Hagler was at the end of his career when he fought Leonard, indeed it was his last ever fight. The contest between Marvin and Ray had been ongoing for many years and was the biggest boxing event in years when it happened. Ray was a huge underdog and the fact that he did so well with his flurries made at least one judge give him the decision by a wide margin. The fight had to be made and made sense in every way.

Mugabi was a more dangerous challenger than McCallum at that time. That was a great fight.

Hagler moving up to light heavyweight is a fantasy fight. Marvin was a small middleweight, the jump up in weight was too big and Spinks far too dangerous. Marvin worked hard to win the title and he was going to maximise his earnings when he held the titles.