thats 1 more than his two nearest rivals have faced...

Doh. Yes Leonard.
I didn’t like him ether...but I respected how clever he was...he played boxing as scoring points whereas Hagler fought old school.

Back in the day as a lorry driver I used to stay over regular in Bethnal Green, one of the pubs I used to frequent was the green Light and one night in there the regular DJ and comedian Mike Kemp a local celeb who was also had small talking parts in such as the sweeney and the like looked at me and said alright john mite, couldn't believe how he knew my name and was embarrassed when the crowd started cheering and applauding me, it was even more embarrassing when I realised I was stood next to John H Stracey

Add in Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and we had Minter, Sibson and later Benn, Eubank. Great days in the welter-middleweight categories. Loads of fights and loads of rivalry.

That period had to be the most prolific. It took middleweight purse to heavyweight proportions.

You also had greats like James Tony, Roy Jones, Bernard Hopkins, Mike McCullam and Julian Jackson emerging towards the end of the decade in the middleweight division. Outstanding