The Most Ironic Boxing TKO Of All Time

The Most Ironic Boxing TKO Of All Time | DECEMBER 5, 1986

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Look back at this classic upset. Duane Thomas stopped John Mugabi for the junior middleweight title in 1986. Mugabi argued against using thumb tabbed gloves and it backfired on him in the end. #boxing #boxinghighlights #fight
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@eltubster14 Ай бұрын

The Hagler fight ruined Mugabi. Hagler wasn't the same afterwards either.

@darrensilvester4956 Ай бұрын

Spot on, a brutal, gruelling encounter that turned into a war of wills. Leonard suddenly stepped up because he knew this fight took so much out of Hagler.

@isaiahwilliams121 Ай бұрын

RIP Duane Thomas

@hushhhmoves9089 Ай бұрын

A young Michael Buffer talking regular is the real highlight.

@welshman101 Ай бұрын

Mugabi was an absolute wrecking machine before he fought hagler

@windycity08 Ай бұрын

Rip Emmanuel steward

@andrei2023 Ай бұрын

Great fight❤

@TrojanManXLT Ай бұрын

Don't remember Michael Buffer doing interviews

@eric21200 Ай бұрын

First time I've seen him do interviews too. He was pretty good here!

@tobyshin0bi683 Ай бұрын

Could somebody explain to me what a “Thumb tabbed glove” is?

@itsnotme3882 Ай бұрын

Thumb is attached to decrease the chance of getting thumbed in the eye. Watch any fight where Larry Holmes defends his title and you will see how he would open the glove a little to stick his thumb in someone’s eye when he would throw the jab.

@Zephirot080 Ай бұрын

@@itsnotme3882thanks man. I had no idea there was so much difference in gloves

@luke125 Ай бұрын

Hagler took the Beast inside Mugabi and destroyed him.

@darrensilvester4956 Ай бұрын

Hagler broke Mugabi, ruined him.

@marcd1981 Ай бұрын

Wrong title for the video. How is this the most ironic boxing TKO? Your description is incorrect as well, because there was no thumb to the eye, the replay showed he was punched in the eye.

@toprank Ай бұрын

Team Mugabi was against thumb tabbed gloves and ultimately got their wish. Mugabi fought in gloves that didn't have the thumbs attached. In the end, he blames the loss on getting a thumb to the eye because of the style of gloves. So no, we are not wrong.

@marcd1981 Ай бұрын

@@toprankI don't agree. Just because he blames it on a thumb doesn't mean that is what actually happened. And your own video proves this with several angles and replays showing he was punched in the eye, not thumbed. So yes, you are wrong.