As for me, Leonard on Hagler (1987) and Ramirez on Whitaker (1988). Hagler and Whitaker clearly won and were robbed by the judges. Leonard boxed like a rabbit and Ramirez like a clown.
2007-01-25 01:36:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
Yeah, Big George deserved to win and have a chance to fight Lennox Lewis.
Leonard was a skilled boxer, but he was more an actor than a fighter. He also stole the victory in his 2nd match vs Hearns. The judges loved him, but i dislike who run on the ring and make funny faces instead of fighting.
2007-01-25 01:55:47 · update #1
I know it was a draw, but Hearns was robbed of the victory: Leonard was floored two times, but he was quite a charming man, and the judges, like the crowd, were fond of him.
2007-01-25 02:29:05 · update #2
There have been a few, but Hagler/Leonard is not one of them. Leonard boxed a masterpiece and completely outclassed Hagler.
Want to see a brazen robbery? Take a look at Foreman/Briggs.
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There was no 'victory' in the second Leonard/Hearns fight - the outcome was a draw. However, Hearns deserved the decision, Leonard even admitted as much, but that's boxing.
2007-01-25 01:49:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hagler was sooooooooooo robbed by the Leonard decision. If the fight was 15 rounds like Hagler was used to and wanted, there would have been a completely different outcome. Leonard knew he did not have a chance to defeat Hagler in a 15 round fight. He was the more popular and liked fighter though. He would not sign to fight unless Hagler agreed to a 12 round fight. Of course Hagler was no fool and wanted the huge fight purse and agreed. I still think he fought the better fight of the 12 rounds and deserved the decision. Greatest fight of all time though.
2007-01-25 22:56:29 · answer #2 · answered by bribri75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres alot of bad decisions in boxing. I'll start with the oldest one i can remember. I don't remember who he was fighting but it was Marvin Haglers first title fight. He put the work to this guy every round but 2 or 3 and they declared it a draw. Of course the current champ remained champ and Hagler didn't get it. Hagler clearly won.
The 2 worse olympic decisions i know is Roy Jones Jr and the Korean fighter. Roy Jones didn't look like he even lost one round. Also Evander Holyfield in the olympics KNOCKED OUT the other fighter for a 10 count, but the ref said he hit on a break so Holyfield lost. Holyfield later in the professionals offered that guy a large sum of money to fight and the guy refused.
A recent bad decision was Emanuel Augusts Vs. Courtney Burton. They gave the fight to Burton when Augustus killed him. Michigan Judges are terrible.
2007-01-25 14:45:33 · answer #3 · answered by jdp000109 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hagler blew the fight against Leonard with the slow start. Lost the first 4 rounds, lost round 6. After that, Ray only needed to take 2 of the next six. Hagler didn't fight his fight until round 5. Hagler thought he'd wear SRL down with a surge in the middle rounds, but if you watch the last round very closely, you'll notice that MH was out of gas as well. Marvin took a tactical gamble, letting SRL get off to a fast start so he'd be stronger later on. But that backfired. SRL 8 rounds to 4. The most rounds you can give Hagler is 6, and Hagler only clearly won round 5, where as SRL clearly won 1,2,3,4,6,11,12.
What bothers the Hagler fans most is this: Round 9 SRL gave MH the fight MH was praying for. And SRL held his own. Toe to toe and Hagler couldn't hold his ground. You can't even get an embittered MH fan to admit the SRL did better against Hagler than other fighter.
2007-01-26 21:12:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The worse decision I have ever seen was The Roy Jones Jr. loss to the Korean fighter in the Olympic the fight was not even close and I be live that the Olympic comity should give Roy his gold medal and the United States should stand behind him this was a traviesty and I,ve seen some robberies in boxing but this was the worse and the second runner up is the Evader Holy field loss in the Olympics for hitting a fighter at the bell I be live Holyfield should get his gold medal you work your whole life for something and then there are peopel out here who will take it from you for what ever reason and not have to pay for it it,s wrong
2007-01-25 11:55:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brad Morris is nuts. Leonard did NOT out-class Hagler. That fight was a robbery. How can you take a champion's title by running around and throw weak flurries into your opponent's glove? That is pathetic. Hagler certainly did not look good in that fight, but he threw the harder punches that actually connected. Leonard put on a show, but he didn't BEAT anybody.
Biggest robbery ever was Roy Jones Jr. in the Olympics. Nothing compares to that.
2007-01-25 12:49:09 · answer #6 · answered by mmilner_24 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look's like the old Hagler Vs Leonard argument has kicked off again, unusual it hasnt come up for about a month.
The worst decision ive seen could well be the Floyd Patterson Vs Jimmy Ellis fight, Patterson broke Ellis's nose, put him down and generally gave Ellis a boxing lesson but somehow never got the decision. There are of course quite a few more but this is the one that sprang to mind for me straight away.
2007-01-25 13:01:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Vernon Forrest vs Ike Quartey
2007-01-25 18:10:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
axel shulthz beat the brakes off of george foreman and he was robbed #2 tommy hearns beat leonard 2, #3 chavez vs.taylor 1,steele robbed taylor.
2007-01-28 20:13:37 · answer #9 · answered by saxaphonist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
De La Hoya/Whitaker. Sweet pea made Oscar miss 7 punches in a row.
De la Hoya/Trinidad - I don't care about the championship rounds you can't win a fight winning only three rounds.
Ali/Foreman - I realize I'm in the minority but how different would this fight have been if Ali was not able to Hold Foreman so frequently and if the ropes weren't so loose
2007-01-25 12:33:07 · answer #10 · answered by Myself 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋