Digging for the gnarled up yellow labled Tape on the shelf Lol. I had Leonard winning this by 2 and timing things out.Shame no rematch.
Digging for the gnarled up yellow labled Tape on the shelf Lol. I had Leonard winning this by 2 and timing things out.Shame no rematch.
Question who promoted the Fight, theres a clue there![]()
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I've watched the fight maybe 50 times... and each time I have Leonard winning a close decision.
You can talk about Leonard having the size of ring, gloves and distance of the fight as he wanted but Hagler had to agree to these conditions and he still took the fight.
5 years with only one unimpressive fight for Leoanrd and fighting a natural middleweight. Is anyone suprised Leonard used hit and run tactics... he would have been plain stupid to stand and slug it out with Hagler for these reasons.
Hagler must have known the tactics Leonard would use and to me if he could not devise a plan to beat those tactics then that's a failing on his part. Before the fight Hagler told everyone to stay in their seats as the fight did not neccesarily have to go 12 rounds. He also said that he was going to hurt Leonard. Yet when it came to the fight he played straight into Leonards hands and gifted Ray the first 4 rounds.
Yes Leonard was exhausted at the end of the fight... 1 fight in five years will do that to you.
Was Hagler robbed maybe... but not by Leonard or the judges. He was robbed by himself and his team for not having a plan to beat a fighter he knew would hit and run.
Leoanrd messed with Haglers head before the fight... which may have affected Haglers game plan... he messed with his head during the fight... feigning exhaustion at times to confuse Hagler... which deffo affected HAglers game plan... he messed with his head after the fight and that for a while affected Haglers life.
Two great fighters but as the record states Leonard by decision.
'To speak with his equal and irish man is forced to talk with God...'
Haglers Promoter![]()
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