Hagler vs McCallum

[jamiebhoy]

Agree that timing was never going to be right for this one, Hagler was getting to the end of his career and as correctly stated Leonard picked his moment. That fight happened because Hagler had always wanted it and as stated it was a big pay day for both.

If we are talking prime for prime then I would take Hagler by a decision, he was a very versatile fighter who could box very well which is often overlooked. he also had a great ability to switch between orthadox and southpaw which could be off putting.

Also good to see that when the names of Leonard and Hagler come up there only ever seems to be one mentioned in relation to cherry picking and moving weights to avoid people....and it aint Marvin !!
That said I still admire Leonard for some of his fights but think he was a sneaky shit at times.

[JazMerkin]

I think even 87, Hagler might have had enough to just outwork McCallum to a narrow points win, although if it was 12 rounds I would be less sure. The fact is whilst I felt Leonard just did enough to edge the Hagler fight, no way if that's 15 rounds does SRL come away with the win, I also felt Hagler struggled initially with the speed of SRL, a problem he wouldn't have had with McCallum

[RozzySean]

Agree that timing was never going to be right for this one, Hagler was getting to the end of his career and as correctly stated Leonard picked his moment. That fight happened because Hagler had always wanted it and as stated it was a big pay day for both.

If we are talking prime for prime then I would take Hagler by a decision, he was a very versatile fighter who could box very well which is often overlooked. he also had a great ability to switch between orthadox and southpaw which could be off putting.

Also good to see that when the names of Leonard and Hagler come up there only ever seems to be one mentioned in relation to cherry picking and moving weights to avoid people....and it aint Marvin !!
That said I still admire Leonard for some of his fights but think he was a sneaky shit at times.

Only at times?

He gave Floyd Mayweather the blueprint.