POLL: How did you score Hagler-Duran?

This has been done so many times.

Hagler 144-140

The judges had it closer than reality

They also had Hearns-Benitez and Benitez-Duran closer than reality, but nobody does a thread about those.

 

I had it close but for Hagler. Dont know how you can get to a Duran win on the cards. Hagler gave Duran WAY too much respect. Kind of a curious fight for me.

 

I had it either 9-5-1 or 10-4-1 Hagler. I have it written down somewhere. Duran fought well but no way should he have been ahead after 13 rounds

 

Had Hagler up by about 3

 

Hagler by 2 or 3 on my card

 

3 or 4 rounds. Hagler should have won more convincingly. He gave a much smaller Duran too much respect.

 

It was kind of like a sparring session. Both guys sat back and tried to counter, and then Hagler used his size to win the last many rounds and won a comfortable decision.

 

Yeah, Duran really was got some generous scorecards against Benitez and Hagler. The fights were not that close.

 

10-5 Hagler

 

Here's a couple of quotes from boxrec.

Duran could be a very sore and classless loser.

• Hagler: "It seemed everybody was disappointed that I didn't knock him out. I felt that way myself. But he wasn't that vulnerable to a knockout. It was hard to hit him with a solid punch....You don't barrel in there on a guy like Roberto Duran. Why take unnecessary punishment unless you have to? I'd been effective and was winning the fight, so it isn't like I had to go in there and take the punishment to bomb him out."
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• Duran: "He came to tear my head off, but when he saw that I could hit him hard, with strength, he got scared and became a coward. That's why he didn't take too many chances and mix it up with me. Everyone was saying he was a destroyer, but when he hit me, he didn't do anything to me. His punches absolutely did me no damage. He got scared every time he threw a jab because I could get my right in under it. That's why he held off so much."

 

Hagler comfortably.

 

I think Marvin won cleanly and was never in try of anything but a but of self doubt that hit him against Vito the first time, a brief moment in the Obel rematch when he almost punched himself out , here against Duran and of course against Leonard ..

 

A long time since I watched it but I had it about 11-4 Hagler. I think in some peoples' eyes, because Duran was doing better than expected, this may have influenced the way some individuals scored the fight.