Could Hearns have ever beaten Hagler?

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I have been thinking about this fight and what If...

The fight had taken place when it was originally suppose to, not with so many cancellations and so many fights in between.

If Hearns didn't have such a dodgy hand, how much would this have effected him if he didn't have one? It was definatly a factor in the war.

Would Hagler have been so aggressive if he hadn't been cut so early on? Would Hagler have fought at such a high pace?

Or was Hagler just too strong for Hearns at middleweight and even with Hearns being fully fit for the fight would he have eventually stopped him?

Hearns should definatly boxed a lot more in this fight and I'm thinking if Hearns offered a more of a disaplined fight would he have beaten Hagler?

It was such a memorable contest though, I've been doing a lot of research on Hearns recentley and I do feel he had the tools to beat Hagler that night IMO.

People say Hearns should have boxed more but I'm not sure even if Hearns would have boxed behind his jab. I don't think that would have been enough. I think Hagler would have just walked right through him. I don't think Hearns is a good enough boxer to walk away with a UD aganist Hagler. Remember one of the greatest boxers of all time (Sugar Ray Leonard) just about beat Hagler to a split decision and that was against and a way over confident and under-trained hagler.

Hearns was facing a highly motivated Hagler who was ready for war. Who didn't under-estimate Hearns as he did with SRL. There is no way Hearns could have jab and moved for 12 rounds. Hagler would have caught up with him and chopped him down. Maybe I'm under-estimating Hearns boxing skills but that's how I see it.