Marvin Hagler

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  1. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    The best MW ever! :happy:happy
     
  2. Loewe

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    I disagree. He was the best in a mediocre era but his dominance and his wins over fellow atg Hearns and Duran and his close fight with fellow atg Leonard guarantees him a place as a Top5 mw of all-time - personally i have him at 3.
     
  3. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Top 10 all-time 160lber no doubt, and an icon of his age. The last proper mainstream blue collar champion IMO.
     
  4. Holmes' Jab

    Holmes' Jab Master Jabber Full Member

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    I have Hagler at #1 (MW). He was my second least fave fighter of the Fab Four, though.
     
  5. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i wouldnt call it a mediocre era. minter, sibson, mugabi, hamsho, antfermo were all good fighters who were capable of having a good reign in another era

    On his rise to the title, he beat some really good fighters in willie monroe, benny briscoe and bobby watts.

    He beat elite ATG THomas Hearns in 3

    I believe that Haglers reign would of been much longer if not for boxing politics
     
  6. Loewe

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    It´s just like with the hw but not as worse. If you compare it to other eras it was mediocre, just like the last mw era and what we have now.
     
  7. TommyV

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    I would still argue Harry Greb. Billy Miske, Al McCoy, Jack Dillon, Battling Levinsky, Willie Meehan, Mike McTigue, Gunboat Smith, Solider Bartfield and Mike Gibbons are all victims of his at middleweight, not to mention his wins over the likes of Tommy Gibbons, Gene Tunney, Tommy Loughran, Kid Norfolk and Tiger Flowers at light-heavy when he weighed in around the middleweight limit still.
     
  8. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Monzon beat better opposition and ranks higher, imo.
     
  9. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have the Marvelous one at #7:

    15 Joey Giardello
    14 Kid McCoy
    13 Nino Benvenuti
    12 Tony Zale
    11 Marcel Cerdan
    10 Roy Jones
    9 Jack Dempsey
    8 Harry Greb
    7 Marvin Hagler
    6 Bernard Hopkins
    5 Mickey Walker
    4 Charley Burley
    3 Stanley Ketchel
    2 Ray Robinson
    1 Carlos Monzon
     
  10. Ezzard

    Ezzard Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wow Booze, Greb at 8?
     
  11. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Greb gets an excellent pound for pound rating though.;)
     
  12. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    harry got to be in the top 3
     
  13. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    some would disagree with that. a lot of people say that he beat mostly welterweights.

    i am not as knowlegable about CM but I know that he beat Bennie Briscoe and that Valdez fella twice. both were pretty hot in there day
     
  14. Russell

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    :blood
     
  15. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i wouldnt compare it to todays heavyweights. there was a few good fighters about