Hagler v Leonard Thoughts?

[ATP]

Originally Posted by Robbi

Hagler defense sucked, as did his variety.

Agree, and im a marvellous fan..

[Chelseamike]

Watched the fight at least 15 times and can never core it for hagler. At the very best it's 7-5 Leonard. Don't know where people are coming from who believe hagler won the fight. He simply Doesn't land enough punches

[FIN]

I have watched the fight atleast 5 times,it was either 7 rounds to 5 for Leonard or a draw,never saw Hagler winning..

[Senor Pepe']

Thinking back,

My friend and I saw the fight together.

He was a Leonard fan, and I was a Hagler fan.

He had Leonard winning by 2-points, and I had Hagler winning by 2-points.

So I guess a neutral fan would have it a draw.

As for performance, it could be said that Leonard over-achieved, so he deserved the win.

And Hagler under-achieved, so he should be penalized.

Hagler and his management should also be questioned for their
foolish decision to have the fight in Las Vegas.

Senor Pepe'

[KuRuPT]

I have hagler every single time. Close fight though, but Hagler took it. His punches were harder and the more effective punches.. doing the most damage. I never understood how people were swayed by Leonard flurring at the end of each close round and landing hardly a thing, as him then taking that round... Never made sense to me.

[Nightcrawler]

Originally Posted by KuRuPT

I have hagler every single time. Close fight though, but Hagler took it. His punches were harder and the more effective punches.. doing the most damage. I never understood how people were swayed by Leonard flurring at the end of each close round and landing hardly a thing, as him then taking that round... Never made sense to me.

leonard was landing most consistently in the first 6 though. hagler barely threw punches in the 1st half and certainly didn't outland leonard in the majority of rounds. i gave it to hagler on first viewing because of effectiveness but overall, i lean towards leonard's consistency rather than hagler's sporadic dominance

[Swedish81]

I had it 115-113 or 116-112, Leonard. Don't quite remember. In my opinion Hagler lost because he didn't do shit the first 4 rounds. It doesn't matter that he was more effective after that, he was too far behind.

[Stevie G]

7 - 5 to Leonard.

[Foreman Hook]

Originally Posted by Stevie G

7 - 5 to Leonard.

A Q for you G, does Sugar Ray remind you a lot of Ali in this fight??

[Stevie G]

Originally Posted by Foreman Hook

A Q for you G, does Sugar Ray remind you a lot of Ali in this fight??

Yes indeed Hook. The arm waving at the crowd and the way he was conserving energy,especially.

[kingfisher3]

marvin and his team really messed up in most aspects of this fight, location, no. rounds, and most crucially, the tactics he used in the ring. he should be a bigger man and admit he ballsed it right up, rather than moan about a close decision

[Robbi]

Originally Posted by ATP

Agree, and im a marvellous fan..

Me too.......I like both but Hagler more.

[Nightcrawler]

Originally Posted by Robbi

Me too.......I like both but Hagler more.

getting hit in the face but shaking your head to say it didn't hurt isn't defense.

[Robbi]

Originally Posted by Nightcrawler

getting hit in the face but shaking your head to say it didn't hurt isn't defense.

Bang on the money.

[MagnaNasakki]

This is going to turn out like pretty much every poll we've taken:

About 55-45 in favor of Leonard.

The fight was that close, but in most mass pollings I've caught, a small, small majority believe Leonard did enough.