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What I admired most about Marvin Hagler


What I admired most about Marvin Hagler
Michael Marley pays tribute to Marvin Hagler, a legend who always remained humble
OLIVER “ATOMIC BULL” McCALL was pegged as a no-hoper against exalted WBC heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis but, with one eye closed shut, the American dethroned Double L and at the Royal Albert Hall no less. Fast forward two-and-a-half hours and McCall asked me to go on a post-midnight walkabout despite heavy rain. So, propelled by the best champagne, the new ring king and I started slogging through the streets around our lodgings (the Dorchester Hotel). Having properly belted Lewis, McCall decided to show off his green and gold WBC belt. McCall was squinting into the distance and asked me if I recognised a man he was calling out to. Instantly, I did, confirming that it was former world champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler who did TV commentary for the show. ....

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The making of 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler


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 respect, if it was the reason Hagler survived becoming collateral her wisdom was demonstrated three days into those riots by the death of Rebecca Brown, a nurse’s aide killed by a bullet from a policeman or National Guardsman in front of her four children having approached a window to prevent her two-year-old daughter suffering that same fate.  ....

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