So, while (like any fighter) they wanted to get paid as much as they could each time out, they answered the call to fight anywhere, anytime, against anyone.
He faced fellow Philly 160-pound spoilers Willie Monroe and Bobby Watts (who would both retire with wins over middleweight great Marvelous Marvin Hagler) in February and July. Then, a month later, he would square off with New York’s future world champion Eddie Mustafa Mohammed.
Hagler’s war with Tommy Hearns is considered one of the greatest fights in boxing history. Bleeding and hurt in the first round, Hagler knocked out Hearns in round three.