Hagler went next level once he won the title. He became a monster, a beast in terms of psyche warfare. P4P the best champion Ive seen & he is the most complete boxer Ive seen. Id class the Hearns fight as a great battle, but the Mugabi fight was a pure WAR. We seen how clever, tactical & technical he could be vs the very crafty Duran, we seen him seek n destroy vs Hearns & Minter, we seen him put on a boxer/puncher master class vs Roldan & Sibson but I believe we seen his soul vs Mugabi, he was unbreakable.
@@Toe2ToeBoxingTalk I dont get what you mean by the early part of his reign ? He was more well known, more tape on him was out there for his challengers to see by then later end of his career, therefore making his victories all the more impressive. Mugabi medalled at the Olympics, was an undefeated terrifying KO machine & he had a management team who took down Dolald Curry in more favorable circumstances than Hagler was facing. Hagler was RIPE for the picking n that management team picked him, make no mistake about that, Mickey Duff wasnt just a great promoter, he was also a great cornerman especially in big fights, he knew how to get the best outa his fighters, similar to Angelo Dundee. Hagler was nothing less than magnificent. Throughout his entire reign only Leonard & Duran went the distance with him & only Hearns & Duran didnt show immediate signs of being absolutely broken by him. 3 All Time Greats & Leonard was the best of those 3, maybe it was inconsistency in his activity but it was immediately after Hagler he started showing signs of not being Superman. Ignore Mugabi's record after facing Hagler, ignore Minters, Antuofermo's & Hamsho's, look at their records going into the Hagler fight/s. He BROKE them, he broke Sibson & Roldan too, the were never the same fighter after meeting him. Hagler more so than any other MW in the modern era absolutely DESTROYED good if not possibly great fighters, you literally had to be an all time great to recover from fighting him. And for all of the above, I say the later part of his reign was most impressive, if any part of his reign has to be singled out at all. Hagler was the face of Boxing until Leonard returned & then Mike Tyson emerged. Not even Larry Holmes was more recognised than him globally, he definitely was no secret.
@@SPIDERM0OSE granted I understand that, but what I’m saying is that when he defeated Minter to become champion he was not talked about as much like the other kings in the 80’s(Duran, Leonard, Hearns). I believe after he defeated William Lee that’s when you started to hear more buzz about him potentially fighting Hearns or Leonard. Remember he didn’t start making those big paydays until he fought the other kings.
@@Toe2ToeBoxingTalk He definitely was talked about, he literally shook up the world with what he did to Minter, he was irrefutably THEE man on the global scene after that. Maybe in America he didnt get as much shine, because he was an American among Americans, but globally he was seen as being something VERY special. I was a 6 yr old kid in Ireland n I had just started boxing, I rem seeing him DESTROYING Minter n the shock it caused, not because he won, we all knew Americans had good boxers, but because of how devastatingly good he was. Minter was very popular in Britain & Britain wasnt very popular in Ireland due to when they were doing in Ireland at that time so it was a low key celebration for us, among casual boxing fans & among people involved in the sport. Leonard, was Leonard, a Golden boy with a midas touch. Duran was the ferocious wee man who beat Ken Buchanan from Scotland (Britain) so he was popular among us for that, & then he beat Leonard. Duran was seen as an anti hero outa a Western. Hearns in 1980 was the least of them, then he got beat by Leonard. It wasnt until he OBLITERATED Duran that he was considered to be top tier again. Hagler was considered a bit of a monster by everyone this side of the Atlantic, especially after he absolutely schooled the very promising & exciting Sibson who had put the final nail in the coffin of Minters career. Hagler was definitely highly regarded internationally, the Brit fans hated him, we loved him & he just kept on winning. Hagler may have been over looked & under appreciated before he won the title, but once he won it he left the boxing world in no doubt, there was only one Middleweight on the planet & his name was Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
I understand that both these fighters were great and in their prime. Why would you want to fight a boxer of Hagler's magnitude with only one hand ?? And, that was Hearn's power 🔋 😳 hand. He virtually had zero chance of beating Hagler after he broke his right hand. The ring doctor should have stopped ✋️ the fight at that point 👉, even if it meant Hagler winning by a TKO. With a broken right hand, Hearn loses that fight ten out of ten times ⏲️. You fight him at your best and in a rematch. If he beats you then, so be it. But with Hearns power 🔋 hand ✋️ MIA, he had no chance.
Hagler went next level once he won the title.
He became a monster, a beast in terms of psyche warfare. P4P the best champion Ive seen & he is the most complete boxer Ive seen.
Id class the Hearns fight as a great battle, but the Mugabi fight was a pure WAR.
We seen how clever, tactical & technical he could be vs the very crafty Duran, we seen him seek n destroy vs Hearns & Minter, we seen him put on a boxer/puncher master class vs Roldan & Sibson but I believe we seen his soul vs Mugabi, he was unbreakable.
I agree, one of the best fighters ever and underrated if you look at the early part of his reign
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I dont get what you mean by the early part of his reign ?
He was more well known, more tape on him was out there for his challengers to see by then later end of his career, therefore making his victories all the more impressive.
Mugabi medalled at the Olympics, was an undefeated terrifying KO machine & he had a management team who took down Dolald Curry in more favorable circumstances than Hagler was facing. Hagler was RIPE for the picking n that management team picked him, make no mistake about that, Mickey Duff wasnt just a great promoter, he was also a great cornerman especially in big fights, he knew how to get the best outa his fighters, similar to Angelo Dundee.
Hagler was nothing less than magnificent.
Throughout his entire reign only Leonard & Duran went the distance with him & only Hearns & Duran didnt show immediate signs of being absolutely broken by him.
3 All Time Greats & Leonard was the best of those 3, maybe it was inconsistency in his activity but it was immediately after Hagler he started showing signs of not being Superman.
Ignore Mugabi's record after facing Hagler, ignore Minters, Antuofermo's & Hamsho's, look at their records going into the Hagler fight/s. He BROKE them, he broke Sibson & Roldan too, the were never the same fighter after meeting him. Hagler more so than any other MW in the modern era absolutely DESTROYED good if not possibly great fighters, you literally had to be an all time great to recover from fighting him.
And for all of the above, I say the later part of his reign was most impressive, if any part of his reign has to be singled out at all.
Hagler was the face of Boxing until Leonard returned & then Mike Tyson emerged. Not even Larry Holmes was more recognised than him globally, he definitely was no secret.
@@SPIDERM0OSE granted I understand that, but what I’m saying is that when he defeated Minter to become champion he was not talked about as much like the other kings in the 80’s(Duran, Leonard, Hearns). I believe after he defeated William Lee that’s when you started to hear more buzz about him potentially fighting Hearns or Leonard. Remember he didn’t start making those big paydays until he fought the other kings.
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He definitely was talked about, he literally shook up the world with what he did to Minter, he was irrefutably THEE man on the global scene after that.
Maybe in America he didnt get as much shine, because he was an American among Americans, but globally he was seen as being something VERY special.
I was a 6 yr old kid in Ireland n I had just started boxing, I rem seeing him DESTROYING Minter n the shock it caused, not because he won, we all knew Americans had good boxers, but because of how devastatingly good he was.
Minter was very popular in Britain & Britain wasnt very popular in Ireland due to when they were doing in Ireland at that time so it was a low key celebration for us, among casual boxing fans & among people involved in the sport.
Leonard, was Leonard, a Golden boy with a midas touch. Duran was the ferocious wee man who beat Ken Buchanan from Scotland (Britain) so he was popular among us for that, & then he beat Leonard. Duran was seen as an anti hero outa a Western.
Hearns in 1980 was the least of them, then he got beat by Leonard. It wasnt until he OBLITERATED Duran that he was considered to be top tier again.
Hagler was considered a bit of a monster by everyone this side of the Atlantic, especially after he absolutely schooled the very promising & exciting Sibson who had put the final nail in the coffin of Minters career.
Hagler was definitely highly regarded internationally, the Brit fans hated him, we loved him & he just kept on winning.
Hagler may have been over looked & under appreciated before he won the title, but once he won it he left the boxing world in no doubt, there was only one Middleweight on the planet & his name was Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
@@SPIDERM0OSE Repsect 💯, I appreciate your opinion and comment
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Few people know that Tommy broke his right hand in the first round.
I understand that both these fighters were great and in their prime. Why would you want to fight a boxer of Hagler's magnitude with only one hand ?? And, that was Hearn's power 🔋 😳 hand. He virtually had zero chance of beating Hagler after he broke his right hand. The ring doctor should have stopped ✋️ the fight at that point 👉, even if it meant Hagler winning by a TKO. With a broken right hand, Hearn loses that fight ten out of ten times ⏲️. You fight him at your best and in a rematch. If he beats you then, so be it. But with Hearns power 🔋 hand ✋️ MIA, he had no chance.
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