"Durán didn't quit because of stomach cramps", Eleta said. He said the cramps occurred because he took off weight too quickly, then ate too much after the morning weigh-in, but his manager, Carlos Eleta, said Durán always ate that way before a fight. He has said that he quit because of stomach cramps, which started to bother him in the fifth round. He said he was only mumbling to himself "No sigo, no sigo, no sigo", meaning "I'm not carrying on". He blamed the broadcaster Howard Cosell for coming up with it and claiming he said it. Post-fight ĭurán has said that he never said the words No mas to anyone following the bout. Leonard led by a small margin of 68–66, 68–66, and 67–66 on the judges scorecards at the time of the TKO. Leonard was the winner by a technical knockout (TKO) at 2:44 of round 8, regaining the WBC Welterweight Championship. In the closing seconds of the eighth round, Durán turned his back to Leonard and quit, waving his glove and apparently saying to referee Octavio Meyran, " No más" ("No more" in Spanish). Late in the round, winding up his right hand, as if to throw a bolo punch, Leonard snapped out a left jab and caught Durán flush in the face. In round 7, Leonard started to taunt Durán. He tried to get me against the ropes, I'd pivot, spin off and Pow! Come under with a punch." "And Voom! I snapped his head back with a jab. "The whole fight, I was moving, I was moving", Leonard said. Leonard used his superior speed and movement to outbox and befuddle Durán. The rematch took place November 25, 1980, at the Superdome in New Orleans.
Durán won the first fight by a narrow but unanimous decision, with scores of 148–147, 145–144, and 146–144. Leonard abandoned his usual slick boxing style and stood flat-footed with Durán. Leonard was defending the World Boxing Council (WBC) Welterweight Championship for the second time. Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán had first fought on June 20, 1980, in Montreal. It gained its name from the moment at the end of the eighth round when Durán turned away from Leonard towards the referee and quit by apparently saying, " No más" (Spanish for "No more"). It was the second of three bouts between the pair. Sugar Ray Leonard II, billed as The Super Fight, and later popularly known as the No Más Fight, was a boxing match which took place on November 25, 1980, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, United States. Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
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