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The marvin hagler story first by brian hughes, damian hughes isbn. This book takes an in depth look at this great champions life. Although hagler was the lone new englander to win a national title at the hynes, the boston newspapers barely acknowledged his presence that week until the night he beat dobbs. Sugar ray leonards upset of marvin hagler remains a boxing. Although he owns a home in bartlett, new hampshire, hagler currently lives in milan. Apr 06, 2017 sugar ray leonards upset of marvin hagler remains a boxing landmark 30 years later the participants involved look back at one of the most contentious results in history.
Sugar ray leonard boxed marvin hagler and forced him to fight away from his strengths while using what he did bestflurrying with the mindset of disrupting hagler and not trying to hurt or drop himwhich was something ray knew could only fail, and open the door for hagler to nail him. There will be a graveside service on friday, october 25, 2019 at 10. Marvelous marvin hagler has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Nov 01, 2016 marvin hagler was a great fighter, however he was a very private person. Sugar ray leonard, marvelous marvin hagler, thomas hit man hearns, and the hands of stone, roberto duran. Marvelous marvin hagler was a hardhitting lefty who could switch his stance and also box righthanded. And that was on april 6, 1987, when undisputed middleweight champion marvin hagler 6222 52 defended the wbc title against the onceagainreturning sugar ray leonard 331 24, who had fought only once in the previous five years and never as a middleweight.
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He reigned as undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987, making twelve successful defenses of that title, and currently holds the highest knockout percentage of all undisputed middleweight champions, at. Hagler began his boxing career in brockton, massachusetts, winning 57 amateur fights and the 1973 amateur athletic union middleweight title before turning professional. His father, robert sims, left the family when hagler was young, and he was raised along with his siblings by his mother, ida mae hagler. Hagler, his dues paid, finally takes center stage the new. Marvin nathaniel hagler won all four of his bouts, two of them by knockout, and upset dobbs, the twentyfouryearold u.
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Hagler has five children with his first wife, bertha. Born marvin nathaniel hagler on may 23rd, 1954 in newark, new jersey as the eldest of 6 siblings being raised solely by haglers single mother. Once hager won the middleweight world title he had one of the last. Oct 31, 1983 hagler, a boxer who can bang, fights primarily from a southpaw stance, but is a natural righthander. Find great deals on ebay for marvin hagler and marvin hagler shirt. The extraordinary career of a true sports iconmarvelous marvin hagler is. Marvelous marvin hagler reflects on a glorious career from. Marvelous marvin hagler wikipedia republished wiki 2. The world middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987, hagler was a gutsy, aggressive fighter. Marvin hagler original autographed boxing items for sale. See more ideas about marvelous marvin hagler, boxing champions and boxing history. Marvin hagler, right, and thomas hearns engage in their epic april 15, 1985 fight in las vegas.
Marvin hagler, in full marvelous marvin hagler, original name marvin nathaniel hagler, born may 23, 1954, newark, new jersey, u. Marantz, a longtime boston journalist who covered boxing for the globe, pulls no punches of his own in letting the reader know which fighter he was pulling for when brocktons marvelous marvin hagler and sugar ray leonard squared off in. The extraordinary career of a true sports icon marvelous marvin hagler is a sporting legend. Jun 20, 2019 marvin hagler was born in newark, new jersey. Nov 11, 20 the extraordinary career of a true sports icon marvelous marvin hagler is a sporting legend. Marvelous marvin hagler my teen early idol a war of attrition master of destruct and destroy the fab four of boxing. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Sport more sports boxing marvelous marvin hagler reflects on a glorious career from a golden age of boxing now sadly lost. Haglers family lived in newark for most of his childhood until less than a month after hagler had turned july 1967, race riots began breaking out in newark which involved rioting, looting, and the. Original onsite boxing fight poster marvin hagler vs.
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