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In pound to pound, there is no comparison to the days of Marvellous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas "Hitman" Hearns also called the Motor City Cobra, Roberto Duran, Wilfred Benitez, and several others.
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I believe Joe Lasisi was a better fighter to Virgin Hill; only the stuff (wee wee) in his system wouldn't let him jab and punch like he did to Jerry "Loudmouth" Okorodudu.
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Biafra: You are right. Besides Ali's era, the 80s produced overall the best in Boxing history.
Heavyweights: Larry Holmes, Gerry Cooney, Trevor Berbick, Mike Tyson, James "Bonecrusher" Smith, Frank Bruno, Tim Witherspoon, Greg Page, Tony Tucker, Earnie Shavers, etc.
Light Heavyweights: Michael Spinks, Mathew Said Muhammed, Eddie Mustafa Muhammed, Dwight Braxton, etc.
Pound to pound (From the lightweights to Middleweights): Ejiro Murata, Mustafa Hamsho, Alexis Arguelo, Aaron Pryor, Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, John "The Beast" Mugabi, Saol Mamby, Obisia Nwankpa, Wlfred Benitez, Wilfredo Gomez, etc.
The days when boxing was an adored sport.
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Quansah: You seem to know more in boxing. What about the Hagler-Leonard fight in 1987?
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Paul: I have watched boxing all my life--from the days of Jack Johnson, Ache Morre, Ersatz Charles, Jack Robinson, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, the 60's Muhammed Ali-Sonny Liston-Floyd Patterson, the 70's Ali-Frazier-Foreman, the 80's Leonard-Hearns-Hagler-Duran, and the 90's Hollyfield-Bowe-Tyson--on tape and at ringside.
The question you asked, Leonard-Hagler. I was in Nigeria when the fight took place and I had predicted Hagler would destroy Sugar Ray Leonard. My prediction was wrong. Leonard had predicted beating Hagler hands down after watching the Hagler-Mugabi fight. It was a replica of Ali watching George Foreman destroy Joe Frazier in the second round to prove his critics that Foreman was a "sisi," that, he couldn't fight.
Ali and Leonard had the same trainers, Angelo Dundee, who had predicted precisely--Ali in eight and Leonard unanimously-- in both fights that his men would win. He was right. Not only that, Ali had Foreman retired for twenty years while Leonard had Hagler retired for life.
All in all, Hagler was a great boxer but not a smart fighter.
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