Hagler Leonard.. Who really won?

Hagler shouldve won

Sure...Hagler had some good rounds, where SRL got on his bike & still got owned.. But there were only 5 of these.. Marv done himself no favors, changing stance during the fight.. Leonard even predicted he'd do this before the fight, & said he'd trained for it. Hagler didn't listen. Hagler was never hurt, but got outfoxed by a superior, more eye catching display And, yes I've seen it dozens of times, it's one of my favs.. So 7-5 isn't "punching air" it was close. It's pretty easy to predict that Hagler would change stance before the fight, considering he did it in almost every fight. I had it 7-5 in Haglers favour and Leonad is a favourite of mine but I think Hagler did the more consistant work and I wasn't really "fooled" if thats the word by Leonards flashy punching and flurries

i had leonard winning the first 4 rounds, the 6th could have gone either way, but it looked like leonard won it, round 10 is the most action in the fight, its an even round to me, and i have leonard winning rounds 11 and 12. makeing it 116-113 for my score. and i am more of a hagler fan then a leonard, but hagler wasnt his best that night, he had only fought like once in two years.

Have you even seen the fight, it was razor thin. Leonards punches were flashy, fast but not hard and flurried in spurs to steal the round Haglers were harder, came consistantly and he was putting in some good body work as well as hurting Leonard in the middle rounds. Sure...Hagler had some good rounds, where SRL got on his bike & still got owned.. But there were only 5 of these.. Marv done himself no favors, changing stance during the fight.. Leonard even predicted he'd do this before the fight, & said he'd trained for it. Hagler didn't listen. Hagler was never hurt, but got outfoxed by a superior, more eye catching display And, yes I've seen it dozens of times, it's one of my favs..

Punchin Air! Have you even seen the fight, it was razor thin. Leonards punches were flashy, fast but not hard and flurried in spurs to steal the round Haglers were harder, came consistantly and he was putting in some good body work as well as hurting Leonard in the middle rounds.

It's tough to say, but I'd give it to Hagler.

Hagler.... Punchin Air!

Had it even. I ain't mad at a 7-5 split for either guy. The 1 card was nuts tho.

Hagler....

Hagler had a very close fight with a WELTERWEIGHT that hadn't fought in 3 YEARS. Now you tell me, who actually WON that fight? This is true.. Bobby Joe Young sat him on his arse in a non too impressive showing, & before that fight, he hadn't fought for yonks either (the detached retina thing) This is what made the achievement astounding! During the later rounds he was making Marv miss at will, while producing accurate counters that totally confused him.. Truely Remarkable..

the way ray stole rounds from the marvelous one is a work of a genius...

Hagler may have slightly out fought Ray,but Ray out performed him and at times stood and banged with him.In a highly anticipated event such as that,the fans wanted to see a show and Ray was the ultimate showman that night.

I actually had it a draw.

Hagler was robbed, period!!!!

Hagler had a very close fight with a WELTERWEIGHT that hadn't fought in 3 YEARS. Now you tell me, who actually WON that fight?

SRL won fair and square, and this is coming from a hagler fan. i think if the fight had been 15 rounds and if hagler hadn't given the first 3/4 rounds away by switching stances and trying to outbox SRL then the result would have been different. but to say that is slightly unfair and SRL deserves alot of credit for a career defining win.