I think the pressure got to Hagler against Leonard

[mikeeod]

I feel like Hagler won the fight, but was robbed on the scorecards. That being said, I feel a few factors resulted in aray lasting the whole fight and putting on a performance that at least kept the fight close.
1. Hagler was always a slow starter (with the exception of the Hearns fight), usually taking the first few rounds to figure his opponent out before stepping on the gas and dominating late. He failed to adjust his pace for the 12 round limit.
2. Hagler's ego was legendary, and that hurt him in numerous ways. He wanted to prove that he was so superior to Ray and decided to outbox him from a conventional stance (and failed). He also anticipated an easy night due to Leonard being smaller and shot. Finally, he gave Leonard every demand that mattered (ring, glove size...etc), because he demanded the larger purse as champ.
3. Marvin was past his best, and had left a lot of himself in the ring vs Hearns and Mugabi. Ray fought a brilliant fight and capitalized though, so he does deserve a ton of credit for his performance that night.

[Beanflicker]

I feel like Hagler won the fight, but was robbed on the scorecards.

I'm a huge Hagler fan but I don't know if you can call robbery either way. Personally I had it a draw at 6 rounds apiece but it could easily be argued 115-113 for either guy. I think it was way too close of a fight to call robbery.