Why didn't Hagler challenge himself

[IronDanHamza]

naw, you must have bet money on hagler

Nah.

We all expected Hagler to destroy a washed up retired welterweight but he couldn't pull it off.

Again, just laughing at your notion that Hagler took a big risk in fighting Leonard at time in his career. Almost as funny as the time you tried to imply he fought Roberto Duran in his prime

[djtmal]

[QUOTE=IronDanHamza;18179886]Nah.

We all expected Hagler to destroy a washed up retired welterweight but he couldn't pull it off.

yeah, on paper, yeah, it looked that cut and dry...
everybody i know that bet money on hagler said the same thing after the fight was over

Again, just laughing at your notion that Hagler took a big risk in fighting Leonard at time in his career. Almost as funny as the time you tried to imply he fought Roberto Duran in his prime

in 1987 it didn't look like much of a risk, but in hindsight, hagler underestimated what srl had inside of him, something you keyboard nerds don't know much about....

[IronDanHamza]

Yeah, on paper, yeah, it looked that cut and dry...
everybody i know that bet money on hagler said the same thing after the fight was over

In 1987 it didn't look like much of a risk, but in hindsight, hagler underestimated what srl had inside of him, something you keyboard nerds don't know much about

In 1987, 2017, in 2057 it wasn't a big risk and it will never be a big risk.

oh ok he had the "power within" you can say that for any fighter. Fact is he was well past his best, retired and fighting at a weight class he'd never fought at.

[nacho daddy]

hold up, Duran jumped from lw to mw? damn that's news to me. I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. All this time I had it wrong.

yes you are right he fought hagler weighing 135

[john l]

[QUOTE=djtmal;18179921]

Nah.

We all expected Hagler to destroy a washed up retired welterweight but he couldn't pull it off.

yeah, on paper, yeah, it looked that cut and dry...
everybody i know that bet money on hagler said the same thing after the fight was over

Again, just laughing at your notion that Hagler took a big risk in fighting Leonard at time in his career. Almost as funny as the time you tried to imply he fought Roberto Duran in his prime

in 1987 it didn't look like much of a risk, but in hindsight, hagler underestimated what srl had inside of him, something you keyboard nerds don't know much about....

Good points esp about what was thought of ssl before fight and what he really had left.He looked like sugar of old in that fight.

[john l]

"Not shopworn" Are you seriously implying he wasn't past it at that point?

You really are a comedian.

3 years inactive, had to retire for a severely damaged eye, first fight at Middleweight after no tune ups just 3 years inactivity, was getting dropped and beaten up in sparring.

Oh what a risk!!!! Hagler was expected to crush Leonard. Was not considered a risk in any way shape or form.

He gotted droped by a very good young fighter (whose name excapes me know) like week before fight.But I never heard of him getting "beat up"in sparring before haggler fight.You know top fighter get hurt and even dropped in all the sparring they do sometimes? Damn I cant remember that young middle's name that dropped him ive seen him fight back then he was good.

[daggum]

He gotted droped by a very good young fighter (whose name excapes me know) like week before fight.But I never heard of him getting "beat up"in sparring before haggler fight.You know top fighter get hurt and even dropped in all the sparring they do sometimes? Damn I cant remember that young middle's name that dropped him ive seen him fight back then he was good.

quincy taylor

[john l]

quincy taylor

Thx it was driving me nuts.He was a good fightrer quick and could hit.Bad carear dec and bad promoting kept him from being all he could be.And I still think he won a title if I remember.

[buddyr]

Thx it was driving me nuts.He was a good fightrer quick and could hit.Bad carear dec and bad promoting kept him from being all he could be.And I still think he won a title if I remember.

yep. He knocked out my mans Julian Jackson on the Tyson/Mcneely undercard(that card was stacked. Joe HIpp/Seldon and Lamar Murphy/Gonzalez). Then Keith Holmes knocked out Taylor in a bad stoppage.

[buddyr]

yes you are right he fought hagler weighing 135

ok thanks. cuz I could have swore he had fights at 47 and 54. I guess I was wrong. Thanks again for the correction