Agreed with Clinton. Nunn has a style any 160 would struggle with a first, but someone like Hagler would break him down.
One would harken back to (paraphrased) Joe Louis' remark, I personally believe, that one could run but can't hide. Nunn isn't tough enough for Hagler.
I like Nunn's style, but I can't see him lasting he distance with Marvin, so even if he boxed Hagler's ass off. I think he'd get clipped and finished.
I don't give Nunn uch chance to beat Hagler at all. That being said, no man is invincible, we all know, and we have all seen that lesson played out numerous times. But, be that as it may, the odds in my opinion will go to Hagler winning this mythical matchup, something like 7 of 10 times. I think Nunn had the tools and skills to win, if it were the greatest night and performance of his life, but even then, I still see Hagler being the most likely to win. I see a Nunn win being of the sort where it would be an immensely boring, safety first type fight. All the rest that follows has nothing really to do with Hagler vs Nunn. I just enjoy watching boxing, reading about boxing, mostly history of the sport, and writing about boxing. So, if readiig makes rocks in your head go ouchy, this is as a good a place as any to do stop, drop, and roll yo a s s on out'sa hur I am a pretty big Michael Nunn fan. Like him, I was born, raised, and still reside in Davenport, IA. and last I heard, when he was released from prison he came back here to Davenport. Up until a few months ago, my stepfather was a co-worker of one of Michael Nunn's sons. I had really hoped to have somehow parlayed that into an opportunity to get some questions answered but, no such luck. I was happy to hear though that this son had told my step father a few times that things were going well for Nunn since his release. I really hope that, and this is something I would've loved to have asked had the opportunity presented itself, is if he has been made aware of what I would think are a HUGE amount of opportunities for him, especially coming out of prison with the charges on his record he will have the rest of his life, to still make a living off of the sport, and I truly believe that he could do so as many, many, just OH so MANY, utter complete d i l d o's, wait, make that utter complete know nothing d i l d o's, are making a nice living it seems off of saying what really amounts to jack feces nothing (quite similar to what I am "producing" here, unfortunately, for me anyway, no one is yet paying me for my impersonation of the standard utter, complete boxing d i l d o) on the plethora of youtube boxing channels. I really hope the guy is made aware of this, or if it isn't necessary at the moment, that he knows it could be an iron in the fire, if you will, if other things aren't gonna pan out for him. Like I said, I am from the same place he is and even after the Toney loss, and een after the arrest and conviction of the coca biz stuff, he has always had a great community of supporters here in Davenport. The majority of fans from my generation, whether they ever admit it or not, got into the sport on account of the various exploits of Mike Tyson, and I am a part of that club a bit, but Nunn is the main reason I ever gained an interest in the sport.
Nunn would have a much better chance against the Hagler who was on the slide and fought Leonard. Prime Hagler beats up Nunn, possibly stopping him.
Yes, I was thinking much the same. If it was a Mugabi/Leonard era Hagler, than Nunn has a much improved chance to win, albeit I still think it would be of the sort that most would see/say as being a boring fight, i.e. a tactical boxing match with a huge amount of safety first type "action" or inaction, if you will. Boxing "purists" would likely enjoy the fight, but not those who the promoters really want to be satisfied, the casual fan
Id say post Hearns fight, then Nunn has a very decent chance of winning a decision. Nunn was no ATG but extremely talented. I wonder if Toney hadn't been around, how the Nunn story plays out. Maybe sticks at middle a little bit longer, perhaps a fight against Benn, Eubank or McCallum maybe.? But anyway, prime Hagler loses the first round s and finds himself maybe cut or his eye closed with Nunn s Jab doing its work. Hagler bring s it back around, catching him on the ropes and dropping him heavily. The MH of the Mugabi and Leonard fights?. I'm not sure but I wouldn't bet money against Second to Nunn having his arm raised.
I know you didn't say the following, and I am not saying that you think the following way either, but i have noticed a ot of people online seem to think the loss to Toney was the end of Michael Nunn's career, and that is not close to true. I semi reluctantly agree, based on account of some childhood nostalgia type reasons, that Nunn wasn't ATG worthy. But whatever he was it is RIGHT there in the running for almost being so. And some nights he looked like he was right there, millimeters away from becoming that ATG type guy, then he would rattle off a couple very uninspiring wins. Like the Barkley fight for example. Overly safety first at times. At the end of the day though, the guy had only 4 official losses and of those he was only stopped the one time, and being stopped only once, and if that once is to a guy like a James "Lights Out" Toney, you have had a career with NOTHING to be ashamed of. But, like I said in the previous post, I am from the same place, so my opinions are going to be heavily shaded in Nunn based bias, whether I see it or not
No worries mate. I was a fan of Nunn and followed him from Tate onward. I was hoping he and Toney would have a rematch tbh. Would have been interesting.
As much as it pains me to say it, if Hagler did decide to have one last fight post Leonard and it is Nunn, Nunn is a very warm favourite with hindsight...
