Hagler-Hearns 20 years ago today

[Tha Greatest]

I guess that massage guy caused the best fight ever...

[KJ]

Still (one of) the best fights I ever seen. This is the fight that got me hooked to boxing...20 years ago?! D*rn almost time for my midlife crisis!

[KJ]

I was taken on a trip to South Carolina, Myrtle Beach, by Kronks PR man. On the trip he told me of what had happened before the fight with Hagler.

In Hearns' dressing room was Hearns and his entire entourage. Steward had left the dressing room for a little while n when he returned, with a very short time until the fight began, he found one of Hearns boys rubbing down Hearns' legs as he lay face first on a table. Steward immediately kicked every one out. Going into the fight he knew that because of this Tommys legs were not going to be right for th fight. But what could he do besides escort Hearns to the ring and hope for the best. This is the reason, I was told, that Hearns decided to slug it out with Hagler. He knew that his legs would be short with him thus giving us one of the best damned fights of all-time......Rockin'

Believe Emanuel Steward was telling the same "Rubbing the legs"-story but than in connection to the hearns-leonard fight...but I can be mistaken (will see if I have it on tape).

[JOM'S]

The Best 1st Round and the Best Round p4p ...

You really don't know who will be Koed first ...