Fighters that can knock Marvin Hagler out ?

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  1. Claw4075

    Claw4075 Ezzard Charles GOAT Full Member

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    Gerald McClellan comes first in mind. He was a cut down cruiserweight who had a genuinely tough chin, heart, punch selection and terrifying punching power. His size advantage over Hagler and specially his punches like the left hook to the body or his chopping right would have been an extremely serious threat to Hagler. I can see him getting rocked, seriously injured and eventually stopped.
    What's your opinions ?
     
  2. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That man hasn't been born yet. At least not at middle.

    Maybe original Tyson or something.

    I mean, he took the best from guys like Hearns and Mugabi, and never looked more than annoyed.
     
  3. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Bob N Weave Full Member

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    Bob Fitzsimmons? LOL I’m really not sure.
     
  4. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My opinion is that Hagler knocks Mclellan
     
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  5. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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  6. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    If Hagler stood there and stuck his chin out numerous guys could have done it with one shot. Gerald McLellan, Julian Jackson and Randy Turpin come to mind. But in an actual fight, I'm not sure any middleweight could have knocked out prime Marvin Hagler.
     
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  7. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    No middleweight is KO'ing prime Hagler.
     
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  8. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Yuri?

    I dunno man, only 10 KOs out of 35 wins and he'd have to move up in weight. Before the Leonard fight Marv punched his own head harder than Yuri could manage.
     
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  9. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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  10. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who did Mccllean ko that wasn't ko'ed before? Most
    posters here have this opinion he was this destructive
    puncher that know fighter could stand up to.
    Yet he landed a bunch of clean hard punches
    on Benn and didn't stop him. Benn wasn't
    noted for having a great chin, and was ko'ed
    twice prior to his fight with McCllean.

    Personally , I find his power rating is
    somewhat overrated. Mugabi,
    Jackson, and Hearns had ko's over
    fighters that were prime or close
    to it and thought to have a great chin.
    I can't think of one of McClleans opponents
    that fit that criteria.

    The only thing McCelleans power would
    do to Hagler is **** him off more and give
    him more incentive to try and kill him, as
    noted punchers like Hearns,Mugabi,Sibson
    Lee, Briscoe, Scypian and Hart discovered.

    The only fighters that possibly could ko Hagler
    are natural Lt.Heavies like Foster ,Spinks, Moore
    or Charles. Middleweight and below no one .
     
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  11. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Maybe Satterfield could get the job done, dude's a natural super middleweight imo.
     
  12. TheWorstEver(TWE)

    TheWorstEver(TWE) Active Member Full Member

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    King Kong with a baseball bat wouldn't K.O Hagler.
     
  13. Gatekeeper

    Gatekeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd say no one from SMW knocks him out either. The ATG's at LHW have a chance but unless Marvin gets careless (unlikely) then I don't see him getting stopped there either.
     
  14. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    It is hard to see how you you could pick anybody to do it a middleweight.

    We never saw it happen in the real world, and there is not much to fault in his opposition.

    If it was going to happen, it would likely have happened.

    OK say you, so I will bring out the big guns.

    Then we run into the opposite problem, because we don't have any data to work with.

    His chin might have been cracked a light heavyweight, or he might have been able to soak up heavyweight punches like Micky Walker.

    Let's just say that nobody stopped him in the real world, and leave it at that.
     
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  15. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Eric Crumble KO1 Hagler