Marvelous Marvin Hagler passes away

[shockedcanadian]

Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a dec...

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RIP. One of the best boxers of all time.

One of my friends dads fave. He had character and an old-school swagger. Took losing very personal and didn't do it very often. Some of the moments from fights against Sugar Ray are etched in my mind when the adults would watch the fights on TV.

Reminds me how much more character and expression all figures had so many decades ago be it sports or otherwise. Losing such characters in todays vanilla, sterile, corporate driven society is a bloody travesty.

RIP Hagler.

 

[Quasar44]

This is BS
Was in the China flu

 

[Rocko]

The Hagler vs. Lenard fight, Lenard would run away from him the whole round and then flurry the last 30 seconds of the round.

 

[katsteve2012]

Haggler quit so young and I think he just moved to France ??

He moved to Italy.

 

[Unkotare]

Haggler quit so young and I think he just moved to France ??

He moved to Italy.

He was a New Englander no matter where he went.

 

[Rocko]

Haggler quit so young and I think he just moved to France ??

He moved to Italy.

He was a New Englander no matter where he went.

Dude let’s not make this about territorial trolling. The guy was a great American fighter. Let’s leave it at that.

 

[katsteve2012]

Haggler quit so young and I think he just moved to France ??

He moved to Italy.

He was a New Englander no matter where he went.

Absolutely. He was from there, and never forgot where he came from. I'm sure that there will be a lot of tributes to his accomplishments coming from there.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

He was a fine boxer. Gave us some damn good fights!

Middleweight great Marvin Hagler dead at 66: wife

Boxing legend Marvin Hagler, the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987, died on Saturday at age 66, his wife said.

Middleweight great Marvin Hagler dead at 66: wife (msn.com)

 

[westwall]

Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a dec...

sports.yahoo.com

RIP. One of the best boxers of all time.

One of the best mediocre boxers in middle weight.

Mediocre? You have absolutely no clue of what you speak

Moonies a troll who knows nothing at all, so don't waste time feeding him. Hagler was one of the greats, of that there is no doubt.

 

[San Souci]

Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a dec...

sports.yahoo.com

RIP. One of the best boxers of all time.

One of the best mediocre boxers in middle weight.

Mediocre? You have absolutely no clue of what you speak

Forget that creep. He is ALWAYS trolling. No wonder his idol is Bart Simpson.

 

[katsteve2012]

The Hagler vs. Lenard fight, Lenard would run away from him the whole round and then flurry the last 30 seconds of the round.

You're correct. I've always believed that if Haglers team had negotiated a 15 round fight instead of a 12 round fight, Leonard would not have made it through stealing another 3 rounds. Hagler was the naturally bigger and stronger man, and had Ray running near the end.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a dec...

sports.yahoo.com

RIP. One of the best boxers of all time.

One of the best mediocre boxers in middle weight.

Mediocre? You have absolutely no clue of what you speak

Moonies a troll who knows nothing at all, so don't waste time feeding him. Hagler was one of the greats, of that there is no doubt.

Indeed,hope he did not suffer.On the positive side,he is much more fortunate than we all are.he is in a much better place where he is now than where we all are,that’s for sure.

 

[Quasar44]

Poor Tommy Hearns has been broke for decades

 

[Quasar44]

His fights against Hearns and Leonard were some of the best of all time.

Definitely.
That was a special era for boxing when Tyson was heavyweight
champ .

The 90s was a spectacular era for the HW !
Tyson, Holyfield , Lewis , Riddick Bowe , Razor

 

[Quasar44]

Hagler was the best boxer of the 80s

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I remember him coming over to take the title from Alan Minter. He destroyed him, it was great stuff. I seem to remember that the London crowd invaded the ring at the end as Minter was a big local hero.

 

[Likkmee]

Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a dec...

sports.yahoo.com

RIP. One of the best boxers of all time.

His brother Fabulous Freddy and sister Sexy Shameeka are greatly saddened by his passing.

 

[theHawk]

Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a dec...

sports.yahoo.com

RIP. One of the best boxers of all time.

The WuFlu Vaccination takes another victim.

 

[Bobob]

Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a dec...

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RIP. One of the best boxers of all time.

This is so sad. He was without a doubt one of the ALL TIME greats.

I was privileged to see him fight Sugar Ray Leonard in Vegas when Leonard came out of retirement. I always believed that Hagler won.

RIP CHAMP.

In his prime, Leonard would have beaten Hagler, easily. My opinion and 3 bucks get me a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

 

[katsteve2012]

Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a dec...

sports.yahoo.com

RIP. One of the best boxers of all time.

This is so sad. He was without a doubt one of the ALL TIME greats.

I was privileged to see him fight Sugar Ray Leonard in Vegas when Leonard came out of retirement. I always believed that Hagler won.

RIP CHAMP.

In his prime, Leonard would have beaten Hagler, easily. My opinion and 3 bucks get me a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

What particular strengths do you believe that Leonard had that would have given him an edge over Hagler if they had fought when both were in their prime?

When they did fight both were far past their best years.

Keep in mind that Leonard was a natural welterweight (147 pounds) and Hagler fought his entire career at 160.