Sylvester stallone reminisces about shooting rocky 2. Roberto duran documentary dives deep into the relationships and reach of the panamanian fighter. Traditional and uninspired, it does an adequate job of relating durans story but falls short of providing an engaging cinematic experience. When sylvester stallone became an action movie director the story of roberto duran now available to download and purchased, its the story of duran, a truly titanic figure, straddling five epic decades as a fighter, and ranked as one of the most entertaining, controversial and finest of all time. Roberto duran takes on sugar ray leonard at the superdome in new orleans in november 1980. Hands of stone follows the life of roberto duran edgar ramirez, the panamanian fighter who made his professional debut in 1968 as a 16 year. Fun facts about rocky movies insp tv tv shows and movies. Jakks pacific rocky collector series balboa vs mason. Sylvester stallone sparred with real championship boxer roberto duran when he shot rocky ii. Roberto duran was born to margarito duran sanchez and clara samaniego. Sylvester stallone was a great boxer in the movies but he recalled getting his butt beaten when sparring with former champion roberto duran during rocky ii filming. The ultimate action movie legend sylvester stallone talks about his famous rocky ii sparring partner roberto duran for an upcoming documentary.
The sparring partner is played by real life champion roberto duran. He has also had minor roles in harlem nights and miami vice. The ultimate action movie legend sylvester stallone talks about his famous rocky ii sparring partner roberto duran for an upcoming. He is an actor, known for rocky ii 1979, harlem nights 1989 and hands of stone 2016. What boxing matches were the fights in rocky based on. At the height of his career, he was considered one of the 20th centurys finest fighters. Sylvester stallone reminisces about shooting rocky 2, reveals roberto duran beat him up. Feeling that his take was unfair, duran made sure to be compensated better for their second fight, especially. The ring magazinethe ring magazinegetty images and did he actually say no mas no more. Its the difference between cinderella man and raging bull, rocky ii and rocky. Roberto also dabbled in television, appearing as sylvester stallones sparring partner in the movie rocky ii 1979. The panamanian boxing greats turbulent life and career unfolds in the new movie starring edgar ramirez as duran.
Hands of stone 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. One of his sparring partners, for example, was former lightweight champion roberto duran. Stallone said ring realism occasionally led to trouble in the filming of rocky ii. Eries lou bizzarro recalls roberto duran as hands of. His ability to read his opponents quick movements and react with a stronger and quicker counter punch or series of powerful punches to the liver and the face repeatedly was accomplished so smoothly it was very hard to read robertos next punch that usually resulted in a knockdown by roberto against his opponent.
Sylvester stallone on rocky ii sparring partner roberto duran. Rocky memorabilia from the rocky movies, hand signed authentic rocky movie character signed gloves and trunks and photographs and posters that are authentic and from the rocky movies. Yep, it really happened, and it all went down at mighty micks gym in rocky ii. Roberto duran bio, wife, children, family, net worth, is. I kinda feel like the plot of rocky iii was sorta inspired by the rivalry between sugar ray leonard and roberto duran, and even predicted the rise of mike tyson. He was raised in a poor family, so he needed to work odd jobs, including dancing in the streets, selling newspapers and shining shoes to help the family with money. Buy roberto duran sparring partner action figure rocky ii.
Back in 1976, sylvester stallone embarked on a low budget hollywood film project called, rocky. Roberto duran sparring partner action figure rocky ii. One of his sparring partners, for example, was former lightweight. Hands of stone is a pleasant surprise for those willing to regress in time to experience the heights of boxing. Scenes in which rocky is not present such as apollo creed consulting his associates, or paulie alone with adrian are in standard thirdperson, in proper english. Hands of stone movie vs true story of roberto duran, ray arcel. Way before internet, there was a time and a place when events like boxing happened, specially when roberto duran fought, panama would come to a stand still. The rocky franchise will always go down as being one of the best movie franchises of all time.
Roberto duran movie shows more to no mas legend and recalls an era when great boxers fought each other save no mas. Hands of stone edgar ramirez training featuette to. Sylvester stallone roberto duran kicked my ass tmz. Roberto duran, whose story is loosely told in hands. Roberto duran samaniego born june 16, 1951 is a panamanian former professional boxer. Artist john rivoli continues rocky balboas story with icons in art. On november 15, 2014 by kazem sedighzadeh in tv the rocky series has become an iconic part of cinema history for various reasons, not all related to the movies themselves. Rocky ii 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Before he was in the car crash, he was in argentina to promote a salsa music cd he had released. In the movie, roberto duran edgar ramirez states, i work all my life.
Harlem nights as roberto rocky ii as fighter all roberto duran films. Subscribe to tmz sports on youtube for the latest news, exclusive interviews, clips from tmz sports on fs1 and videos of your favorite athletes. Roberto durans hands of stone too strong for rocky balboa. Sadly, hands of stone which could be subtitled the roberto duran story stakes its claim in the former province. Sylvester stallone and talia shire in rocky ii rocky balboa, rocky series, rocky film. The film, which features stallone as underdog boxer rocky balboa, is the sequel to the 1990 film rocky v, and the sixth installment in the rocky series that began. The novel is mostly in first person, from rockys point of view, written in the same choppy english in which rocky speaks.
Roberto duran biopic hands of stone depicts champs. Mar 25, 2017 with roberto duran during the filming of rocky ii. Sylvester stallone was a great boxer in the movies but he recalled getting his butt beaten when sparring with former champion roberto duran during rocky ii filming roberto duran is. Sylvester stallone says roberto duran whooped his ass in.
Roberto duran was born on june 16, 1951 in guarare, panama. Roberto duran tells the real story behind the no mas. Hands of stone is a biological sports film about panamanian boxer roberto duran who made his professional boxing career debut in 1968 as a 16 year old and retired in 2001 age 49 and the only boxer to have beaten sugar ray leonard only on points with great cast. Roberto duran autographed signed black everlast boxing glove large signature. Sylvester stallone himself wrote the paperback novelization for this movie. Rocky balboa is a 2006 american sports drama film written, directed by, and starring sylvester stallone. Roberto duran, panamanian professional boxer who was world lightweight, welterweight, juniormiddleweight, and middleweight champion. Sylvester stallone roberto duran kicked my ass youtube. Roberto duran doesnt have any movies playing in theaters.