In a recent interview with Brandon George of the Dallas Morning News, hall of fame boxer Roberto Duran denied ever using the words "no mas" in his famous rematch with Sugar Ray Leonard on November 25, ...

NEW ORLEANS – Roberto Duran quit. The macho man just up and quit. One moment he was fighting and the next moment he wasn’t. “No more,” he said to Sugar Ray Leonard. It was the eighth round. Duran was ...

He came from the streets. He came from nothing. After his father abandoned him at the age of five, boxing great Roberto Duran was forced to start earning money by going out and shining shoes rather ...

Roberto Duran never fitted in boxes or ran with crowds, he bucked trends and stood alone. He has been on the wrong side of history and been dealt unfavourable hands before but that has never stopped ...

Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard continue to be spoken about as two of the greatest fighters. Duran won the first time they both met, with all judges favouring “El Cholo,” with scores of 148–147, ...

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press voted him the greatest lightweight of the 20th century, while Ring Magazine voted him the fifth best fighter of all time, behind Sugar Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong, ...

When Roberto Duran threw his hands up in the air 35 years ago, the gesture represented much more than a concession of defeat. It was a champion throwing in the towel, telling the world that he’d had ...

Alan Tyers has been on the Telegraph Sport team since 2010. He writes about sport, TV and sport on TV. When not sitting on the sofa in London doing that, he works as a psychodynamic psychotherapist in ...

DALLAS — The Hall of Fame boxer Roberto Duran is widely considered one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in history, but his most famous association was his shocking surrender to fellow ring ...

ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary series will continue on Tuesday night with the premiere of No Mas, an hour-long film that dives deeper into the unforgettable rematch between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto ...

It's one of the most famous fights in boxing history, but why did Durán ask the referee to stop the fight in the eighth round? If I were to say "Thrilla in Manilla", most boxing fans would know what I ...

He came from the streets. He came from nothing. After his father abandoned him at the age of five, boxing great Roberto Duran was forced to start earning money by going out and shining shoes rather ...