The Guys that could have given Hagler an hard fight?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I'm not talking about the SRR,Monzons but non great fighters that may give Hagler an hard fight.
    I'm putting Herol Graham up there.
     
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  2. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'd say GGG can give Hagler a tough battle. Hagler would win but he'd have to fight tooth and nail to secure a victory over GGG.

    Michael Nunn would have also given Hagler a tough fight for him to overcome.
     
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  3. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran

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    Agree on Herol Fergy
     
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  4. TipNom

    TipNom Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Michael Watson I think would give Hagler a good fight before ultimately being stopped late.
    Slick out boxers like Kalambay and Reggie Johnson would trouble him aswell I think
     
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  5. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think a prime Daniel Jacobs would be troublesome.

    Hagler was an excellent fighter but he is from a far stricter era of weight cutting, he was only like 165 lbs in the ring, you can find modern welterweights bigger than him.

    Jacobs had like 20 lbs on Hagler and was a good boxer that moved well. He definitely loses but I think he could make it interesting.
     
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  6. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jacobs?? Hagler would make mincemeat out of a B- (at best) fighter like Jacobs. I don't care if there was a 50 pound weight discrepancy. A guy like Jacobs would have been lucky to pick up a USBA title in previous decades. There are literally zero Middleweight Champions from the beginning of time through the late 90s that I would pick Jacobs over. None. The only reason Canelo ever dared fight GGG is when he saw that GGG had slipped to the point where he couldn't stop a Jacobs level fighter anymore. Jacobs may be a great guy, but, he was not a great fighter.
     
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  7. DJN16

    DJN16 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Prime Sergio Martinez gives him a good fight.
     
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  8. Yorbals

    Yorbals Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What about the Worm, or the Mosquito? :stirrpot

    I’ve a big fan of Hagler but he lacked confidence sometimes, would have loved to see a prime Monzon v a prime Hagler
     
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  9. Paul McB

    Paul McB Member Full Member

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    Maybe Winky Wright?
     
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  10. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    At his best he was like a ghost to fight.
    He came so close to beating McCallum and one round away from beating Jackson.
     
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  11. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    I'm convinced Joey Giardello would be a problem for Hagler. In a three fight series he would win one imo. Just a very awkward fighter and an amazing ring general at his best.
     
  12. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    The list of men who could give pretty much any other man a hard fight is so long that it maybe doesn't need be listed. The list of men who could do it in style is almost no one. What do I mean by that? I don't know. But I don't not know either. If that makes sense. And it doesn't. Save for the way in which it most certainly does. And I don't think I need to explain myself any further. Fergy.
     
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  13. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    No , don't do it Mr Box... for all our sakes ..
     
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  14. META5

    META5 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Harry Greb's illegitimate half-brother, Barry Snow from the north - born of the wildings, slept with the wildings, fought to the death, resurrected through dark means and convincingly won his rematch ... Boxrec record is incomplete but they whisper songs of his feats in many a bar throughout the seven kingdoms.
     
  15. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    You sound upset. Jacobs was like two or three rounds total spread over two fights away from being the best middleweight of his era.
     
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