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Clive Gammon (October 6, 1980). "It Was Blood, Sweat And Beers". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved May 16, 2014. The 1987 bout for the WBC middleweight championship of the world will be forever remembered in history He told how he had walked into a gym run by Pat and Goody Petronelli in 1969, after being roughed up on the street by a young hard man who was a local boxer. His mission was to learn to fight, and soon his aptitude was clear as he won the US amateur national title in 1973, before turning professional later in the year. The fight was available on pay-per-view to about three million homes in the United States, and there were between 1,500 and 1,600 closed circuit locations, with about three million seats, in the United States and Canada. The fight was also televised in about 75 foreign countries. Marvin Hagler on his way to victory against Britain’s Alan Minter in 1980 at Wembley Arena. The referee stopped the fight in the third round. Photograph: AP

His first marriage, to Bertha, with whom he had five children, Charelle, Celeste, James, Marvin Jr and Gentry, ended in 1990. He married again in 2000, to an Italian woman, Kay Guarrera, and they kept homes in Milan, where he had some success working in Italian films, and New Hampshire in the US. Self-defense Guerra Brushes Off Critics, Praises Leonard Performance". The Inquirer. April 8, 1987 . Retrieved May 16, 2014. The fight lasted only eight minutes and one second, but it was regarded as a classic. Commentator Al Michaels uttered the famous line, "It didn't go very far, but it was a beauty!" The fight was named " Fight of the Year" by The Ring.Pat Putnam (December 10, 1979). " Sports Illustrated December 10, 1979". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved May 16, 2014.

Leonard outpunched Hagler, outsmarted him, outboxed him. He looked just great. Sugar Ray Leonard was making him miss a lot, and then counterpunching him. Sugar Ray Leonard was beating him to the punch. They should call him Marvelous Sugar Ray Leonard. Boxing is the art of self-defense, and Sugar Ray was in command at all times. He was very fast and he was very clever. He made Marvin Hagler come to him. He dictated the fight. [30] [31] Marvin Hagler (centre) strikes a pose with Nelson Mandela and Lennox Lewis in 2001. Photograph: Juda Ngwenya/Reuters Hagler later said that, as the fighters embraced in the ring after the fight, Leonard said to him, "You beat me, man." Hagler said after the fight, "He said I beat him and I was so happy." Leonard denied making the statement and said he only told Hagler, "You're a great champion." HBO cameras and microphones supported Hagler's version of events.

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Winderman, Ira (April 5, 1987). "After A Year's Prefight, Bell Tolls For These". Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016 . Retrieved December 16, 2014. Jim Murray, long-time sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times felt that Leonard deservedly got the decision, arguing that Leonard showed better defense and ring generalship, landed more punches and writing: Hagler had five children with his first wife, Bertha: Charelle, Celeste, James, Marvin Jr., and Gentry. [42] Although he owned a home in Bartlett, New Hampshire, Hagler lived in Milan. [44] In May 2000, he married his second wife, Kay, an Italian, in Pioltello, Italy. [45] Hagler attending Parade of Champions at International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY, 2008 Obviously, Hagler was the aggressor, but he was not the effective aggressor. You can't chase and get hit and chase and get hit, and get credit for it. Besides, the hardest punching was by Leonard. [34] Learning the hard way, taking fights against tough opponents for small financial reward, Hagler became something of an avoided man. As a southpaw, leading with the right hand instead of the normal left, he had an awkward style as well as a near freakish ability to take punches without them having any discernible effect. Two early defeats, on points, hardened his resolve.