I personally don't believe in rating the likes of Greb against filmed era fighters, because it just isn't apples to apples (comparing newspaper accounts with your own interpretation of visual evidence) - so for me it has always been a very fluid three-way dance between Robinson, Hagler and Monzón - with the order subject to change (I do inflexibly consider Robinson the greatest of them p4p, of course, but at middleweight there's room for it to be a close, place-shifting trio) and probably Hopkins as their nearest pursuer.
lets just say it would be a really really great fight between to honest fighters of the ring & the best man WOULD have one & acknowledged the other, as real men do...No need for weight draining, ducking to age,fake judges & refs or Drugs etc ..no just honour & courage & skill!!
I dont know for sure because I'm pretty ignorant about fighters before the 1980s except for Frazier, Foreman, Ali and Duran. But Hagler from 80-85 was the best 160 pounder that I've seen. Especially the 82-83 version. He looked magnificent, even Marvelous, as his name would suggest.
A real legend. It goes beyond just his victories and accolades. It was the way he did it too. A mans man.
Got hit by a full forced punch by the Hitman...and didnt even blink. Larry Merchant said once in this "HBO Legendary Nights" doc he KNEW Hearns was done after Hagler took his best shot without hurting him. I would say Hearns would have needed the ring post to hurt Hagler. RIP!
Come on man as you know I am up for a good laugh and humour but talking **** like equating Lil G and Canelo with Marvelous Marvin is stupidly criminal especially when he has just died. Marvelous Marvin Hagler is arguably the greatest Middleweight champion and fighterthere has ever been. His body of work coming up the ranks as a contender in the 70s and championship reign into the 80s was fantastic. You get idiots who don’t know **** about boxing spouting such crap. I have no time for it today. In poor taste.
