Roberto Duran beat up Sylvester Stallone during Rocky II filming, was idolised by Mike Tyson, loved Diego Maradona and handed Sugar Ray Leonard his first loss

Roberto Duran beat up Sylvester Stallone during Rocky II filming, was idolised by Mike Tyson, loved Diego Maradona and handed Sugar Ray Leonard his first loss

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Ahead of Roberto Duran’s classic with Sugar Ray Leonard, he stared into the soul of former world heavyweight champion ‘Smokin’ Joe Frazier ahead of what was known as the ‘Brawl in Montreal’. Asked by a spectator prior to the welterweight glamour bout in June 1980 – the first of their three meetings – if the […]

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