Sugar Ray Tells All About His Fight Against Marvin Hagler 

A draw to set up rematch..I coulda live with that..but hagler let SRL get inside his head

Hagler was really at a loss for making himself appear the victor. Sometimes that is all you need to get people to think you're the winner; which Leonard achieved. I watched the Modern Martial Artist channel where he showed that some of Leonard's flurries wasn't actually connecting, but it looked cool and played favorably in the judges' scoring, whereas Hagler had many more clean shots and Leonard was consciously making it look like he was unaffected.

Nah man, Hagler won that fight, PERIOD

​@@GrubKiller436 That's actually a fair point. I've seen that happen many times in fighting. Floyd is the master of that and dudes do it in MMA too

Did you watch it? It’s called boxing not brawling. He out boxed haggler bro.

Sugar Ray’s face was unmarked at the end of the fight as well.

After Ray Sugar Roinson yes he was the king

Leonard is nothing but a used car salesman he is a con.

Not true. He wanted it. He was willing to do anything for a buck

His conditions for the rematch: even bigger ring, even heavier gloves and 8 rounds.

@@ragnarok283where did you hear that at

he stayed retired until after hagler retired and then suddenly he wanted to fight again.

Yup

Exactly. Bias crowd and bias commentary can easily fool people who watch the fight. It was close but Hagler beat him and he beat him on Leonard's ring, with heavier gloves and less rounds.

FACTS

I watch that fight recently from beginning to end. I thought you have to beat the champion! You have to take the belt from the champion. Sugar Ray Leonard ran the whole fight

Leonard won. The fight is scored round by round. The first two cost Hagler. Leonard landed more punches at a higher percentage. He won the boxing match. If they woulda fought to death, yeah Hagler would have won.

A dumb slug fest?

That's the one..Leonard didn't want to know Hagler in their prime, it was only when Hagler's brutal fight with Magabi , Leonard decided to fight him, clever on his side to choose his moment..Hagler was always on the front foot, no way did Leonard do enough to win that fight, robbed i think you call it. RiP Marvellous Marvin Hagler👑

@@ujeaniphil1234you have a selective memory. Leonard was past his prime, as well, when he fought Hagler. In addition to that, it was his first fight at middle weight. In addition to that, he hadn’t fought anyone in a boxing match in about five years, at that point. You want to talk about SRL taking advantage of Hagler’s downside while ignoring the fact that SRL didn’t have a lot of upside advantages on his side, going into this fight.

Yea boxing is about standing still getting hit...

As he should be. Hagler was a granite rock statue who had come to life. His power was unfathomable. The ONLY way to beat Hagler was to out box him, not out brawl him and that’s what Ray did.

Ali never gave foreman a rematch because he knew what the outcome would be

@@2gunzup07yep. We all know what the outcome would have been (see Foreman vs Jimmy Young for an example). 🤨

It was a very close fight, but SRL did a fantastic job

Exactly

You beat me to that comment!!!!

dhlamar It was the first in my head when they asked him that question. It was a instinctive thought, who do you think would have won though ?

Lucky he didn't fight Richard Pryor.

Aaron Pryor unfortunately lost to the crackpipe.. thankfully he recovered and passed a happy man

Didn't Pryor never fight above 140? And Hagler was a career 160?

this is why i hate ray leonard. imagine if duran had said after their first fight, i'm the best, i win 10 out 10, etc etc, no need for rematch. and then ray's legacy was ruined by idiots who believed all that. thats what he did to hagler. and then he acts like he doesn't know why hagler hated him.

@@jamescaleb9676 Great comments James , never really thought about it like that but you are totally right , theres lots of occasions were Greats had multiple meetings , Frazier and Ali being one of the Primes and many others . Hope your well 🥊🥊

Hagler was talking about coming outa retirement in a ringside interview alongside Leonard after the Hearns vs Roldan fight in 1987. The words came outa his own mouth, the video is on Top Ranks channel. He just didnt officially announce it until 88. Whgat do you want from Leonard, he isnt Haglers sugar Daddy. He said he was coming back for one fight after 5 years laid up on the sofa & thats what he did, he kept his word.... OOOHH THA SHAME !! Leonard offered Hagler a rematch but Hagler decided to stay retired. LaLonde was a reigning LHW Champ, yer talking about him like he was a nobody. When did Hagler offer to move up n fight a LHW Champ like Hearns & Leonard did ? When did Hagler rematch Duran & Hearns like Leonard did ? When did Hagler fight Benitez like Duran, Hearns & Leonard did ? Hagler wanted it handed to him on a plate & when he got it he couldnt take it.

@@SPIDERM0OSE Hi Spidermouse , thanks for your comments and you make some brilliant points but obvious , we'll disagree on some and agree on others . You are right , Leonard did offer Hagler a rematch but that was in 1990 , it was a token gesture and he knew deep down , he wasn't going take him up , my whole point is , there was no offers from their fight in 87 , to 88 , when Hagler officially retired , he'd remained in training camp as if he was still active , all that time in the hope of a rematch that never came , Goody Petronelli even quoted , ' They , Leonard's people , wouldn't even answer the phone ' . I never spoke of Donny Lalonde as if he was a nobody but I have said that he was in a lesser Class than Leonard and Hagler for sure but there is a couple of things you may not be aware of , they fought for 2 Titles that night , Donny's 175lbs LHW Title and the newly added SMW 168lbs Title that was introduced to the WBC but the fight was actually fought at 168 lbs , a massive disadvantage to Donny's chances as he had to boil down to that weight and considering he floored Leonard early on , just wonder if Leonard could recover if he was hit by a LHW but ultimately , Leonard won that fight because his Class shone through and in fairness to him , he showed great Character , Guts , Bravery and Skill , to win . 🥊🥊

@@SPIDERM0OSE I do agree with you about Hagler's stance of remaining at MW to a degree but unfortunately for him , the SMW 168lbs Division , wasn't really a Legitimate Division until just after he'd retired after all , Leonard became the first WBC SMW Champion , after he beat Donny . I'm only going on my own opinion here but for me anyway , with no proper Division between MW and LHW in his Career , he probably thought it best to stay there rather than move up to LHW and certainly no point in moving down and also , the MW Division along with the HW Division , are Classed as being the ' Blue Ribboned ' Divisions of the Sport . As things turned out , the SMW Division has been great especially during the 90s and for me , if Hagler was in his Prime then , he Unifies that Division and becomes Undisputed .🥊🥊

a lot is two words. Read more punchy.

They were both like 30 in their prime

​@makaveli3189 Hagler had 60 fights. Almost double what leonard had at that time. That, my friend, is a man who ducked no one. The same can't be said for cherry picking leonard.

@@makaveli3189 30 in 1987 is like 40 today

@@perturbedxtirade7428 How did Hagler do at the Olympics, vs the very best in the world, all in their primes & the best of them on State-sponsored scientific doping programs? 30 low intensity pro fights vs journeymen yer expected to beat counts for nothing, its about the quality of the opponent & the level you meet them at. Quantity means nothing, otherwise, Butterbean would be recognized as the greatest HW of all time, not Ali.

@@perturbedxtirade7428 Hagler fought a lot of bums

Totally agree

Man Hagler never went down or up just waited for people to come to him. He wasn't a bigger draw then leonard or herns HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO FIGHT AG 145 140. If he was boxing today and was the bigger draw he would have had to fight at 145 Welterweight and leonard would have beat the fck outta him.

He didn't do enough to take a title

@@UpChuckTheBoogie all u have to do is win the fight and the title is yours

@@RASHONBOND973 Leonard is a fraud

I felt Ray beat Hagler to the punch a lot even though Hagler was coming forward. So, I always felt Ray won too

Maybe you should visit an optometrist in your old age, because clearly Hagler was the only real boxer in that ring. Defend this cherry picker though. Hagler has almost 2x the amount of fights Leonard has; he never ducked anyone.

@@perturbedxtirade7428 🤣Have a look again when you get through puberty. Charging forward and throwing inaccurate punches doesn't automatically win you a fight you know.

​@@ysgol3Brother we must be of a very similar age , I thought Marvin won the fight on the night but I watched it again and came to the same conclusion as you. Ray had the recipe to win the fight under his terms, unfortunately Marvin didn't, don't get me wrong I still think Marvin is the best middle weight of all time cant believe hes gone. Respect bud 🥊🥊✊

@@peterbalac1915 Hi, thank you very much, I absolutely agree about Marvin, I thought he was tremendous, I often wonder whether his tragically early death was, after all those battles, somehow boxing related, even all those years later - we simply don't know. It's such a shame though that he could never accept that Ray did beat him, he'd have been an even bigger man if he'd accepted it, like Ray so warmly says that Tommy Hearns won their second fight which was ludicrously declared a draw. Peace and best wishes from South Wales my friend.

Ne Lu Pryor VS Sugar Ray, both in their prime (140#) would have been an all timer for sure!!! I believe it goes the distance with no knock downs and Leonard takes a very close decision. Ray was a great Defensive fighter who was almost impossible to get a great shot on . If Aaron somehow did nail Ray with those deadly combinations he was famous for, Leonard goes night night. A shame it didn't happen

Pryor by stoppage

Shawn Gilmore Uh Nope. Pryor more punching power. If anything he wins a decision

Shawn Gilmore Hurt a lot or not. 1 blemish on his career record. Would be interesting. Ray won 2 fights with a much older Duran. Basically 2 with hearns with a draw. Hagler one fight. That’s your 4 you judge by. Imo hagler was the bar. But who is to say.

no that's wrong

Pitty-pat, pitty-pat - air punches Leonard was like a windmill, no damage and landing few....

​@@vincentgallagher7562leonard literally made hagler back off, the punches certainly were not a tickle if they made the chin of stone back up

@@DAZNBoxing yes sir

People don’t understand how special ray Leonard was in his prime years he would’ve beat Hagler again. He’s just a much better boxer than Hagler.

My thoughts also about Pryor

Hagler wasn't interested in a rematch though.

@@lefez9015 he waited for a long time and then he gave it up later because of aging.

@@jumahamis227 That probably explains why he retired a year after the fight.

@@lefez9015 hagler spent a whole year trying to get the rematch.

5 years sooner?? In 1982? Leonard was regular welterweight. Let's not start making stuff up. Hagler is great and doesn't need fabricated comments supporting him.

But I knew he was scared about Aaron Pryor and he was the latest individual that he was a scared of

he didn't avoid Aaron pryor. he could've fought ray Leonard but he turned it down basically he priced himself out. do your history sir

@@RASHONBOND973 b.s. leonard offered pryor way less than pryor got for arguello which is ridiculous since the fight between ray and aaron would have been bigger. making an insulting offer you know will get refused is the old trick in the book for ducking but it works every time beause boxing fans are dumb.

This was worse imo. He did that to Hagler's face during that "big announcment" in 1982 in front of the world.

Ray refused to fight unless he got bigger ring and gloves and only 12 rounds

@@UpChuckTheBoogie I know....and Hagler should have never agreed. Overconfident.

@@LMike2004 they gave him more money 19 million

charlo lost his last fight

thats how i see it

Bingo no exatly

Fight was super close, the first rounds costed hearns victory

Lol there going to count all punches...smh...

It was a fix fight..

@@leonidesmartinez2030 get over it hater

No, I saw it too. At first I thought it was 116-116. But there is a lot of standards to judge a fight. Me personally, the second time around I felt that the champion obviously should deserve some bias. But I think Sugar Ray Leonard edged it though

@Christmas house - Ok boomer. I know Hannity tells you who to vote for....for those that think for ourselves- we look at facts. Duran beat Hearns. A Welterweight moving up. That was it. Sorry, name one other major victory Hagler had? Now back to high school boy.

Never !!

not for me

I love sugar and Hagler but sugar ray won that fight by 2 rounds

Irene Payne I'm gonna show you one thing : it's called Google, it's great, you basically can research wherever you want and you will find answers. Okay Irene Payne, now that you know what Google is, you can go and research. Brilliant!! You will find out that the Sugar man actually offered Aaron Pryor 500k for a fight, Aaron declined saying it wasn't enough money despite his biggest pay at the time was 50k, still the Sugar man went on and offered 750k, Aaron still declined. All this in 1980 before any injury or problem from any of the two guys. Ah Aaron Pryor also refused 750k from Duran. Weird right, the most ducked and fearless man on the history of the sport refused two of his biggest fights he could have ever got.