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'La Escopeta' by a nice margin takes it for me.
Marvin was great no doubt but what eerks me is that he walked away from the sport when he still had at least 2 maybe 3 more years in him. A loss is a loss and you take it for that, if he really felt he beat SRL then he should have took it that way and just came back and fought on. Instead he went into suclusion and disappeared from the sport. I just feel he could have went on to become even greater.
I still dont see the controversy in that fight. It was close and really most any result would have been acceptable. I thought Hagler may have won by a round but it certainly was no robbery. I think Hagler was winding down anyway and although it was a terrible was for a champion to go out, I think he may have gotten tired of fighting by that point in his life and it was a tremendous career so I guess he earned the right to end it how he wanted....either way Monzon was the greatest Middleweight of all time.
I agree on the fight aspect that you typed. But I disagree on the career decision, I say this because I've seen Hagler interviews and have read how he is. Hes bitter to this day about the SRL, I'm not saying that's bad. But I can only imagine would he have went on to continue fighting he could have fought on and just made the SRL fight another page in his career. Instead he decided that the final chapter would be that loss. Now he dislikes events he rarely smiles and hes secluded himself so far off. I know boxing isn't always fair but I think Marvin could have gone out with a big bang.
And yet after saying all of that, Marvins still an all time great and P4P.