Hagler was no chicken shit. He became the MW champ the hard way, and even when he beat Minter in England he still couldn't celebrate that title with a mini riot occurring. As for being a diva that took advantages of his foe's weakness, that's Leonard. After Leonard saw Hagler slipping due to age, he wanted to finally fight Hagler. Hagler when he fought Leonard was close to 33 years old with a lot of wear and tear on that body especially the Hearns and Mugabi fight took a lot out of the man, not to mentioned at that time he was fighting once a year. It was a great opportune time to take on Hagler.

And Hagler always wanted a rematch, in fact he begged for one, didn't get one and just retired to Italy becoming an movie star.