Duran insulting Leonard's wife

marlon said:

Well, you have to wonder about Duran. If there is an award for boxing's biggest baddest badass award, surely Duran would be a genuine candidate, if not a winner. At the very least, Duran is a twisted picture of human nature. His machismo was so colossal, his self belief so invincible and talent undoubtable that, to a normal person, his behavior showed itself in quite absurd and unbelievable ways. This makes Duran such an interesting character in the history of boxing, one that is equally fascinating and repulsive at the same time. Now, what has started me off on this topic is that today I was reading Dundee's rather crap autobiography and he devotes an entire chapter to Duran and Leonard. The book itself is poor because Dundee shows himself to be no better than a fanboy. His observations on Duran are close to rubbish. However, the best parts of the book are the priceless anecdotes he relates. My goodness, Dundee describes Duran's various antics in vivid detail. Duran displayed such open and naked hatred toward Leonard, he demeaned his manhood, abused him to his face and rudely gestured at him at every opportunity. Yet it was not enough. All this culminated when Duran turned his attention towards Mrs Leonard. He was shockingly bad towards her. In front of Leonard, the welterweight champion of the world, he openly told her he was going to do her after he kills her husband in the ring!!! Duran would also thrust his hips towards her to remind her of his intentions. Can anyone believe this? What do you do, or what can you do when a Duran does this to you? Dundee also relates how Mrs Leonard feinted during the fight. The poor woman!!!! I feel sorry for her but she had no business being there. So what do you guys think about this badass Duran. Was he sick or what? What made him tick? Can anyone try and explain him? :dunno: [/QU

marlon said:

Well, you have to wonder about Duran. If there is an award for boxing's biggest baddest badass award, surely Duran would be a genuine candidate, if not a winner. At the very least, Duran is a twisted picture of human nature. His machismo was so colossal, his self belief so invincible and talent undoubtable that, to a normal person, his behavior showed itself in quite absurd and unbelievable ways. This makes Duran such an interesting character in the history of boxing, one that is equally fascinating and repulsive at the same time. Now, what has started me off on this topic is that today I was reading Dundee's rather crap autobiography and he devotes an entire chapter to Duran and Leonard. The book itself is poor because Dundee shows himself to be no better than a fanboy. His observations on Duran are close to rubbish. However, the best parts of the book are the priceless anecdotes he relates. My goodness, Dundee describes Duran's various antics in vivid detail. Duran displayed such open and naked hatred toward Leonard, he demeaned his manhood, abused him to his face and rudely gestured at him at every opportunity. Yet it was not enough. All this culminated when Duran turned his attention towards Mrs Leonard. He was shockingly bad towards her. In front of Leonard, the welterweight champion of the world, he openly told her he was going to do her after he kills her husband in the ring!!! Duran would also thrust his hips towards her to remind her of his intentions. Can anyone believe this? What do you do, or what can you do when a Duran does this to you? Dundee also relates how Mrs Leonard feinted during the fight. The poor woman!!!! I feel sorry for her but she had no business being there. So what do you guys think about this badass Duran. Was he sick or what? What made him tick? Can anyone try and explain him? :dunno:

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He wasn't too much of Bad ass to quit when he realized he couldn't beat Leonard in his first fight. He did the worst thing a boxer can do, quit in fight. In his home country he got death threats for that. Leonard went 15 rounds to him and lost but didn't quit. Quitting shows you how brittle Duran's Machismo really was. Not someone to admire.

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