Real life bs stepped in and took my mind out of it for a bit but interesting discussion. I wasn't following close to boxing in 87 so the general big picture attitude leading up to Hagler v Leonard escapes me. Found the original HBO lead up to it and sounds like some thought both Hagler and Ray were passed it and Clancy thought it was just Ray. One thing I had no idea about was that the fight was talked about as early as 81 and it was Ray coming back solely to face Hagler. They were negotiating even before the Kevin Howard fight and it all went mute when Ray suffered the eye injury and was forced into retirement. Had no idea it was basically in the works for 4 years. Also never realized that Hearns didn't just leap a division, he actually fought a few fights at middle and was ranked there prior to fighting Hagler. Duran always felt like more about the entirety of the fab-four and massive attraction between two super stars going in. The lineage of how each Hagler foe did against one another. Found another top-notch doc on Hagler too, lots of details fight to fight.