Duran busted Leonard face in that 3rd fight. After the fight Ray cuts over both eyes and a busted lip. That was with him on his bicycle the whole fight.
:Insightful post regarding Hearns v Benitez. Hearns looked startlingly bigger than W B that December '82 night. Looks two weight divisions bigger than him, in fact. And yet W B still managed to somehow hold him off. Another poster here (sorry, forget where/who) says that with Benitez there was was a puzzling imbalance between offense and defense. He really didn't throw enough leather against SRL, for example, did he? But even if he had been minded to be busier against Hearns, it would have been to no avail. Hearns was just too big and strong overall. Great showing by Benitez, considering how imposing - and bloody skilful - Hearns was.
it was a great fight by Benitez. Just going 15 in that way was no insult on him. Too bad he didn't stay at 154 and fight other guys. He would have won the title again against most of the guys at the time, and probably stopped Ayala.
