The reason why Duran quit in the 2nd Leonard fight...

[Mintcar923]

I recollect Duran saying that after the rubber match with Sugar Ray he would finally give the real reason why he quit the 2nd. But did he ever?

[IronDanHamza]

They had a Rubber match.

And Duran did say that. He said something along the lines of; "When I beat him, I gave him a rematch. So, when I decided to stop fighting, I knew he'd give me a rematch."

[TBear]

I remember his camp blamed no mas on stomach cramps caused by a steak dinner before the fight but the general consensus was that he was just frustrated.
Duran was a proud man and often people will give reasons rather than just say it wasn't my night.

[IronDanHamza]

I remember his camp blamed no mas on stomach cramps caused by a steak dinner before the fight but the general consensus was that he was just frustrated.
Duran was a proud man and often people will give reasons rather than just say it wasn't my night.

I think that's just so abundantly clear.

He definitely just couldn't handle how the fight was going.

[Scott9945]

Duran was in piss poor condition, and Leonard fought with a perfect style to frustrate him. Like many of us do in real life (although in much lower profile circumstances), Duran made a poor judgement snap decision. I'm sure it haunted him everyday, or at least until he got redemption against Davey Moore.

[Anthony342]

Not only haunted him, but got heat for it in his home country for years.