Hearns was one of my very favorite boxers back when he was in his prime,.."The Motor City Cobra",..
He did the same thing to Hagler that he did to every other boxer who got in the ring with him, but Hagler took it and kept moving forward.
Hearns had never had to take the kind of relentless punishment that Hagler dished out.
Hearns was a much more polished boxer, but Hagler was old school tough.
It must have been very disaheartening for Hearns to give Hagler everything he had in the first round and then see him come out for the second as fresh as he was at the beginning of the first. He must have known that he had lost the fight at that point.
To his credit, Hearns continued to stand in there with Hagler and literally fought himself to exhaustion for two more rounds.
Two outstanding fighters giving everything they have from beginning to end.
Hagler was also a true Middleweight, not a blown up Welter. Hearns ALWAYS showed up, never coasted.
