Sugar Ray Leonard: "Why wouldn't I have given Hagler a rematch?"

Hagler wanted the rematch but he was not going to make a media spectacle of it. That was not his style. SRL would only fight Hagler on his terms and would not compromise on ANYTHING. That is why Hagler said screw it and left the game.

 

All that is speculation coming out of 2nd hand accounts........in the press, when Leonard was asked if there would be a Hagler rematch, Leonard's answer was, "I only came out to fight one time, I'm retired!"

........that pretty much translates to, there will be no rematch.


Was it Leonard's plan all along to have Hagler sit and idle for years and then throw out a string at Hagler years later as if to play with a pussycat and say, "Here's this here string, follow me, I'm naming when, where, and how.........

To which Hagler without uttering a word, basically through his nonaction said, "no thankyou, go **** yourself!"

 

Leonard was a overrated fight that was given attention from fans over wins that were loses. He lost to Hagler and he lost to Hearns the second time around and to be honest I dont have him ranked that high all-time with the crap he pulled.

5 Division champ thing was ****ing bull**** also, cause while he did get lucky to win against Hearns in the first fight and become the true 147 lb champ, everything after that was horse ****! He won the 154 lb belt against a no name build up record bum and only fought their for one fight. He clearly lost to Hagler and I had that scored 117-111 so he did not really win the 160lb belt. The 168 belt was a joke cause he fought for both the 168 and 175 title belts against another bum. Then got a draw in a second fight with Hearn that he was owned in. And he final win came against a 39yo shot Duran. He was made a fool of in his final 2 fights at age 34 and 40 by **** fighters that were lucky to ever have won a belt.

Sugar Ray Leonard is a liar and in my opinion not even a all-time great fighter. Hall of Fame does not always mean great, and he was more like De La Hoya in terms of a fighters and should be remembers the same way he will be.

 

atsch

FYI: BODY PUNCHES DO COUNT, FFS.

 

You shouldn't insult De La Hoya by comparing SRL to him.

 

Hagler won the first fight. I read that Leonard was connected to the Gambino family. Whatever, Hagler won that fight.

 

hahahahahahahaha............

 

Hagler fixed that fight against SRL. Wonder why he moved to Italy after he rigged it?