European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday. Aprils. 19s7 the stalls and stripes Page 23 Leonard Savouring win against Hagler says future Uncertain sugar Bay Leonard leaps Tor Jay alter bearing he bad dec slowed Marvin Hagler. Us vegas nov a sugar Ray Leonard jubilant after his emotional split decision Victory Over marvelous Marvin Hagler. Look time to have a Brief father son Chat with Ray or. In his dress ing room after the fight. Son your daddy was Tough tonight Leonard told the Hoy you can go to school tomorrow with your head held up Leonard however had few words to say to the assembled Media at a Post tight news conference alter beating Hagler monday night to win he world Box ing Council middleweight championship. Obviously exhausted after his Triumph he answered a few questions then sped off in a waiting limousine. I have no More to say i m tired now Leonard said before exiting with his entourage. Leonard said his fight plans worked to perfection against Hagler. Who was a 2w i favorite going into the fight. I fell his punching Power late in the fight Leonard said what he did though was give away the first six Leonard from Page 21 from the fifth through 1 path rounds As Leonard 158, appeared to tire. Hagler worked Well to the body and scored with several hard right jabs and Lens to the head but Leonard would not Cave in and he answered Hagler s charge with flurries of his own although his punches seemed to Lack the Power of the Champion s. The Only Belt Leonard got was the world boxing Council Bell. The International boxing federation did t Sanction the fight and the Aba bad previously stripped Hagler on March 21, an action which currently is in litigation. The bitter defeat for Hagler came in his 13th defense of the middleweight title. The record for consecutive Middle weight defences is 14, held by Carlos onion of Argentina after the 10th round Leonard s Cut Man Angelo Dundee told the former undisputed welterweight Champion six minutes. Six minutes. You be Only got six minutes and you re the Champion. The Ullh and 12th rounds were action packed. In the i Ullh Leonard landed sever Al Good flumes to the Bead. In one sequence he had a Beautiful left to the body and a left to the head As Hagler missed often. In the final round Hagler who had Hurt Leonard badly in the fifth round with a left to the head Hurt him with another kit. Bui it came just seconds before the final Belt. During that final round the men exchanged flurries of head punches. Hagler seemed id hit harder but Leonard landed them More often. A Check of the judge s scoring showed that More Ali gave Hagler the 12th round meaning Leonard had secured the Victory before the round began. Immediately after becoming the 10thfighter to become a Champion in three weight classes Leonard said he to me ii Nill the Champion. I did t want the Belt. 1 just wanted to beat in the weeks leading up to the fight Leonard said i Don t want a career. I want one fight after his stunning Victory Leonard did t say he would t tight again i m not going to think about another fight right now As much a question of How the Layoff would affect Leonard was the matter of his eyes. Many critics Felt the fight should t have been held that Leonard was taking Loo great a risk. Besides retinal surgery in 1982. Leon Ard had corrective surgery to strengthen the Retina in his right Eye in 1984, just before he came Back to beat Kevin How Ard whom he stopped in the ninth round on May 11, i9s
