But Sugar Ray Leonard got into that ring in Baltimore, Maryland, and he shocked everybody by saying that, no, he wasn't going to fight Marvin Hagler. He was going to retire because of an eye injury.
That's an insult. I recently rewatched Sugar Ray Leonard v Marvin Hagler. I don't know what the late Hagler complained about. I had that fight 116-112 for SRL. Hagler simply aged in that fight.
However, there were many who went before me who paved the way, and my idol will always be Sugar Ray Robinson, who was, and remains, one of the best pound-for-pound fighters to have ever lived in ...
Roberto Duran is one of the greatest boxers that ever lived and still does interviews. Even though he doesn’t speak English his translator always offers a great insight into his legendary career.