Hearns vs Hagler at Lt Heavyweight

[80s champs]

Would have been interesting in the mid to late 80s

[Azania]

I say Hagler takes this one as well...Much as I love Tommy-one of my alltime favourites...his only chance against a charging-pressure Hagler was a killer right hand that could drop Marvin...Other than that,Hagler was gonna get to him sooner or later.We know Hagler could KO him MW,and I don't see any reason he can't do it at LHW.


But,like the original,it would be great while it lasted.I'd be rooting for Tommy to be sure..but I don't think he could have beaten Marvin.

[ThinBlack]

Tommy by UD, there's no guarantee that Hagler (probably not) would have been as sucessful at LHY as he was at MD.

[heavy_hands]

Originally Posted by ThinBlack

Tommy by UD, there's no guarantee that Hagler (probably not) would have been as sucessful at LHY as he was at MD.

i agree, at lhw hagler would have been a fat midget, he was a small mw, at 175 he would have been much more slow with less stamina, tommy was longer and he could carry this weight better, he would outpoint hagler,

[MAG1965]

Tommy stops Marvin on a TKO in about 7. Hagler/Hearns was an interesting fight. They had no trouble hitting each other. I think it always ends in a knockout of some sort. And I think the rematch might have favored Tommy by TKO even at middleweight. If he just slowed the fight down and picked Marvin apart and dropped in the right hand occasionally, but not go for the knockout. Pretty much use the jab to well up Marvin's face and eventually he would get cut or swelled up and let the ref stop it. I know Tommy could have beaten Marvin. That first fight even though Tommy lost, he hit him clean and easily.

[MAG1965]

Originally Posted by Azania

I say Hagler takes this one as well...Much as I love Tommy-one of my alltime favourites...his only chance against a charging-pressure Hagler was a killer right hand that could drop Marvin...Other than that,Hagler was gonna get to him sooner or later.We know Hagler could KO him MW,and I don't see any reason he can't do it at LHW.


But,like the original,it would be great while it lasted.I'd be rooting for Tommy to be sure..but I don't think he could have beaten Marvin.

I think he could. he would have to modify his punching. That broken right was not a fluke. Marvin being southpaw either Tommy hits him straight on which then the force is on his right hand, or he punches him to the side and he might hit him to the top of the head which risks that kind of injury, and it was a knuckle injury. I think Tommy should have started off jabbing and slowing the pace down and then after 2 rounds or 3 start to drop in the right when Marvin is slower and Tommy can get the range. I know Tommy could have beaten Marvin. He hit him very clean and very easily and Marvin was swelling even in the middle of round one. But Tommy fought a reckless fight. Marvin fought a perfect fight, but he could not have done that again at that pace.