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Rose colored glasses.SRR fighting Hagler at 160 after a 3 year lay off ,no tune ups , and having fought most of his career at 147 is still a huge accomplishment and i wouldn't place an asterisk next to that fight just because Hagler struggled with a game contender in his previous fight .
Just compare this to fighters today needing an endless amount of tune ups when they move up in weight or when they insist on catchweights when the size difference doesn't warrant it ( Pac-Cotto , Canelo-Golovkin etc... )
Imagine Canelo retiring right now, waiting for Golovkin to have a really rough fight with a nobody in 5 years and then unretiring and challenging him. Fans would lynch him.