[Other Sport] RIP Marvelous Marvin Hagler

[Stat Brother]

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I remember World of Sport (probably) doing a bit on Tommy Hearns training for his upcoming fight with Marvin.

Hearns way laying on a bench.
His trainer was kneeing beside him.
The trainer was repeatedly lifting a medicine ball above his head and slamming it down on Hearns' stomach.
Tommy was bent double by each savage pummeling.


Hagler went on to win the fight...






...predominately concentrating on blows to Hearns' stomach.

 

[dangull]

I'm shocked and saddened by this news. If anyone could fight of disease and old age it was him.

 

[RossyG]

Only 66. Very sad news.

 

[SK1NT]

A boxing great. RIP
His fight with Sugar Ray was a classic.

 

[The Wizard]

Bloody hell, another legend gone.

 

[dangull]

A boxing great. RIP
His fight with Sugar Ray was a classic.

And also a robbery as the crowd favourite got the judges vote.

 

[Weststander]

RIP warrior.

One of THE greatest fighters in history, a destroyer of everyone.

(I loved that era so much .... SRL, Hearns, Benitez, Curry, Duran).

 

[rocker959]

OMG RIP Champ

 

[Algernon]

Jebus, shit news.
RIP marvelous Marvin.

 

[hart's shirt]

The fight is considered to be the three greatest rounds in boxing history, due to its constant action, drama, and violent back-and-forth exchanges.

British fight publication Boxing News called it "eight minutes of mayhem", while The Ring called the fight "the most electrifying eight minutes ever," and it won fight of the year for 1985, despite lasting only three rounds.

 

[e77]

What a fighter. Just about remember him beating Alan Minter before being part of that great middleweight era with Duran, Hearns and Leonard.

 

[GT49er]

Well, if footballers are getting sick from heading a football, some of the stuff that Marvin's brains must have put up with is awesome - not really surprising that he died early. Some survive having their head battered better than others I guess. Anyway, RIP - a great boxer from the days before boxing was taken away from Joe Public without a subscription to PPV.

 

[Robinjakarta]

What a fighter. Just about remember him beating Alan Minter before being part of that great middleweight era with Duran, Hearns and Leonard.

I remember the Minter fight very well. Local hero's first defence against Marvin Who? What could possibly go wrong? It was a shock to see Minter hopelessly out of his depth and to se the crowd's reaction. And this now is a shock. A great champion RIP.

 

[big nuts]

And also a robbery as the crowd favourite got the judges vote.

Gutted to hear the news. He was one of my all time favourite fighters and one of the greatest middleweights of all-time.

As for the Leonard fight it wasn’t a robbery. In fact Leonard won fair and square and I say that as someone who wanted Hagler to win.

He gave Leonard the first four rounds and then Sugar Ray done enough to win at least 3 of rounds 5 through to 12.

I’ve seen robbery’s and I’ve seen difficult to score fights, I genuinely believe this was a straight forward Leonard victory. It was close enough but quite easy to score as bar 1 or 2 rounds the winners of each round was generally very clear.

 

[vegster]

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I remember World of Sport (probably) doing a bit on Tommy Hearns training for his upcoming fight with Marvin.

Hearns way laying on a bench.
His trainer was kneeing beside him.
The trainer was repeatedly lifting a medicine ball above his head and slamming it down on Hearns' stomach.
Tommy was bent double by each savage pummeling.


Hagler went on to win the fight...






...predominately concentrating on blows to Hearns' stomach.

RIP Marvin, one hell of a boxer... Not sure how useful / accurate is the reference to him being ill after the vaccine though?

 

[Questions]

RIP Marvellous. Up at the top with the likes of Leonard, Duran and Hearns.

There will never be a period in boxing like that again.

 

[Mackenzie]

He was the boxer who got me interested in the sport as a kid, one of my heroes.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Sad news - RIP Marvellous one.....

The way he finished Minter, brutal.....


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[Stat Brother]

 

[blue-shifted]

That this has been used as an opportunity to blame the vaccine is alarming.

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