The Dick Tiger from the Henry Hank fight vs The Ray Leonard from the Marvin Hagler fight 12 rounds who wins and why? I see Tiger being too strong for Leonard here and making Leonard brawl with him. Tiger rocks Leonard but i think Leonard would have his moments. I see Tiger winning a close decision
As with Duran, Leonard would be too small. The best he could do is drop a points verdict to the far stronger man.
Dick Tiger was as strong a middleweight champion that ever stepped into the ring. He did however have problems with boxer-mover type fighters. Giardello, Archer, etc. I would pick Leonard to box, move and punch his way to a decisive win.
tough call. i saw that tiger pursues leonard with the aggression that hagler should have. behind on the cards after 8, sweeps 9-12 then carries in through in the championships with a knockdown for a SD over 15
Tiger by stoppage especially if it is 4 15 rounds , that should b d call if it was Hagler vs Leonard under any other circumstances but their fight that happened .
The magic formula to beating Dick Tiger was to box...jab..box..jab..in fact, jab, jab, jab all night long, ala Archer, Giardello and Griffith.. It was said by a writer of Tiger's era that a good trombone player could beat Tiger. But only that way. No one in middleweight history is gonna outslug or knock out Dick Tiger. I believe that SL would have been smart enough to box like he did vs Duran the second time and vs Hagler, forsaking any attempt to punch with Tiger, and win a close, dull decision. Only really smart fighters beat Dick Tiger.
What I meant was winning a decision but not decisive as in winning in a big way; meaning of course one-sided. It wouldn't be all Leonard's way by any means.
