Quote Originally Posted by Scrap
A lot of people in boxing fancied Mugabi to beat Hagler, I remember it well. Mugabi was a good fighter and puncher. Micky Duff had a nice few qiud on mugabi to win. It was that fight that made me a believer in Hagler.
It was also that fight which made Ray Leonard a believer that he could beat Hagler, at least thats what he said, while watching that fight he seen things that were to his advantage. For some reason Hagler and Hearns fought each others #1 contenders that night. Mugabi was the #1 Jr Middleweight contender to Hearn's title fighting Hagler, and James Shuler was the #1 Middleweight contender to Haglers title fighting Hearns.