Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
Quote Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65
Marvin was relentless and always busy and working. He was never just sitting there with the exception of the Duran fight where he expected an aggressive Duran. That was his only glitch in all his fights. Duran was just a fighter he never expected to fight. But I think that Marvin had a 4th gear and usually fought in 4th . He did not have many different gears. When he fought Hearns he fought in 6th gear. But I think he was just a very determined and sharp fighter who knew his craft and I think he would have outworked Jones and stopped him. Jones never fought a guy as good as Hagler really, and Hagler fought a few guys as good as Jones
That is where you are wrong. Toney and Hopkins were not as good as Hagler.. I do not think Bernard was in a weak middleweight division and Toney was weakened by weight when he fought Jones. Jones fought Virgil Hill ,Toney and Hopkins. Those are his greatest wins but they are not the guys that Hagler fought and beat . People seem to think because Ray Leonard outboxed Hagler that Jones could. Totally different types of fighters. Ray knew exactly what to do to beat guys.
Jones fought Toney, Hopkins who were both easily as good as Hagler if not better, and Griffin was technically way better than Hagler.. Also Hagler wasn't always relentless in the Hagler-Leonard fight he thought he could box with Leonard, and lost the first three rounds, and also against Duran he tried to box him. Against Hearns he was lucky it ended when it did because they both couldn't go 12 rounds at that pace. Nobody came close to outworking prime Jones so there is no evidence he would have been worn down by the smaller, not as strong Hagler.