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The Rumble in the Jungle

 

I didn't think u suggested that Hagler went down against Hearns , and I didn't refer 2d Roldan fight but 2 some other fight earlier in his career I don't remember myself but I read it somewhere .
I mentioned Toney because u wrote that Hagler's chin was second 2 none so I showed u that it was not even d best at middleweight .
U gave a better example than myself with Malignaggi , it shows u that Hearns didn't break it hand because he was such a deadly puncher , d legend of Hearns' power started with Duran and ended with Roldan , I think . Since then it was d reality of Hearns' chin .

 

Rumble in the Jungle

 

Sorry if I misunderstood you.

However I'm not convinced that Toney's chin is necessarily any better than Hagler's; they both take a great shot and Toney was so good at slipping punches at MW. I'd be interested to know who dropped Hagler earlier in his career; I'd always believed the slip against Roldan was the only time he ever went down.

Hearns' real power probably did end with Roldan, however it started before Duran. Hearns was a devastating puncher at welter with few making it past five rounds.

As for the Hagler fight it stands as one of the all time classics and from Hearns' point of view it's probably the most respectable third round KO loss in the history of the sport.

 

Frazier W15 Ali

 

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Maybe I confused it with Roldan . I m not a Hagler expert .
And maybe u r right about Roldan

 

for me? Hearns vs. Hagler.. A reaffirmation that great fights can still happen with the top fighters.

 

Rumble in the Jungle

 

Given the magnitude of the fight & the fighters involved, I'd say Holyfield v Tyson 2 was one of the biggest stories in my lifetime.

 

Frazier was never the same...either before or after the FOTC...he should have pulled a Tunney and just retired after the fight.

 

I dont think anything to come will be bigger than the great events that have passed like Ali V Frazier and foreman. louis v schmeilin. tyson v douglas

Pac Beating Mayweather would be massive like

 

It would have robbed us of the sadistic pleasure of seeing the grueling & brutal Manila rubber match, but i do agree.

 

The story must be boxing's most persuasive:

- the African continent, enamored with the Greatest!

- the Greatest achieving redemption from the injustice of being stripped of his title and banned from the sport, on the very continent where "banning" was a hallmark of the historical scourge of apartheid.

- the drama of an old champion standing up to perhaps the most fearsome, most devastating heavyweight champion ever, and whipping him fair and square in front of his faith-filled, finally overjoyed, people.

- it truly gave the world a hero by the name of Muhammad Ali.

- that erstwhile most fearsome, devastating champion turning around 20 years later, broken, then inspired, by his colossal defeat, and regaining that same title--now the old man, wearing the same old trunks--by sensational knockout to cap his metamorphosis into a man who, once a victim of greatness, has himself made the acquaintance of greatness and found redemption.