Hagler-Leonard: How was the fight seen by the media?

How did you score the fight yourself?

 

116-114. Leonard. I used to give even rounds more often back then. :good

 

Sounds accurate. I can see the argument of either fighter winning by a couple of points either way.

 

New scoring from the WBA has now been recognised by the WBC. Instead of a round being awarded 10-9, it will now be 10-9.5 to the winner of the round who edges it, just.

Not sure when its coming into full effect.

 

Yeah, I agree with the half-point thing. I've always been at odds with someone shading a round and scoring 10-9 and someone convincingly winning it, again it's 10-9. Seems unfair (although better than the 'rounds' way of scoring).*



* The only time I've liked it was the first Taylor-Hopkins fight.

 

The media took three positions. A lot of them had Hagler winning. Many of them had Leonard winning. And a lot of them scored it a draw. The fight was confusing to many in the media because journalists don't always know how to score fights, Hagler was off his game, and Leonard was being tricky. The act Dundee and Leonard put together was quite successful in convincing a lot of observers that Leonard did enough to win or at least enough to make it an even affair.