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About this book
The extraordinary career of a true sports icon
Marvelous Marvin Hagler is a sporting legend. Often called the greatest middleweight boxer of all time, he held the world title for 12 defenses, including bouts with Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, and Roberto Duran which entered fistic folklore. This biography tells the story of Hagler's extraordinary life for the first time, separating truth from myth to get right to the heart of a complex and charismatic man. From his wild early fights in the boxing wilderness of Brockton, Massachusetts, the book follows the blazing trail of Hagler's career: the controversial defeats subsequently avenged, a riot-scarred title win in London, and his unification of the middleweight crown. It also cover the Ring magazine's "greatest round of all time" against Hearns, his ferocious battle with Duran, and the still-controversial loss to his nemesis Leonard.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- The Authors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The Marvelous Marvin Hagler Story
- Teaming Up With The Petronelli Brothers
- Turning Professional
- The Philadelphia Experience
- The Cockney Invader
- Meeting ‘Bad’ Bennie Briscoe
- Robbery In Las Vegas – Another Huge Disappointment For The Marvelous One
- Defending His World Championship At Home
- A Blood Bath In Boston
- Mustafa Hamsho v Marvin Hagler
- Caved In
- San Remo, Italy – Return With Obelmejias
- A Winter’s Night In Worcester
- Entered The Ring Frozen – The Woeful Wilford Scypion
- The Build-Up To The Duran Confrontation
- The ‘Bore’ Against Hands Of Stone
- Juan Domingo Roldan
- Hagler v Hamsho II
- The Marvelous One v The Hit Man
- The Penultimate Fight – The African Lion
- Hagler – Leonard
- Ring The Bell
- Aftermath
- Retirement
- Epilogue
- Photographs