Best losing effort: Duran-Hagler or Whitaker-DLH?

Whitaker arguably beat DLH, same can´t be said for Duran, so based on that I´m inclined to say Whitaker. On the other hand, Hagler was a superior fighter to DLH and Duran went up more weightclasses to face him. Close one but I still may go with Whitaker.

 

I'ts obviously got to be Duran IMHO:yep

He was facing the SuperBeast in Hagler while such fainthearts such as Leonard & Hearns avoided their date with destiny as long as they could. Hearns broke his pinky & Leonard was heard burrowing 4 miles beneath the earths crust. Least we forget Duran steped up to face the Marvelous one just 14 months after the Laing debacle & just 12 months since the Batten walk out fight where King ripped up Durans contract & said you're finished.

Name me another alleged washed up lightweight that fought for the undisputed 160 crown & just got pipped at the post & if over 12 would have been the 1st man in history to have won 4 Genuine crowns in differnt divisions. A masterful display from Duran of defensive & more so tactical nous to totally flumux Hagler & his corner. This fight did not hightlight Haglers flaws it highlighted Duran's all round brilliance even in defeat:deal

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I had Whitaker winning by a point, but somehow I still find Duran's performance/achievement more impressive. Pea edged Oscar, but he wasn't all that impressive, it was a weird, **** fight. Duran pushing Marvelous like that was astounding.

 

As expected:yep Another of your lame flaccid wet wank repost's:tired

 

Both fights were **** and even though Pea arguably won whilst Duran lost wide, given that Duran was so far removed from his best weight and still competitive, I'd say that was the more impressive performance.

In and of itself, I thought Whitaker showed greater skill though, clearly.

 

As Hagler was the most capable opponent, I'd have to say Duran's win was more impressive, especially when you consider the weight and age factors. I think Whitaker being so game in that fight (not shot by any means) is a credit to DLH as well, win or lose.

 

I once scored it to Duran.

 

Dunno, aint watched it since. I actually really like the fight too

 

honestly, i could definitely see 6 or 7 rounds for duran. he made hagler miss...a lot. and just cause his counter overhand rights weren't hurting marvin doesn't mean they weren't scoring

 

totally agree, it's the competitiveness of the rounds that makes the scoring tricky. while many rounds were clearly hagler few were CLEARLY duran but could go either way. i would say there's at least 4-6 swing rounds that reasonable arguments could be made for each fighter. depending on your scoring, it could be 11-4 or even 8-7.