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Quote Originally Posted by BIG H
Quote Originally Posted by tysonbruno
Big H can i ask why Hagler over Robinson jusr wondering
Yes mate. Coz it's Middleweight. SRR is without doubt, imo, the greatest Welter of all time and the greatest P4P of all time, but I would think most people would have Hagler and Monzon above SRR at Middle. Yes he was 5 times champion, but he had to lose it to need to regain it, Hagler and Mozon were much more dominant at Midddleweight and held onto their belts
I rate Robinson #2 ahead of both Hagler & Monzon. I agree the middleweight Robinson was not the welterweight Robinson. Slower, older & inconsistent. But he's still #2 in my eyes for several reasons:
1st the quality of his opponents, no other middleweight defeated so many Hall of Famers.
2nd at his best (which might have been the St Valentines Day Massacre fight) he could have beaten any other middleweight in history. Even @ middleweight he was one of the closest things to perfection in the ring.
3rd he was a star & a hugely popular champion. His fights with Basilio & Fullmer were huge events. Plus his stoppage of Fullmer in 57 is one of the most perfect knockouts ever recorded.
My favourite punch of all time