Examining Leonard-Hagler: Hagler might have really Struggled with a Shot SRL

Ray stood in front of Lalonde and Hearns after the Hgler bout, against Hagler he used far more movement, the Ray that lost to Norris couldn`t take a shot and would have been stopped easily.

 

First who is "SSL?" Is this another abbreviation of Sugar Ray Leonard? If so, then I've never seen it. Or did you mean to type "SRL"?

Anyways, both were obviously in decline at this stage, but Hagler likely less so, since he was active and had not shown the same vulnerability/rust as Leonard did in his more recent fights.

For that, and other reasons, I think Leonard gets a lot more accolades for this win, whereas it would not have elevated Hagler the same way had he gotten the decision.

 

Yeah they were both past their prime. However, Leonard actually sort of impressed me with the second Hearns fight, but I agree he should have lost the fight.

It was just a brave effort from both of them, you could tell they wanted it.

 

Maybe but how was Leonard suppose to knock Hearns out with one punch? Barkley didn`t land as much as Ray did on Hearns, he just got lucky.

 

Ray didn`t look skillec in his rematch with Hearns it was a brawl.

 

It was the will that impressed me not the skill, but they both looked fine but obviously aged to me.