Could anyone stop Hagler at 160?

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  1. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Who has the best chance (not on cuts)?
     
  2. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    Yes plenty. I was advised of this. Watch McCallum fight Toney in an exchange of rights from Toney who wasn’t all that of a puncher (or known to be) hurt him badly, more then anyone off the top of my head. (I admit I haven’t seen all his fights) but Jackson couldn’t do that damage. Everyone can be hurt, everyone can be stopped.

    If I hit Hagler often enough in enough unexpected ways I could stop him, I ask you this do you think if Marvin stuck his chin out and let Duran swing on him full force he wouldn’t sleep?

    I think it’d have to be a body puncher, he’d need Hagler to think a lot and hurt a lot - to find him just right and often, he’d need to be creative and Marvin would also have to want to fight otherwise it’s not possible.
     
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  3. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Possibly Robinson or BHOP but it would be on a cut. Hagler had a Titanium chin.
     
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  4. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    I think Jaime Munguia when he was at 160 would be a fun fight to watch.
    Possibly even being nominated for fight of the year.
     
  5. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sorry I misssed out on excluding cuts my bad.
     
  6. BCS8

    BCS8 VIP Member

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    Hagler is one of those guys that I have a hard time ever seeing get knocked out. Hearns landed his flush full-force money punch on Hagler and basically shook him for 2 seconds. In exchange, his hand blew up. I guess it's possible that if one of middleweight's monster punchers caught him off guard they might do it, but this is just speculation. Your usual candidates like Benn, Hearns, Golovkin, Hart etc would fit the picture.
     
  7. JohnThomas1

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  8. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Best chance would be McClellan or RJJ, but i dont think either would
     
  9. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Well no ones invincible but Marvin s chin is almost there.
    But anything can happen in boxing.
    If he'd faced Jackson maybe and walked in to one of those killer shots?
    It's just so hard to imagine him being kod.
     
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  10. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    I wouldn’t pick anyone to stop Hagler.

    I think even the iron chins can be stopped given the right circumstances. Let’s just say hypothetically, Jackson hits him with the same shot he hit Graham with, and Hagler doesn’t see the punch coming and runs into it. I could see him getting stopped, if not from that, then from the follow up barrage.

    But what are the chances of that type of punch actually landing? Pretty damn slim. Hagler had a solid defense with his head movement and parrying. He’d most likely methodically break Jackson down and stop him.
     
  11. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    No one, but the two guys with the best chance are Jackson & McClellan.
     
  12. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Hagler was close to unstoppable at 160. I don't know if anyone could
     
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  13. Rope-a-Dope

    Rope-a-Dope Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No one. I could only imagine him being stopped on cuts.
     
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  14. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  15. Fireman Fred

    Fireman Fred Active Member Full Member

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    Hagler took bombs from Hearns and Mugabi and survived unscathed. Took some hard shots from Cyclone Hart, Roldan and Sibson without blinking. Hagler was just unstoppable at middleweight.