Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
I agree he is a great, but not the greatest and Leonard proved that. Though I think Hagler fought the wrong fight at the begining thats part of the fight game. I think he would also had a very difficult time with Hopkins who is another guy who could box on the outside and on the inside.
Ok compairing any one to mid to late career B-hop isnt fair(Jones caught him when they were both pretty green,and if he won it was barely)Bhop has an ability to tailor his game plan to the fighter at hand like few others.He can get in to a mugging festival like the Philly fighter everyone used to assume he was,or he can snipe you from the outside like a master.
In recent years the only time he guessed wrong,was assuming that Taylor would be the aggressive fighter everyone thought he was,and he still won one of those fights(if not both)
Certain guys are just one of a kinders,or to give an example,I make my fighters watch tape on Ali,usually at some point I feel compelled to say "And if you EVER try that,Ill kill you myself"