Roberto Duran vs Sugar Ray Leonard 1 Explained Brawl in Montreal, Tysons Favorite Fight, Breakdown

Books: Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray leonard fought for the first time in 1980, kicking off what would become an iconic rivalry in boxing. And while their second fight gets most of the attention, due to its bizarre ending, their first encounter remains one of the most entertaining matches in boxing, and one of the best fights amongst the four kings. In fact, Mike Tyson ranks it as the greatest fight of all time. This was in no small part due to the drastic differences between the two fighters, in both style and personality. Duran was known as a brutal infighter. He was skillful boxer whos skills were missed by many, overshadowed by his unrelenting savagery. Duran used grappling techniques to subdue his opponents, making use of his head, shoulders and chest to wrestle them into corners, and guard manipulations to slip in jarring punches from mere inches away. You did not defeat his opponents. He demolished them. Duran always went fo