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I'm a fan of both fighters, and I just got around to watching their fight. Before watching, I read that it was very controversial, as Sugar controlled all aspects in the ring. I read that Hagler was the aggressor for the most part and was landing the harder shots. But I just watched the fight and I don't see how Hagler won or even got close. In the first five rounds, I gave it all to Leonard except for 1, although there were 2 rounds that were iffy and could be given to Hagler. And then from round 6-12, even though Hagler went to his usual Southpaw, I still thought SLR dominated and I only gave Hagler the 8th (?) and the last round even though it could've gone to SLR too. I was trying my hardest to give Hagler rounds but I couldn't. Hagler couldn't land his shots. SLR was landing at will, controlled the ring, and made Hagler look clumsy a lot of times. Don't see how people thought this was a robbery. I think scoring the fight for Hagler was an attempted robbery because this was a clear win for Sugar.
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I do think he won the fight. He needed to execute a very clever gameplan to win against Hagler and that's what he did. Everything went pretty much according to the script he'd planned. But he definitely didn't dominate. I don't think it was possible for him to truly dominate in that fight.Comment
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I haven't watched that fight since it was originally aired. I thought Hagler won but will have to revisit it.Comment
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Yes it wasn't even close. He was up like 5-1 and then the last 6 were competitive. Hagler's style is the style I usually favor. But there is no way to get him to 6 rounds there, let alone 7. SRL just ran around him and outlanded him the first 6 rounds. Then Hagler found him some but SRL found him some too in the last 6.
I was saddened to see people's comments on that fight when I posted about it a couple years ago. I couldn't believe how many people on here actually said Hagler won or it was even close.Comment
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You were basically in my exact position years back lol. Heard about the 'robbery', decided to watch for myself. And couldn't believe how one-sided it was early for SRL.
And then the last 6, I mean he was right there trading with Hagler the whole way. There was no shoe shining either, he landed some great shots. The one judge who scored it wide for Ray had a much better card than most people.Comment
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Exactly, it was a tactical win Ray had to pitty patter and keep moving, do some clowning keep moving, run some flurries get out and keep moving, there is no way Ray could stand with Marvin without being broken down and stopped, he used boxing to beat the bigger aggressive man, boxing is a speed sport.Comment
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I've not researched it in a few years but thought ray won fair and square. Used a very smart game plan and stole rounds with flurries. Ultimately Hagler left it too late in the fight. The fight being over 12 rather than 15 was a big result for LeonardComment
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