Modern Classics: Leonard-Duran I

By: Sean Crose
“When I get into the ring to fight,” Roberto Duran said, “I always give the best."
There is little doubt that Duran gave “Sugar” Ray Leonard his best, and more, when the two met in Montreal on June 20th of 1980. Close to 50,000 people had gathered at Olympic Stadium to see two of the biggest names in sports, much less boxing, battle for welterweight supremacy. It’s hard to imagine anyone having been disappointed by the qualit