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Thats what Im saying, Hagler BROKE him.
I dont think you quite get what that means & as such I dont think you quite get just how damaging a fight with Hagler was for a career.
NOBODY except Duran, Leonard, Hearns & maybe Obel weren't absolutely broken by him, NOBODY went on to better things after fighting Hagler except maybe Leonard & Hearns who won the LHW titles from reigning champs.
You had to be an ALL TIME GREAT just to survive an encounter with him.
Hagler broke potentially great fighters & Mugabi is the prime example. That fight was do or die, more so than the Hearns fight, the Mugabi team specialised in getting a fighter at the right time, they had an upset win over Duran with Kirkland Lang & they famously dethroned Donald Curry in a huge upset when he was considered the p4p #1. They smelled blood in the water & were 100% convinced they had Haglers number. Only one man was making it to the final bell & Hagler had to dig deeper than he ever had to in his entire career to get it done, it was a fantastic performance by him on almost every level, Mugabi was a hell of an opponent that night & dont forget his amateur pedigree, he medaled at the Olympics & boxed in the final, he was a top TOP class prospect & could easily have became the face of boxing if he hada beat Hagler.
Big Obel won a world title after fighting him & was was a KO monster before fighting Hagler too, like Mugabi but unlike Mugabi his fighting spirit wasn't smashed to smithereens by Hagler.
Hamsho, Sibson & Antufermo were capable of holding the title n defending it, all 3 of them had their careers stopped in their tracks by Hagler, he took them to another level n what they seen about him & about themselves in those dark waters left them permanently changed as fighters.
Hagler was a MONSTER. He was unbreakable, He beat every opponent he met apart from Leonard.
Make no mistake about it, Hagler had no fear, not of Hearns, Mugabi, Leonard or anyone else, he was the real deal, tough as hell & as stubborn as a mule. All the 4 Kings were cut from that cloth, they feared no one & they hunted down the biggest fights, Leonard especially, they all made big fights without him but when he was on the scene the whole sport sizzled.
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