Leonard Beat Hagler by one point

[Unknown Champ]

People say you have to beat the champ? Well you judge round by round not the fight as a whole. Close rounds I made even. This just my take.

Round
1 Leonard 10-9
2 Leonard 10-9
3 Draw 10-10
4 Leonard 10-9
5 Hagler 10-9
6 Leonard 10-9
7 Hagler 10-9
8 Hagler 10-9
9 Hagler 10-9
10 Draw 10-10
11 Leonard 10-9
12 Draw 10-10

Leonard 116

Hagler 115

End Judge Results

115-113 Hagler
118-110 Leonard (this judge should be executed)
115-113 Leonard

The fight could have went either way but Hagler looked slow and missed a lot. I did include Haglers body work as well in the scoring. I had Leonard winning rounds by landing the cleaner punches more frequently and most of the rounds I gave Leonard, Hagler didn't throw much. The rounds I gave to Hagler he threw and landed more and Ray didnt throw enough. Close fight and I believe Hagler didn't do enough early to secure his title defense.

Your take, keep it civil ladies.

[bojangles1987]

Too many rounds where Hagler landed the only meaningful blows. He won this fight 7-5, and no amount of rewatches has ever changed my mind on this.

[Bombs]

And Floyd lost to Castillo and was losing 3 out of 4 rounds against Ortiz. It happens and at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they got robbed because fans know what's up.

[charlieg]

Indeed I found the scores a bit perplexing. I can never understand how, when one fighter is landing clean, hard shots, and the other flurries and hits gloves or glances shots off the forehead, how judges score things in favour of the latter.

If Hagler had been given the nod, oh how differently the world would look upon both he and Sugar Ray Leonard.

[Rome-By-Ko]

Nah he did'int...

[chavez jr]

And Floyd lost to Castillo and was losing 3 out of 4 rounds against Ortiz. It happens and at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they got robbed because fans know what's up.

what the hell

[chavez jr]

Leonard stole alot of those rounds down with his flurries,strange Hagler never caught on to that strategy

[edgarg]

Leonard stole alot of those rounds down with his flurries,strange Hagler never caught on to that strategy

He DID catch on to it and spoke very bitterly about it immediately after the fight and brings it up any thime the fight is discussed ever since. Leonard very smartly refused to give him a rematch, and as we've all seen numerous times, when describing thepossibility of a rematch, Leonard wags his head, grins in a knowing way and says "ahhh ah...noooo...not me" just about telling us that he's not that ******, that he knows he got the undeserved win with his game of end of round 30 second pitter-patting against gloves, air, anything.

[UglyPug]

I had Leonard winning 7-5. . . He landed more punches, controlled the ring more, and exhibited better defense. . . He had Hagler plodding around the ring like a dog chasing a hot dog you intentionally dangle too high up. . . That's the case here - Leonard's skills are just "too high" above Hagler's and it showed. . . Leonard showed those fast wheels and fast hands! Kept that head snapping back with BLISTERING combinations. . .

[Scott9945]

And Floyd lost to Castillo and was losing 3 out of 4 rounds against Ortiz. It happens and at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they got robbed because fans know what's up.

On what planet did Floyd lose 3 rounds to Ortiz?