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Hearns spoke about his wanting to get Hagler and Leonard back in the ring, and what might have happened had he done so, as he spoke recently with Slater’s Boxing on YouTube.
“I really tried, I wanted that fight [with Hagler],” Hearns said. “He said nobody wanted [to see] it, that it [our rivalry] was all over with. I told him, ‘it’s not all over, let’s do it again.’ I said I really wanted a chance to get some payback. I said I’d be really grateful for it, that I was thinking about him all the time. I’d have gone out there and I’d have still tried to get it [the KO win].”
“I really tried, I wanted that fight [with Hagler],” Hearns said. “He said nobody wanted [to see] it, that it [our rivalry] was all over with. I told him, ‘it’s not all over, let’s do it again.’ I said I really wanted a chance to get some payback. I said I’d be really grateful for it, that I was thinking about him all the time. I’d have gone out there and I’d have still tried to get it [the KO win].”
Of the Four Kings Hearns was always my favorite, but Hagler was arguably the most dangerous of them. Just tough as hell - only to be knocked out by either COVID or the vaccine, depending on who you ask.
If Hagler thought a rematch wouldn't sell, he was crazy. Absolutely crazy. These two guys were must see every time.
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