Leonard also got Hagler to agree to a 12 round fight instead of 15 and ruined championship boxing. Imagine the beating Hagler would have given him over those missing three rounds...
I remember Hagler leaving the US in disgust at having to throw a fight to the kid with the golden spoon while Hagler had to come up thru “Brockton, Mass” a not so nice place and made it on his own.
After the Leonard debacle, Hagler left the US, never to fight again. Last I heard, he was doing Spaghetti Westerns in Italy.
Hagler would have killed Leonard if he ever caught him in that monstrous (25’?) ring.
Leonard was on his bicycle the entire time, backpedaling for his life.
The Hearns-Leonard rematch years later that resulted in a draw did it for me - I gave up watching and paying for boxing for about 15 years. It wasn’t until PacMan and people like him came around. Of course, they get screwed as well which just makes more money for the rematch.
PacMan is a 135 LB. fighter at his best. Marquez is best at 147 lbs.
PM had to go up in weight, losing speed and power while MM suffered no such disadvantage.
The 5th fight needs to be met in the middle of their best fighting weights - perhaps 140 lbs.
And Gay-Weather does NOT get to fight the winner. He has to work his way up and fight numerous wars to get a #1 ranking or he can go pound sand.
And the fighters should give half of their proceeds to the poor in their country.
It’s a shame - the RP is such a beautiful country, but so corrupt. Perhaps when Pac Man become President, he will clean the country up.