I'm telling you strategy that many experts also agree with. Hearns could have boxed circles around Hagler. This whole Hearns couldnt keep Leonard or Hagler off of him is way off base. Hearns fought Hagler with poor judgement and poor strategy. The Leonard fights Hearns held Leonard at bay until he ran out of gas in fight 1 then in fight 2 he beat Leonard up pretty bad. Vegas jobed Hearns in fight 2. I dont know where you going with this "couldnt keep them off of him" routine??
If Hearns boxes Hagler and also has a chance to set up on him he wins.............. also if Hagler wanted to bull rush again Hearns wouldnt infight with him. The science is called "tying up your man" But you believe only Hagler had this mystic ability to learn from mistakes (like the fight where Duran made Haglers face look like pancake batter after 15 rounds)
I like hagler but he got what he deserved in the long run......... He cried like a "lil bitch" after the Leonard fight........also turn around is fair play....... Leonard never gave him a rematch-just like Hagler never gave Hearns a rematch.........The difference is Hearns and Leonard went on to win several more world championships and Hagler became an actor and quit boxing. If hagler had any balls he would have rematched Hearns after the Leonard fight.......the winner would have gotten Leonard.
Instead Hagler showed his true character after he made some money and quit.
History will show it was Hearns and Leonard as the cream of the crop of that era. hagler will be an enigma.........and he brought that on himself.................
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