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LaMotta stops Hearns in 6 or 7 rounds. Hagler outpoints Hopkins. Monzon beats Martinez, probably by late tko. Robinson beats Leonard.
LaMotta beats Hagler on a very very tight decision over 15. Monzon outpoints Robinson.
In a 15 round fight that really could go either way I think that LaMotta would beat Monzon. Very close and I could easily see it going the other way.
LaMotta was not that skilled to beat Hagler, Robinson and Monzon, he could be outboxed by the very best boxers which these guys were.
I figure that Hagler had a real rough night with Antuofermo in their first fight and, while Hagler certainly improved, LaMotta was much, much more than Antuofermo. He'd make Hagler fight him toe-to-toe for long stretches, and that wasn't really Marvin's game, though he certainly could do that.
More or less the same with Monzon; LaMotta would make him fight. A lot of guys, Robinson among them (and remember, he and LaMotta were in several ultra-close fights when they were both at about their best), said LaMotta was real hard to hit with anything but the jab. He'd give you that to make you throw something he could get around and work off of. I think he would be able to draw both Hagler and Monzon into wars and that that would play to LaMotta's advantage. Though it would not suprise me to see either of these fights play out that way and go to the other fighter.