excerpts from Marvin Hagler's interview on ESB
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JENNA: What do you think about today’s stars? You have Manny Pacquiao who has come from 106 pounds all the way up to 147. You got Floyd Mayweather Junior out there. What do you think of today’s stars in boxing?
HAGLER: With the Pacquiao and Mayweather fight, I think that Mayweather might be a little scared. But then there’s another thing, and he’s almost looking like a Sugar Ray Leonard in the type of sense where he is dictating all of the time. Hello! If you’re going to fight, let’s fight! Let’s stop all this stuff. Let’s just get it on! I mean that is what boxing is about. So he’s trying to gain more money or whatever. I mean you already made enough money. Do you want to fight the guy? Yes or no? And I think that Pacquiao is saying, ‘Come on! Let’s do it today’. But I wouldn’t wait around for Mayweather. I would take another fight and still make as much money as I can and then leave the game while I’m still on top.
JENNA: When you speak of Mayweather, he’s a guy that always wants concessions. You fought a guy yourself that liked concessions and that was Sugar Ray Leonard. Looking back at that fight there, do you at all regret giving those types of concessions to him and do you think Pacquiao should stay with what he wants to do to make this fight happen?
HAGLER: Well the thing is, when you want to retire you want to go out knowing you fought the best in the world and this was the only fight that was left for me that meant anything. So normally, you would say ‘I’ll give you anything that you want. I’ll tell you what I’ll do—I’ll even fight you in your living room. I’ll come to your house’.
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I honestly, like, seriously, not just becuase I'm a Floyd fan or anything, I honestly don't think Floyd is scared of Pacquiao. Not one bit. Probably becuse I, along with most boxers, commentators and anyone with decnt boxing knowledge knows floyd would win. This fight favors floyd...A LOT. It makes more logical sense for Pac to be scared of floyd. Not saying he is...but he's probably really stupid too..like..he fights with heart..and he probably feels that conqueres all. Stupid. I doubt he's scared..he understands floyd would be difficult but he probably thinks if he prays hard enough he'll win lol. Moron.
so if these ppl you mentioned thinks floyd would win, why did he duck pac and took a vacation?
maybe the reason is, as hagler mentioned, he's scared? :lol1:
no other logical explanation i can think of :dunno:
Marvin Hagler was very classic 30 yrs ago, forget about comparing him to today's CEO's mentality. But today boxers make much much more than they did then. So I don't know if we can apply his thinking in today's game.
Then it was all about pride, today is all about the Benji's.
excerpts from Marvin Hagler's interview on ESB
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Hagler is my favorite fighter ver but as I've said I disagree with him here. I can completely understand Marvin's points but he is talking as a guy who was never in floyd's shoes. Marvin, as great as he is, was never the big draw. Marvin sees himself in Manny, A 1st ballot HOF who has had to fight to make every dollar while the big star can barely fight and make tons of dough. Marvin has always hated the economic politics of boxing, particularly the fact Leonrad didn't fight for 5 years yet made as much as Marvin did when they fought.
I honestly, like, seriously, not just becuase I'm a Floyd fan or anything, I honestly don't think Floyd is scared of Pacquiao. Not one bit. Probably becuse I, along with most boxers, commentators and anyone with decnt boxing knowledge knows floyd would win. This fight favors floyd...A LOT. It makes more logical sense for Pac to be scared of floyd. Not saying he is...but he's probably really stupid too..like..he fights with heart..and he probably feels that conqueres all. Stupid. I doubt he's scared..he understands floyd would be difficult but he probably thinks if he prays hard enough he'll win lol. Moron.
someday ull learn to pray maybe when ur about to die..
I honestly, like, seriously, not just becuase I'm a Floyd fan or anything, I honestly don't think Floyd is scared of Pacquiao. Not one bit. Probably becuse I, along with most boxers, commentators and anyone with decnt boxing knowledge knows floyd would win. This fight favors floyd...A LOT. It makes more logical sense for Pac to be scared of floyd. Not saying he is...but he's probably really stupid too..like..he fights with heart..and he probably feels that conqueres all. Stupid. I doubt he's scared..he understands floyd would be difficult but he probably thinks if he prays hard enough he'll win lol. Moron.
That's the question I really wanted to ask. Thanks for clearing that up.
the most messed up thing is after the fight , hagler was asking for a rematch.
leonard kept talking about how he's retiring (like he always does)
after a year or so , hagler retired.
when hagler retired , leonard started fighting again.
I think Hagler could understand the whole situation himself after going through a similar situation with SRL.
i read this somewhere a while back.
after a few years , hagler got over ray not wanting to fight him.
he had dinner with ray at some event and after a few drinks hagler told ray about how he thought he wasn't his best anymore and how he lost his desire and was thinking about not fighting anymore.
a couple months later ray publicly challenged hagler.
it doesn't even matter if people agree or not, that is HAGLER's Opinion and me being a huge fan I value his opinion
Hagler fought EVERYONE during his ERA, fight guys who was faster (Ray Leonard), Bigger (Hearns) it didn't matter to him, now todays fighters have these BS demands...and it is not just Mayweather it is basically most OF THE FIGHTERS below the 168 division, guys at 168 and up are actually fighting EACH OTHER, the Klitchko's at Heavyweight are willing to fight anyone, Steve Cunningham at Cruiserweight is willing to fight anyone in his division, guys at 175 are starting to fight each other and at 168 everyone is fighting each other in that Tournament, so 160 on down is the problem IMO and the serious problem is at 147 and 140
Hearns was taller, but not bigger. In fact for the build up before the fight, Petronelli made a point to mention several times that Hagler was a true middleweight and Hearns was not a real middleweight. Hagler didn't care to fight the bigger guys than him like Qawi and Spinks, who expressed interest in fighting Hagler.
But I don't blame Hagler. He was a middleweight, not a light heavyweight.
Hagler had his own floyd of his own generation in srl, albeit he did fight him, he fought him after hagler took one hell of a beating against mugabi.
If pac has a bad showing against margarito or it becomes a career shortning war ala the mugabi fight expect for floyd to then start throwing out challenges to pac. Marvins been in that situation so he knows exactly what he's talking about.
and he won then marvin hagler went and retired because he couldn't take the fact that he lost to the better boxer in leonard
hagler asked for a rematch.
he waited for about a year and when leonard still wouldn't commit to a rematch , then hagler retired.
I dont have anything against Sugar Ray but he fought like a ***** against Hagler.
Was on his bicycle riding backwards all night, that was some boring sh#t
and he won then marvin hagler went and retired because he couldn't take the fact that he lost to the better boxer in leonard
I dont have anything against Sugar Ray but he fought like a ***** against Hagler.
Was on his bicycle riding backwards all night, that was some boring sh#t