Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran 1 | The Brawl In Montreal | JUNE 20, 1980
Re-live the historic #fight between #sugarrayleonard and #robertoduran. This was the first fight of their legendary trilogy. #boxing
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Duran looking like he's about to morph into a werewolf.
LOL, or maybe Charles Manson.
Sugar is the best
So accurate 😂
He's a psycopath.
Leonards overhand rights missed all night. You would think a fighter with this high IQ would have changed up by the 5th round. I don't know what leonard was thinking.
The cardio of both of these guys is insane. Fighting for 45 minutes at a fast pace is crazy.
Man you will never see a fight like this again
@@sherrillraymond7595 Agree
@@ramiroguerrero8413 whatever they paid to see this fight they got their money worth
@@sherrillraymond7595 They sure did
They used coca water dude. Now they test for that
On a skill level you could say this is the greatest fight in history.
Agreed
Agreed
Greatest display of all skills. Despite what people say, there was a lot of moments with out boxing done by both Leonard and Duran
Couldn't agree more. I've never seen a fight this technical.
But, I wouldn't.
Without question one of the greatest fights of all time.
6/20/80. The night I was born. My Father was the biggest Duran fan and he used to say "You told me I wasn't gonna see it live" Lol
The most talent ever sharing a ring
Two hall of famers
Durans style is unmatched to dangerous ferocious I love it
No Sugar is the best
@@user-xi9qz6gm4kno duran is the best
@@user-xi9qz6gm4kbro that’s just your opinion Duran won this fight
@@mmartista3803and sugar made him quit
@theprez1278 he didn't make anyone quit, Duran didn't wanna carry on
Duran had so many nuances to his game, especially on the inside but even midrange when coutner punching he had such a deep arsenal. Imagine if he was naturally bigger.
He came up from being one of the greatest lightweights ever
Like ali☝️
That fight had everything skills, speed, heart, IQ Just legendary
Two of the best to ever do it
I saw this fight on closed circuit TV with 10 000 other boxing fans. One of my favorite sports memories. I entered as a Leonard fan and exited as a Duran fan.
Wow! Must've been a great experience. Closed Circuit was the Pay Per view back in the day.
As you should have , Duran is an all time great . I hot him and Pacquiao as the best ever
Finally!!! Best welterweight fight ever!!!
Yes indeed
The best fight ive seen . A proper 15 round war .
Awesome fight of 2 fighters going against each other prime for prime, SRL made the mistake of going head to head with duran rather than his box and move approach and Duran showed that he too had hands as quick as SRL
When I saw this fight I was expecting Lenards to dance in the last 3 rounds.
Crazy part is Duran was slightly out of his prime in this fight
No not yet
Yeah. He was at his prime at LW
Hell no
Could argue it was before Leonard hit his prime .
l actually would agree that this was his prime, moving up in weight and still going toe to toe with leonard speed
When this fight happened the sports world STOPPED
Duran is underrated in the goat conversation
What a fight man, Nothing but respect for these two men.
15 rounds wow
Keep Bringing the Heat Top Rank 🔥🔥👍👍
🔥🔥🔥
The original Ryan vs Haney was Duran vs Leonard! It’s hard watching this fight because Leonard is my dad’s second cousin! He’s family!😯😯😯
Duran is the GOAT.
Pound-4-Pound
One of the greatest fights of all time 🥊
Duran came into this fight knowing he could beat Leonard and he did exactly that!!
Duran barely won I could have went either way
In my opinion Leonard should've won
@@sherrillraymond7595 IT should have been a split decision or a draw but sugar ray should have kept his title
Barely
@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq right he should've kept his title they messed over him with the decision
YOU HAD TO HAVE SOME LEGENDARY HEART TO FIGHT THOSE 15 ROUNDERS. MAN OR MOUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE HAD SOME HEART TO FIGHT
Duran Duran Duran 🇵🇦 my personal Goat 💙
I love the commentator's emotion in his voice. The excitement..... you don't get that anymore.
this brawl will never be forgotten in boxing history most ferocious brawl I've ever seen.Never a brawl like this shall ever be witnessed in boxing in years to come
That's right
Good upload i literally couldn't find a good quality of this fight
This is the best fight in history of Box. The skill of Both is just amaziiing. The Stamina, the will, thr spirit, wow
This is the best fight I’ve ever seen.
Back When Men Were Men. 15 Rounds!
Una locura men
Bring back 15rds. Separate greats and all-time greats.
This was a war!! Never see something like this Before.🔥🔥🔥only Rocky.
BULL! ALI vs FRAZIER I was the war!
There were plenty 15 round wars there's a bunch of 12 rd wars today as well
Been hoping for this for a long time
duran eyes says it all
Two of the all time great latin fighters, Alexis Arguello and Wilfredo Gomez in the crowd. Dope to finally watch this fight in HD.
Thank you
Amazing to watch two boxers in their prime.
Round 13 is crazy! Than you TopRank my favorite fight ever! I thibk maybe only Pryor v Arguello could compare and it was riddled with controversy. Mano de Piedra Duran the greatest ever! No postfight interview, though?
As soon as he said can yku believe its Duran backing up Leonard starts fleeing ! 😂
the subtle moves by Duran on the in fighting and moving his opponent. to the ropes. Not many fighter can do that today.
That's the worst beating Ray ever got.
Ray wasn't knock down or out Duran got whipped on also
@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pqFacts it was hard fought fight for both
@@soul2soul4 yes they both gave as good as they got
@@soul2soul4 two hall of famers going at it in their prime 😡
Upload the 2nd and the 3rd fight
I have met both boxers. Duran is FUNNY, and Ray is a CLASS-ACT.
A couple of interesting facts about the undercard of this fight. One boxer, Cleveland Denny, died shortly after his fight that night from injuries he sustained as a result of being knocked out. Also Roger Leonard, Ray's older brother, won his fight and would retire a couple of years later with a final record of 16-1.
Duran has a flow incredible fighters!!
Best fight I’ve ever seen.
From beginning to end
@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq exactly these men weren’t backing off and kept charging at each other and gave Montreal a brawl that shocked the world.
@@WhatIsThatBruhi suggest you watch Tua vs Ibeabuchi then, youll most definitely like
@@DaDominicanDawg Thanks I’ll check it out
@@WhatIsThatBruh 👊🏽
Great fight❤
I remember this fight. When men were men. I had it 9 to 5 and 1 even for Duran. Leonard fought hard and bravely but he got beat up pretty good. Ironically Ray got more respect in this loss than he got for the rematch. The best most violent kinetic chess match I have ever witnessed. Today's fighters simply just don't match up. Guys like Tank or Canelo would do everything to avoid their best opponents. Dare I say modern boxers are now soft??
Who is the current heavyweight champ? Who knows, who cares.
That's B's sugar ray fought a foolish fight he should have boxed Duran like he did in the second fight ☝️🤨
@@lancewilliams4190 I don't
@@lancewilliams4190Tyson Fury, boxing fans
Duran won fair and square, against a naturally bigger fighter who was in his physical prime. Duran, while still being very formidable here, was in his absolute peak during his LW days.
l actually think this was duran prime, dude was going toe to toe with leonard speed and stamina despite being on a different territory that he was used to
@@kakashihatake6176agreed. I think they were both at their absolute peak here. Leonard had one more prime fight in him with Hearns but you can't fight back to back legends and be the same. Amazing fighters
Duran is the greatest lightweight of all time
55:46 BOOM
Great fight perhaps the best of that era
These announcers are terrible. They kept saying Duran was hurt. My eyes must have been lying to me because I didn't see that.
Two of the greatest fighters of all time 🍻
More Ring-Girl, please. 🙂
I went to Duran's house two years ago and met him on his front porch.
WTF?
@@Bankai_Musashi1yeah u could go to his house and if hes outside he'll greet you. Nice person.
@@MakaveliRaider wait I can't tell if you guys are joking or not. You went to Duran's home & instead of being creeped out or calling the cops he greeted you? This is probably sarcasm which I'm not good at telling over online commenting. You're saying it as if he's a video game Easter egg character
@@Bankai_Musashi1 thats how humble & friendly he is. He has a restaurant in Panama and if he's there you'll get to meet him and take pictures. So if your lucky enough to walk by his house and hes outside tell him your a fan and like i said he'll greet you and chat with you for a couple of minutes. You could say the money and fame never got to him.
Did he teach you any boxing moves? Because he has a habit of doing that lol
I saw them both yesterday along with the hitman hearns and tyson
This was Sugar Ray Leonard’s greatest fight.
l actually really think people should be praising leonard as well, dude was fighting duran style and not only being competitive, but adapting to duran INSIDE fighting, that's a hell of a feat
Hearns Leonard 1
@@kakashihatake6176 yes indeed
True, a lot of people say Tommy Hearns but this fight was it for me
@@sherrillraymond7595 I agree more of a back and forth grind IT out fight
Commentators are terrific
2 great fighters at their peak. Let it all hang out. One of the greatest fighter Eva.
Quit saying Duran is hurt 😂he was never hurt throughout the fight
His defense is underated & he would move weird, I could see why they said so
@@Bankai_Musashi1He was hurt late into the fight when Duran charged in and ducked but Leonard hit him near the back of the head with the chopping right
@@MonkeyDToniProductions maybe he was, I watched about 7 rounds earlier but stopped because I had to run an errand
@@Bankai_Musashi1 Time to watch the rest then. I studied this fight 30 times now
@@MonkeyDToniProductions well it doesn't really matter much, hurting someone once doesn't win you the fight in most cases.
Leonard tried going toe to toe in this one, he didnt want to box
He should have boxed Roberto
You mean he didn’t run like a clown
He should have boxed Duran he would have won Leonard fought a foolish fight
@@xxlionroarxxxxxxxx4438 not this time he stayed in the pocket with the great duran
@@xxlionroarxxxxxxxx4438 he did that in the second fight with Duran and the hagler fight
Even better than I remember it 🙂
Great Referee. You don't see modern day ref's take control and pull guy's hands out of the clinch to force in fighting these day's the way this ref or Mills Lane would. Now we people like Kenny Bayless allowing too much clinching.
Two Legends of Boxing ,first time watching this Fight 54year and a Fan ,Duran was just a Different Breed
top rank is just emptying the archive with these
Duran being so elusive and counter punching 👑
He's a master one of the best to ever do it
Sugar ray the Best
@@user-xi9qz6gm4k none better 👍
Manos de piedra, at his prime, took everything that Sugar Ray had and out punched the boxer. The second fight was a circus, but on this night Duran was king.
It WAS NOT A CIRCUS, it was Leonard turning the table on Duran and he couldn't handle it, HE QUIT AND THEN MADE EXCUSES! Even in the lost Leonard NEVER QUIT!
When Ray has an off night it was "Duran was king". When Duran has an off night it's a "circus". Well, Leonard did far better in his off night than Roberto did ..that's for sure.
@@thumbsaloftDuran didn’t make excuses, his team and boxing fans did and I am saying this as a Duran fan
@@MonkeyDToniProductionsSo did Duran, he said it was because of stomach pain, and then he said it was because he had to lose weight too fast.
@@thumbsaloft Duran always had problems with weight and stuff, that is why he moved to WW in the first place and why he moved from super flyweight to lightweight but weirdly, I heard Ray Arcel excuse him more for it than Duran
This hands down is the greatest fight in history I mean but Frazier Ali all their fights were great
This was a great fight. The four kings were awesome. The 80s were the glory days boxing hopefully with Saudi Arabia involved in boxing we can get more of the best against the best in a timely fashion, not waiting five years for a underwhelming fight.
Duráns Magnum Opus
I’ve never seen a trainer push lift his fighter into a round !! At the end of the 4th going into the 5th is top notch old school boxing at its best everything mattered ! All energy was trying to be conserved
Ray Arcel, Duran's legendary trainer (dressed in white) , trying to sneak a peek at the official scorecard before it was announced (1:04:32).
Lol Freddie Brown and Ray Arcel sharp as always. Knew every trick there was to boxing haha
The fight was very close ray wasn't sure it could have went either way
@@sergioflores9246 so did angelo dundee
Roberto Duran was a straight up Savage!
a biblical clash🎉
LETS FUKING GOOOOO
These announcers suck big time. They're favoring leonard too much. First 9 rounds 6-2-1 Duran easily. Duran all the way...
Really??? What fight you watching
Leonard definitely won. He threw more punches in the later rounds and Duran wasn’t doin* to much but it looked like was because he was constantly dominating Leonard by moving forward and looking like he’s in his element. Because Leonard looked awkward and not the slick mover he would usual demonstrate he looked like the opponent.
Your Delusional or in Denial😂.You dont know Boxing
Yeah they definitely robbed Leonard out this one
No one believes that
The two announcers were so biased for Leonard. Pathetic.
So was TV and the promoters. SRL got WAY more $$$$$$$ than Duran, too.
leonard was the pretty boy who had a better reputation, thats why, duran put up this demon persona to sell fights
Srl was also the champion, makes sense why he got more money@@milojanis4901
How so they. Called it evenly
@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq in the early round the announcers were definitely hyping leonard up because he was the media favorite
The Bolo Punch In Round 14 By Leonard ........... Just Grazed Duran .......
The poor officiating of Garcia V Hayne brought me here. Wanted to see what right looks like.
Just found this. I never knew my 2 favorite boxers of all time fought. This was then boxing was real.
You never hear of the No Mas fight?!
And five months later Leonard humiliated him.
A MOMENTAS fight.
I like how Ray Arcel stood between Duran and Leonard at the instructions.
Arcel is one of the greatest trainers
I did not think this fight was that close! Duran won by quite a margin.
The brawl in Montreal and The Fight of the century. Ali-Frazier I…When the fight lived up to the billing…
Make sure y’all post ' no mas'
You mean when Leonard ran and clowned like bitch
Let me guess you are black and insecure 😂
cry more
Back then the fighters were tough and exciting to watch. After that generation of fighters went away came Mayweather with his jab, hug and run technique. Ugh. Both Leonard and Duran would have knocked Mayweather the fuck out. Mayweather would not have been able to run away from those fighters.
Post Ali I thought Angelo Dundee turned into a clown.
Leonard and duran at their best/prime duran will win 9/10
Mike Tyson‘s favorite fight and you see why
Does it annoy anyone else that they don't have the round number and timer?
Yes very unprofessional
Floy mayweather y el canelo habrán visto a estos 2 gladiadores de verdad que ninguno de esa época se andaban esquivando, peleaban todos contra todos , y mayweather dice ser el mejor de la historia cuando parece un aprendis al lado de estos 2 monstruos eso sí que eran de verdad
Durán lo llevó a la escuela.
To me this fight looked like a draw, with a slight edge to sugar ray leonard
Durans power at 22:14
smh ive always known leonard by reputation and saw mostly highlights throughout the years, im at round 5 and i am not impressed with all the clinching initiated by leonard.
En la. Revancha.se. Rajo,
I hate when boxers hold…..somewhat of a cheating tactic. It’s like a holding penalty in football
That's called tactic frameing turning your opponent George Foreman Ali was good at this watch foreman Frazier 1 and Ali foreman the hand to hand combat and the blocking of punches or goggle foreman Ali explained
During the pre-fight footage here, Duran looks calm while Leonard looks (understandably) quite nervous and fearful, and yet although losing Leonard fought so courageously.
Sugar ray Leonard has never been scared ☝️🤨
@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq It was just my impression and I certainly could be wrong, but I will say this: In my view true courage is not about the absence of fear but about the overcoming of fear to do what you have to do, and this is why I commented that Leonard fought so courageously.
Leonard has never been scared he has scared others 😡☝️
@@normancook965 yes indeed but the mark of a great fighter is to fight your fight also to set traps for your opponent and recognize a trap also to fight a smart fight plan every one can fight but sometimes it comes down to strategy for example in the Ali foreman fight I believe foreman fought a foolish fight not to take away from Ali fight plan of course 😃☝️
@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq Undoubtedly Leonard has definitely scared others but saying that any human being has never been scared or cannot be scared obviously isn't true. BTW, I've met Sugar Ray, and you are right to respect him as he's a very nice, smart, and interesting guy. I'm done, have a good night.
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