Boxing - Nathan Cleverly v Badou Jack - WBA World Light Heavyweight Title - Las Vegas, USA - August 26, 2017 Sugar Ray Leonard before the fight REUTERS/Steve Marcus
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard says that while the sport may not be the national obsession it was during his prime, it is still healthy, an assertion disputed by longtime rival-turned-friend Roberto Duran.
In a joint interview to promote a new film on the Panamanian's career, entitled "I Am Duran", the former enemies traded barbs - and laughs - about the state of the sport as well as the nature of their historic battles which captivated the sporting world in the 1980s.
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