Page 16-Saturday; June 21, 1980-The Michigan Daily Duran whips Leonard in welterweight title fight Roger Leonard wins; Berbick upsets Tate I a MONTREAL (AP) - Roberto Duran used his thundering fists to extinguish the lightning-quick speed of Sugar Ray Leonard last night and won the WBC welterweight title with a 15-round split decision over the previously unbeaten Olympic champion. Doran, the man they call "Hands of Stone," set the tempo right from the start. He negated Leonard's vaunted hand and foot speed by feinting with his head and shoulders and then bulling the defending champion. IN GAINING the title on a cool, damp night, the 29-year-old Panamanian became only the third man to win both the lightweight and welterweight championships. He held the lightweight crown from 1972 until last year, when he surrendered it to move up into the welterweight class.. Now he joins Henry Armstrong and Barney Ross as the only men to hold both the light and welter crowns. Judge Harry Dibbs of Britain scored it 145-144 for Duran. Judge Ramon Baldeyrou of France scored it 146-144 for the new champion. Judge Angelo Poletti of Italy scored it even 147-147. The Associated Press favored Duran 144-141. It was billed as the "Brawl in Mon- treal" and it turned out to be just that, one of the great fights in welterweight history. But Duran was in control from the opening bell. USING HIS famed "Hands of Stone" like two pistons, Duran appeared to win virtually every round and smiled con- temptuously at his opponent over the last five rounds. Duran built a huge lead early and then held it through the final roundsas Leonard knew his only hope was a knockout. But it was not to be. Leonard took the best Duran had to offer and it wasn't enough. When it was over, Leonard smiled and Duran rasied his hands in a victory sign. In an undercard fight, Trevor Ber- bick, the Canadian heavyweight cham- pion, knocked out former world cham- pion John Tate in the ninth round Friday night and left Tate's fighting future in doubt. Berbick rushed out at the beginning of the ninth round and landed a right and left to Tate's head. He followed this with a right to the ear and another right to the head. Tate stumbled out of the corner he was in and started across the ring, with Berbick in pursuit. BERBICK THREW a left, right and left to the back of Tate's head and the former World Boxing Association champion pitched flat on his face with his upper body out of the ring. Tate was counted out at the 22-second mark as Berbick leaped for joy and then shouted at Tate, "Get up, get up, get up." But Big-John couldn't get up until his handlers helped him and led him to his corner. The devastating loss was the second in 22 pro fights for the 23-year-old Tate. Berbick, 27, who fought for Jamaica in the 1976 Olympics and now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is 15-1-1 in the heavyweight title pic- ture. THERE WERE three other 10- rounders on the card and in the first one, Cleveland Denny was knocked out by Gaetan Hart, the Canadian light- weight champion, and taken uncon- scious to a hospital. Hart, 136, of Buckingham, Quebec, hurt Denny with a right hand in the final round and then put him down with a series of head shots. The referee stop- ped the bout without even beginning a count with only 12 seconds left. The 24-year-old Denny, 134, of Lachine, Quebec, remained in the ring for several minutes until a stretcher was called for. IN A MIDDLEWEIGHT bout, Roger Leonard, 153, of Palmer Park, Md., Sugar Ray's older brother, used a good jab and a reach advantage to score a split decision over 33-year-old Clyde Gray, 154, the Canadian and Common- wealth welterweight champion from Lindsay, Ontario. In an action-packed bout, Ferdinand Marcotte, 153, of Quebec City, and 19- year-old Eddy Melo, 154, of Toronto, battled to a draw. One judge voted for Melo but the other two called it even and a fighter must have the nod on at least two cards to win. VICTORIOUS ROBERTO DURAN is shown here before the WBC title match in which he defeated Sugar Ray Leonard. Duran now must defend his new title against Detroit's Tommy Hearns. BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Mariners club Orioles BALTIMORE (AP) - Ted Cox clouted a three-run homer with one out in the ninth inning and Floyd Bannister pitched a three-hitter, giving the Seat- tle Mariners a 3-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles last night. Dan Meyer opened the ninth with a double off the right field wall against Jim Palmer, 6-4, who went into the in- ning with a five-hit shutout, and Tom Paciorek walked. After both runners advanced on a sacrifice by Leon Roberts, Cox belted a shot over the left field fence for his first homer in 136 at-bats this season. The victory snapped a five-game losing streak for the Mariners and a five-game winning streak for the Orioles. The Orioles scored on Benny Ayala's leadoff homer in the second and Ban- nister, 4-6, gave up only two more hits in the game. Four of Ayala's homers have come in five games against Seat- tle. Bannister gave up a two-out triple by Doug DeCinces in the seventh and an infield hit by Mark Corey in the eighth. Baltimore's Eddie Murray had his 16- game hitting streak halted. Angels 20, Red Sox 2 BOSTON (AP)-Fred Patek ripped three home runs and drove in seven runs to lead a season-high 26-hit assault and Frank Tanas fired a fice-hitter as the California Angels crushed the Boston Red Sox 20-2 last night, snapping a nine-game losing streak. In California's second, Larry Harlow's sacrifice fly produced one run and Patek's double sent in another. Tom Donohue then singled in two runs, stole second and scored on Carney Lansford's single that chased loser Steve Renko, 4-1. I After the Angels erupted for seven hits in the second inning, Patek unloaded a three-run shot in the third. He led off the fifth with his second homer of the game, and capped his explosion with a two-run shot in the eighth. Patek's 14 total bases and the six home runs set club records. Every 4 player in the Angels' starting lineup scored at least one run and had at least two hits.