Hagler/Hearns Round 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL2a2-8OHdg

These two were throwing bombs for all 3 minutes. 

Best round ever IMO.

Enjoy!

All sports were so much better in the 80s, but especially boxing.

@Midnight1

 Best 3 round fight you will ever see. The glory days of boxing with Sugar Ray, Duran, Boom Boom Mancini, Hector Camacho, miss it!

@Midnight1

 My favorite fight, any weight class, of all time!!!

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@Super70sSports

Often referred to as the greatest fight of all time....

Most people don't know that Hearns broke his right hand in the first round ...

I've watched the fight no less thn 500 times over the years..

Arturo Gatti / Mickey Ward .... is my all-time favorite.  

Another great thing about these fights, no pay per view and everyone got to see them.

The battles between the promoters Bob Arum and Don King were almost as legendary as Duran - Leanord, Hagler-Hearns

These guys while they had utmost respect [for which they would never admit] they had a genuine dislike for one another.

Duran would see Leonards wife in Montreal weeks before the fight and tell her he was going to kill her husband, Duran was crazy.

@MIZUNO22

 "The Fighter," Mickey Ward, and yea any Gatti fight was gonna be action packed

@vetdrm

I did watch Duran/Leonard 1st fight at Caesars Palace in Vegas, closed circuit, cost me $50 if I remember correctly. Of course I bet on Duran, so it and the drinks I consumed that day were free

@mrusso

 That is awesome. Never got to see those guys fight in person.

I truly miss the glory days

Robert Duran , murder in his hands ,

a thirsty bloodcurdling scream his inner workings hurt your chance ,

to withstand the first , perfect with the jab ,

a blurry whirling dervish turning the skin surface burnt and crisp if in earnest you could last

But damn

on his worst day he was Asss

and was conquered in a peculiar way with little effort

constantly being peppered by the boxer mister Sugar Ray Leonard

the Emperor ,

the Sinister vicious killer Impossible to Defeat Insane Robot

uttered those famous words ….I do not want to believe Manos de Piedra said “ No Mas “…..

I don't think this is entirely true but my memory is hazy...I used to go to a neighbors house to watch Sugar Ray/Hearns/Hagler etc fights because they had a satellite dish (a big one)

And I went to a friends house for Tyson fights

But I don't rememebr if they were pay per view, on cable (which was kind of new) or what.

There were some fights on ABC Wide World of Sports though

@thorpe

 I guess I just dont remember having much difficulty watching them.

Wide World of Sports      Agony of defeat

@Midnight1

Watch Ron Lyle against George Foreman, count the knockdowns!