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The extraordinary career of a true sports iconMarvelous 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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Publié par	Pitch Publishing
Date de parution	11 novembre 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781909626164
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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First published by Pitch Publishing, 2013
Pitch Publishing
A2 Yeoman Gate
Yeoman Way
Durrington
BN13 3QZ
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk
Brian Hughes and Damian Hughes, 2013
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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
The Authors
Brian Hughes was born and raised in Collyhurst, Manchester. He attended St. Patrick s School in Collyhurst, the playground of former world champion boxer, Jackie Brown and future United heroes, Nobby Stiles, Brian Kidd and Carlo Sartori.
Hughes was a keen amateur boxer, who founded the Collyhurst Lads Club in 1964. Within two years of opening, the club had won the first of over 30 National Schoolboy titles, National Junior ABA titles, England Schoolboy Internationals, Junior England Internationals, Senior champions and internationals. The Daily Mirror dubbed him, the Pied Piper of Collyhurst for the positive impact he had on the young people in the area.
During this time, Hughes was mentored by Sir Matt Busby s assistant, Jimmy Murphy, who urged him to forget what the coaching manuals say. Use your own common sense.
In the early 1970 s the Collyhurst Lads Club was demolished along with the Collyhurst Flats and the club moved to its present premises in Moston. Hughes achieved even greater success, producing several British, European and World boxing champions, becoming the first Manchester man to achieve the honour since Jack Bates in 1930s.

During this time, Hughes has authored over a dozen books, which have helped to raise money for his voluntary-run club. These biographies have included United greats, such as Tommy Taylor, Dennis Viollet, Denis Law and his old mentor, Jimmy Murphy.
In the Millennium honours list, Hughes was awarded an MBE for services to the community. In 2012 he was given the award for the Outstanding Contribution to British Boxing.
Professor Damian Hughes is the author of six best-selling books, including Liquid Thinking , Liquid Leadership and How to Change Absolutely Anything , as well the founder of the LiquidThinker Company which takes the psychological methods used by great achievers and shows, in easy steps, how you can adopt them into your own life and business.
He works as a change management consultant and sports psychologist for Sale Sharks, Warrington Wolves, England and GB Rugby League team.
He also runs a Manchester inner-city youth club, Collyhurst and Moston which has helped reduce crime and help many kids find a purpose in their lives from stopping crime to winning Olympic medals. He has also been nominated for the 2007 William Hill Sports book of the year award for Peerless , his biography of boxing great Sugar Ray Robinson. In 2009, he co-authored a critically acclaimed biography of boxing legend, Thomas Hearns in Hitman: the Thomas Hearns Story .
He was appointed as a Professor of Organisational Psychology and Change for Manchester Metropolitan University in September 2010.
His innovative and exciting approach has been praised by Sir Richard Branson, Muhammad Ali, Sir Terry Leahy, Sir Roger Bannister, Tiger Woods, Jonny Wilkinson and Sir Alex Ferguson.
There s a monster that comes out of me in the ring. I think it goes back to the days when I had nothing. It s hunger. I think that s what the monster is, and it s still there.
Marvin Hagler, 1981
Acknowledgements
W E WOULD both like to acknowledge our respective corner teams, without whom this book would never have been written.
Brian - I would like to pay tribute to my wife Rosemarie, my sons - Anthony, Damian and Christopher and my daughter Rachael, along with my beautiful grandchildren - Joseph, George, Joshua and Rose. You are the best team in the business.
Damian - I would like to thank Geraldine, George and Rose for their continued inspiration, encouragement and support in letting me pursue my dreams.
Introduction
W HEN A boxer steps into a ring, there are a number of different motivations which propel him into action. Some fighters box through inspiration, a passion to push their abilities as far as possible. Other fighters use rationalisation, an understanding that this is what they are best equipped to do. Others, however, box out of desperation, a primal urge to fight their way past an opponent and past the hand that life has dealt them.
As he looked out at the thronging mass of 12,000 British supporters, waving their Union flags and screaming themselves hoarse, aiming their insults and profanities in his direction, Marvin Hagler danced lightly on his toes and remained sphinx-like in his demeanour, yet inside, the Monster that lives inside me , as Hagler had explained it, absorbed it all. It stored up all grudges and slights, perceived or otherwise, as a primal fury, ready to explode.
There was a buzz of expectation. There is something special about a world championship fight. As the Wembley Arena arc lights were dimmed the spotlight searched for the lone figure of Alan Minter, the undisputed world middleweight champion, who had begun to snake his way towards the ring. He was flanked by Doug Bidwell, his manager, Kevin, Bidwell s son and Bobby Neil. The crowd, many with National Front leanings, carried him along on a wave of unabashed patriotic fervour. Dancing alone in the ring, Hagler remained impassive to the blanket of noise and hatred which remained unabated even when the Panamanian referee Carlos Berrocal beckoned both men towards the centre of the apron to administer his final instructions as the huge partisan crowd awaited for the opening bell to ring.
While he spoke, Hagler returned the fierce glare of his foe. His monster gathered together the fuel to drive him on towards his destiny of the undisputed world middleweight championship. The build-up to this fight provided it with plenty of ammunition.
He recalled how when he had arrived on English soil, he was met by the British press contingent and plunged into immediate controversy, including being forced to deny that he was a racist.
Peter Moss, a Daily Mail journalist, was among a throng of press men lying in wait at the airport. Moss suggested that, despite wearing a baseball cap, it doesn t hide his image as the ugliest American alive . Hagler incensed the press corps by refusing to sign any autographs or pose for any photographs. His attempts to explain himself, blaming the long flight and a desire to do himself justice when he spoke to them, did not offer any appeasement. Several of the following day s reports offered the contrast to truly great fighters, like Muhammad Ali, who have emerged dancing and singing from journeys which are twice the distance . He was also bombarded with questions about his racist instincts.
The race claim had gained publicity when Minter gave an interview in which he alleged that the American had refused to shake hands with him when they met in Las Vegas a few months previous. The bluetouch paper was lit when Minter recounted that Hagler had explained, I don t touch white flesh. The challenger attempted to defuse this powder keg by emphasising why he had come to England. I am not here for a race fight, he said. I am here to show people that I m a champion. And, I am going to do a job to take the world championship belt back to the United States. He denied the remarks by offering the defence, I m not a racist. I live in a white neighbourhood and I have lots of white friends. His monster was aggrieved by the slur. Hagler allowed it to find its voice. There is no love in this game, he said. Before a fight there are no friends. You aim to destroy each other. Maybe after the fight is over, I will shake hands with my opponent.
The following day, The Casanova Club in London s West End was at bursting point with a phalanx of press, photographers, radio and television representatives for the fight s first official press conference. Minter s crude attempts to build up the fight, choosing to cast Hagler as a force of evil, coming from Boston into London to steal his championship crown had been successful. It was announced that all 12,000 seats had been sold.
Hagler, dressed like a city gent in a smart blue pin-striped suit, wore dark glasses to protect himself from flashbulbs and intense media lights as much as from the glare of the four chunky gold rings adorning his fingers. He continued to project the image of malevolence by refusing to comply with requests to answer questions and chose instead to simply read a statement. He repeated his earlier claims, I would like to tell all you people straight. This is not a racial fight. He als