DLH vs The Marvelous One

Hagler, I think I remember him...Wasn't he that bald coloured chap that fought Tommy Hines? Yes it is him, I remember now.....Bloody good fighter that boy,
got robbed against Sugar Boy Malinga, if memory serves me well? Malinga was a superb fighter in his own right, quick as lightning, very nippy on his feet.
Didn't he also box Hines? I'm sure he did. I felt awfully sorry for him when he lost that fight to Terrence Nortis. He was just a shell of a man by then.
Incidently, I boxed a fellow who reminded me a lot of Sugar Boy Malinga, in an amateur fight in 1952. His name was Angus Lopez, if I remember correctly?(apparently he was half scottish/half mexican). Superb little mover, sprightly as a hare. He was boxing circles around me for the first two rounds, giving me a good old fashioned pasting. Lucky for me I managed to catch him with my pet punch: the good old Kane Boon right uppercutt to the whiskers - he went down like a sack of potatoes, no chance of beating the count......Of course not many did when I caught them with that punch.

Hagler would kill that whipper snapper De la Goya, far too big...far too strong.

 

It's very easy to predict the outcome of this one... Oscar goes down due to a phantom punch, rolls over, hammers the canvas, cries a little bit more and speaks on the post-fight interview like he had won or was winning at the time of the "accident".

 

Well, put it this way, Hagler wouldn't be the one laughing. De La Hoya is a HOF fighter, but imo, he would have no business in being the ring with Hagler.

Hagler all the way, no doubt in my mind. Too much pressue for Oscar to deal with.

 

If Hagler wants to win this he has to be sure not to give away the championship rounds when Oscar is at his strongest. IF Hagler survives into the deep waters, which is a BIG IF...He needs to stay on his toes, be elusive and avoid Hoya's Monster Right hand or he may very well wake up in ICU!