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Thomas Hauser reviews Don Stradley’s new book, The War: Hagler-Hearns and Three Rounds for the Ages

Hagler vs Leonard: The narrative of a superfight Supreme sports writer Brian Doogan reveals how his fascination with the timeless Hagler vs Leonard rivalry led to him writing one of the best boxing books of recent years DARKNESS was Ray Leonard’s light during his years away from boxing. Denied the stage he had illuminated as his sport’s most celestial exponent in the immediate aftermath of Muhammad Ali’s sad decline and exit, he descended into an abyss. “I discovered alcohol and cocaine...

It was the night Bono and the boys went ringside in Las Vegas "feeling like U2, Dublin, Ireland, and left feeling like the number one group on the planet." The SuperFight between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard - the subject of a new book by Irish author Brian Doogan - was a $100million showdown at Caesars Palace in April 1987. It coincided with U2s shoot for the iconic video to I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For, the second track on The Joshua Tree album. "It was the perfec...

The making of Marvelous Marvin Hagler In 1967 Marvin Hagler found himself in the thick of the Newark riots. He emerged from them with the mindset that made him one of the greatest fighters in history, writes Declan Warrington FIFTY-THREE years have passed since Marvin Hagler, then aged 13, had to spend five harrowing days on the floor of the modest family home in which he grew through fear of being shot while the Newark race riots raged. Instructed to do so by the mother for whom he had such re...