Bernard Hopkins vs Marvin Hagler - One Last Time

Whoever wins, I think, wins by split decision.

 

Has to be Marvin. He's the only one of the two that didn't lose to the best two natural middleweights he fought.

 

Disagree; he did lose to The Worm, who was good as any other 'natural middleweight' (other than Briscoe) that Hagler fought IMO.

 

Man, you certainly know how to get things off your chest!!!

 

Yeah, I guess I read too much of "Flash" Gordon's Newsletter in earlier days. But hey, it's a lot cheaper and more anonymous than seeing a shrink. (And a lot safer than going on news programs to openly wish presidential candidates dead, like Ann Coulter's been doing lately.)

 

Hey Duodenum, Respect to you brother, theres nothing wrong with being passionate about your views.

Malcolm Flash Gordon now ain't he a blast from the past. Whatever happened to that righteous hippy looking dude?

Anyone know?

 

And respect to you too

At least not until I manage to offend EVERYONE on the boards!

I have been picking up rumblings that Flash may be resuming his coverage of boxing happenings. (He was probably beaten up by grandchildren of the thugs who worked over Ray Arcel over 50 years ago. Maybe he's finally over that episode.)

 

Well since you're looking for it

no, he lost to the best natural welterweight he ever fought!

 

Ha ha, walked into that one.

 

True, my friend JT, and he in turn lost to the best LW he ever fought (who would have also beaten the best MW he ever fought before Marv would have lost to the best LW he'd ever fought, if that match had been scheduled for 12, instead of 15 rounds.

 

I think it's fair to say that Marv would have finished stronger if the fight had been scheduled for 12.

 

No doubt whatsoever.

 

Leonard also garnered revenge twice. Marvin would have definitely finished harder earlier if the Duran fight was 12, but just say he didn't then Duran winning would have been one of the greatest ripoffs in history.

 

Perhaps, but Marv did seem mired in his habitual debilitating 15 round pace, despite the fact that only Duran and Antuofermo had lasted through the end of the 12th round against Marv. I was dismayed that Hagler didn't set a more ardous gauntlet of punishment for Ray to negotiate.