In my opinion although he was not young and at his peak when he fought his best competition in leonard, hagler and hearns..

He is rightful of his place in the group of four as he was a genuine threat to any of them and he was a veteran and a man fighting rather then a young up coming boy..

His fight with Leonard the first time just shows how great he was in his prime..

His fight with hearns is just testiment to how good hearns was.. If one thing has been confirmed.. A natural middleweight who had an undoubted solid chin was plain sparked by hearns and that just builds legacy of not only hearns but the fighters of the time..

And having been past his best he still went the distance and fought a great fight against one of the best middleweights in history in hagler..

His great wins over barkley and moore.. The only man to have won titles in five separate decades..

His career prime or not and the fact he has been such a great character in the sport of boxing is why he is a legend..

If he isnt hall of fame material then no one is!