Editing Roberto Durán (section)

=== Welterweight and The Brawl in Montreal===
{{main|Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durán}}
[[File:Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran posing.jpg|thumb|Leonard and Durán posing with oversized boxing gloves before June 20, 1980, fight]]
Vacating the Lightweight title was a buildup for an attempt at the [[Welterweight]] title. Durán earned wins against former [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] Welterweight Champion [[Carlos Palomino]] and Zeferino Gonzales, among others, setting the stage for a title bout against then-undefeated WBC [[List of welterweight boxing champions|Welterweight Champion]] [[Sugar Ray Leonard]]. The venue chosen was the [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Montreal]] (the same location where Leonard won an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medal during the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]). Durán resented the fact that he was getting only one-fifth of the money that Leonard was getting, despite the fact that Durán was entering the bout with an incredible 71–1 record and seen by many as the best boxer of the decade of the 1970s. To the surprise of Leonard and his camp, who had expected a warm homecoming from the place where Leonard had won Olympic gold, Leonard only got a mixed reception in Montreal, while Durán was incredibly popular with the crowd, with Leonard later admitting that Durán's popularity in Canada "threw me for a loop". On June 20, 1980, Durán captured the WBC Welterweight title by defeating Leonard via a 15-round unanimous decision (145–144, 148–147, 146–144), although it was incorrectly announced as a majority decision in the ring with the 148–147 scorecard being incorrectly announced as 147–147.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:560|title = Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran (1st meeting) - BoxRec}}</ref> The fight became known as "The Brawl in Montreal".

==== "No Más" in New Orleans ====
{{main|Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard II}}

After defeating Leonard in Montreal, Durán gained iconic status in his home country, Panama. Leonard initiated the rematch clause and asked for the fight to be the following November. In their second fight, Leonard successfully changed his tactics, using more footwork and movement than he had in their first fight, and Durán was unable to get Leonard against the ropes. During the seventh round, after Leonard had gained a slight lead on the scorecards, he began taunting and mocking Durán. Towards the end of the eighth round, Durán suddenly stopped fighting, and according to referee [[Octavio Meyran]] and ABC commentator [[Howard Cosell]], Durán repeatedly said "No más" ("no more"), which was denied by Durán, his cornermen [[Ray Arcel]] and Freddie Brown, and his manager Carlos Eleta, with Durán claiming he had said "No quiero pelear con el payaso" ("I do not want to fight with this clown [Leonard]"). According to Meyran, in addition to saying "No más", Durán also said in broken English "I don't box anymore".<ref>{{cite news|last=Pepe|first=Phil|title=Roberto Duran quits in 8th, says 'No mas' in 1980 fight vs. Sugar Ray Leonard|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/duran-quits-8th-finished-article-1.1994724|newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|publisher=New York|date=November 26, 1980|access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Snowden|first=Jonathan|title=The Men and the Myths: Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and 'No Mas,' 35 Years Later|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2592855-the-men-and-the-myths-ray-leonard-roberto-duran-and-no-mas-35-years-later|website=[[Bleacher Report]]|date=November 25, 2015|access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> In a 2016 interview, Durán claimed that what he actually said was, "No sigo" ("I won't go on"). For a brief time after the "No más" debacle, Durán retired from boxing, but soon changed his mind, not wanting to end his career on such a bad note.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/roberto-duran-tells-real-story-behind-no-mas-bou-article-1.2765921|title=Roberto Duran tells the real story behind the 'No mas' bout|work=Daily News|publisher=New York|access-date=2017-03-24|language=en}}</ref>