Quote Originally Posted by Manju
i thought leonard won on ringmanship. he was able to control the pace of the fight, forcing hagler to fight on his terms. his defense was extraordinary, making hagler miss by wide margins at times, sometimes while he was standing right in front of him.

offensively, he landed in brilliant flurries that always bought the crowd to their feet. while it is true that he never hurt hagler, the reverse is almost as true. leonard never went down (obviously), was never wobbled, and was subjected to only one prolonged attack (round 9)...one that he punched his way out of, backing hagler up while continuing to flurry in the middle of the ring.

hagler simply did not connect with enough hard punches to overcome Leonard's flurries, defense, and ringmanship.
Totally agree couldn't of said it better myself