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Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography You can obtain a copy of theĬode, or contact the Council, at PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: images provided by Press AssociationĪnd RollingNews.ie unless otherwise stated. Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. The42 supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Hands of Stone focuses on the rivalry between the Panamanian brawler (played by Edgar Ramirez) and Sugar Ray Leonard (played by the singer Usher Raymond).įormer boxer Roberto Duran, left and actor Robert De Niro pose for photographers upon arrival at the screening of the film Hands of Stone at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France.Īfter winning the WBC welterweight title from Leonard in 1980, Duran shocked the world by quitting mid-fight in a rematch five months later, reportedly with the words “No Mas” (No More) - which he still denies saying.ĭuran - who began his professional career at 16 - fought on until he was 50. The film comes 36 years after his Oscar-winning performance as self-destructive boxer Jake LaMotta in Martin Scorsese’s 1980 classic Raging Bull.

De Niro cracked Panama tax jokes as he told of the journey to make the movie, which was eventually filmed in the country most recently in the news for the “Panama Papers” scandal.ĭuran, known as “Hands of Stone”, is a national hero in Panama, and the movie tracks his life as a child on the gritty streets of the country, where he was marked by riots over America’s control of the Panama Canal.ĭe Niro plays Ray Arcel, who trained 18 world champions and was tasked with turning the hothead, America-hating Duran into world champion.

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