Quote Originally Posted by Mr140
I am so sick of hearing that leonard vs hagler was a robbery it was a close fight and i think leornard put on a hell of a performance and thought he won but i love SRL so i am biased but if you like haggler you could say he won but your biased as well i think it was a close fight and not a robbery at all so i am sick of hearing about it but i happy though cause it goes down as a win for leornard so i am not bitter
You are right, it was a close fight. Hagler should have won by a round or two, but the judges bought Leonards smoke and mirrors and Hagler fought a stupid fight. If Hagler was less stubourn and was a little more active, the fight would have been his. I disagree with the decision, but I don't think the JUDGES "stole it" from Hagler, and in fact, complaining about Hagler getting robbed by judges is like complaining that something got stolen out of your car when you didn't lock it.

As far as the scoring goes, it wasn't robbery, not at all. But in a way, Leonard did steal the fight. Here's the thing that creases me about that fight and makes it seem a little like robbery to me. Hear me out. Leonard never intended to really "Win" the decisively. His whole gameplan was to steal rounds. He admits this this. If you listen to him, he is proud of it. His whole gameplan was to steal the fight. He could never BEAT Hagler in the real sense of the word...land more effect blows than he took, but he could land a lot of shoeshine and slaps. There has never been a fighter alive who could play to the judges as well as SRL and probably only Ali could execute use his brains as well in the ring.

If you are a Leonard fan, you say, fine, that's good enough, he impressed the judges and made it close enough to give himself a chance to win a slim decision. If you are Hagler fan, even you can admit, like me, that it was very close on points, you think SLR performance was all style and no substance.