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