The commision found out that the purse had been released in the bank Of panama (Controlled by El Presidente) the moment Duran entered the ring. Don King made sure that it. Rumours emerged that Duran was ordered to take a dive, ut he had to much pride & walked out instead. This is back in the day of banana republic dictators, obey or you & yer family have a car crash.
Duran should have kept his cool. But Leonard had Duran out of usual shape, by knowing he would gain weight, and he wanted a rematch as soon as possible and Duran had to kill himself to make that weight, and Leonard was taunting him for half a round or so. Taunting your opponents once is cool, but what he did before and during the fight, that **** might be cool for some, but for people like Duran, bitches do that. If may have been close, but unless a miracle would have been pulled off, I can't see Duran winning this one decisively, Duran could have won albeit controversially, as Leonard was running a lot. There were numerous robberies when the actual winner was making the champion miss. I mean, look at Walcott Louis 1, Schulz Foreman, etc. Only because the champion was the chaser and the challenger was running, the verdict went unrightfully to the champions.
leonard has stated in interviews he seen duran after the first victory over him baloon up whilst partying to something like 220lb's. he said he knew he had to strike as soon as he could and did so. duran went to hell and back trying to get into shape for that fight and thats why he had stomach cramps and thats why he quit he said "i won the first and i gave leonard a rematch, i thought no worries he will give me my shot"