World title fights that had the same gap in terms of reach as Hagler v Duran

Then you have Wilfred Benitez with a 70 inch reach outboxing Duran easily. Only 3 inches and about 2 years earlier. Maybe Hagler just didn't have fire the night he fought Duran. That happens to fighters. As they said about Duran with the excuses everytime he lost to the greats he fought. Maybe it just was not Hagler's night. Had that been the real Hagler he would have steamrolled Duran in a couple of rounds.

 

Hard to take you serious PERNELL when a thread is set up just for you but instead of posting new material you ignore it and once more head straight for a Duran thread. YOU SIR, ARE A BITTER , ENVIOUS DURAN HATER. THIS PROVES IT. JUST ADMIT IT.

 

Marciano vs Everyone

Louis vs Carnera

Wlad vs Povetkin

Actually tons now that I think about it

 

Your comment had literally nothing to do with the subject of the thread and feels like it went out of its way to bash on Duran

 

Quiet a few heavyweights, AJ and Ruiz was a huge reach disadvantage and we know what happened the first fight around.
Tony Tucker and Tyson as well.
Chagaev had a near 10 inch reach disadvantage against Valuev and won also.

 

Not really. Duran threads make me realize how unfair people are to his opponents so I mention the obvious. Hagler had a 75 inch reach advantage, yet Benitez had a 70.

 

Actually no. I am not a Duran hater. Not at all. If you would ask my friends who are into boxing this question they would say " a hater? he doesn't even mention Duran much". He likes Duran." Honestly. It does not come up when I talk boxing. It is the format where both sides are not seen. I think his fans come to this conclusion that I hate him when they do not hear someone say the usual thought. Hate as in what? I don't know him. He was great and I have said he was one of the greatest instinctive fighters ever . He was. I have not been unfair to Duran at all. I said he was great, but I don't want to get into fantasyland with him and yet others who fought just as great fighters are held to higher scrutiny. How is that fair. Michael Spinks losing to Tyson. That was always factored in. Hearns losing to Ray and Marvin. And he could have great wins against Roberto, Wilfred, Pipino and Virgil. Tyson. A great run and yet his losses sort of follow him.

Duran's fighting is not something I dislike. He is a great fighter. What I never liked in regards to Duran was one thing. The excuses and the way the excuses are bought by people. And even lesser fighters like Kovalev and Ruiz. Much lesser guys. I just don't like excuses. I never did. It takes away from the opponent. Buddy McGirt. Fights opponents and we get all hyped up about him and he loses. And why? Later it comes out he had the rotator cuff injury.

I would have felt the excuses meant more had he lost to Moore and Barkley but beat Benitez and Hearns. You understand? Yet the truth was he lost to the better fighters and then he had the excuses. A hater of Duran? No not at all. He has a great personality and he looks like a great man. I don't know him. This is all about boxing and fairness.

 

Panama Al Brown vs Newsboy Brown.

Depending on the source, with Panama Al Brown usually being cited as 5'11 and having a 76inch reach, and Newsboy Brown being 5'1, which would lead to an average reach of around 61 inches, Brown had up to a maximum of 15 inches on the smaller great Newsboy. If you take other reports, he still had 11 1/2 inches of reach on him.

Newsboy Brown also gave up a maximum of 10 inches in height.

Oh, and the Newsboy won the bout, by the way!

 

I know, but I couldn't find a reference for Newsboy's reach, so I just used the average for his height as a comparison.

 

Hagler was there for the right hand against Duran and Benitez was not. That did not have to do with Duran but Benitez. Even against Hearns, Hagler was hit much more cleanly than Benitez was, although Hagler also hit Hearns cleaner than Benitez did. Styles make fights.

 

No losing to Hearns was never bad, but Benitez beating Ray or Tommy would have elevated him to the level they were at, yet probably dropped them a notch. So it balances out. Duran was better p4p than Spinks? Well they were both great. I always regarded Spinks as one of the best yet the Tyson loss really ended his career almost faster than I ever saw a career end.. His win against Holmes regardless of Larry's age was impressive and surprising and even thought Mike Tyson beat him, Mike never had a win like that. That was skill and greatness. McGirt set that excuse up with his rotator. I remember one time he was watching a fight I forget which one ready to sign to fight the guy who was fighting and he was having treatment on the shoulder as he was watching the fight. Talk about setting up the excuse.