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Omly against Roldan and it was more push thn shove. I doubt he has ever been really wobbled. His chin is made of New Hampshire granite.
... as I'm sure Tommy Hearns will happily attest to.

of all the Hagler fights I have seen, the Hearns fight is the only fight where I saw him hurt and his legs give out a little and he had to regroup and hold. But to his credit he came right back and started throwing punches. Hearns is the only guy that I know actually hurt him and made Marvin flinch.
That was classic, wasn't it? When Tommy threw those big guns at Hagler (that would've KO'd 99.99% of Earth's population), and Hagler momentarily flinched and came back firing............ I felt sorry for Hearns, 'cause he must've said to himself: "Oh sh*t, he's still upright!"
As great of a fight as that was, I never got a full appreciation of it until well after I saw it. Seeing as how I was born after the fight, the first time I saw that fight, it was my first time watching both guys. Now I've seen most everything from Hearns, and now I have an appreciation of just how powerful that right hand is.

You're right, I can not imagine the feeling of just having someone walk through that when you know you connected with a perfect punch.

Hagler was a beast.
I am not sure something like that happens in alot of fights. Rarely do fighters force another guy to throw his best punch so he can take his confidence away. Not that Hagler wanted to get hit with the punch, but Marvin walked right in and he was hit hard. And he wobbled and was hurt but he stayed up and regrouped in seconds and threw punches even harder and since Hearns right hand was broken what could Hearns do? I do notice how swelled Hagler's face was after the 3rd round, so the fact that Hearns could have regrouped and landed jabs and boxed was a possibility- Marvin was cut and Hearns was so sharp with his jab and punches. Had the fight gone even to round 6 Marvin would have been all swelled up, but by that point Hearns was exhausted. Hagler relied on his middleweight strength and his determination. Hagler almost forced Hearns to throw the right hand and find out what would happen.