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A popular conspiracy theory is that A side money maker Sugar Ray Leonard manipulated Hagler to agree to play soft in the super fight if he wanted the big jackpot payday, which eluded Hagler his whole career. SRL called the shots and after years of squeezing Hagler, Hagler finally accepted to play soft.
Now Bud vs Pac is similar situation. Bud never got the big money and his only shot to get it is from Pac. Bud has been frozen out by haymon. The Pac vs Bud chatter has been going on for years and now it looks like Bud will agree to Pac terms. Is one of those terms to play soft on Pac? Very possible. everybody has a price. and Bud has zero leverage. zero options for the big money.
Now Bud vs Pac is similar situation. Bud never got the big money and his only shot to get it is from Pac. Bud has been frozen out by haymon. The Pac vs Bud chatter has been going on for years and now it looks like Bud will agree to Pac terms. Is one of those terms to play soft on Pac? Very possible. everybody has a price. and Bud has zero leverage. zero options for the big money.