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Originally Posted by Rmarsh
Cool story there Hooked
In his prime..... and in person you could see he was an incredible physical specimen....same height and weight as I was at the time....except he was all muscle. He had an amazing record....67 fights with 52 KO's. He was robbed by the judges in a split decision when he fought the medias golden boy.....sugar ray leonard
In a pro boxing career spanning 14 years and 67 fights, Marvelous Marvin Hagler never was knocked down.
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He was also robbed by the judges who scored his first title shot against Antuofermo as a draw. Vito looked like he walked face first into a cheese grater after the fight. That pretty much told him that he and the Petronelli Brothers were considered boxing outsiders by the Kings and Arums of the world, and he was only going to win by a KO. So when he went to London to fight Minter on his home turf for the title, he took care of business.
His 2 early losses to Willie Monroe and Bobby Watts were questionable as well.