Hagler Never Got Rocked But He Was Pissing Blood After The Mugabi Fight

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  1. Siggie_Bmalls

    Siggie_Bmalls New Member Full Member

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    Isn't that much worse than getting rocked?
     
  2. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Pissing blood is never good.
     
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    mostobviousalt Active Member banned Full Member

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    Mugabi just threw a lot of kidney punches
     
  4. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Actually he did get rocked a couple times. he took some bombs to the body and head.Left hooks to the body
     
  5. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It was after this fight that SRL wanted to fight Hagler. Marvin was a warrior...
     
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    mostobviousalt Active Member banned Full Member

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    Hagler was already showing cracks against Duran and Roldan, cracks that would get exploited by Leonard.
     
  7. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    The fact that he pissed blood simply builds uptake power of Mugabi's shots and the fact that Marvin was slowing down enough to be hit more .. the fact he took the bombs spells wonders about his chin.
     
  8. JohnThomas1

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    Hagler has been rocked before. Pissing blood is a part of boxing at times i guess.
     
  9. Unforgiven

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    I tend to favour effective aggression, ring generalship and pissing blood as the most important aspects when I'm judging a boxing match.
     
    Absolutely! and nikrj like this.
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    :lol:
     
  11. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    True warrior
     
  12. bcr

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    That shows you how tough he was.
     
  13. richdanahuff

    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agreed.

    I for one think Mugabi hit alot harder, was better and tougher than given credit for but I also think he was a mentally damaged fighter after Hagler broke him.

    As a result of Mugabi being dissed because of what he failed to do after this fight Hagler doesn't get as much credit as he deserved for winning a great fight.
     
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    Siggie_Bmalls New Member Full Member

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    This prime undamaged MW version of Mugabi kills Duran, K.O.'s Hearns and I'd take him over Leonard. You think any of those three guys could make Hagler bleed?
     
  15. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Hearns cut Hagler on the forehead so yeah...