OT: My favorite of the big 4, Marvelous Marvin, passes away at the age of 66. (link)

[upstater]

Former Middleweight Champ Marvelous Marvin Hagler Dead at 66

Marvelous Marvin has passed away unexpectedly.

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I saw Marvin Hagler walking down Newbury Street in Boston in the late 80s. The day of a big fight. He was wearing short shorts, white knee high athletic socks, sunglasses & was carrying a huge boombox by his ear. I said to him, "Hey Marvelous, who you got tonight, Hit Man or Sugar Ray?" He turned to me and emphatically said, "I don't know, and I don't care!" Then he spun around and continued smoothly down the street with his boom box.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Yeah, that sucks.

I always liked him the best.

Hagler
Hearns
Sugar Ray
Duran- No Mas buries him.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Still the most exciting fight. I'll listen for arguments of a "better" fight, more technical fight, etc. This was pure adrenaline.

Two boxers in their prime and just laying heavy hands the whole fight. Hearns broke his right hand in first round.

 

[formerlurker]

Former Middleweight Champ Marvelous Marvin Hagler Dead at 66

Marvelous Marvin has passed away unexpectedly.

www.tmz.com

I saw Marvin Hagler walking down Newbury Street in Boston in the late 80s. The day of a big fight. He was wearing short shorts, white knee high athletic socks, sunglasses & was carrying a huge boombox by his ear. I said to him, "Hey Marvelous, who you got tonight, Hit Man or Sugar Ray?" He turned to me and emphatically said, "I don't know, and I don't care!" Then he spun around and continued smoothly down the street with his boom box.

I just posted and deleted a thread on this once I saw yours. He was a bad man in the ring and I have a lot of fond memories of my Dad and I watching his fights together.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Still the most exciting fight. I'll listen for arguments of a "better" fight, more technical fight, etc. This was pure adrenaline.

Two boxers in their prime and just laying heavy hands the whole fight. Hearns broke his right hand in first round.

I was just talking about this fight with a friend of mine the other day. Man this stinks. I loved Hagler.

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

That stinks. Have some family ties to his home town so we always rooted for him. RIP

 

[Chin Diesel]

As a younger kid I wanted to believe Hagler was absolutely robbed. Sugar Ray was better in this fight than I remembered.

This was another great fight in the 80's.

 

[Hoophound]

Yeah. Leonard won IMO. Used to debate it heavily with my friends back then.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Yeah. Leonard won IMO. Used to debate it heavily with my friends back then.

Marvin was one of my very favorite athletes ever.

I would re-watch this fight, and sometimes judge it one way and sometimes judge it the other.

 

[JakeTheDog]

Toughest southpaw there ever was.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Another thing where memories get foggy.

If you had told me Hearns had bigger arms than Hagler I would have laughed. Hearns' frame was bigger than I remembered.

Also, Sugar Ray, Much like Floyd Mayweather was bigger for his class than I would have assumed. Looking back 40 years later, Sugar Ray could have fought 160-165 his whole career and crushed it.

 

[mauconnfan]

Definitely the best of boxing back in the days with these 4. RIP Marvin

 

[upstater]

That Sugar Ray Marvin fight made me hate boxing. One guy is the champ. You need to beat the champ. Not irritate him like a swarm of flies. The whole setup was wrong. Bigger ring, gloves, etc.

 

[Kitaman]

He was the middleweight Joe Frazier. Never backing up, and never scared. He was an HBO legend and a fighter you never wanted to miss his fights.

That was the boxing era and he was at the top of the food chain. Hagler was the undisputed middleweight champion 1980-87, going 11yrs in 38 fights w/o defeat!

 

[jayteeman]

Best times of boxing when the middleweights had the glamour of the heavyweights. The four mentioned mw's were always a thrill whatever matchup you could get....they all had a different style. Hagler was Boston!
Was also the time of Hartford's welterweight champion Marlon Starling in his bouts with Mark Breland.

 

[alphasigko]

Pound for pound one of the hardest punchers in the game....RIP Marvin

 

[TheChamps990411]

Im a huge boxing fan and Hagler was at the top of my list of favorite fighters of all time. (Hagler,Pep,Trinidad) A lot of people remember him as a strong power puncher but he was a top tier boxer. His technique was close to flawless but he was also like a tank. Without a doubt one of the greatest and most avoided fighters of all time. RIP