Wow ! That's hard to believe. 50 !

Wtff I never knew that wthh

That’s crazy!

yep before he had a title shot he lost a fight he felt he won by decision so promised himself he'd never let it go to decision again, most fighters after that never went the distance with him (except Leonard obviously)

Hagler was a great fighter 👏 💪 but Ray was a great boxer!! Facts! Ray knew Hagler could not out box him!! So he gave Hagler a lesson in boxing!! And just like TBE Floyd money Mayweather 💰 no one could beat him boxing or fighting! So Floyd showed the world that nobody could beat him! But Hagler got exposed!! Mad punching is usually stupid punching!! Ray out smarted Hagler!!

Hagler was that guy. Subjected himself in seclusion to become great. I've seen his training videos, it crazy.

A genuine one for that matter.

The Ultimate Warrior.

No doubt at all

The greatest

SRR

Hagler was the best

@@RMD94Yes they need to do their homework the greatest middleweight champion and the greatest champion of all times was and is Sugar Ray Robinson

1 of the greatest fights ever

I watched most of his fights and I was 20 yrs old in ‘87. I saw Hagler pressing the fight and for most of the fight S ray was backing up dancing n throwing flash n dash but back peddling most of the night. Hagler won the fight based on the fact he was the aggressor and the current champion all s ray was that night was a mosquito.

Absolutely 👊🥊 R I P PEACE CHAMP ✌️

Truly love this man God bless him with love forever and ever my champion!

Behind carlos monzon

Hagler was my favorite middle weight champion but sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest middle weight champion!🥊🥊

​@@watchdogsthebeast3540 who was behind Sugar Ray Robinson!💯😉

Sugar Ray Robinson woulda beat on bro

​@@atribecalledpopehe probably just never saw him, comment stand correct

Houston I remember seeing the fight..Hagler whipped Leonard's ass..system just wanted a pretty boy.. Hagler toughest of all time😊

Alor vous n'avez rien vus

Hagler greatest middleweight of all time, and toughest!

What about hollyfield

And the mental toughness to put perfect conditioning behind it all.

@@kaneeddie1571Holyfield was the same, the big version, but he was on roids most of the heavyweight part his career, so it’s hard to have quite the same respect for it although they were basically the same guy otherwise.

Dude........ Ray himself admitted that he lost kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hslmmc2Am7apnoE.html

@@superbruker6688 Yeah he finally admitted it ... at the end of their careers.

Yeah a draw 👎🏿

Hearns was the man... couldn't believe Hagler could take the hitmens power... boxing use to be so good... best vs best all time. U lose one or twice doesn't mean shit... nobody cared because they all fought everyone back then... thr good old days... now you only see pound for pound competing in mma

He beat you by outboxing you. I like Hagler but he was no match for Sugar Ray

Truth hagerler was to slow and out pointed. Facts

@@bryantwware1925 at sugar ray was running all night

He's the greatest middleweight I agree. Even above SRL.

Middleweight goat ! And was almost 50 fights in before he gotta title shot !

​@kevin nickerson u don't know boxing..in sugar ray prime Hagler stands no chance

I still can't believe he died, what was the cause?

@@kingbuck427 Cancer ( I think)

​@@wanderer1955 COVID

@@milesdiontre wasn't Covid.

Lmao Leonard was an American hero gold medalist culture icon and considered very good looking. He had offers to be a movie star, tv star, color commentator, public speaker, motivational speaker, etc. He ended up doing all of that for the most part. The public loved him no matter who he fought. Killing him might get you a draw 😂😂😂

They all dodged the body snatcher.

Except Leonard dodging hagler when he was young waiting for hagler to get old and except for the judging hagler kick the shit out of Leonard

Leonard ducked Hagler for years.

@@PoisonClan73 They fought!

YES!! I truly miss those days!! And back then- and after they fought IF there were ANY questions or controversial decisions- they'd rematch immediately!! Was imo the golden Era of boxing- 70's, 80's and 90's

That's bull because leonard won fair and square he clearly out boxed Hagler

Same Here marvelous marvin hagler Got Screwed By The Judges

Well Leonard landed the most punches, not by a lot but enough to argue against “definitely didn’t beat Hagler”. I could say “Hagler definitely didn’t beat Leonard “ and I have something to stand on. What’s your observation based on? I saw the fight as well and felt Ray had won the boxing match, by outboxing Hagler. Punch stats are just support for what I saw.

Sugar won that fight Leonard won that fight he out boxed Hagler . Leonard was the better boxer. Hagler is a better fighter. But Boxing is the name of the game.

Stupid...Hagler was slow and old that night...in both their prime Hagler stands no chance

Absolutely!!

There was no robbery 😅 ray used hagler face as a punching bag while hagler was in the wrong stance for the first half of the fight

Did you even watch the fight? Leonard schooled him bro

He got beat get over it

That fight was so close. I was surprised they gave it to Leonard. I figured it would be a draw or Hagler would retain his belt.

I've never been able to score the fight for Hagler. He did great but at best it was a draw

He was my favourite, proper badass

Yes indeed he was!!!

@jamtime69: Exactly, I agree Jamtime69, Hagler Won that Fight!!, I have nothing against Sugar Ray Leonard, but if you See The Fight from "Beginning to The End" Hagler Landed More Punches and Even after The Fight, They showed the ScoreCard when Hagler Landed More Punches!!, So their is No Way Leonard Won that Fight, as it was stolen from Hagler!!, No doubt!!. Two Great Fighters, but Hagler dominated that Fight and He deserved to Win!!. Personally I think Hagler was Robbed of that Fight!. It is Good to know that you agree with Me, Jamtime69!!😀👏👏👏👍👋

He was THIS fans favorite

​@@wallylosangeles4155I agree hagler won but it's not who lands the most punches who win it's clean and effective punches effective aggressor ring generalship better defense round by round 10pts scoring system

Captions read em

​@@WhatintarnationisthatRead them so what even heard him after listening again. So what

I agree I seen it to back then haggler won

Your blind

Too bad the judges didn't agree with you. I also saw it live. I don't agree with you either.

"I felt that Hagler EASILY won" It was a close fight, but Sugar Ray won it. I saw it live too and have watched 3 or 4 times since, I even saw this fight again a few weeks ago and I couldn't disagree more with you. The thing is, fights are not scored on "feelings" they're scored on a round by round basis. the most rounds won wins the fight. Leonard was a welter who hadn't fought for 3 years *and had one fight in almost 5 years!) and this was his second comeback from a retirement which makes his win all the more amazing. On the night SRL was slicker, faster, moved better, had brilliant defense, never got wobbled and just out boxed Hagler for at least 7 rounds of the 12. Watch the fight again and this time turn off the sound and have a score card in front of you and score each round, then tell me Hagler won. Hagler fought with the wrong strategy, while SRL fought the perfect fight, Marvelous was made to look flatfooted, slow, couldn't get off, his timing looked off, he was looking for a KO all night and SRL didn't allow him to. MMH got peppered by SRL all night. and sure, the rounds that Hagler won, were easy to score as he won them decisively but they were still only 10 - 9 rounds and some of the rounds that SRL won were close, but he still won the round 10 - 9. Hagler (in the interview of this video) was wrong...you don't have to knock down a champion to win, you don't have to beat him decisively to win and you can move, make them miss, score with lots of fast shots and still win rounds, which SRL did.

didn't know he died.. was a great fighter was the Tyson of middle weights b4 there was a Tyson

the politics of boxing...

No flaws. Hagler gets the perfect 10.

I agree with Hagler draw goes to da Champ. Leonard didn't beat him da best he could have done was a draw.

I saw the bout on closed circuit…great atmosphere! I wanted Hagler to win and thought it could have been his. That said, he came out in an orthodox style the first four rounds. Thus he essentially squandered those early rounds

I don't like these new casual as fans.

Oh but they did. There just wasn't an internet then.

All of them champions at one point. Elite boxers

@@thegreathadoken6808 good point but they still got recognition and respect unlike today

@@calsums914 still happens nowadays people call Shawn porter a bum and he beat spence ass but loss the decision

Better than Roy Jones Jr?

@@ThreeCeeProductions Idk Roy is fast as hell but Hagler is a fucking demon

You mean “inhuman”.

@@Ivantheterrible81280 Its the same thing bro

Erm Sugar Ray Robinson??

Agreed. It wasn't a whooping. It could have gone either way though. But the last time I watched the fight I thought Lenard won the fight. I felt Lenard took a big lead at the beginning of the fight.

I think Hagler makes a point about actually winning because Leonard "shoe shined" a lot in this fight. But with that said I agree with you. The "running" narrative has got to cease. It is your job as a boxer/fighter to find a way to get a fighter off his toes by cutting off the ring and pressuring him. It wasn't running when Hagler took his time and boxed John Mugabi. Ring generalship is complete use of the ring and is NOT running... I agree with you sir. I too am sick of the "you gotta beat the champ a certain way to win". There is no such thing or rule in boxing. A win is a win.

Leonard had to fight at a higher weight to fight and he was faster that night he didn't have more power but he was more accurate a landed more "points"

What about Whitaker vs Chavez?

@@jbcool9178 You obviously didn’t listen or hear what Hagler said you either have to knock down or knock out a CHAMPION Whitaker did neither 👊🤔

@@ISTANDALONE6824 no, he just beat Chavez from pillar to post like a damn dog, but the judges were apparently the three blind mice. Gtfoh. Sweet Pea was robbed, same as Hagler was.

@@ISTANDALONE6824 neither did leonard

@@ihsanwells3367 that must have been some pretty good stuff

Ali SHOWED everybody HOW to beat a Tough opponent ! Sugar ray did the same ! How many people have seen (1) Female Lion ATTACK a 2,000 lb water buffaloe ALONE??? Strategy my friends Strategy !!!! 3 lions( 1) goes ahead or the pack (2 ) goes half way the pack and the (3) rushes them from the rear ! Get the point ????

Glad that most recognize the truth to one of the greatest robberies ever in a boxing ring. Marvelous clearly won that fight; and at that moment in time, I no longer wondered if the rumors about boxing being rigged and controlled by the mob, I become absolutely clear on the FACT that boxing was corrupted.

I was around age 27 when I watched the fight and had been boxing as an amateur for 16 years, also sparring with pros like John beast Mugabe, Kirkland Laing, Nigel Benn, Michael Watson and many more. If I were Sugar Ray, I would have fought the same way. Sugar Ray was not running, he was boxing very clever, using the ring space and not walking into a Truck/Bull Hagler, who he had no chance beating in a toe to toe fight. Hagler would have eaten him alive so Sugar ray boxed very clever and stole the fight. Hagler is the greatest Middleweight of all time. Sugar ray Leonard is one of the smartest boxers of all time. RIP Marvelous Marvin Hagler

Different styles of boxing points aren’t given on being a macho man points are given for hitting and not being hit. Ray wasn’t gonna square up in the middle of the ring and exchange it’s not he’s style especially against a dog like hagler

​​@@life107familyfitnessboxing8Dave Moretti is well known for his absurd scores. Controversy has followed him for years. He's the sole reason Leonard won.

​@@apostasiaelegcho5612thank you , I always mentioned that , good one my friend 👍

Muhammad Ali did it all the time in the first half of his career. It's called quickness.

Yes mate . I think your right. How can anyone deny Sugar Ray could really box. He was a gun of t he sweet science.

It could’ve gone either way it was close. The thing that sticks out to me was Hagler not doing enough in the early rounds. Ray built up a points lead which Hagler could’ve avoided had he been more aggressive early on.

​@@Freedomtospeak1 My question is, where was the Hagler I saw against Hearns? That balls out warrior? Sugar Ray out pointed him. Truth.

@@robertaceves5248 - Perhaps you read the first sentence and disregarded the rest? Leonard fans will say he won, Hagler fans say he won. One argument has to do with what was seen as an early points lead by Ray. He also did a lot of running and many of the last second flurries in the early rounds were eye catching - some of it appeared to be smoke and mirrors. The counter argument is Hagler did enough in the second half of the fight to retain his middleweight title. For me as a fan I was indifferent. Strategy played the biggest role in the outcome. Unlike Ray, Tommy was willing to mix it up and part of that also might be because Hagler was able to get to him giving him no choice. I really believe had the fight gone one more round ( I know it’s irrelevant) Leonard would’ve gassed out. I’m ok with the decision either way. It was a close fight. Vegas loves Sugar Ray and Hagler wasn’t wrong about that.

Of all the comments on here, yours resonates the most. Straight to the point & 100% truth!

Sugar was a great fighter, but he was also a marketing tool . You hadda beat Sugar Ray & Madison Ave. Hearns & Haggler both were robbed.

​@@idiotwind2248 sugar was the real deal

Nothing would have happened Hagler was finished

Ray 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ Ran

@@david-lm7iu what is you talking about? hagler won the fight and got robbed, even ray leonard told marven hagler that he won the fight.

​@@thegoat6116 Straight up BS. I Watched that fight and Leonard out boxed and out pointed and out smarted Hagler that night.

@@wadestokely4894 then how come ray leonard himself told hagler that he won?😂

Guess he took a night off from the Club.

Wow....Payton true soldier. Went out hard....shitty deal ..loved those days ....i dont even watch anymore. Its all about the 1/2 time show now days

same! the way they both trained so similar. Discipline was impeccable for both champions.

Mexican here; here, hold this 🌽

You have to point out you are Mexican first, to give a black man respect? That’s weird.

​@@stephenhill3134 Well, most Mexicans love boxing, and they are very loyal to Mexican fighters. So I think his point was that even a Mexican like himself can appreciate the greatness of a non-Mexican fighter.

@@samuelrosenbalm that’s ridiculous. And nonsense. You don’t have to preference your comments. I don’t have to say “ima Cavs fan, but I love Steph curry”. It doesn’t make it have anymore credence. You don’t have to claim your race or heritage before giving someone their flowers.

@@stephenhill3134 I think it's a sad commentary on the times in which we live. Schisms and divisions rule the day, and racialism and ethnocentricity very much factor into that. It really has gotten bad to the point where a person feels like he can give his compliment more credibility by pointing out his identity. It didn't use to be that way.

Hagler won that fight. I saw it and about fell over from shock when they gave Leonard the decision

A fight that could have gone either way isn't a robbery, that word is thrown around far too loosely.

@@reillyhopf6508 NOT THIS TIME ✌️

​@@reillyhopf6508 It could only go for leonard if the person watching it is a pussy and thinks boxing is running away

@@austinlittke5580 so you think it would have been better for Leonard to have been an idiot and fight close with Hagler?

What fight did you watch? Leonard landed 306 of his 629 thrown punches (49%) compared to Hagler's 291 out of 792 (37%)

The judges switched the punch thrown/landed card over to Leonard They were counting Leonard's "bitch slaps", too. Hagler got robbed.@@Itsmewaltz

Hell ya

What a great fight. No running, ducking, dodging. Both men coming to fight and giving the fight their all.

Most of them are pedophiles anyway. Their opinions don’t matter. Judging is highly subjective in many ways despite the objective criteria and ten point system. I’ve watched the fight probably 15-20 times since seeing it when it happened years ago, and I still contend that it could’ve gone either way. Hagler quite frankly didn’t do himself any favors in the early rounds. By his standards he didn’t do much and that stuck out in the minds of judges as Ray built a points lead.

5 hagler 2 even 5 leonard hagler remains world champ i had it scored

If it was 15 rounder hagler wins hands tko or a majority decision

No family, all hail to GOD through His Son Jesus Christ, Acts 4:12, 1 Cor 15:1-8, Acts 2:38, John 3:16-17 (KJV)

Al'hamdulillah, Marvin,

Haha like a video game where ur facing a hard opponent and u just use all ur strength when hes vulnerable lol

Lenard won the first four rounds.. HAGLER started in orhodox mode the first four rounds Wich imho was a bad idea.

It would be great if championship fights had a rule saying you have to win by KO or TKO.

Yeah but Hagler was thoroughly frustrated at least! Perhaps he could have won in 15 rounds but SRL was sly in how he set up fights - and he meant sooo much money who would refuse?!

It was a WIN not “the championship”! A championship match would require a rematch…. SLR set it up as a one time event! I think George Foreman would have won a rematch with Ali!!

Most. Of the. Time. YES...But. Not. Always !....Vito Antifermo. From. Italy. I. Believe. ALSO. Out pointed. Hagler. & WON !......& Hagler. Cried. About. That. One

@@zeebest1004 No. WAY ...ALI. wouldve. Wln. That. 1. TOO !....DONT. FORGET. ALI. was. A. Scientific. Fighter....He. Really. Studied. Before the. Fight. How. To. Beat. Foreman...ALI. was. The. Smarer. Fighter...See. Foreman. Thought. He. Could. Go. In. There. & Use. His. Size. & Brawn. & Defeat. ALI....HE. was. WRONG !

He was like him

Not even slightly

@@whatzittooya2943 kinda

@@mushamusharekido7641both were animals in their prime, but Hagler was always fit. If mike had Hagler a work ethic he would stayed champ way longer.

Tyson, wishes he had Hagler's mindset.

Knowing he won the fight lol no

Love Hagler, but Leonard definitely won the fight. It was close though.