Not really, for a long time McCallum's goal was to fight either Duran or Hearns, mainly Hearns because of the bad blood between him and Emanuel Steward and McCallum wasn't too well known until he beat Curry which was in 1987 when Hagler was considering retirement after the Leonard fight so no, Hagler didn't really duck McCallum. Plus McCallum didn't move up to middleweight until 1988 when he lost to Kalambay.
Hearns, Leonard and Duran definitely didn't want to fight him though.
Hearns, Leonard and Duran definitely didn't want to fight him though.
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