Max Kellerman
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And Leonard's making $13 million.
So Hagler sees this, sees it, and finally Leonard, when he gives him the shot, right?
Hagler's the champ, but Leonard's giving him the payday.
He says, all right, I want a 12 round fight instead of a 15 round fight.
And I want whatever it was, thumbless gloves or, you know, because of the retina.
But the main thing was the 12 instead of 15 rounds, because that was in an era where it could have been either one.
And Hagler agreed to it because Leonard said, instead of us each taking 14 million, you take 15, I'll take 13.
He knew how much that would mean to Hagler.
He purchased Hagler.
Those three rounds where Leonard won the fight.
I mean, Leonard won the first four rounds.
Everyone agrees.
So now Hagler has the next eight and all Leonard has to do is win two and get a draw.
Hagler didn't win seven of the next eight.
He won most of them, but not seven of them.
And so he ran out of rounds in the end.
Leonard, the pretty boy, like Hagler, destruct and destroy for Tommy Hearns.
He's going to go right through him.
Against Leonard, he wanted to show he could outbox him.
He even talked about that a little as the fight approached.