Duran ‘not a clown’
NZPA-Reuter Las Vegas If Roberto Duran has his way, Sugar Ray Leonard will have to go to the circus to see the clowns. Duran was asked after a workout yesterday how he would react if Leonard put on one of his patented clowning acts when the two fight for Leonard’s world super middleweight boxing title on Friday (N.Z. time).
"He can do what he wants,” Duran said through an interpreter. “But to beat Roberto Duran, he’s going to have to fight. I came to Las Vegas to fight. “I’m a fighter not a clown. The clowns are in the circus.", It was Leonard’s clowning and Duran’s embarrassment over it that is generally seen as the big reason Duran quit in the eighth round of their second fight in 1980. Duran uttered perhaps the most famous words in boxing when he told the referee “No mas” (”No more”). There is little reason to suspect that Leonard, a 2-1 favourite to win will not taunt Duran again with his clown’s repertoire. ,
Duran looked a lot better in his sparring session yesterday than at his last outing on Sunday.
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