Just watched Hagler v Leonard for 1st time in 19 years - my card

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LATER NOTE:
Is it me or is SRL yelling PHUK YEAH, PHUK YEAH when they announce him the NEW. I can only see his lips moving and that is what I see him saying. What do you see him saying?

First of all, I am was and always shall be a huge SRL fan I am still trying to be opened minded and very objective about this fight.
Here we go with how I saw it.


1.- Leonard 10-9
2.- Leonard 10-9
3.- EVEN 10/10
4.- Leonard 10/9 ---- EVEN 10/10 My contraversial scoring see notes
5.- Hagler 10/9
6.- Leonard 10/9
7.- Hagler 10/9
8.- Hagler 10/9
9.- Hagler 10/9
10.- Hagler 10/9
11.- Leonard 10/9
12.- Leonard 10/9

Had I not watched the replay of the 4th round lol I would have it

115 to 115

And then this was only because I accidently seen the low blow after. lol

This was because I watched the 4th round twice
115 Leonard
114 Hagler



Round 1.- Not much action. SRL takes advatage of the 21' ring a couple of good flurries from Ray wins him the round. Hagler fighting orthodox but when he switched to South, he was able
to land a huge shot to the body of Ray. Hagler just can't catch Ray who is all over that huge ring.

Leonard 10-9



Round 2.- More running from SRL but still manages to land the more significant blows to win him the round.

Leonard 10-9



Round 3.- Much better round for Hagler who comes out fighting with his southpaw style. Hagler much more effective and lands the more crisper punches early. Ray continues to circle, run dance what ever you want to call it. Does enough in the later part of the round to make the round even.

EVEN 10/10


Round 4.- I had to watch this round twice lol
Hagler came out more aggressive and was switching from orthodox to southpaw. The key phrase here has to be Effective Aggressiveness, although Hagler was more aggressive, was he really effective? Not entirely. Hagler still had to chase Leonard around the ring. Hagler was instructed to get inside and rough Leonard up which he did a couple of times but Leonard was able to flurrie and land some hard clean shots of his own. The only thing that would allow me to give this round to Leonard was that tremendous spot on bolo punch which sticks to the brain. Other than that, the fight was pretty even but I still have to give this one to Leonard by a coochie hair.

Leonard 10/9
After watching the replay slow mo, that bolo punch was low

Too bad this sport for judges does not have instant replay. Judges dont have the luxury to stop the fight, rewind and review.

So, now I have to go back and score this round even too. But do I have the right to change my score? No but I am lol so this fight and score card can be debated and will be questionable and might leave room for arguments later on... We shall see what happens.

EVEN 10/10


Round 5.- A very tough round to score in the begining Hagler confusing me with his switches from ortho to southy and it looked as though Leonard was getting the best of Hagler and it seemed as though Hagler was getting tired but he comes back and lands some huge shots in the end to steal the round. Some people call it stealing, I prefer to call it securing the round.

Hagler 10/9


Round 6.- Hagler wild and is trying to land by leaping in. The commentators are saying that Leonard looks tired and is breathting heavy but I see Hagler slowing down and breathing heavy too. Commentators saying SRL's punches have nothing on them but SRL is clearly landing some nice clean shots (Did the commentators forget that Hagler has never been stopped and is a one way come forward human wrecking machine that is hard to put a dent in? I guess so geesh.)
Leonard mid round teeters on the ropes and gets the best of Hagler. Ray Leonard showing why he is such a great fighter off the ropes with his patented flurries and show shines Clear Leonard round as he finishes strong with more of of his amazing flurries landing clean hard shots to the face head and body of Hagler. (Commentators claim this was a tougher round to score?) What fight are they watching?

Leonard 10/9



CONTINUED BELOW.

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Round 7.- Both fighters looking a little tired. SRL's footwork has slowed down and Hagler is able to land some nice hard shots and is winning the fight by just continuining to move forward and land what he can. Ray comes back in the second half of this round to try and steal (secure) the round and the stupid crowd goes wild ali style shuffle and flurries from SRL trying to convince the judges but in the closing moments it's Hagler once again landing some nice huge shots to the body and an upper cut from Hagler has to seal this round for him. Angelo in the corner tells Ray that he is making it look as though he is getting hit but that he isnt. Not entirely true but partial truth yes. I want you off those ropes and I want you to box (run) lol. I agree because SRL lost this round on the ropes in the final seconds. Close round.

Hagler 10/9


Round 8.- Both fighters dipped in crisco but Haglers face has a double dipping and the ref does not force either man to get a wipe. Just as Hagler is getting the best of SRL at the start of round 8, ref steps in because of some lose tape which I dont see as lose. Hagler was landing his jab as if it were a jack hammer. Ok their was just a little piece of tape hanging but this should not have been a reason to stop the action that was in favor of Hagler. Now in the corner, ref does notice the glob of crisco on SRL's chest and tells Dundee to wipe it off. How he has not seen the paste on Hagler's face is beyond me. Side note, great to hear Angelos voice in the back barking jab, jab, jab, the good ole days memories of Ali Hagler comes out doing the same thing and is winning the fight with his jab. Ray goes on the move and manages to land some flurries to try and even the score but Hagler begins working the body and is more effective, although missing many still landing shots that count. Round for hagler as SRL once again hits after the bell.

Hagler 10/9

In Haglers corner? They are talking and saying that the ref took a point away from SRL? I don't remember this. I don't remember SRL being deducted a point for hitting after the bell. hmmmm. Remember folks this fight is older than dirt and I have not seen it in ages myself.



Round 9.- Best round so far amazing action and my hero (yes SRL was my hero) is getting hit hard. A very hard round to score as both fighters are putting in tremendous work and effort. Exchanges of blows are comming and going. It would seem as though the harder punches are coming from Hagler but the fast flurries are coming from SRL both fighters landing with what ever they can find works. This round is so close I don't know what say. How do you score this round? That all depends on what you like and that is the bottom line for the judges and it sucks. Does a judge like showboating and flurries? Does a fighter like a runner boxer or a come forward kind of guy like Hagler? I am a huge SRL fan and part of me wants to give this round to Ray but the other part of me wants to give this round to Hagler. Could I score it even again? I would hate to be a judge sometimes. Still and may see this round differently tomorow but Hagler takes this round.

Hagler 10/9



Round 10.- Leonard on his bike and is not trying to use all of his energy by landing the hard clean shots which makes this another hard round to score while Leonard is doing his little flurries, he is not landing all of those punches hard just pitter patters and I can see the illusion Ray is trying to pull off. Again, the harder punches are coming from Hagler but these rounds are still very close. I wont argue with anyone who might have given this round to Leonard.

Hagler 10/9



Round 11.- I don't always agree with the what the commentators are saying and they just confirmed what I said, that the 10th round could have gone either way. I feel if rounds like that are this dificult to score, they should be given 10/10. Anyway... Ray is now throwing his shots with more convitions and is landing some nice clean crips left hooks, and is also taggin haggler with his flurries that have just a little more pop in them in this round. Hagler doing as instructed from his corner is lunging in when even SRL begins to back up but Hagler is missing and now SRL is making Hagler miss over and over again, Ray trying to bait Hagler in to come closer by playing posum and acting as though he is too exausted to even keep his hands up hoping he can steal on Hagler with some flurries at the closing round SRL looks to his corner I guess to see how much time he has and just as the bell is about to ring, SRL rips some flurries to secure the round and lands yet again a few shots after the bell. Text book stuff but, SRL should have been warned at least for this again because Ray knew exactly what time it was. A point deduction maybe too because SRL had already pulled this trick a few times in the earlier rounds, go figure. Way walks to his corner and we cant tell wether he is that exhausted or he is just playing the crowd but he is dragging his feet and hand railing the ropes. Angelo not happy with this smack Ray in the butt and sits him down. In the corner, Angelo is giving Ray his last pep talk which is more of a pump me up by yelling three more minutes and the other man in rays corner also begins to shout and manages to pump SRL up. I did not know that SRL was that much of a pump up case but it managed to work because as quickly as ray sat down, with plenty of time on the clock to sit and rest in his corner, jumps off his stool and raises his hands with some premature celebrating as if he has already won the fight. Clearly SRL was playing the crowd. I did not remember this happening when I saw it the last time nor the first time nor the 6th time lol. Funny how you notice something new everytime you rewatch a fight.

Leonard 10/9



Round 12.- Not a hard round to score as you could clearly see the game plan. Leonard running, flurring, running, flurring and just does enough to win the round. Not a very exciting ending but the crowd was eating up the show boating. Too bad this was not a 15 round bout, I think it is safe to say that outcome might have been different as many 15 round fights ended in the 14th and 15th round. True championship rounds those were but different era and none of us can say we are purist because when this 15 to 12 rules was changed, the purist died with it.

Leonard 10/9



Amazing fight in her time and let's how I scored this. I always said Ray won no matter what but let's see what my score card says and remember that I watched one round twice lol and used the replay to sway my score so.... My card is a bit tainted but it should make for some interesting debate.


A fight in which Leonard wanted to fight for 12 rounds and not 15 and this was too bad because just maybe, had this been a 15 round fight, we might not be having this discussion

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I made a mistake but those of you who know what time it is will eventually spot it. thanks.

[SorceryatCaesar]

good description.

did you watch the HBO version (merchant-tompkins) or the closed circuit version (clancy-ryan)?

i watched both in researching my book.

[LeonardW12Hagler]

What kind of a boxing site is it without a Hagler - Leonard thread eh I was wondering where this site's one was ! Leonard still even now by two rounds.I remember being 11 and just being genuinely scared for Leonard , Hagler was and looked like a bad man especially after seeing what he'd done to Hearns.Hagler started the fight like he was still fighting John Mugabi and paid for it.