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Today it’s trendy to take a look at past events and put another spin on them, which often times are in direct contrast with the original perspectives. The two contemporary revisionist perspectives that I’m in complete disagreement with are that 1) Mike Tyson wasn’t a great heavyweight and 2) Sugar Ray Leonard’s victory over Marvin Hagler wasn’t astonishing due to the fact that all the factors revolving around the fight were in Leonard’s favor.
Recently it’s been kind of shtick to downgrade Sugar Ray’s victory over Hagler. A lot of guys that haven’t seen or don’t remember the fight still claim that the Marvelous one was robbed, a victim of boxing politics. Other more informed individuals agree that Leonard deserved the decision, but feel that the victory was cheapened not by Leonard’s inside the ring movements, but by his outside the ring maneuvers. [details]
Recently it’s been kind of shtick to downgrade Sugar Ray’s victory over Hagler. A lot of guys that haven’t seen or don’t remember the fight still claim that the Marvelous one was robbed, a victim of boxing politics. Other more informed individuals agree that Leonard deserved the decision, but feel that the victory was cheapened not by Leonard’s inside the ring movements, but by his outside the ring maneuvers. [details]
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