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This is a fight you need to watch at least twice, once to appreciate what Hagler does & once to appreciate all that Duran is doing.
For the Spice Boys of Generation Snowflake who talk about fighters downloading data & playing 3d chess, this fight is an all time classic.
If you never seen Hagler before & just heard about his Hearns fight you will be left thinking, "this cant be the same guy". Thats because typically Hagler is a very patient, very skilled very tactical DEMOLITION EXPERT , he takes a fighter apart piece by piece. When the going gets tough he GOES TO WAR but unless you can put it on him like Mugabi & Hearns did, then he feeds you up with a big, hard to digest serving of SWEET SCIENCE until you can take no more.
In that respect, you could argue that this is his career defining performance, this is the best version of Hagler we seen, because of all he had to do, all he had to try, just to stay in control of the fight, which brings me back to Duran. Excellent performance by him too, maybe not quite the demonic evil genius Duran that we seen vs Polomino, Ray Leonard 1 & Davy Moore, & not quite the crafty veteran Duran we seen vs Barkley but still an excellent example of how great he was, because of who he was in there with, which brings me back to Hagler.
Time & again Ive said it, Hagler is the most complete boxer of the modern era.
He has it all, Lefty, Righty, Attack & Defense & he has everything in between too, great athlete, fearless courage, huge heart & will to win & he can put it all together in a single round at the World Championship level vs (at that time) a 3 division World Champ & P4P legend, DURAN
Hagler had to repeatedly dig deep into his big box of tricks & tactics in this one, trying to shake something loose on Duran whos hands of stone & crafty counter punching & excellent timing were keeping Hagler respectful for all 15 rounds.
This is a GREAT fight boys, if you love boxing & kno what yer looking at, its a 15 rdr between 2 all time greats, its up there with any great 15 rounder that went before them.
Hagler, watch his sublimely smooth stance switches while on the outside keeping Duran off balance mentally & physically but more importantly watch as he enters the danger-zone, hes going in attacking in one stance n exiting in another, looking to land something sneaky. Its BEAUTIFUL boxing.
Check out how at times he leads with his cross, check out his lead hooks to the body & to the head on his entries along with his famous jumping jab, Im sure a young Roy Jones Jr did.
Look at his combinations on the inside, how he doesn't over throw his big punches so as not to sacrifice his balance, look how he varies his attack & how he varies the power of his punches to set up his big punch.
Look at how sometimes he used the ring like a boxer/puncher looking to jab n move then how he applies the pressure like a Mexican Pressure Fighter. In some of these rounds you are looking at 4-6 different fighters when you are looking at Hagler, the man was near impossible to prepare for coz you never knew how he was gonna attack you or how he would be likely to defend & counter against you.
Its just a fact of life, whoever stepped into a ring vs Hagler was automatically second guessing themselves from the very first second of the opening round to the very last second of the final round. anyone who fought him, especially when he was Champion had to be firstly & foremost TOUGH which is why only Leonard & Duran managed to go the distance with him & nobody who fought him went on to better things, only Hearns, Duran & Leonard managed to have a career after fighting him, he absolutely DESTROYED everyone else, he took their fighting spirits, chewed em up n spat em out. He was a NIGHTMARE
Hagler had it all boys. If Wilfred Benitez was "The Bible of Boxing" during the same era then Hagler was "The Encyclopedia of Boxing"
RIP Marvin
#Marvelous
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