a prime Duran vs prime Hagler.

Hope this is a troll thread.

If not, then the answer is Hagler, mad thread.

 

Utter RUBBISH

Leonard was outboxed, out-thought & outfought by the superior boxer:deal

It's 10/5 to Duran & thats being generous to Leonard:yep

Leonard being the bigger/stronger/younger/faster/fresher man was nearly KO'd by Duran when Leonard was fighting at range & opted to then fight as he's always fought & thats to plant-em & let the barrages fly & that has/had always been the stratergy he employed up till he ran into the one man who had more ring savvy & ability that Leonard had ever faced before & he got whipped in fine style.

Duran had to much natural ability for Leonard juxtaposed with also being far to fast for leonard in foot & counterpunch & you've only got to study the distress on leonards face when he was sucking Durans right-hand counters all night long. Fighting inside against Duran was the safest place for Leonard as he had all the physical advantages but they counted for ****-all when you are in with a modern day master crafsman of 70-1 fights.

Angelo Dundee & leonard were confident of getting Duran out of there in 4 rounds & Duran countered with this is Leonards 1st real proffesional fight. Both were primed & ready to fire & the BIG man was outboxed & beat up by the SMALL older man on a level playing field & you can only do that if you are the better boxer of the 2 & thats why Duran was always going to be the guv'ner.:deal

 

Duran wasn't capable of better at 160. He was way higher than he had business going, and put in a great performance, its enough.

He can't beat Hagler. He shined against a timid, out of step Hagler and was still clearly beaten. Prime, killer instinct Hagler would bury Roberto, and there is no shame in it.

Duran was the best ever at 135, and was pretty damn good at 147. Any higher, he's inconsistent. For every great win and performance, there is a loss to Robbie Simms and Kirkland Lange. Not Duran's weight.

 

For whatever it's worth, I think Duran deserves credit for Hagler's "timidness." I think his being competitive was due more to his far superior craft compared to Hag's previous opposition than with Hagler being in awe of his reputation, or whatever the story is.

 

I would argue that far superior is a stretch, considering he was outboxed in spots, but this is a fair shout. He made Hagler timid a good a bit.

 

At 135, Hagler is dehydrated, catch-weight at 147, Duran by KO

 

If Hagler isn't timid, like in the actual fight, and goes full speed ahead, Duran would make it to mid-rounds at most. As talented as Duran was, he didn't belong at 160.

 

At 160 I'd comfortably pick Hagler, at 154 it would a very interesting fight. I'd probably still pick Hagler but it would be in my view a lot closer fight and Duran could pull an upset.

 

Far superior to Hagler's opponents, not Hagler himself. Just to make that clear. I think his technical acumen was certainly leagues above any of the previous opponents. Duran did the best he could possible ever do against Hagler and he was still beaten clearly. I'm just saying he deserves the credit for making it close, it wasn't just Hagler making a bad judgement call.

 

Still, Marvin did have that kind of ***** in his armour; if he didn't solve a guy it was a very tough and close fight. He didn't solve Vito in that draw/Roberto/or Geraldo even. But watch out when Hagler does solve a guy because he really does a job on them.