Just rewatched Hagler-Minter last night

at his best.....Hagler, was unreal..one of my all time fighters.

 

Typical British crowd, cheering at every attempt made by Minter - but don't let that fool you. At one point, the crowd cheers vehemently as they assume Minter landed a good one on Hagler's jaw (it actually slapped his chest), but if you look closely, Hagler then hits him with four or five punches going backwards when Minter tries to capitalize. Hagler must have landed three times as many punches as Minter over the course of the fight.

 

I think it's typical of most home crowds that every shot is cheered even the ones that miss.

 

Man, that Hagler was extremely accurate back then. And he had quick legs and would move right in on a guy. But it seemed like Hagler just always hit torso even with his missed punches and just didn't catch air. Much much better version of Marvin than in his earlier or later days.

 

On behalf of all British fans I apologize for our fans cheering our man on. LOL
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I'm British. But I concede that our fans are a bit too over the top, I mean, cheering a missed punch?

 

Well when you put it as simple as that it is a bit bizarre but you know what it's like with crowds specially when not everyone has got a good view..

 

He was surprisingly accurate on this occasion. Throughout his career observers have noted Hagler's tendency to throw punches in bunches with many catching air. One can see Hagler often walking into exchanges with a combination of punches in his head, practiced in drills, and executing them whether his opponent was there or not. It made him look robotic at times. He also tended to arm punch. I think this had a lot to do with how abnormally long his arms were (or at least appeared). But missed punches don't matter much given Hagler's relentless style during his prime.

 

Minter is listed as 5'9". If that's true, then Hagler is a lot shorter than his listed height.

 

I've met Minter and he looked taller than that to me, I'd say about 5'11"

 

That would make more sense. He looks to be about 2-3 inches taller than Hagler.

 

I've read and heard a lot about how Minter hurt Hagler. It's did seem to me Hagler was ever hurt in that fight. The one punch they say knocked the train off course was met with several punches from Hagler that knocked Minter around. Minter was game. I will give him that. But Hagler would not be denied. I love the way the British commentator called the end of the fight. Very dramatic. Minter was powerless to thwart Hagler's attack. Hagler was amazing that night. He captured that moment again against Hearns. Imagine if Hagler had fought every fight that way. Usually, though he spent four rounds getting the measure of his man and then came on.

 

I was ringside that night, it ended ugly ,the bottles were plastic ,but when full and tossed from a height they would do some serious damage,if they made contact with you,we all stood up and turned to face them ,that way you could see them coming,Harry Gibbs was near me,he got up and stood in front of Terry Lawless's wife to shield her, not a good night for British Boxing by any standards. A great performance by Hagler went unacknowledged, as his corner hurried to get him to the safety of his dressing room.

 

Plastic bottles in 1980? Really? I find that hard to believe. They looked like cans to me.