Quote Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65
I am not sure Hagler was aging and slow with Hearns. I think that was his last fight where he was sharp and active in boxing. After that he seemed to lose a step by taking a year off. He seemed to lose some motivation after Hearns as though he reached the pinnacle and put his all in the Hearns fight. But he was not that slow with Hearns. He seemed fast enough and pretty good reflexes. With Mugabi after a year off he seemed more slow and then with Leonard he seemed even slower. I think Hearns was the last fight he was the real Marvin Hagler.
That's underestandable. Hagler won the fight. But he took a good amount of flush shots against Hearns. A murderous puncher. I think that caused him to slow down. I doubt it was motivation. He was motivated for Leonard.