For almost 30 years now there has been an ongoing debate in the boxing world surrounding one of the most anticipated fights in boxing history. That fight was the April 6, 1987, WBC middleweight title fight between ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard and ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler. Who really won? Every time someone watches the April 6, 1987, showdown between these 2 boxing legends, the question “who really won?” always crosses the boxing world’s mind.
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The fight itself gave you reason to believe that ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard won based on how he invented the “30 second rule” in the fight. The “30 second rule” was simply Leonard choosing to fight Hagler the last 30 seconds of every round while stealing the rounds in the process.
‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler gave you reason to believe that he won the fight based on sheer aggression and chasing Leonard around the ring for 36 minutes.
This debate between Leonard and Hagler will be debated until the end of time. I know that every time I watch this fight, it seems as though Hagler won the fight, and then on the other hand, when I watch the fight again, it looks like Leonard won the fight.
The judges of the Leonard/Hagler fight chose ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard the winner by split-decision victory to capture Hagler’s WBC middleweight title. After the fight, ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler never put on a pair of boxing gloves again because he thought he won the fight.
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I remember this fight, and was always a HAGLER fan. Hagler won most of the rounds, but Leonard had 30 second flurries to end a lot of rounds. That is why judges scored it the way they did. HAGLER won most rounds for 2min 30 seconds. Leonard threw flurries for 30 seconds and the judges memories only remembered the last 30 seconds of most rounds. THIS was a travesty.