Just one of the striking things about re-watching Duran/Leonard II is how close the fight actually was. Duran was barely behind, if at all. The fight could easily have been judged a draw up to the time of the quittage.
The second thing is: Duran was not being taunted at all when he decided to quit, nor just previously to it. Only in the previous round had he been taunted and toyed with, a round which he likely won, or at least broke even in.
So, why then, did Duran quit?
I think the secret is out: the man had to shît and shît good.
But was there even more to it? Couple the fierce need to excrete with a freak peak of early onset of pugilistica dementia, and you have a recipe for just what happened, a rage that could explode in quittage. The thought of an international television audience witnessing offal running down his leg was enough to make Duran quit. It is good to know that. Either that, or his family was being held by kidnappers until he threw the fight one way or another. You decide.
The second thing is: Duran was not being taunted at all when he decided to quit, nor just previously to it. Only in the previous round had he been taunted and toyed with, a round which he likely won, or at least broke even in.
So, why then, did Duran quit?
I think the secret is out: the man had to shît and shît good.
But was there even more to it? Couple the fierce need to excrete with a freak peak of early onset of pugilistica dementia, and you have a recipe for just what happened, a rage that could explode in quittage. The thought of an international television audience witnessing offal running down his leg was enough to make Duran quit. It is good to know that. Either that, or his family was being held by kidnappers until he threw the fight one way or another. You decide.