Possible spoiler:
There is always going to be some dramatic license taken, and it's pointless to watch a movie to find out "the real story." However ...
1. The trailer, at least, makes it look like Duran had to work hard after his loss to Leonard to come back and beat him. In truth, he first beat Leonard, then lost the second fight.
2. He is shown speaking English and understanding what others say to him. Duran does not speak English, or at least he didn't then.
I dont know what you saw In the trailer, but the movie had the fight order right
shareThis movie is 90% accurate. And Duran did speak English. Probably not that we'll.
shareI was a boxing writer and interviewed him about a year before the first fight. He did not speak English, only Spanish. Even in an interview conducted for this film, 36 years later, he could speak very little English, required an interpreter to understand the questions and answered mostly in Spanish. This from a story about his recent remarks about Donald Trump (http://deadline.com/2016/08/roberto-duran-donald-trump-boxing-challenge-twitter-hands-of-stone-movie-1201798761/)
"Sitting next to Edgar Ramirez, who plays Duran in The Weinstein Company pic that’s due out August 26, Duran was asked by a fan, “Roberto, who would you most like to step into the ring with today?” Duran answered in Spanish and Ramirez translated ..."
Robert does speak some English. But, he prefers to speak Spanish during interviews.
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