Hagler claims that after the first fight he stayed around for a year or so hoping for a rematch proposal that never came. Leonard claims that he would have done the rematch "in a heartbeat" but Hagler didn't want it and moved to Italy never wanting to fight again. I believe I also read or heard somewhere that Leonard offered Hagler a rematch 3 years later in 1990 but he didn't accept. I tend to think the truth is somewhere in the middle, but if I had to side with someone, i'd side with Hagler based on Ray's drug and alcohol problems. But I want to know the truth. Both of them would have made a huge payday for a rematch and it would have been another huge notch on the legacy of the winner.
Does anybody know why it didn't happen?
Does anybody know why it didn't happen?
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