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Favourite Fights to Rewatch

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  • #122
    Morrison J
    Registered Users Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭Morrison J


    SHOVELLER wrote: »
    Just watched Leonard v Hagler in full for the first time and while the Marvelous one can feel aggrieved as he was never hurt I think the decision is a fair one. Leonard fought very clever at distance, holding down Hagler's head and generally staying out of trouble. Superb footwork and movement from the best of those four icons.

    I am biased as I shook his hand last year and he grew up only a few miles from here!
    Draw for me but see the argument for either winning by a round or two. Close fight. Hagler 100% would have won if they had a rematch though.

    The real robbery involving Leonard was Leonard-Hearns II. Clear win for Hearns, can't see how that can be scored a draw.

    And I'm not having Leonard as the best of the four though. Duran all day long! There's no comparison really when it comes to their accomplishments. Duran the best fighter of the last 50 years for me.


  • #123
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,562 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Morrison J wrote: »
    Draw for me but see the argument for either winning by a round or two. Close fight. Hagler 100% would have won if they had a rematch though.

    The real robbery involving Leonard was Leonard-Hearns II. Clear win for Hearns, can't see how that can be scored a draw.

    And I'm not having Leonard as the best of the four though. Duran all day long! There's no comparison really when it comes to their accomplishments. Duran the best fighter of the last 50 years for me.

    Duran for me as well......

    I had Hagler 7-5....

    This view-belief that seems to be 'accepted,' that without doubts Ray won rds 1-4.....It's horsesh1t.....all 4 rds very close and difficult to score....I think I had it 2-2 after 4, but could be any combination

    Overall, Ray ran most the fight....fought in spurts and ran....I found it hard to see him the winner...

    Also, Hagler for me looked desperately sluggish, pedestrian and slow.....

    Hagler was a great fighter....no doubt....I think he gets overrated.


  • #124
    SHOVELLER
    Registered Users Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭SHOVELLER


    Yes some rounds were razor thin but as you say Marvelous looked pedestrian as Leonard had seen weaknesses in the Mugabe fight. But Leonard fought a very smart fight. The goal is to hit and not get hit and that was what the winner did by and large.

    When I referred him as the best of the four icons I meant between them as he beat his three illustrious opponents. Yes Duran's accomplishments are legendary but he quit against Leonard.


  • #125
    Bobby Baccala
    Registered Users Posts: 7,341 ✭✭✭Bobby Baccala


    https://youtu.be/415d4rOH0dw

    Benn comes across such a nice, humble bloke in interviews nowadays. Never knew they tried to line up a Sugar ray fight at one stage, woulda been a spectacle I’m sure.


  • #126
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    Bobby Baccala wrote: »
    https://youtu.be/415d4rOH0dw

    Benn comes across such a nice, humble bloke in interviews nowadays. Never knew they tried to line up a Sugar ray fight at one stage, woulda been a spectacle I’m sure.

    They tried to line him up to fight Roy Jones at middleweight too when they were young but it never came about.


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  • #127
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,562 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Bobby Baccala wrote: »
    https://youtu.be/415d4rOH0dw

    Benn comes across such a nice, humble bloke in interviews nowadays. Never knew they tried to line up a Sugar ray fight at one stage, woulda been a spectacle I’m sure.

    Benn around that time would have been very dangerous for a blown up WW Leonard..

    Benn was Mike Tyson at MW. Very aggressive, heavy and dangerous hands, and relentless...

    I don’t think Leonard has the time, space, movement, chin, power to really win here...SRL has a good chin, but was hurt and dropped and wobbled several times by less vicious punchers than Benn..

    It also took a good hard puncher to dent Benn. Ray was not that at MW..


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