FINALLY!! Someone who knows what they are talking about. Listening to all this bull**** about Hagler taking his ball and going home and quitting when he lost. I thought members of a boxing forum would have actual knowledge on what they are posting. He CHASED Leonard for more than a year and when Ray wanted none of it, he announced his retirement. Ray was smart to stay away from a pissed off Hagler.
"Hagler talked mad **** for years"?Dunno how old you are and what you heard,but actually Leonard was the one teasing everyone about a proposed Hagler-Leonard fight for years.Hagler was the one that kept going about his business.As far as the other issue,you need to answer something:are you sticking to your earlier claim that Hagler was prime when they fought?Answer the question please.
Time out people - this is the list of title fights Marvin had since 1979 - Vito Antuofermo, Alan Minter, Fulgencio Obelmejias, Mustafa Hamsho, Caveman Lee, Tony Sibson, Wilford Scypion, Roberto Duran, Juan Roldan, Thomas Hearns, John Mugabi and Sugar ray Leonard / fought twice against Antuofermo, Hamcho and Obelmejias). So you must be talking about one of the fabuylous four, Duran who was a natural LW but beat SRL at WW and Davey Moore at SWW, Heans who was a WW and beat Benitez as SWW and Duran, and SRL who was his last opponent and was coming from a FIVE YEAR LAYOFF! So I don't understand, r you talkin about Mugabi, about Hamcho who beat Benitez, r you talkin about going to the UK to stop Minter in 3 or r u talkin about strugglin with Vito in their first match which was a draw?