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IceJohnScully
11-21-2007, 01:37 PM
What was cooler... the visual you got onscreen when Ray Charles was singing "America The Beautiful" in the ring, with Sugar Ray Leonard loosening up in the background, before the Duran rematch OR the sight of Micky Ward and Arturo Gatti instinctively hugging each other in the center of the ring BEFORE their thirtieth (the tenth round of their third fight) and final round against each other?

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brimey
11-21-2007, 01:51 PM
Hmmm,I didn't see SRL-Duran II live so it doesn't have the same effect, but I can say that Ward-Gatti III had a feeling for me in that tenth round where I told myself, Enjoy this while you can, because fights and fighters like this don't come along very often. The crowd and Emmanuel Steward giving them a rousing standing ovation after Round 4 was an awesome moment as well.
ChampionsForever
11-21-2007, 01:57 PM
Wow, ive never seen the Leonard Ray Charles thing, sounds wicked tho, any links to it?
KayEpps
11-21-2007, 02:32 PM
Gatti - Ward/ That was true sportsmenship.
rr94
11-21-2007, 02:34 PM
Leonard in the background with Ray Charles.
IceJohnScully
11-21-2007, 02:39 PM
I loved BOTH. The one with Ray...it was real cool because the way it unfolded, with the song America The Beautiful, it was like an inspirational music video
FlatNose
11-21-2007, 03:08 PM
When I saw Ray Charles singing, and his namesake, Ray Charles Leonard in the backround looking inspired as hell.I got the goosebumps because I was a Duran fan, and I felt at the moment all was lost for the great Roberto.
And look what happened!
Thread Stealer
11-21-2007, 04:09 PM
I see good sportsmanship all the time. I don't see Ray Charles sing much.

In fact I didn't even see that performance, my copy of the fight doesn't start that early.
IceJohnScully
11-22-2007, 12:53 AM
When I saw Ray Charles singing, and his namesake, Ray Charles Leonard in the backround looking inspired as hell.I got the goosebumps because I was a Duran fan, and I felt at the moment all was lost for the great Roberto.
And look what happened!

Exactly...man, when that scene played out. it was like you could feel something special. It was like it was too awesome of a scene for Ray to ever lose after that. It was like that was the push that got the inspirational ball rolling that night