MARVELOUS MARVIN HAGLER BOXING FIGHT VIDEO

Marvelous Marvin Hagler was the #1 ranked middleweight boxer for many years before he could fight for the title. He often had to travel to his opponents’ hometowns to get fights and even boxed the best that the city of Philadelphia had to offer. He lost decisions to Willie Monroe and Bobby 'Boogaloo' Watts , and had to suffer while watching less deserving challengers received titles shots against Carlos Monzon and Hugo Corro. This served for Hagler to build upon a character that was as tough as steel, but with a soft spot in his heart toward his fans. Hagler avenged his 2 defeats by knocking out Monroe and Watts in rematches, and won a 10 round decision over Bennie Briscoe in a classic Philadelphia confrontation, and by this time he had made fans in both Massachusetts and Philadelphia. By then, promoter Bob Arum, a lawyer who had helped in the White House during President John F. Kennedy's tenure, took notice and signed him. Hagler needed some gubernatorial help, but Arum pulled the strings, and finally, in November 1979, Hagler was in the ring with a world middleweight champion Vito Antuofermo. The fight turned into a middleweight classic but unfortunately it was marred with controversy as Hagler was robbed of a decision and had to settle for a draw which only added to his frustrations.

Watch how Marvin Hagler paved his path to magnitude through perseverance and adversity on this marvelous boxing collection. The most career set of one of the truly great middleweights has some of his famous Philly brawls.