Marvin Hagler V Joe Calzaghe

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Hagler by close decision, with 1 knockdown to his credit.

 

Damn close, I'd have a hard time picking, but in the end I would never doubt Joe.

 

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This is a bit of a mismatch in my opinion.

Seriously.

Halger struggled with pygmies like Duran and Leonard. Hagler is one of the worst of the post 1970s 'super legends'. Calzaghe an upper-end 'super legend'. Calzaghe is a league above, maybe two. That much is clear. I cannot imagine Calzaghe having such troubles.

I'm simply don't rate Hagler like most people, I'm not nuthugging.

 

Those stats for Calz are wrong. He's either 6' or 6'1". I *think* 6'.

 

JC wins, no doubt in my mind, he would pot shot, then exchange, then potshot, and by potshot, I mean dissecting hagler, I personally dont think it would be close

 

At the Kessler fight, he was read out as 6"

 

hagler was THE fighter of the early 80`s IMO.

took on all the contenders and went brawler v the boxers and boxer v the punchers.

i went to nearly all his fights which were shown in cinema`s in the uk.

best chin i have seen in my lifetime as it never eroded .

huge long arms on a short squat body and his southpaw leaping ramrod jab was somewhat unique.

also did it the hard way with hart/briscoe etc etc before he even got a shot.

one of the greatest middles of all time.

loved watching him box .

the heights listed for the 2 boxers are wrong.

hagler was about 5.8 and calzaghe is about 6.1.

2 of my favourite fighters so i say calzaghe got injured before the fight and it was called off.



ahh my arse hurts sitting on the fence.

 

Have I missed something? Injuries maybe?

Was there any particular reason to as why Hagler struggled with Duran?

 

6 inches? LMAO!

But I know what you meant. I just checked his official site too, it says 6'.

 

he fought the name and not the fighter in front of him.

gave duran to much respect.

still won fairly easy though.

roldan/hamsho/sibson/ showed a prime hagler.

 

He'd need a KO against Calzaghe, there is almost no way he win on points.

There is a small chance of that. Calzaghe a heavy favorite though.

 

I know, it shows how impressive his win over Kessler was, when i was at the stadium, it was hard to see him throw his combos!

 

Great stuff. Brings to mind the 18" Stonehenge monument on the Spinal Tap video, if you ever saw that...