Hagler has a chin made out of granite, coupled with a relentless body attack and a warrior's heart. Jones posesses knockout power, athletisicm, and an obvious speed advantage. 15 rounds....
2006-10-28 13:21:08 · 18 answers · asked by standinghampton11 2 in Sports ➔ Boxing
Jones - W 50 (KO's 38) TF 54 - W Pct 93% - KO pct 70% - wins over Hopkins, Toney, McCallum and V. Hill - KO'ed by Tarver and G. Johnson (average fighter) - #89 ranked puncher - #44 ranked fighter
Great defensive skills, unparalleled speed (all this hid a weak chin)
Won 1988 Olympic Silver medal at Light Middle wt
Held titles at 160, 168, 175 and Hwy wt
Hagler - W 62 (KO's 51) TF 67 - W pct 93% - KO pct 76% - wins over Hamsho{2}, Mugabi, Briscoe, Seales, Duran, Hearns and Minter - KO'ed by none - #35 ranked puncher - #17 ranked fighter
The only chance Jones has is to have larger gloves, larger ring, a 12 rd bout, Don King as promoter and Richard Steele as referee.
KO by Hagler inside of 10 rds.
2006-10-31 02:01:26 · answer #1 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Marvin Hagler is well respected here and I'm glad to see that because I'm a big fan of Hagler. However, I'm also a realistic person and, If I am to assess all of Marvin Hagler's strengths and weaknesses, I'd have to say that he would have his hands full with Roy Jones Jr. People tend to assume that Roy doesn't take a punch very well but here are a few things they forget. Look at Roy's performances BEFORE he moved to heavyweight and then AFTER. BIG DIFFERENCE. IT wasn't Old Age because NO FIGHTER of Roy's caliber gets old over night. Roy's BIGGEST mistake was to move to heavyweight and then return to Lt. heavyweight. He put on 20 POUND of MUSCLE then TOOK IT OFF. YOU CANT DO THAT. It's like building a bigger and better engine for your car, then taking parts off and expecting it to perform the same. It just doesn't happen that way. Two things to consider here with Jones vs Hagler. Jones' opponents and Sugar Ray Leonard. Marvin is better than ALL of Jones' middleweight opponents. I would agree that Bernard Hopkins would give Hagler a good fight and might even take a decision. But not the Bernard who lost to Jones. He was still a work in progress. People make the mistake of thinking Hagler is a Killer. He was probably the best conditioned athlete in the last 50 years, certainly ONE of them. However, Roy Jones is also a supremely conditioned athlete. One thing for certain is that there would be no knockout in this fight. Hagler's too tough and Jones is simply too fast. Jones is at least as fast of foot as Leonard and faster with his hands. He would know enough not to trade with Hagler. Hagler would have his moments but not enough of them. He'd occasionally corner Jones and land some hard shots. However, if anyone can equal the conditioning of Hagler it's Jones. Hagler would not be able to keep Jones still long enough to mount a serious attack. Jones would never hurt Hagler but, being faster, he'd land his share of punches and speed out of harms way. Jones by close decision
2016-03-28 10:24:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If both boxers were in their prime condition, Hagler would win. Jones does not have enough power to bother Hagler, but he can run faster. Same as Sugar Ray Leonard. Hagler won the fight, but it was given to Leonard to set up another fight. Hagler got very upset, and retired. Hagler was one of , if not the best middle weight ever, that's including Bernard Hopkins and Carlos Monzon. Hagler would set up Jones with body shots to slow him down, then nail him. Look at the people Hagler fought. Vito Antifurmo, Alan Minter. These were some tough guys. Not flashy and a runner like Jones and Leonard. I always said, if you want to fight, fight. If you want to dance and run and act like a goof ball in the ring, Join a circus. There is always room for more clowns.
2006-10-29 01:23:16 · answer #3 · answered by frog_milhouse7 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Good question... This reminds me of the Tommie Hearns Marvellous Marvin Hagler fight, three rounds of boxing heaven. Roy is a puncher boxer not as elusive as Sugar Ray Leonard, he would get hit and would hit. The fight goes to 10 rounds and Hagler catches him and it's over a la John Mugabe
2006-10-28 16:32:29 · answer #4 · answered by sugarstick 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hagler, Jones is going to be out of it after having to make the weight
2006-10-28 13:38:48 · answer #5 · answered by onetruekev 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hagler in 13.
2006-10-28 13:32:52 · answer #6 · answered by Paul 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
assuming roy could make 160, hagler in his prime would have dished out a beating & sent this big mouthed no-chin home to his mama inside 7 rounds
2006-10-30 05:05:12 · answer #7 · answered by lizardhead 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
HAGLER WIN'S, He is from the City of Champion's with Marciano, Jones is good but I think Hagler would take him............
2006-10-29 13:51:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Marvelous One.
2006-10-28 13:28:44 · answer #9 · answered by Jet 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jones
2006-10-28 13:22:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋