Comments by "wvu05" (@wvu05) on "JRE Clips" channel.

@respectedlocalgentleman7108 The judge who scored it 118-110 for Leonard couldn't see the ring because the big pile of money was blocking his view.
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@WheelsAlwaysTurning Sugar Ray had a lot handed to him on the way up the ranks. In his first professional fight in 1976, Leonard got $40,000. Hagler got $75 in 1973. How many fights did Leonard have to fight before he got his shot again?
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Hootie gets to be on the country charts, and so did Charley Pride. It sounds like a rap song about rural stuff.
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@respectedlocalgentleman7108 I don't think discrimination so much as Sugar Ray was the golden boy, and pretty much everyone knew that Hagler was on his way out after the fight if he won.
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@respectedlocalgentleman7108 I don't think Marvelous was in on any fix at all. He was too principled to do it. As far as Riggs, I honestly don't know. He seemed like the type who would fix it in hope that the rematch would make even more money, but the particulars seem to change depending on how told the story. Hagler was definitely robbed, though, as seemed to happen when it didn't get decided by the count.
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