Is Marvin Hagler vs Thomas Hearns Slightly Overrated ??

[El Gamo]

It is definately one of the best ever high profile fights. A classic War that I saw Live on TV and it got me hooked on Boxing.

I guess that tells you how great it was. For me personally,as I didn't see it live,I think it was an amazing fight but not the greatest,maybe because,as has been mentioned, I was not around for all the hype etc. Similarly,in 30 years time,people may wonder about the fights,we,as in this generation,consider great in the same way.

I think that might be what ICB is getting at though. Obviously being around for the hype and all makes a fight that much more intriuging... But do you really think in 30 yrs people are going to be questioning whether Corrales Castillo was an all time great fight?? As far as I'm concerned the build up to that fight played no role whatsoever... I can't even remember there being much hype over it.. It's simply the in ring action itself that makes that fight what it is.. I know I'm not clearing anything up here, just saying that it's easy to get caught up in thinking , oh Hagler Hearns was the best fight ever.. But really much of it is just due to the signifigance it had in the sport at that time. It would be like Mayweather moving up to MW and fighting Pavlik, with both of them just trading bombs for 3 rounds with a dramatic KO.. Obviously not in regards to the styles or anything, just to see two p4p guys clash and throw all caution to the wind.. Basically there's no right answer to whether the fight was overrated other than to say the action itself probably didn't equate to one of the greatest fights ever. I don't see anything wrong with analyzing fights strictly by what happened in the ring. I didn't even see Corrales Castillo live, and hardly even thought anything of the matchup beforehand.. It doesn't make it any less exciting to watch though.

CC on me my man,classy response.