Hagler vs Leonard - Who had the advantage?

has duran gotten his deserved mention yet?

 

never mind, just saw that duranimal has posted

 

I'll do it:yep

DURAN had Haglers number & proved it:deal

DURAN brought out all of Marvins "Chip on the Shoulder" insecurities, inferiotity complex ect, Marvin reminds me of a lottery winner that moves to an upmarket neighbourhood & feels intimidated by his surroundings & thats how he felt against established Superstars in Duran & Leonard:smoke

 

Duran had Hagler's number and proved it? If that were the case he would have won. Certainly that is what having someone's number is all about.

 

Well, he did what Hearns, Hagler and Benitez couldn't.

Only guys to last the distance with Marvin over his reign were an old butterball 25 lbs north of his best weight and a natural 147lber who had one fight in the previous five years in which he was dropped and generally looked ****.

SRL may be a ****, but who seriously changes their legal name to 'Marvelous' aside from a wildly insecure twat? Must kill 'em Leonard got dubbed by his alias without taking such measures -- and it wasn't even his moniker.

 

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Going 15 with Marvin was Marvin's doing not Durans. Marvin won and won easily. He just pored it on the end of the fight and won a decision.
The reality is Duran lost to Hagler when Duran was 32. And he lost easily to Benitez a fight which Duran fans rarely mention. Benitez started out at 140 and was a naturally smaller man than Duran and he outboxed Duran easily when Duran was only 30. And then Hearns knocked out Duran in 2 in a onesided fight when Duran was 32. And Leonard outboxed Duran in the 2nd and 3rd fights. Duran lost to all the legends he is linked to.
I agree Marvin was insecure, and Tommy Hearns should not have gotten him mad and unleashed the brawling Marvin, but it made for a classic fight which will be remembered and has become Hagler's legacy.

 

let's stop the exaggeration. If Sugar wanted Hagler, he wouldve done it when it counted. This was a matchup years too late.

82-83, no later than 84


but 1987 was way too late as Hagler was departing the scene, and Sugar wanted to make sure he caught the leftovers

 

He did win, in more ways than one:yep You Duran haters are just pig sick that he had the balls to go jump into the ring with a prime Hagler one year after being declared all washed up:smoke

Where was your love-pillow SRL, OH YEH! Thats right! He called a press conference to publicly bail out of the Hagler fight in 82 & Tommy broke his pinky finger! DURAN stepped up whilst other coniving feinthearts fled from the opportunity to face a PRIME Hagler:deal

 

if he won the fight I would agree with dealing with it. But he loses to Hagler and had his number. Next you guys are going to say he had Hearns number.

 

regardless of having the balls to jump into the ring with Hagler, he still lost to him. That is not having someone's number. Hamsho had the balls to fight Hagler two times and lost two times.

 

Duran made Hagler look mortal:yep

 

Hagler was a hypocrit for saying Tommy should have cut off his baby pinky for 2 million dollars. Marvin could have moved up and fought Michael Spinks, who challenged him and Marvin never wanted it, yet he wanted everyone to move up and fight him. Who wouldn't?

As for Tommy and his pinky, Hearns won the 154 pound title from Benitez in Dec. that fight was scheduled for May of 1982. Hearns was rushing to middleweight from welt. Duran didn't do that, so why would Hearns, and like I said many times before Duran fought at 154 as early as 1978.. before Hearns,Benitez or Leonard ever did. Tommy getting a belt at 154 was more natural. He wanted a belt fast and was willing to fight Marvin early, then he figured he would fight Benitez at a lower weight.