The Night Roberto Duran Challenged Mentally Unstable Laing
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- Welcome back to Boxing After Dark! Roberto Duran is facing one of the most challenging periods of his professional career, coming off two losses in his last four bouts to Sugar Ray Leonard and Wilfred Benítez. Tonight, he aims to reclaim his path to victory against the formidable Kirkland Laing in a thrilling 10-round bout.
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RIP Kirkland, fought into his 40’s a very proud British fighter,
Nicknamed "the gifted one".
🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@Stabby_Dave I remember that fight. He was a talented fighter. I always wondered what happened to him. He pretty much dominated Duran.
Being from Hackney and of Jamaican extraction I always had a soft spot for Kirkland. Met him a couple of times and he was lovely. I wish he could have capitalised financially on his immense talent. RIP
Died 2003 age 66 fell off his balcony in suspicious circumstances
@@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.CHe died three years ago having survived the balcony fall.He was my neighbour in Hackney for several years.
Still missed😢
@@andrewkennaugh1065 I thought it was more recent bloody wikipedia
He was a real talent...such a pity he had demons.
A flawed genius of a boxer!
A really talented fighter.RIP.
*RIP Kirkland Laing*
I loved watching Laing. He was one of the most entertaining boxers of his era.
Rest in paradise Kirkland. Champ.
Wilfredo Benitez (shown earlier defeating Duran) was that era’s most underrated and forgotten fighter.
So fast and almost impossible to hit.
Don King talking about a man ruining his good reputation, is like me talking about losing a rolex watch.Ive never had one😂
Wow that Kirkland was a great fighter fast
hahaha I’m gonna steal that one
@@50PullUps Steal a Rolex instead, that's what Don would do😜
😂
Never forget King celebrating with his arms around Nigel Benn when his fighter, Gerald McClellan, was unconscious fighting for his life in the background.
Duran was always my favorite fighter. Nothing lowered my feelings toward him.
I feel the same way!
Kirkland Laing was my favourite boxer in the 80's. On his day he could easily have won a World Title but sadly he seemed to hit the self destruct button every rime he came close. He was very like another British boxer, Herol Graham, who had all the power, skill and technique but seemed to lack the mentality of a true champion. The one thing they both had in common was they were both lovely, genuine men and loved entertaining the crowd.
@@davidrobinson2776 Duran was a boxer, yes, but he also had a movie star quality. If he didn't blow up like a blimp between fights, he could have been a movie star for sure. He could have been the Hispanic Tom Cruise, if Tom Cruise had been bitten by a real life werewolf. Or maybe if Eddie Munster had grown up handsome and liked to hurt people.
For one night Laing put it all together and gave a glimpse into what was possible when he was disciplined and firing on all cylinders. He had the talent to be one of the greats, like Duran.
duran was not great he was overrated overrated means when u build urself up in one weight class and they wont let it go they still think of you in that breath now they say he was the greatest lightweight ever or whatever weight that was before he came up to welterweight but it didnt follow him and everytime he beat somebody no matter who it was he was the man lol but he couldnt beat the greats whoever duran beat was a borderline bum
@@DeionHarrishe couldn't beat the greats yet beat a prime ray leonard 😂
Feel like anyone that beats a great needs recognition
@@DeionHarris Agreed, duran was an overrated quitter, he was soft - such a 🤡I heard after he quit against Leonard he cried and cried and cried for his 🍼
@@DeionHarrisnah,the lightweight record of his was nice enough,welter beat a prime Leonard and even his other losses except to Tommy and Leonard was all close, Benitez outpointed him by 2 or 3 i think,and Marvin only by 1,and he has somewhat the most longetivity of the others,they always say no mas but forgot Brawl in Montreal!
Imagine don king saying someone is going to leave a bad impression
I met kirkland laing once . He was very polite and friendly. He kept saying without me asking him, he was going to train and take training and boxing seriously. Their are many only if could have and maybe boxers in boxing, laing was one of them , an unpolished diamond.
This should've been the springboard to launch Kirkland into the big money fights and forge a legacy. It wasn't. Kirkland went missing and partying for a year. In the same year, Duran fought four times and earned $6m. That's the difference. 😢
R.I.P. Kirkland lang 🙏 gone but not forgotten, a true warrior
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️....
Thanks for the video, BOXING AFTER DARK
Kirk and his brother used to come to our gym and show us kids how to punch. I remember watching him hit the bag as a kid .He used to hit harder than the heavyweights. He was such a nice guy. RIP Kirkland 😢
Great presentation! I love Boxing After Dark's storytelling! Always exciting and mutli-faceted, this channel reveals the humanity of boxers, and the ups and downs of the Hardest Game! Thank You, B.A.D.!!
Thank you Lou, much love
Used to see Kirkland from about 2004 onwards.he did what he wanted.....special brew n loadsa pipes😮
But he was a bless chilled guy,plus he could still knock you out,trust me...he didn't need to though.
Sleep well kirk
It's a shame that most people remember Duran for "no mas, no mas". He was a devastating fighter for a long time .
those people are just idiots or aren't even interested in boxing
it's like people who only know Tyson as the guy who bit ears
Nah mate. Anyone who knows even a little about boxing history knows Duran is top 10 all time (hes in my top 5, maybe 3?)
I get your point tho
couldn't have said it better
I remember him for making a runner fight like a man for once in his life.
Another great fight choice. This is my favourite boxing channel on CZcams for sure.
Roberto Duran played in a movie , Harlem Nights , Eddie Murphy, Redd Fox , Richard Pryor , he was a door greeter and ask if they needed him to kick ass , they said no ,.
He was also in Rocky with Sylvester Stallone.
Wow thnx I am gonna watch that ❤
@@JohnTorres-vd3tzlegit made Stallone frustrated
@@JohnTorres-vd3tzRocky II(1979).
@@mofoziRocky II(1979). Roberto does a sparring session with Stallone. Mickey the trainer growls away, Catch Him..!! While, Stallone can't seem to land anything. Stallone confirmed in an interview that it was basically a real sparring match, being that Roberto was letting Stallone go all out, while Roberto mostly was in Carrying Mode. They sparred in a seperate session other than that movie scene, and apparently, Roberto landed a few and Stallone knew right then and there that he had made a wise choice to choose acting over boxing.
This was an incredible performance by Laing. Duran was unbeatable in the 1970s and one of the best fighters of all time. But after he was beaten by Sugar Ray Leonard, I don't think he was quite the same, even though he came back and won some fantastic fights years after this one. Having said that, this was an excellent win by Kirkland Laing. He was so talented, and it is a shame he never really made it in the way he should have. He could have been an all-time great if he had worked harder and dedicated himself. That is easier said than done, though, and, unfortunately, I don't think he had the mental strength to do that. He is still one of my favorite boxers of all time.
You could see the look of the era (70s and 80s)with Duran. Kirkland looks like he’s from present day.
U're Right
Duran one of the best ever imagine if he always trained and stayed 100% between fights focused. Would have been unbeatable
Kirkland was just something else. Never seen anything like him. WOW!
I've always said that Roberto Duran didn't quit. He was frustrated by Leonard's antics during the fight. He wanted to brawl while Sugar Ray was running all over the ring. He was one of the greatest of all time. RIP Laing
He quit! quit making excuses.
Sugar Ray was going up side his head and he couldn’t do anything about it so he quit.
He’s still great, he had a couple of bad nights.
Bro stop. Idc if he wanted to brawl. You see Pacman quit when Mayweather was literally running? No. Don't make excuses. Ray wasn't even running. He was touching him up
He quit because he was paid to quit
The sport is called boxing, not brawling. If a fighter is avoiding you, you have to chase them down or lose. Duran QUIT because he was losing badly.
It's boxing, not brawling. You can't just give up.
My dad thought it was a wrap for Hands of Stone after this fight. Man still had TWO MORE LIVES as a fighter after...the resurrection against Davey Moore and then the middleweight title win over Blade Barkley in 1989.
Unbelievable...Then goes on to what 110-115 wins it was only a terrible car accident that finally stopped him from fighting
Laing used to get stoned in his dressing room before fights 😂
Kirkland was a good fighter. He wasn't a bum of the month guy. Duran took a very tough fight. He redeemed himself again later on.
Excellent reporting on this illustrious fight.
Duran truly one of the greatest boxers of all time ❤
I have him at number 2 behind Ali
@@KingfishStevens-di9jiyou do!? 😂😂😂
@@rafaelramirez1507 yuup, and I'm not alone
@@KingfishStevens-di9ji ? Over sugar ray robinson? Ok!
Duran was way over his prime. He was a natural lightweight and dominated that weight class. When he moved up in weight classes he had already defended the lightweight title successfully 12 times, and was past his prime. When he moved up from the lightweight division he fought faster, physically bigger, and younger fighters in their prime, in boxing time. He eventually adjusted to the speed, height, and size difference and was successful. He fought some of the meanest scariest fighters of his time and beat most of them. He considered heavy weights boxing frauds and would have fought against Heavyweights but the weight difference was too extreme. To demonstrate the greatness of Roberto Duran just consider this, he was greater than the fighters he lost to. Roberto Duran has to be considered among the top 5 fighters of all time. Part of what made him great was a combination of his street intelligence, his aggression, and his boxing school which was a lineage that went back to Benny Leonard. The other day I asked a group of old white ladies if they knew who Roberto Duran was, they all said yes. Thats how famous he is.
My late dad and I used to live watching Kirkland box. He was unique. God bless him. 💥🥊
I'll never understand how a statement like "well he lost his last fight....it was against Wilfredo Benitez" and have it mean you are no longer what you have proven yourself to be. Benitez was INCREDIBLE and could beat anyone on the right night.
Duran was absolutely a sweetheart. He was a good man. A generous man.
Had his good side and his dark side.
He's still alive
HE WAS THE KING OF THE JUNGLE IN HIS DAY. TIME CATCHES UP WITH ALL FIGHTERS.
Except when he punched Ken Buchannan in the balls.
Laing always stood so straight….like his spine didn’t work…rigid…. I think Duran thought this’d be easy.
Hands by his hips and chin in the air, that’s why he got ironed out like he did.
What was that line early on from the American commentator? "This isn't Britian, you can't just run away". Strange how the commentary gets more respectful as the fight goes on...
You Britons JOCK SNIFF anyone from your country......usually they suck!
He was repeating what Laing’s promoter told him.
It was an outrageous comment, I thought I'd misheard
@@Raildawwwg Mickey Duff told Laing that, listen again.
I loved watching Kirkland laing and his beating of Duran is only second to Lloyd Honeyhan beating Don the Cobra Curry in my view as a Brit.
Laing had great potential and this clearly was his best ever result …he was ahead in both fights against Colin Jones too until the hard hitting Welshman caught up with him in round 9 in both fights ….
i was a child when i watched this fight -- was upset because my dad was routing for duran and he lost.
thanks for the video -- it is a wonderful work!
Regardless, still good memories to have with your Pops!
@@BoxingAfterDark Amen brother!
he went to sleep (died) last year, but memories are wonderful to keep!
i fought many years, since 8 as an amateur, then even achieved a dream - fought as a pro in 1998. only 1 fight - a draw - but it was a major accomplishment.
A bad choice of opposition for Duran Laing was tall and would move with speed as Duran moved up in weight his power decreased which is obvious in this fight Kirkland in that form was a credible opponent for anyone
Kirkland was a great boxer as talented as any of the greats think puff was his downfall what a smooth brilliant boxer god bless you mate a credit to boxing
The Gifted One.
RIP champ. 🥊🙏🏾✊🏾
Wow I wished my dad was still alive he would probably love this video he watched all the boxing in those days
That story Mike told was funny af 😂
I don't give a damn. In his prime, nobody, I mean NOBODY, could touch Roberto Duran.
Man stop cap'n
@@aedwards7045only Esteban De Jesus can do that and after the first fight and the early rounds of the second fight he can't no more.
Besides srl who made him quit. I'd also give Pacman a great shot at 140
Greatest lightweight of all time
Roberto Duran was the best Lightweight ever.
Beautiful impressive display by Kirkland Liang , he belted Roberto Duran with no remorse 🥊💥
Rest In Peace mate.
Dear God, I had no idea he was gone.
Res up, Bredda!
Duran is my favorite.
Loved him and really respected him
You must look at the entire Barkley fight and score on all 4 things judges are told to consider. Duran won hands down. Barkley says it himself
Iran Barkley...dude put down the beer...Duran KOed Barkley...
@@russellalesi5715 knocked him down, but he didn't knock him out.
@@stevecorn8039yeah,but Duran really showed Iran who's the boss at that night,he showed he was no cheap smother pressure brawler, he's a legit boxer puncher.
FIGHTS AN OLD MAN PAST HIS PRIME AND FAILS TO PUT EM DOWN.
Hated in the ring, but loved by so many outside of it.
Kirkland Laing was a beast and gave Duran a beating
The Gifted One! R I P
Very intriguing fight. Although Duran was older he was still Duran. I never got to see this fight till now. Kirkland Laing looked decent.
He said his secret was eating cow foot. Lovely man, truly great boxer.
An awful shame the way it ended up for Laing, and he seemed like a kind gentleman
"yeah, i am all right man"
and i believed him
poor guy, he deserved much more from life
Roberto "no mas" Durango was very great.
Crazy CTE Kirkland Laing.
Steve Bunce has an excellent interview with Kirk on CZcams.
Love the man!
Rest in peace Kirkland...so sad to see those final pictures....at peace❤
As manny steward said it doesn’t matter how much talent you have,if your not dedicated,you won’t get there
The title of thi video is greatly misleading. However the content was great and Gave both fighters their Props.
For those of you that wasn’t familiar of that time in boxing. The no mas in the second fight with Lenard was a fixed deal. The fighter was paid after the fight, always!!! Duran got his money up front in a bank in Panama!!! Not to mention the betting his handlers made on the round and who won. The same thing happened with Liston and Cassius Clay. The promoters Arron and King were very very corrupt.
It wouldn't surprise me if this happened.
Rip in peace warrior
Laing was arguably the most talented British fighter, he schooled Duran that day
Duran,in the time he fought Laing,he wasn't really at his best,considering how hurt he was after defeats from Sugar and Benitez,but after this loss to Kirkland,he was given one last chance to fight Pipino and somehow reverted back to his prime only for that fight and the fight for Davey,and later on when facing Iran, it's the last glimpse of we see a motivated hungry Duran, both are scary when hungry,hard to hit but hits you hard,real scary..
he was at his best stop faking duran some shiiii and he was dirty he wasnt the great when he moved up to welterweight but if thats the excuse u tell urself to help u go to sleep then dream on but u got real people out here that know the man was overrated and a fat slouch that love to eat and grab and wrestle u in the ring
1:37
Thank Goodness for the captions .
This guy have an interpreter on payroll?!!
😆
When it comes to lightweight, The Best of the Best I know I've been in the ring with him.
Duran was a scary individual when the bell rang.
but he was overrated big time duran was only great when he was at that smaller weight when he moved up that punch didnt follow him he was madly overrated he beat none of the kings and i say none because he didnt even beat that ray fight and ray only fought him toe to toe because duran tricked him into fighting him in toe to toe and i dont know why ray accepted it but ray said he called his wife a biiii which sounds like duran he was trying anything to get ray mad and fight him toe to toe and duran still didnt win that fight that fight was a draw and the only reason they gave it too duran is just what ray said he said they gonna look at the fight and think that duran made him fight toe to toe when it was him his self who did it too prove to duran that he cant or couldnt knock me out or hurt me im a man just like he is but when that fight was over ray told him ok i fought ur style to a stand still now u fight me my style the next fight and we gonna see what happens and u can see that in the ring at the end of that first fight duran waved his hands off to ray saying get out of here duran was a chump fareal he got shut out with all the others this man would have went 0 for 7 i think that is he couldnt beat nobody
@@DeionHarris he still beat Leonard,,, that excuse is weak
@@DeionHarris one could say Leonard cheated him in 2nd fight by forcing duran to fight on short notice when he was overweight,, do some research before making weak excuses
Duran is literally in conversation for the greatest of all time. And he beat many greats what are you on about?@@DeionHarris
@@lime455only fear he beat was Leonard, whom avenged that loss twice
Duran had a broken rib for the second Leonard fight. The third one he chased Ray around and got sick of him running. Hagler also had trouble with Ray's footwork. Inside, or in a small ring, Duran would take Leonard every time. He still won the first one with no doubt. Styles make fights.
Such a shame how Kirkland fell into alcohol/substance abuse, this together with homelessness, I'm surprised he lived as long as he did.
RIP 🥊🥊🥊
This video mentions his fight against Hagler. What everyone forgets is Hagler had a cut by his eye that he got outside of the ring, so he had to fight a completely different fight against Duran to keep that cut from opening up. If he would have fought his normal fight the entire fight, he would have knocked Duran out. Hagler only fought his normal style in the later rounds of that fight.
I ordered Kirklands brother clubber.
Well done do Kirkland ❤
RIP. 💯💯💯🥊
Great fighter lang 🙏
"infamously stepped back into the ring"?
Kirk is a cult hero for us British fans. Duran was at his prime
I used to spar with his brother Tony at the Wellington Tony was at the time the British and Commwealth Champion and a very nice lad. Looking back it all seems surreal.
So one of the judges had accepted a bribe to score Duran as the winner.
Bernstein made an interesting comment in the middle of the fight. He said he wondered how much Duran's reputation would influence the judging. Always that possibility.
Running doesn't win fights
Lang played with him!! 😮
well hats off to him. what little of him I've seen here I already like him 10x more than money Mayweather cause this was great fight
Kirk was so good proper londener
In his prime reberto hands of stone Duran was in his prime was a beast
Cool
The title of this post is wrong
Kirkland was a bad Bwoy I used to see him on the train to London from Nottingham or Leicester to Nottingham all the time. A very very very good boxer.
No one's ever called Roberto Robert
Duran couldn't get his timing down because Laing was very unorthodox & effective
I'm making the comment right now before the Duran fight the thing about fighting one day you can be on top next day you're on the bottom and in all reality sometimes someone has your number😮
I’d love to have seen him in his prime trained by Brendan Ingle. Watched him towards the end in Reading somewhere fighting some pikey who’s name I don’t remember.
Immense natural talent.
...Don King talking about reputation 😐
Colin Jones was a warrior.
SpiderRico says Kirkland was not a southpaw style.
Watch laing when i was a kid he had some dynamite in them fists and then seen a documentary a couple of decades later they found him living on the streets quite sad really