fights between the FAB Four in order from most liked to least liked (1) Hearns-Leonard 1 (2) Hagler-Hearns (3) Duran Leonard 1 (4) Hearns-Duran (5) SRL-Hagler (6) SRL-Hearns 2 (7) Hagler-Duran (8) SRL-Duran 2 (9) SRL -Duran 3
1: SRL vs Hearns 1 2: Duran vs Leonard 1 3: SRL vs Hearns 2 4: Hagler vs Hearns 5: SRL vs Hagler 6: Duran vs Hagler 7: Hearns vs Duran 8: SRL vs Duran 2 9: SRL vs Duran 3
1- leonard vs duran 1 2 - leonard vs hearns 1 3 - hagler vs hearns 4- leonard vs hearns 2 5- leonard vs hagler 6- duran vs hagler 7- duran vs hearns 8 - duran vs leonard 2 9- duran vs leonard 3
My favorites between the "Fab Five" as follows: #1 Hearns vs Leonard #1 #2 Duran vs Leonard "Montreal" #3 Benitez vs Leonard (Possibly the greatest chess match in welter weight history) #4 Duran vs Hagler (Though Duran loss, this fight demonstrates he was so much more than a walk in brawler some make him out to be) #5 Hagler vs Hearns "The War". #6 Leonard vs Duran "The battle of New Orleans" #7 Hearns vs Benitez Another fight that demonstarated Benitez's amazing defensive abilities. #8 Hearns vs Duran "Shocking'. #9 Leonard vs Hagler All the excuse making aside for Hagler, a amazing victory for Leonard, and as Duran told Leonard years before he fought Hagler , he'd beat him . And he did.
Hearns v Duran Hagler v Hearns Leonard v Hagler Hearns v Leonard 2 Duran v Leonard 1 Duran v Leonard 2 Leonard v Hearns 1 Hagler v Duran Leonard v Duran 3
This was a difficult task as these fights for the most part are all classics Leonard vs Duran 1- what a war, both men at their best, made duran a legend and leonard fought his heart out Leonard v Hearns 1- another war but more onsided than Leonard vs Duran but ranks high for the dramatic finish Leonard v Hagler I see this one rated lower by most, it's certainly not as violent as the others and was only 12 rounds and both men were past their best but it was a great clash of styles with a passionate crowd and atmosphere with controversy Hagler v Hearns just pure violence and a conclusive knockout I think I rate against it a little because it's short and the fights I rank above it were longer and had more strategy though arguably Hagler taking the fight right to Hearns might be one of the greatest strategic moves of all the fights Hagler v Duran not the most action-packed and maybe Hagler loses some points by fighting is cautiously as he did versus a former lightweight but I thought Duran put on one hell of a show with his counter punching and inside fighting and won plenty of rounds but just could not close the show in the championship rounds. I thought it was a very good performance by both and they each showed their strengths and weaknesses Duran v Leonard 2 I know that I probably have this higher than most but I think it was a great tactical fight by Leonard and when there were exchanges it was fun. I think this fight suffers from the ending much like the bowe versus Golota fights Hearns v Leonard 2 good fight but not as good as the first Hearns v Duran a short offensive destruction no one was able to do that to Duran before and took til he was very old for it to happen again, great performance by hearns, not a great fight Leonard v Duran 3 I've never actually watched this fight it seems like it would just be boring with both men being passed their best above their best weight class long after fight one and two
1. Duran vs Leonard 1 2. Hagler vs Hearns 3. Leonard vs Hearns 1 4. Duran vs Leonard 2(Ray Leonard was phenomenal, never seen better footwork from a Welterweight) 5. Leonard vs Hagler 6. Leonard vs Hearns 2 7. Hagler vs Duran 8. Hearns vs Duran 9. Leonard vs Duran 3
1 Duran v Leonard 1 2 Hagler v Hearns 3 Leonard v Hearns 1 4 Hagler v Leonard 5 Leonard v Hearns 2 6 Duran v Hagler 7 Leonard v Duran 2 8 Leonard v Duran 3 9 Hearns v Duran