Copy !req
463. PHONE RINGSCopy !req
464. Hello?Copy !req
465. Training would not be spentCopy !req
466. devising new strategies and tactics
to defeat Sugar Ray LeonardCopy !req
467. who was now going to try
a different strategy of course. No.Copy !req
468. It was spent losing weight.Copy !req
469. This time around will be
a different story altogether.Copy !req
470. Me no like you, Leonard.
Leonard too much talk.Copy !req
471. Everybody rush out there, closed-circuit,
and get their ticketsCopy !req
472. because this is gonna be World War IV.Copy !req
473. It's hard for an outsider to know
how prepared a fighter isCopy !req
474. even when he says, as he usually does,
that he's in the best shape of his life.Copy !req
475. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
476. Here we go,
the WBC Welterweight Championship.Copy !req
477. There's Sugar Ray Leonard
in the black trunksCopy !req
478. and Roberto Duran, the champion
in the white trunks, from Panama.Copy !req
479. BELL RINGSCopy !req
480. Roberto Duran comes to battle.Copy !req
481. He knew that toe-to-toe,
he would win that fight.Copy !req
482. And he's even doing a little dodging now.Copy !req
483. A little Ali.Copy !req
484. He's taunting Duran.Copy !req
485. He didn't realiseCopy !req
486. the strategy of Sugar Ray Leonard
was almost sleight of hand.Copy !req
487. Magic. Lllusion.Copy !req
488. Duran became incredibly frustrated.
Embarrassed.Copy !req
489. Sugar Ray is taunting Roberto Duran like AlCopy !req
490. Leonard was just too fast, too craftyCopy !req
491. and it got into the skin of Duran.Copy !req
492. Duran could not abide.Copy !req
493. Those eyes that used to stare at someone
and stare you down were now just, like, lost.Copy !req
494. The taunting that went on, the anticsCopy !req
495. were to pour some acid on this machismo.Copy !req
496. He had no cure.Copy !req
497. He had no responseCopy !req
498. for what I was doing in that ring.Copy !req
499. Sugar Ray is oozing confidence.Copy !req
500. Look at that!Copy !req
501. Well, he saw what to do and he did it.Copy !req
502. Old school fighters would frown upon that.Copy !req
503. A lot of old school commentators
back then frowned upon that.Copy !req
504. They did not like to see...Copy !req
505. Even Howard Cossell did not like to see
Sugar Ray Leonard acting in this mannerCopy !req
506. against a great fighter like Roberto Duran.Copy !req
507. But Sugar Ray Leonard is gonna do
what works for Sugar Ray Leonard.Copy !req
508. Those things, those "antics" or whatever
you call them, happen in the ring.Copy !req
509. It always happened and you can't...
you don't think about doing that.Copy !req
510. You would never think about sticking
your chin out against Roberto Duran, trust meCopy !req
511. but it worked then and there, instinctively.Copy !req
512. It just naturally happenedCopy !req
513. because I saw something in his eyes:Copy !req
514. I saw that he was not there.Copy !req
515. The crowd laughed.Copy !req
516. The people began to laugh at Roberto Duran.Copy !req
517. Both men can throw lethal bombs.Copy !req
518. The machismo at that point said...Copy !req
519. "Enough, I'm not going to be humiliated
like this anymore."Copy !req
520. Something snapped.Copy !req
521. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
522. Hey, what's happening?Copy !req
523. Duran says no!Copy !req
524. ! think he's quitting.Copy !req
525. What is he saying, Larry?
He says no.Copy !req
526. I don't understand it.
He's saying no. He quit!Copy !req
527. I don't understand this.Copy !req
528. / think Duran quit.
/ don't understand it.Copy !req
529. CROWD JEERSCopy !req
530. COMMENTATORS CLAMOURCopy !req
531. Gentlemen, Roberto Duran...Copy !req
532. This is not like Duran.Copy !req
533. threw his hands up
and said: "I quit”.Copy !req
534. I don't understand this.Copy !req
535. And he almost got
in a fight with Leonard's brother.Copy !req
536. The police are in the ringCopy !req
537. and we have
a very, very unpleasant situation in there.Copy !req
538. I don't understand this.Copy !req
539. The referee
has not declared the fight over yet.Copy !req
540. Duran suddenly said: "I quit”.Copy !req
541. / don't understand it.
/ don't either.Copy !req
542. And then he did it a second time.Copy !req
543. I don't understand it.Copy !req
544. CROWD CLAMOURSCopy !req
545. / don't understand.
What happened?Copy !req
546. He's saying: "I don't want it anymore”.Copy !req
547. And there's no question,
ladies and gentlemenCopy !req
548. that Sugar Ray Leonard has retakenCopy !req
549. the World's Welterweight ChampionshipCopy !req
550. in round eight when Duran surrendered.
VOICE FADESCopy !req
551. I could not be more stunnedCopy !req
552. at anything that ever happened
in a prize fightCopy !req
553. than seeing Roberto Duran quit.Copy !req
554. The crowd was shocked.Copy !req
555. Worldwide, it was shocking.Copy !req
556. In Spanish, no mas means "no more".Copy !req
557. The fight became the No Mas fight.Copy !req
558. All you had to say or all that was written
was "no mas".Copy !req
559. When he did so many good things,
so many great things in boxingCopy !req
560. than that simple phrase.Copy !req
561. Some people forget about him being
the greatest lightweight champion of all timeCopy !req
562. and they simply say: "No mas".Copy !req
563. Now, Luis, exactly what happened
in Roberto's words?Copy !req
564. HE SPEAKS SPANISHCopy !req
565. He got cramps in his stomach
and his body, upper body.Copy !req
566. And then his arms.Copy !req
567. And he got weaker,
so that's why he stopped, he quit the bout.Copy !req
568. Does this mean the end
of boxing for Roberto?Copy !req
569. THEY SPEAK SPANISHCopy !req
570. “Yes, I'm not fighting anymore. "Copy !req
571. This is final, permanent retirement?Copy !req
572. THEY SPEAK SPANISHCopy !req
573. "Definitely, I'm not fighting anymore. "Copy !req
574. Leonard scored
with a chopping right that hurt Duran.Copy !req
575. When Duran motioned that that was itCopy !req
576. I just felt that I beat a man, a legend,
mentallyCopy !req
577. you know, more so than physically.Copy !req
578. Ray Leonard was using his skillsCopy !req
579. and his physical adroitness
and his mental capacityCopy !req
580. to be able to do that.Copy !req
581. He played the mental gymnastics
as well as the physical.Copy !req
582. Duran was right for it.
You know, instead of him readjustingCopy !req
583. he stayed on that same mode,
and so since he got frustratedCopy !req
584. with that misguided emotionalism
and passionCopy !req
585. he then played right into Ray's hands,
but Ray wasn't expecting him to stop.Copy !req
586. Sugar Ray had a plan and, you know,
his plan worked.Copy !req
587. To frustrate him, not to fight him.Copy !req
588. If anybody come to fight Duran,
he'll fight you to the deathCopy !req
589. but, you know, he gets caught upCopy !req
590. in that macho mentality,
"He's not fighting me, he's not the man."Copy !req
591. I think for a man who, in his chest
beats the heart of a warriorCopy !req
592. the frustration and the embarrassment
and the pressure from the audienceCopy !req
593. it just threw him off.Copy !req
594. I'm sure he's...Copy !req
595. regrets that moment every day.Copy !req
596. There is no amount of money.
There is nobody that can do anythingCopy !req
597. that would help this man
with the destruction of his reputationCopy !req
598. or the doubt
that has been cast upon his reputationCopy !req
599. and he's going to be out of boxing.Copy !req
600. He'll have to live that
for the rest of his life.Copy !req
601. It's gonna be a real traumatic experience.Copy !req
602. HOWARD COSSELL.:
Ray, you heard what Duran said.Copy !req
603. Will you fight him again, ever?Copy !req
604. No, Howard.Copy !req
605. It's a painful moment.Copy !req
606. It's a painful moment for boxing history
because it did hurt the sport.Copy !req
607. It not only hurt Duran,
it really demolished his reputation.Copy !req
608. But it also hurt everything about the sportCopy !req
609. because people paid good money
to see a great rematchCopy !req
610. and what happened
was Duran basically ripped everybody off.Copy !req
611. I've never seen
this young man behave in this manner.Copy !req
612. I've been with him nine years.Copy !req
613. He's been through tough fightsCopy !req
614. and I was absolutely astounded.Copy !req
615. ! wish I could give you an honest answer,
Howard, of what really happened.Copy !req
616. This is my interpretation,
I'm not sure if I'm rightCopy !req
617. but he was disappointed, deeply disappointed
that he would pull out like thatCopy !req
618. and probably heartbroken in some ways
because you just don't do that.Copy !req
619. It was just one of those...Copy !req
620. too human moments...Copy !req
621. of weakness.Copy !req
622. "But to thine own self one must be true",
as Shakespeare would say.Copy !req
623. The man in the mirror knows
that he did that to himselfCopy !req
624. because of that machismo, macho attitudeCopy !req
625. and life that he had lived,
you know what I mean?Copy !req
626. How do you go back to your people, your fansCopy !req
627. who have constructed a part
of their lives around youCopy !req
628. who worship you and look up to you?Copy !req
629. You become a champion,
you have an entourage of 50 peopleCopy !req
630. carrying your suitcase, your backpack,
giving you water, cleaning your sweat.Copy !req
631. You lose your championship,
you lose your money, you have nobody again.Copy !req
632. Good evening.
One of Central America's best knownCopy !req
633. military and political leaders,
General Omar TorrijosCopy !req
634. has died in a plane crash in the jungle,
971 miles outside of Panama City.Copy !req
635. He was 52.Copy !req
636. The Panamanian National GuardCopy !req
637. gave their General a military farewellCopy !req
638. complete with a motorcycle escort
and cavalry.Copy !req
639. Torrijos' coffin draped
with the Panamanian flagCopy !req
640. was carried up the steps
to the cathedralCopy !req
641. on the shoulders of the
members of his national guard.Copy !req
642. He was their commander and chief.Copy !req
643. Torrijos is a victim of the system.Copy !req
644. That he was such an advocate for the peopleCopy !req
645. and next thing you know,
his plane is crashing into a mountain.Copy !req
646. An accident, but in my opinion by designCopy !req
647. and the world lost a great statesman,
a great scholar, a great fighter.Copy !req
648. Torrijos became a symbol of protestCopy !req
649. a symbol of a different militaryCopy !req
650. and also identified with the lower classCopy !req
651. with the workers, with people like Duran.Copy !req
652. WOMEN WAILCopy !req
653. Panama never was
the same again after Torrijos.Copy !req
654. Of course, his death leads
to the rise of Noriega.Copy !req
655. APPLAUSECopy !req
656. Noriega had a relationship with the CIACopy !req
657. and the US military that was very, very closeCopy !req
658. very intimate and very profitable.Copy !req
659. He goes on the CIA payroll
and the Pentagon payrollCopy !req
660. cooperating with the US on the one hand
and violating US law on the other hand.Copy !req
661. He begins a relationship
with the Medillin Cartel, Pablo EscobarCopy !req
662. at a time when drug trafficking is starting
to explode coming out of Colombia.Copy !req
663. Panama becomes one
of the most important havensCopy !req
664. for laundering
millions and millions of dollarsCopy !req
665. being produced by trafficking cocaine,
marijuana, in and out of the United States.Copy !req
666. Panama was where business was being doneCopy !req
667. and Noriega was facilitating drug operations
in his country.Copy !req
668. Noriega has taken control literally
at the point of a gun.Copy !req
669. It's absolutely irresponsible for anyone
to think the people of Panama want himCopy !req
670. they don't.Copy !req
671. HE CHUCKLESCopy !req
672. HE LAUGHSCopy !req
673. See? I tell you.Copy !req
674. It's not easy to come backCopy !req
675. after being ridiculed.Copy !req
676. After being looked down upon.Copy !req
677. It's gonna do one of two things to you.
It's gonna make you a better fighterCopy !req
678. or it's gonna destroy you.Copy !req
679. The first time you find out
how good a fighter you areCopy !req
680. and how big a man you are in boxingCopy !req
681. when you've got to drag your backside up
off the floor and come back from adversityCopy !req
682. which is what Roberto found himself
having to do after the No Mas fight.Copy !req
683. This is the island of CoibaCopy !req
684. a tough penal colony
and a sort of Devil's IslandCopy !req
685. where Panama's most menacing criminals
are sent.Copy !req
686. It's also become homeCopy !req
687. to one of the most bizarre training camps
of all time.Copy !req
688. Roberto Duran has spent
the last six weeks working hereCopy !req
689. sweating himself into shape,
surrounding himselfCopy !req
690. with men much harder,
meaner and tougher than him.Copy !req
691. Good right hand by Kirkland Laing.Copy !req
692. A lead right
and that tagged Duran on the chin.Copy !req
693. Duran had a go at Laing...Copy !req
694. [ don't wanna remember Duran this way.Copy !req
695. At 31 years of age, it may be all overCopy !req
696. for Hands of Stone.Copy !req
697. Being a champion is very important.Copy !req
698. I would say if I didn't lose in my careerCopy !req
699. I wouldn't know how great I would have been,
cos it put me in a placeCopy !req
700. and then it was for me, mentally
and physically, to get myself out of itCopy !req
701. and show that I'm a true champion.Copy !req
702. Cuevas against the ropesCopy !req
703. down for the second time in the round.Copy !req
704. Cuevas a beaten fighter.Copy !req
705. Duran, a good right hand set it all offCopy !req
706. went to the kill.Copy !req
707. Roberto Duran back
in the title picture again.Copy !req
708. In fact, he will be fightingCopy !req
709. Davey Moore
for the Junior Middleweight Championship.Copy !req
710. Pandemonium in the ring.Copy !req
711. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
712. Duran!Copy !req
713. Duran!Copy !req
714. Duran!Copy !req
715. BELL RINGSCopy !req
716. For Duran to consent
to step in the ring with Davey MooreCopy !req
717. twenty-four years oldCopy !req
718. one of the best junior middleweights
in the worldCopy !req
719. so long after Duran's primeCopy !req
720. so far out of his natural divisionCopy !req
721. against a fighter who has exceeded
Sugar Ray Leonard's dimensions...Copy !req
722. Once again Duran was an underdog.Copy !req
723. I'm 17 years old,
I'm in Madison Square GardenCopy !req
724. and right there in the front rowCopy !req
725. and I'm going: "Yeah, yeah yeah!"
And he goes like this.Copy !req
726. Yo, he was looking at me!
Well, that was a sign.Copy !req
727. That's a sign I'm gonna make it big.Copy !req
728. Cos he saw me out of all those thousands
of people. I thought it was all about me.Copy !req
729. He don't fucking know me!Copy !req
730. Davey Moore was up-and-comingCopy !req
731. and Roberto Duran showed me what kind
of skill that he really had at that time.Copy !req
732. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
733. When he won the fight as an underdog,
which nobody expected him to winCopy !req
734. I think he made the people of Panama
very, very proud of him again.Copy !req
735. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
736. Duran!Copy !req
737. On his 32nd birthday last nightCopy !req
738. challenger Roberto Duran knocked out
24-year-old Davey MooreCopy !req
739. to win the World Boxing Association,
Junior Middleweight Championship.Copy !req
740. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
741. There's no doubt that beating MooreCopy !req
742. brought Duran back to life
as a prize fighter.Copy !req
743. The '80s was really dominated
by the Four Kings.Copy !req
744. They all fought each other.Copy !req
745. Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler...Copy !req
746. It's war.Copy !req
747. Tommy Hearns. Roberto Duran.Copy !req
748. Those four, they truly represent
perhaps the best times of boxing.Copy !req
749. Everybody thought initiallyCopy !req
750. that once Muhammad Ali departed
from the sceneCopy !req
751. that boxing would suffer
a real terrible blow.Copy !req
752. But it was those four fightersCopy !req
753. that revitalised the sport during the '80s.Copy !req
754. They fought nine timesCopy !req
755. in various combinationsCopy !req
756. and every time they fought,
it was a major, major event.Copy !req
757. Each fight among themCopy !req
758. became a drama.Copy !req
759. Oh, not since Cain and Abel
have you seen one like this.Copy !req
760. Every fight was an event.Copy !req
761. The Four Kings era without Roberto DuranCopy !req
762. it wouldn't have been the same.Copy !req
763. He was a fighter
who would take on all challengers.Copy !req
764. He would move up several weight classes
and challenge the very best.Copy !req
765. He was a serious threat to anybody.Copy !req
766. And indeed this historic event isCopy !req
767. Roberto Duran challenging
Marvelous Marvin HaglerCopy !req
768. for the undisputed
Middleweight Championship.Copy !req
769. Back in the day, you fought the best.Copy !req
770. You had to work yourself in the rankings
to become a champion.Copy !req
771. They all wanted to fight each other.
They wanted to fight each other.Copy !req
772. They didn't have to,
they didn't make 'em, they wanted it.Copy !req
773. This was an era
when dinosaurs ruled the Earth.Copy !req
774. These were the real deals, real specimensCopy !req
775. and Hagler was perfection
in his particular weight classCopy !req
776. which is much bigger than Roberto.Copy !req
777. Basically, this guy was trying
to take away my titleCopy !req
778. and I said: "No. There's no way that you're
going to take away my title," you know.Copy !req
779. It was a psych game, like,
going on between him and I.Copy !req
780. Two day more, you no more champion.
- OK.Copy !req
781. He was at the height of his game
at nine stone, nine.Copy !req
782. And all of a sudden, he fights one
of the greatest middleweights of all time.Copy !req
783. Up at 11 stone, six.Copy !req
784. Every morning, I used to see his ugly face.Copy !req
785. My entourage and his entourageCopy !req
786. we used to run around the dunes.Copy !req
787. We would see each other like 4:30
in the morning and just before the fightCopy !req
788. and we go, "Rrrrrr!"Copy !req
789. And he goes, "Rrrrrr!"Copy !req
790. ROBERTO DURAN SPEAKS SPANISHCopy !req
791. He says: "Thank you very, very much
to all of you"Copy !req
792. and he don't care of nothingCopy !req
793. because he knows how to do it
on top of the ring.Copy !req
794. / notice you didn't shake his hand.
Has the psyching already started toward that?Copy !req
795. Oh, yeah. Roberto's very tricky, very cagey.Copy !req
796. Uh, he's got a lot of heart.Copy !req
797. One thing that I believe
that I won't have to look for him.Copy !req
798. So, it's going to be an exciting fight.Copy !req
799. You're gonna see a good performance.Copy !req
800. !I'm sure Duran is going
to give a good account of himself.Copy !req
801. He's too strong, much too fast for Duran.Copy !req
802. He's in better shape.Copy !req
803. He's got just as much experience.Copy !req
804. The last time Hagler had a fight
was against Vito Antofuermo five years ago.Copy !req
805. He hasn't had a fight since
and Duran's gonna give him a fightCopy !req
806. cos Duran's gonna hit him downstairs,
Duran's gonna hit him upstairs.Copy !req
807. And it's gonna be all over
within a short time.Copy !req
808. Duran!Copy !req
809. To do a 15-round fight in that heat,
outdoors...Copy !req
810. They weren't in the casinos now,
and the air conditioning.Copy !req
811. That was absolutely unbelievable.Copy !req
812. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
813. The way that I look at that fight, I meanCopy !req
814. it was two great champions going in,
teaching each otherCopy !req
815. what kind of skills that they had.Copy !req
816. Middleweight Championship of the world.Copy !req
817. Hagler, of course, familiar to most peopleCopy !req
818. that left-handed style.Copy !req
819. Remember, he will switch to righty
at various times throughout this fight.Copy !req
820. For the first three rounds,
what he would do wasCopy !req
821. every time that I would throw a right handCopy !req
822. he would counter-punch.Copy !req
823. And I says: "Hmm" for three rounds
and I'm asking my trainerCopy !req
824. "How the hell does this guy
keep catching me?"Copy !req
825. "He's a smart warrior
and he's timing your punch."Copy !req
826. So, what we had to do was
we had to go to school on himCopy !req
827. show him who he's in there with,
switch up on himCopy !req
828. and every time that he would do
that right hand...Copy !req
829. Boom, I hit him with a body shotCopy !req
830. and I hear him go, "Ugh!"
HE LAUGHSCopy !req
831. He can't believe
that he's getting hit this muchCopy !req
832. because nobody hits Roberto Duran
that much.Copy !req
833. "You hit me, do you know who I am?"Copy !req
834. I say: "Yeah,
and you gonna get some more, too.Copy !req
835. C'mon!"
HE LAUGHSCopy !req
836. Big left hand from Hagler
on the chin of Duran but Duran is OK.Copy !req
837. The fight was toe-to-toe, nonstop.Copy !req
838. There was barely a foot, two foot
between them the whole fightCopy !req
839. because Roberto Duran fought that way
and Marvin fought that way.Copy !req
840. It was always going to be
a close-quarter fightCopy !req
841. so that for a 15-round fight...Copy !req
842. Fantastic, fantastic stuff.Copy !req
843. Here in this 15th round.Copy !req
844. Ripping, body and head shots
to the head of Roberto Duran.Copy !req
845. I give him a lot of credit, man.Copy !req
846. He was so experienced that he knew
how to keep bouncing off the ropeCopy !req
847. and bobbing and weaving
and avoiding some of the punches.Copy !req
848. Two warriors,
two champions going the full 15 rounds.Copy !req
849. I tell you,
in about 30 more seconds in the 15th roundCopy !req
850. I would have knocked Roberto Duran out.Copy !req
851. I had him. I had him.
HE LAUGHSCopy !req
852. BELL RINGS
- CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
853. Duran stole the drama of the showCopy !req
854. simply by going 15 rounds
with Marvin Hagler.Copy !req
855. Having a fighter like Roberto Duran,
that brings out the best in youCopy !req
856. and that's what he did for me.Copy !req
857. He pushed him all the way,
do you know what I mean?Copy !req
858. Stood there and had it out with him,
it was...Copy !req
859. From someone who was a 9 stone, nine,
a lightweight fighterCopy !req
860. to fight out with one of the strongest
and best middleweights of all time.Copy !req
861. I think, you know, it ended in his defeatCopy !req
862. but it's again, another one of them,
bit by bitCopy !req
863. each fight and each fight he was havingCopy !req
864. he was getting the respect back
from the Panamanian people.Copy !req
865. To me, it isn't always about the victoriesCopy !req
866. cos Duran, every fight had just...
elements of dramaCopy !req
867. that other fighters just don't have.Copy !req
868. Every one is almost like a movie in itself.Copy !req
869. If you look at the pattern of Duran's careerCopy !req
870. it's pretty rare, especially after 1979Copy !req
871. where he could be inspired
for a fight twice in a row.Copy !req
872. To fight Hearns on the heels of Hagler,
that's insanity.Copy !req
873. No longer will he be called
the Motor City Cobra.Copy !req
874. He has returned as Thomas The Hitman.Copy !req
875. He had that real devil, evil in his eye,
you know?Copy !req
876. He, you know...
Like he wanted to hurt his opponents.Copy !req
877. Duran predictedCopy !req
878. he's going to knock Tommy Hearns out
in one round.Copy !req
879. Thomas Hearns said: "I'm going to knock
Roberto Duran out in two rounds."Copy !req
880. It was apparent in that fightCopy !req
881. that Hearns had no respect for Duran.Copy !req
882. BELL RINGS
Referee, Carlos Padilla.Copy !req
883. He was training in Bahamas.Copy !req
884. I was very young, I was a kid.Copy !req
885. And they flew me over with my mumCopy !req
886. and I saw my father
trying to make the weight.Copy !req
887. He looked like a freaking walking dead,
you know.Copy !req
888. Sucking on a lemon.Copy !req
889. You know, he's usually the crazy guy
who loves his kidCopy !req
890. and he's always hugging us
and, you know, playing with us.Copy !req
891. And he's like: "Fula, just take the kids.
I can't deal with them right now."Copy !req
892. Big man and the little man
thus far. Right hand!Copy !req
893. Down goes Duran.Copy !req
894. Duran is on queer street.Copy !req
895. He doesn't know where he is.Copy !req
896. He's on queer street and he's going to go.Copy !req
897. Noriega was provoking the military,
the US military.Copy !req
898. Drugs are menacing our society.Copy !req
899. They're threatening our values
and undercutting our institutions.Copy !req
900. They're killing our children.Copy !req
901. This...Copy !req
902. This is crack cocaine.Copy !req
903. ! think we are moving from crisis to disasterCopy !req
904. and now we are passing disaster
and moving towards catastrophe.Copy !req
905. Oh, he's out!Copy !req
906. He was out before he hit the canvas.Copy !req
907. When that punch landed, it was a "pop".Copy !req
908. You could hear it from ringside
through the ropes into the microphone.Copy !req
909. That was definitely the hardest punch
Duran ever got hit with.Copy !req
910. This fight is over.Copy !req
911. When I have the official time from the...Copy !req
912. He doesn't know where he is.Copy !req
913. He has not known
where he is since the first...Copy !req
914. Duran was no longer a elite level fighter.Copy !req
915. He's like: "I can still get in the ring
and beat everybody up and..."Copy !req
916. You know...Copy !req
917. It was sort of a pressure for us tooCopy !req
918. because everybody coming up to us
and like: "Your father should retire."Copy !req
919. So it was sort of a pressure
for not only him but for everybody.Copy !req
920. He represented never giving up.Copy !req
921. "If I can do this, you can do it as well."
He was that type of fighter.Copy !req
922. I call on General Noriega
to respect the voice of the people.Copy !req
923. You know, Al, there's a saying in boxing:Copy !req
924. "A fighter can look like
he's in great condition.Copy !req
925. All of a sudden he walks up the stairsCopy !req
926. the bell rings,
and he doesn't have it anymore.”Copy !req
927. That's happened to Roberto Duran,
like, three times.Copy !req
928. We all wrote him off and all of a sudden
the guy comes back again.Copy !req
929. This is going to be some test
for a 37-year-old guyCopy !req
930. against a tough guy like Iran Barkley.Copy !req
931. He has the heart of a champion, of a warrior,
and no matter if you're 100 years old or notCopy !req
932. you're still going to want to fightCopy !req
933. because it's in you.Copy !req
934. It's your soul. It's what drives you.Copy !req
935. It's the loneliest of sportsCopy !req
936. but in a way, that makes it, um... better.Copy !req
937. It makes it bigger.Copy !req
938. They go out, they are alone.Copy !req
939. There can be whole countriesCopy !req
940. making you... somebody special.Copy !req
941. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
942. And so the stage is set.Copy !req
943. There's not a seat to be had.Copy !req
944. And everybody pumped up to see that man,
Roberto Duran, trying to win his fourth titleCopy !req
945. and to see if Iran The Blade Barkley...Copy !req
946. Iran Barkley was a rough, tough guy
who was from the streets of the Bronx.Copy !req
947. He was member of a street gang.Copy !req
948. He was 28 years old.Copy !req
949. He was in perfect condition.Copy !req
950. He was a huge middleweight.Copy !req
951. I was in school...Copy !req
952. and ll remember my teachers telling me:Copy !req
953. "Don't let your father do this fight,"
you know, "he's going to get killed."Copy !req
954. You know, I saw Iran Barkley
who was like ten-feet tall.Copy !req
955. I'm like: "Damn, this guy's going
to kill my father."Copy !req
956. These guys is the past.
I got to be the present.Copy !req
957. Got a spirit inside of me
that I can take myself backCopy !req
958. to where ll came from and what I've done.Copy !req
959. I'm gonna make you respect me.Copy !req
960. A promoter would say to a fighterCopy !req
961. "If you want to fight,
your name power is still big enoughCopy !req
962. to put this fight on TVCopy !req
963. to where you get a pay-day."Copy !req
964. And that's what keeps fighters going on
long after they should retire.Copy !req
965. Here's that right hand again.Copy !req
966. Being very, very proud of your people
like Roberto wasCopy !req
967. makes you not want to let them down.Copy !req
968. You can't tell me he didn't think
of that one fight against Sugar Ray LeonardCopy !req
969. and when he quit,
every time he stepped in a ring.Copy !req
970. He thought to himself:
" can't quit in this one.”Copy !req
971. You can look into a man's eyes,
you can see his soul.Copy !req
972. You don't scare me.Copy !req
973. Having the guts and having the desireCopy !req
974. to go beyond physical limits.Copy !req
975. When you do that, you're a fighter.Copy !req
976. They are both landing big shots.Copy !req
977. Who will go? Duran is now stunned.Copy !req
978. Panama City.Copy !req
979. American police called on Army help
against rioting Panamanians.Copy !req
980. You know,
I hit him with a shot that spun him around.Copy !req
981. I don't even know how he stood up from that.
HE CHUCKLESCopy !req
982. When I heard this stuff
about Noriega and invadingCopy !req
983. that is pure fabrication and a lie.Copy !req
984. Duran doing a wonderful job of tying him upCopy !req
985. Something held him up that day
that wouldn't let him fall.Copy !req
986. CROWD CHEERSCopy !req
987. So it looks like Roberto Duran
got his third wind. Where he got it from...Copy !req
988. You know, it held him up somehow.Copy !req
989. He said he was in good shape.Copy !req
990. Roberto Duran's for real in this bout.Copy !req
991. And he just went for it.Copy !req
992. Duran!Copy !req
993. Last night, I ordered
US military forces to Panama.Copy !req
994. Again the right by...
Barkley's in trouble. He's down!Copy !req
995. CROWD ROARSCopy !req
996. This has been extraordinary.Copy !req
997. BELL RINGSCopy !req
998. That tells you who's champion.Copy !req
999. The victory over Iran Barkley
was Duran's last act of defiance.Copy !req
1000. I mean, with that victory,
he gave the finger to history.Copy !req
1001. He gave the finger to Father Time.Copy !req
1002. He gave the finger to the laws of physics.Copy !req
1003. And now that we're friends,
I walk over to him, I say:Copy !req
1004. "Hey, Roberto, how you doing, man?"
I said: "Let me ask you a question.Copy !req
1005. Did you hate me that much?Copy !req
1006. Did you really hate me that much?"Copy !req
1007. And he looked at me.Copy !req
1008. He took a deep breath.Copy !req
1009. He said: "No, Ray, that was all...
It was all made up."Copy !req
1010. There wasn't this mean spirit about himCopy !req
1011. uh, when you got to know him.Copy !req
1012. I mean, he was just a fun-loving guy
that you wanted to be around.Copy !req
1013. There was a kind of, um... charmingCopy !req
1014. kind of boyishness to him, the humility.Copy !req
1015. Tremendous heart, yes...Copy !req
1016. A caring individual and just...
HE SIGHSCopy !req
1017. Man, as I said, I'm so happy
that he was... part of my lifetime.Copy !req
1018. If you look at Roberto Duran, you look
at the heights and the depths of his career.Copy !req
1019. You even look at No Mas.Copy !req
1020. Ask yourself who in their lives
has not had a "no mas" moment?Copy !req
1021. LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC PLAYSCopy !req