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This was a consetion leonards camp fought for. What happens if the fight went 15 would hagler have rallied as he did against duran?
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Its hard to tell how much either of them had left. Hagler finished the final minute of the fight stronger, but Leonard still showed a couple of flashy flurries in that round and plenty of dancing including an Ali shuffle. I'm pretty sure the 11th was a Leonard round.Originally posted by rightsideup View Post
Its certainly possible that Hagler might have dominated the last three rounds if it were a 15 round fight. If he'd have won two of them he'd have retained his title (If my maths is right).
The thing is, you train for the amount of rounds the fight is set for and adjust your pace accordingly. If an extra three rounds were jumped on both fighters to their unawares after round 12, then yea.....maybe Hagler would have won. But Leonard was supremely conditioned, the finishes in both Hearns fights demonstrate this, you can't say for sure.
There are plenty of fights in history where a result would have been different given a further three rounds OR three rounds less. I'm pretty sure that I worked out once that Ali would have got the decision over Frazier in fight 1, if it had only been a 12 round fight. Hearns would have decisioned Leonard in fight 1 had the fight been 12 rounds. Ray Robinson would have beaten Joey Maxim and won the light heavyweight title if the fight was set for 12 rounds!
Some fights are just meant to be.Last edited by Sugarj; 08-21-2012, 09:11 AM. -
12 rounds was the 2nd most important factor in the fihgt. Hagler lost the fight the second he agreed to exchange 50/50 split for the larger ring.Originally posted by rightsideup View PostComment
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Possibly, but knowing Ray, he would have more left in the tank than Marvin, who fell off what he was the last 3 years before their fight.Comment
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