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Roberto Duran: The Rise Of 'Hands Of Stone' And His Epic Battles With Sugar Ray Lenard

Roberto Duran The Rise Of Hands Of Stone And His Epic Battles With Sugar Ray Lenard
Date Posted: Sunday, August 28th, 2016

When there are no barriers placed on a child’s mind, all things are possible. The Weinstein Company presentation of Hands of Stone, based on the rise of Roberto Duran as the WBC Welterweight champion of the world, is life inspiring and a prime example of how far the “human will” can take a person. Emmy nominated Edgar Ramirez (Zero Dark Thirty) stars as Roberto Duran, Usher Raymond (Texas Rangers) plays Sugar Ray Leonard who held the WBC Welterweight title and Academy Award winner Robert De Niro (The Good Shepherd) plays legendary boxing trainer Ray Arcel. Hands of Stone arrived in theaters August 26, 2016.

Hands of Stone will take you on an amazing journey of a young boy who survived on the streets of Panama with his fists. His street suave and fighting skills along with his persistent desire to find a boxing trainer who could help him take his winning streak on the streets into the boxing ring where the money was guaranteed his success. Roberto Duran (Ramirez) had a persistent and an undefeated reputation that paid off for him when he received the support of the man who helped make boxing an official world sport, trainer Ray Arcel (De Niro) who taught 18 world champions.

Rated- R the Hands of Stone peaks during his infamous 1989 show-down with Sugar Ray Leonard (Raymond). I remember the fight well. It seemed everyone in the world watched that fight to see if an undefeated 29 year-old boxer from the streets of Panama could take the WBC Welterweight belt from the charismatic and very skillful American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard. He did take it in a very close full round competition. His triumph became the triumph of his people and his defeat, that same year in a rematch, was their defeat. Duran would go on to box professionally his entire career retiring in 2002 at the age of 50.

Directed and written by Jonathan Jakubowicz Hands of Stone shows all the different personalities that influenced him, the personal and career choices that fueled him and the historical events that gave him a permanent place in history’s time-line delivered in a beautifully constructed masterpiece. Those that are not boxing fans can now appreciate the creativity of the sport of boxing, understand the trails and tribulations of the lifestyle that comes with the pentacle of success he achieved and applaud at the end for how Duran handled it. Hands of Stone, though historical in events that are well known, has many surprises courtesy of some scenes and particulars that came out in the film that are life inspiring.

Source: eurweb.com

Date Posted: Sunday, August 28th, 2016 , Total Page Views: 1212

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