DEMPSEY-FIRPO VS. HAGLER-HEARNS 1ST RD.

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Which is better and more historical?

Poll closed Apr 10, 2020.
  1. Dempsey fight

    5 vote(s)
    41.7%
  2. Hagler fight

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    58.3%
  1. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I CONSTANTLY READ POSTERS SAYING H VS H IS THE GREATEST 1ST RD EVER. HOW CAN THIS BE? DEMPSEY-FIRPO WAS FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD AT A TIME WHEN THAT TITLE WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF BEING A KING OR PRESIDENT.
    10 KNOCKDOWNS IN 1 RD. DEMPSEYS GLOVE HIT THE CANVAS ON THE 1ST PUNCH, LATER TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE RD AND THEN ULTIMATELY HE WAS SENT OUT OF THE RING (an event by the way voted the most exciting moment in sports for the 1st half of the 20th century). FIRPO WAS DROPPED LIKE A SACK OF POTATOES 7 TIMES IN THE 1ST.
    THE ACTION OF HAGLER-HEARNS DOES NOT EVEN COMPARE. I WOULD EVEN VENTURE PRYOR-ARGUELLO 1 1ST RD WAS MORE EXCITING. WHAT DO YOU POSTERS THINK?
     
  2. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wow the all caps are hurting my eyes, but I have my ray bans so all is good! I am confident in saying no HW has any claim to the best anything outside of best HW. But I am not wowed by Hagler/Hearns either and while a great fight historically really isn’t super exciting for me. Wished you had included Arguello Pryor as that would trump the other 2 for me.
     
  3. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Y'all must really have sensitive eyeballs. Good call wearing the Raybans. Nobody needs their cones and such destroyed. After all, we are not communists. Garza/Meza
     
  4. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Philly, I for 3 do not believe yr antiheavyweight diatribe. You have been brainwashed into the cult of tiny armpunchers by the rev myung woo yuh. Resist my friend. Leave the schoolyards be. Come back to the world of real men where punches hurt and yr 15 yr old girl cousin couldnt whup ass on an entire division on a bad day. Disgraceful to be called Philly and be a teenytinyphile. Smokin' Joe, Saad, Billy, Everett, Tommy, Sonny, Curtis, Frank, Cyclone, Lew and Dwight all are rolling or going to be rolling in their graves in humiliation. The 74-5 Broad Street Bullies would highstick you. Maybe it's time to change yr name to CherryHill69. For shame!!@ For shame. I hope someday you find Lilliputia and can be a boxing promoter of the tiny inhabitants.
     
  5. PhillyPhan69

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    Lol, entertaining post! By the way I never liked Cherry Hill and was just there 2 weeks ago, for a wedding! The wedding was fun but Cherry Hill sucks! So glad to be able to say we dominated them in cross country and Track and field back in the 80’s.
     
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  6. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I think Hagler Hearns was a lot more competitive, and Hagler was against a much better challenger.

    Firpo just had the fortune of a complacent Dempsey.

    I still prefer Patterson Vs Johansson III for a back and forth war and KO.
     
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  7. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In the 1st rd??
     
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  8. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I misunderstood, I never got you meant just 1 round, my bad.

    I still think Hagler Hearns was much more interesting and competitive than Dempsey Firpo
     
  9. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Dempsey should have been fighting Wills. The Firpo fight was a circus act, ballyhoo ephemera without substance.
     
  10. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I DON'T know whar epemora is, but if you mean girllike you really need to talk to MarkAnt
     
  11. BCS8

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    I DEFINITELY THINK BOTH FIRST ROUNDS WERE INTERESTING AND BEAR FURTHER CONSIDERATION
     
  12. The Morlocks

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    I like that. How did you do it. Like a beautiful large print book. Wish everyone did that.
     
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  13. BCS8

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    :ohno My mission was a failure ...
     
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  14. The Morlocks

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  15. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    much like Jake & Elwood he was on a mission from God! But you had to mess it up! You blue it big time!