Ray Charles At The 2nd Sugar Ray (Charles) Leonard Vs. Roberto Duran Fight (1980)
Sugar Ray Leonard (born Ray Charles Leonard, named after the singing legend, on May 17, 1956) is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles in multiple weight classes. In the first fight against Roberto Duran Leonard went to the Olympic Stadium in Montreal to defend his world title. Duran etched out a close but unanimous decision, inflicting Leonard his first loss. Leonard came back for a rematch in the New Orleans Superdome on November 25, 1980 - a new man with a new plan. He outboxed Duran, frustrating him from the opening bell, and with 17 seconds to go in round 8, the unthinkable happened: Duran turned around, walked to his corner and gave up, saying the now worldwide famous words of "No más!" Referee Octavio Meyran , perhaps incredulous as was the rest of the world of what he was seeing, asked Duran if he was sure, and Duran repeated himself again: "No más, no más!"
Before the fight Ray Charles sang America The Beautiful.
From a comment on YouTube:
"Closed circuit TV was an early Pay Per View. But then, you didn't have cable or satellite, so people would go to an arena and pay to watch the telecast there. It was a lot of fun to watch the fight with a lot of other fans in the coliseum. This fight was shown in arenas around the country."
"If it's really something good that was not on the record, that's okay, because when I perform I can make the performance of the song better than the record was."
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Ray Charles at the Apollo (Apr. or maybe Oct. 1959), working on his Wurlitzer. Photo by Alex Harsley.
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The Ray Charles Video Museum is a research project, documenting live performances by The Genius.
This blog is above all aMediagraphy. It's also a discography (or, more correctly, a trackography), aggregating all tunes that Ray sang and/or played - including the "canon" of 700 tracks listed on the official Ray Charles website, but also identifying the songs that have never been officially released, and e.g. the recordings of other artists, where Ray backed them on piano. Thirdly, this blog has evolved into a multimedia Chronology (click the years in the panel al the top of this page) of Ray's productive live.
I also try to do some justice to the more than 1,000 great musicians and singers who contributed to Ray's career (1, 2).
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