ESPN’s award-winning 30 for 30 film series
continues with No Más, which will premiere on Tuesday,
November 5 at 9pm on ESPN. The film, directed by Eric Drath (Renee),
chronicles the rivalry of boxing legends Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran.
In the midst of boxing’s contemporary golden age - the 1980’s - stood
two fighters who established a captivating rivalry. Their pair of bouts within
a span of just over 5 months in 1980 had all the trappings of instant classics.
Sugar Ray Leonard, an American hero, who had become a household name after a
Gold Medal-winning performance at the 1976 Summer Olympics that led to numerous
corporate sponsorships, versus the lightweight champion Roberto Duran of
Panama, the toughest - some said meanest - fighter of all time. It was not
just the drama and action of these fights that would endure, but those two
words uttered in the second of their clashes, which would create a sense of
mystery, bewilderment and intrigue to the present day. Through Leonard’s
journey to Panama to see his old rival in search of closure, No Más looks
for answers to Duran’s stunning decision to quit in the middle of a
championship fight.
