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(L-R) - Wijlen, great Marvelous Marvin Hagler, his grandson James Jr., and son James

BOSTON (Februari 15, 2022) – There are few family names in boxing, especially in New England, as universally revered as Hagler and Roach.
They are part of boxing royalty.

There is a new connection as James Hagler, Jr., the grandson of the late Hall of Famer Marvelous Marvin Hagler, has signed an exclusive managerial contract with Fighter Locker, owned and operated by the nephew of Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, Boston-based Ryan Roach.

The plan is for Roach to have Hagler fight in Massachusetts, ideally in Brockton, the City of Champions in which Hagler as well as another Hall of Famer, Rocky Marciano, fought out of during their professional careers.

“I was looking for a manager and read about Ryan,” Hagler said. “I looked him up online, talked with him, and met him last weekend for the first time. He is not a greedy person. By far, he offered me the best deal I have ever received. He really wants to help me. Ryan’s a cool dude. I feel good about signing with him.

“Fighting someday in Brockton and Boston means a lot to me, because of my grandfather’s background, and that’s one of the reasons I signed with Ryan. My mother and father are from that area, and I still have a lot of family living on both sides living there. I’ll be the third member of the Hagler family to fight in New England, joining my grandfather and uncle (Robbie Simms)."


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(L-R) – Ryan Roach & James Hagler, Jr.


“I’m excited to be managing James,'Zei Roach. “Right away, I was interested in a fighter with the Hagler name. I spoke with James and he’s a good kid who is all in. He wants to prove himself on his own and I get that, because I want to make it on my own terms, not my last name.
“We’re excited to get him fighting in New England. We’re going to do great things together. We plan on having him fight in Brockton, hopefully this summer, to bring boxing back to Brockton.”

The 31-year-old Hagler, who fights out of Atlanta, didn’t start boxing until he was 24. Why did he start so late?

“My grandfather didn’t want any of us (in the Hagler family) to box,” James explained. “I wanted to be a boxer since I was 3 of 4. He didn’t want anybody in his family to go through what he did in the Sugar Ray Leonard fight. Mijn vader (a boxing promoter in Atlanta) was an amateur boxer who fought in the Olympic Trials. He stopped boxing because my grandfather wouldn’t watch him fight. My father didn’t want to continue fighting.

“There’s a lot of pressure on me fighting because people expect me to be like my grandfather or want me to live up to the Hagler name. I feel good following in my grandfather’s footsteps. When guys fight me, it’s like their championship fight, because they want to say they beat a Hagler for bragging rights. I know that they will always have their best fight against me.”

James (2-1, 1 KO) had a relatively brief amateur career, fighting in Alabama and Georgia, and the southpaw made his pro debut December 14, 2019, in Ohio, when he stopped Michael Widmer in round one. He’s only had two fights since, winning one and losing the other, the latest this past November.

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James Hagler, Jr. in actie


Hagler will fight as a super middleweight for now, but he intends to campaign as a middleweight in the same division his legendary grandfather owned for so many years. He does have a dream fight in mind, gezegde, “I met Muhammad Ali’s grandson (Nico Walsh). I’d love to fight him someday.”

Fighter Locker’s growing stable of gifted boxers also includes California super flyweight Rocco “So Cal Kid” Santomauro (21-1, 6 KO), New York’s ABF American West super lightweight Ray Jay “The Destroyer” Bermudez (16-0, 11 KO), Connecticut’s ABF USA super welterweight Jimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams (18-5-2, 6 KO), Colorado’s ABF American West super middleweight champion “The Amazing” Shawn McCalman (10-0, 6 KO), Massachusetts super lightweight Adrian “Tonka” Sosa (12-0, 9 KO), Florida super bantamweight Daniel “The Dedication” Bailey, Jr. (10-0, 5 KO), Massachusetts featherweight Troy Anderson, Jr. (4-0, 2 KO), 2-time Brazilian Olympian & 2016 Olympic silver medalist Yuberjen Martinez, Brazilian Olympian Jorge Vivas, 2-time Dominican Olympian, lightweight Leonel de los Santos (5-0, 5 KO), Dominican cruiserweight Roki “Rocky” Berroa (2-0, 1 KO), Dominican super welterweight Juan Solano Santos (1-0, 1 KO), Dominican featherweight Orlando Perez Zapata (10-0, 8 KO), Dominican lightweight Isaelin Florian Henriguez (8-1, 4 KO), Florida light heavyweight Robert Daniels, Jr. (6-0, 5 KO), Irish light heavyweight Tommy “The Kid” O’Toole (3-0, 2 KO), Texas super lightweight Miranda “La Alacrana” Reyes (5-1-1, 2 KO), Massachusetts super featherweight Alex Rivera (3-0, 2 KO), Kansas brothers, welterweight Marcus (3-0, 3 KO) and super lightweight Marcell (1-0), and Utah brothers, ABF American West lightweight champion Ignacio Chairez (9-0-1, 5 KO) and lightweight Gabriel Chairez (4-0-1, 2 KO).

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Een opmerkelijke boksreis als geen ander 1972 Olympisch gouden medaillewinnaar “Suiker” Ray Seales

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Ronde. (April 9, 2020) — Stel je voor dat je de enige bokser uit je land bent die een Olympische gouden medaille verovert, slechts enkele dagen na het beruchte bloedbad in München. Stel je nu voor dat je ook een opmerkelijke hebt gewonnen 338 van 350 amateurwedstrijden, als professional met een trilogie gevochten “Wonderbaar” Marvin Hagler, in beide ogen juridisch blind verklaard worden (entertainer hebben Sammy Davis, Jr. haal een medische rekening van zes cijfers op), zicht terug in één oog, daarna werkzaam als docent autistische studenten voor 17 jaar.

“Suiker” Ray Seales heeft echt een surrealistisch leven geleid, op zijn zachtst gezegd, en hij is nog steeds bezig met boksen op de leeftijd van 67, als een succesvolle coach van amateurboksers in Indianapolis.

Geboren in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Island als een van de acht kinderen in een gezin waarvan de vader daar bokser was als lid van de VS.. Legerteam, Seales begon op negenjarige leeftijd met boksen. “Ik heb drie broers en we verslaan elkaar altijd,” hij sprak over zijn start in het boksen. “Leren boksen, voor mij, ging helemaal over vechten om als eerste te eten. Ik was geraakt in mijn linkeroog toen ik trefbal speelde en mijn oom, die gestationeerd was op Ft. Lewis (in Tacoma, WA), vertelde mijn moeder dat daar een speciale dokter was die met mijn oog kon helpen. Mijn vader was overal gestationeerd 1964, toen ik was 12, mijn moeder heeft ons naar Tacoma verhuisd, Washington.

“Ik had boksen in mijn systeem. Ik ging met mijn broers naar de Downtown Tacoma Boys Club, dat was slechts een blok van ons huis, en mijn moeder kon me zien lopen van ons huis naar de sportschool en terug. Ik was de eerste die een Golden Gloves-titel won. Ik wilde een winnaar zijn en eindigde ermee 14 (kampioen) jassen. Ik sprak geen Engels. Ik kende Spaans en sprak samen Spaans en Engels. Het eerste woord dat ik in het Engels zei, was box. We vochten drie of vier keer per dag en we bouwden de Tacoma Boxing Club. Ik ging verder met een 338-12 amateurrecord en sindsdien ben ik aan het boksen.”

Seales ontwikkelde zich tot een kampioen, het nemen van de hoogste eer aan de 1971 Nationale AAU en 1972 Nationale kampioenschappen gouden handschoenen. Op de leeftijd van 19, Seales aangeworven in de Verenigde Staten. Luchtmacht, maar zijn moeder maakte wat telefoontjes zodat Ray zou kunnen concurreren in de 1972 Olympische Spelen in München, Duitsland.

Ze is geslaagd en de rest, zoals men zegt, is geschiedenis. En toen hij thuiskwam van de Olympische Spelen, hem werd verteld dat hij zich niet bij de VS hoefde te melden. Luchtmacht, omdat hij als enige Amerikaanse bokser genoeg had gedaan in termen van service om een ​​gouden medaille te winnen.

De 1972 Olympische Spelen, echter, werd overschaduwd door het doden van 11 Israëlische atleten en coaches, evenals een West-Duitse politieagent in het Olympisch Dorp door terroristen op Black September.

“Ik was net 20 geworden,” Seales herinnerde het zich. “Boksen was zwaar toen we daarheen gingen. Sommige van mijn familie, mijn coach van Tacoma, en Tacoma teamgenoot (en tweevoudig Amerikaans. Olympiër)Davey Armstrong waren in Duitsland. Ik wist eerst niets. Ik moest de aandacht van mijn ouders trekken om hen te laten weten dat ze daar niet heen moesten gaan, omdat er terroristen waren met machinepistolen in het Olympisch Dorp. Ik was de enige Amerikaanse bokser die nog vocht.”

Seales versloeg Bulgaars Angjei Anghhelov, 5-0, in het lichte kampioenschap weltergewicht om een ​​Olympische gouden medaille te veroveren, het enige lid van de Verenigde Staten. team om dit te doen. Zijn teamgenoten waren Armstrong, Duane Bobick, en Olympische bronzen medaillewinnaars Jesse Valdez, Marvin Johnson en Ricardo Carreras.

De toewijding van Sugar Ray Seales aan USA Boxing is ongeëvenaard,” zei Chris Tofflemire, USA Boxing Alumni Director. “Zijn trots, patriottisme, en toewijding om onze volgende generatie kampioenen te helpen is wat hem zo'n inspirerende figuur maakt.”


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Gemaakt om kampioen levenslang, wederzijds voordelige relaties tussen de VS in dozen en haar alumni, –boksers, ambtenaren, coaches en boxing fans — De Alumnivereniging verbindt generaties kampioenen, inspirerende en terug te geven aan de VS Boxing toekomstige kampioenen boksen, in en uit de ring.

De Verenigde Staten Boxing Alumni Association staat open voor iedereen die een liefde heeft voor het boksen en wil graag contact houden met amateur-boksen. Leden krijgen toegang verleend aan een breed scala aan speciale evenementen georganiseerd door de Alumni Association, met inbegrip van de jaarlijkse USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame receptie.

Om lid te worden van de Alumnivereniging, kunt u zich registreren op alumni@usaboxing.org voor een $40.00 per jaar contributie. Nieuwe leden krijgen een T-shirt te ontvangen, sleutelhanger en e-wallet.


Seales werd pro 1973, het winnen van een 8-ronde unanieme beslissing over Gonzalo Rodriguez in Tacoma. “Suiker man” won zijn eerste 21 pro gevechten, totdat hij een beslissing van 10 ronden verloor van 14-0 middengewicht vooruitzicht en toekomstige Hall of Famer Marvin Hagler. Twee gevechten later, Seales vocht tegen Hagler in Tacoma tot een gelijkspel van 10 ronden (99-99, 99-99, 98-96).

“Iedereen wilde een kans maken op de Olympische gouden medaillewinnaar,” Seales legde uit.” Ik ging naar Boston en we vochten in een tv-studio (WNAC). Het was daar ijskoud. Ik beefde toen ik de ring in ging, Marvin kwam druipend van het zweet naar buiten. Ik wist dat ik verloor nadat ik dat had gezien, maar ik hing met hem en ging de verte (10 rondes). Ik had managementproblemen en drie maanden later vocht ik opnieuw tegen Hagler, alleen deze keer thuis in Tacoma. Ik versloeg hem, maar het eindigde in een 10-ronde gelijkspel. Hij weet dat ik hem heb verslagen!”

Seales voltooide zijn trilogie met Hagler, maar het was vijf jaar later, toen Hagler was 42-2-1 en vermeden door de meeste van de beste middengewichten ter wereld. “Ik was de USBA (Boxing Association van de Verenigde Staten) en de Noord-Amerikaanse Boxing Federation (NABF) middengewicht kampioen en Hagler moesten een titel winnen om een ​​wereldtitel te krijgen,” Seales merkte op. “Ik verloor ons derde gevecht in de eerste ronde, maar dat is het enige dat op televisie te zien is in onze drie gevechten. We waren twee linkshandigen, maar hij schakelde over naar rechtshandig, en hij ving me op met een haak. Ik werd betaald en ze kochten een wereldtitelgevecht voor hem.”

Seales heeft in het verleden twee verschillende amateurteams in Indianapolis gecoacht 11 jaar, winnend 10 Golden Gloves teamkampioenschappen, en hij heeft nog steeds de leiding in Indy van Team IBG.

Nadat hij met pensioen was gegaan 1984 na het lijden van losgemaakte netvliezen in beide ogen, Seales werd in Las Vegas voorgesteld aan Sammy Davis, Jr. (hieronder afgebeeld), die Seales heeft betaald’ $100,000 medische rekening voor zijn beschadigde ogen. Davis verloor zijn linkeroog in een 1952 auto ongeluk



“Ik ben een leraar,” Seales besloot. “Ik zie de manier waarop zoveel boksers willen vechtenFloyd Mayweather. Hun hoofd is gekanteld, ze kunnen geen prik gooien. Ik leer ze om de rechtervoet achter de linkervoet te hebben (voor een rechtshandige bokser), en om recht naar binnen te lopen, niet gekanteld of piekt. Heel toe, hiel teen elke keer dat je draait is je houding.

“Mijn advies voor de boksers die hopen mee te doen aan de 2020 Olympische Spelen is om je te concentreren op wat je doet en te luisteren hoe je het voor elkaar krijgt. Wat ik echt wil doen is het USA Olympic Boxing Team 2024 coachen.”

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THOMAS HEARNS HEADLINES STAR-LADEN CLASS OF INDUCTEES INTO NEVADA BOXING HALL OF FAME

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Spinks brothers, Michael Carbajal, Erik Morales and Salvador Sanchez are also among the greats to be honored Augustus. 12 at Caesars Palace.
LAS VEGAS – Voormalig wereldkampioen Thomas Hearns, die met Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler en Roberto Duran dominated boxing in the 1980s and became known collectively as “The Four Kings,” headlines a 14-person class of inductees into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, Hall CEO/president Michelle Corrales-Lewis announced Wednesday.
Hearns was chosen in the non-Nevada resident boxer category, along with Michael Spinks, Erik Morales, Michael Carbajal, women’s boxing star Lucia Rijker and Salvador Sanchez. Elected in the Nevada resident boxer category was Ken Norton, Leon Spinks and Richie Sandoval.
Chosen in the non-boxer category were referee Davey Pearl, public relations specialist Debbie Munch, promoter Mel Greb, trainer/cut man Rafael Garcia and Nevada Athletic Commission chair Dr. Elias Ghanem.
Norton, Sanchez, Greb and Ghanem will be inducted posthumously.
The members of the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame’s star-studded fifth-induction class will be honored at a gala dinner at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Zaterdag, Augustus. 12. Ticket will be released Thursday, February 16th at 12pm on NVBHOF.com .
“We are very proud of this class of inductees, and it contains some of the greatest fighters who ever lived,” Corrales-Lewis said. “I’m looking forward to our gala dinner when we can honor these richly deserving people and allow their fans to say hello.”
Hearns was one of the standouts during the 1980s and participated in a series of great bouts in Las Vegas with Leonard, Hagler and Duran. His 1985 bout with Hagler at Caesars Palace is still regarded by many as the greatest fight in boxing history.
The Spinks brothers, Michael and Leon, become the first set of brothers inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Both won gold medals for the U.S. bij de 1976 Olympics in Montreal and then went on to win world titles in the pros.
Norton, known primarily for a series of close bouts with the legendary Muhammad Ali, also competed in one of the great heavyweight title bouts ever. He lost the WBC title by a razor-thin decision to Larry Holmes in 1978, among the finest heavyweight championship fights ever held.
Pearl was among the best referees of all-time and worked more than 70 championship bouts. He was the referee for both Leon Spinks’ schokkend 1978 upset of Ali as well as for Leonard’s dramatic 14th-round knockout of Hearns in 1981.
The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame is an IRS 501 (c)3 charity and all donations are tax deductible. The Hall’s charitable contributions over the five years since its formation have helped boxers in need and boxing-related charities. Donations are welcome.
The Hall was founded in 2013 by noted boxing broadcaster Rich Marotta.
Voor meer informatie, phone 702-3NVBHOF, of 702-368-2463.
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE NEW HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Michael Carbajal – Best known as the first junior flyweight to earn a $1 million purse, Carbajal won world titles at junior flyweight and flyweight. Known as “Little Hands of Stone” for his punching power, Carbajal was 49-4 met 33 KO.
His rivalry with Humberto “Petite” Gonzalez was one of the best of the early 1990s and their 1993 fight was The Ring Magazine Fight of the Year. In 2004, The Ring named Carbajal as the best junior flyweight in history.
Hij was 98-10 as an amateur and won a silver medal at the 1988 Olympische Spelen in Seoul, Zuid-Korea.
Thomas Hearns – Hearns, 58, won recognized world titles at welterweight, super weltergewicht, middengewicht, super middleweight and light heavyweight during a career in which he went 61-5-1 met 48 KO.
He’s most remembered for his savage three-round battle with Hagler in 1985, but he participated in many of the decade’s biggest and most electric bouts. He fought in Las Vegas 16 tijden, gaand 11-4-1 met negen knockouts.
Erik Morales – One of the most exciting fighters of the early part of the 2000s, Morales is best known for his series of outstanding fights with arch rival Marco Antonio Barrera. Morales went 52-9 met 36 knockouts but is best known for his trilogy with Barrera, two of which were named Ring Fight of the year.
Morales won major world titles at super bantamweight, vedergewicht, super featherweight and super lightweight, becoming the first Mexican born fighter to win titles in four weight classes.
He also engaged in a spectacular trilogy with Manny Pacquiao, beating him in the first and dropping the last two.
Ken Norton – Though he was the heavyweight champion before losing his belt to Larry Holmes in one of the great title bouts ever, Norton was best known for his three fights with the legendary Muhammad Ali. Norton defeated Ali in 1973 in San Diego in their first bout, breaking Ali’s jaw.
Ali won the two subsequent bouts, waaronder een 1976 match at Yankee Stadium for the title. Some observers believe Norton deserved to win all three fights.
The Holmes fight was sensational and the two men stood in the center of the ring at Caesars and slugged it out in the 15th en laatste ronde.
Lucia Rijker – Rijker is regarded as one of, if not the best, women boxers in history. She was 17-0 met 14 knockouts in boxing and was 37-0-1 met 25 knockouts as a kick boxer.
In her boxing career, she scored dominant wins over the likes of Jane Couch, Marcela Acuna and Chevelle Hallback.
She later appeared in the Oscar-winning film, “Million Dollar Baby.“
Salvador Sanchez – Sanchez tragically died in an auto accident in Mexico at just 23 jaar oud, robbing the world of one of the elite fighters in history well before his time. Sanchez was 44-1-1 met 32 knockouts and was the lineal featherweight champion from 1980 until his death in 1982.
He won the title by knocking out Danny “Klein rood” Lopez, but is best known for a dominating eighth-round stoppage of Wilfredo Gomez. Gomez was 33-0 met 32 knockouts but was no match for Sanchez.
Richie Sandoval – Sandoval held the bantamweight title for two years, but his career, as great as it was, is a question of what might have been. Hij was een lid van de 1980 U.S. Olympic boxing team, but he lost his chance at a medal when President Carter decided to boycott the Games in Moscow.
Sandoval won the first 29 fights of his pro career, opstapelen 17 knock-outs, and beat the great Jeff Chandler for the bantamweight belt.
But tragically, Sandoval suffered serious boxing related injuries in a 1986 bout with Gaby Canizales and was forced to retire.
Leon Spinks – Spinks is most known for upsetting Muhammad Ali in 1978 in just his eighth pro fight to win the heavyweight championship. He lost the title in a rematch and failed in two other attempts to win a title. He was stopped by Larry Holmes in a heavyweight title fight in 1981 and lost a cruiserweight title challenge in Reno to Dwight Muhammad Qawi in 1986.
A colorful figure known as “Neon” Leon, he was an acclaimed amateur who was 178-7 met 133 KOs and the light heavyweight gold at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
He finished his professional career with a 26-17-3 mark and 14 KO.
Michael Spinks – Spinks was 31-1 in his career and won both the light heavyweight and heavyweight titles. He moved up from light heavyweight to defeat Larry Holmes at the Riviera in 1985, denying Holmes the opportunity to go 49-0 and match Rocky Marciano’s record.
He won the light heavyweight title in his 17th pro fight in 1981 at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas when he bested the much more experienced Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. Spinks held the light heavyweight title for four years, before giving it up to move to heavyweight to fight Holmes.
Een 1976 Olympisch gouden medaillewinnaar, Spinks‘ only pro loss came in his final fight when he was knocked out by Mike Tyson in a bout for the undisputed heavyweight title.
NON-BOXER INDUCTEE BIOGRAPHIES
Rafael Garcia – Garcia, 87, is best known for his cap he wears festooned with pins and for working as Floyd Mayweather’s hand wrapper. But he had a long career as both a cut man and a trainer and was outstanding at both. He worked with elite fighters such as Mayweather, Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello and Wilfredo Gomez.
Dr. Elias Ghanem – Ghanem as the long-time chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission, and was responsible for helping it to earn the moniker, “The greatest commission in the world.”
Ghanem, a physician whose patients once included Elvis Presley, played a key role in the hearings after Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield, and also was instrumental in bringing the Oscar De La Hoya-Felix Trinidad bout to Las Vegas in 1999.
Mel Greb – Known as “The father of professional boxing in Southern Nevada,” Greb was a promoter and matchmaker who first brought Muhammad Ali to Nevada. Then known as Cassius Clay, Greb promoted Ali’s seventh pro fight in 1961. That week, he introduced Ali to wrestler “Gorgeous” George, and Ali patterned himself after George in many ways.
Greb died in 1996 bij 75 jaar oud.
Debbie Munch – Caesars Palace in Las Vegas was a legendary host for many of boxing’s biggest fights in the 1980s and early 1990s, and Munch, a public relations expert, was instrumental in it.
She was widely respected by promoters, boxers and the media and helped many journalists immeasurably with their boxing coverage.
Davey Pearl – Pearl was small of stature, but was a giant as a referee. He worked more than 70 world title bouts, including Muhammad Ali-Leon Spinks and Sugar Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns.
Pearl was also a highly regarded judge.
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Marvin Hagler Jr. to take on Ray Leonard Jr. on April 8, 2017 in Atlantic City

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30 years to the day of their Fathers’ memorable fight
Atlantic City, NJ (Mei 13, 2015) – Den April 8, 2017, Feldman Brothers, Ritesh Parikh and former Heavyweight champion of the world, Larry Holmes will present a special night that will feature a bout 30 jaar in de maak.
Marvin Hagler Jr. and Ray Leonard Jr. will square off in a battle for legacy in a contest that will come exactly 30 years after the Father’s squared off in a memorable fight.
The third man in the ring will be the same referee that officiated Leonard Sr’s win over Hagler Sr. That being Richard Steele.

The event will distributed worldwide live on Pay-Per-View.
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A LEGENDARY MARCH THROUGH THE DECADES – SHOWTIME SPORTS® CONTINUES CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®

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Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo Lopez, George Foreman & More Showcased In March

 

Klik HIER For A Look Back At Some Of The Legendary Moments On SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: http://s.sho.com/1RkA3CE

 

NEW YORK (Maart 2, 2016) - Showtime Sport rolls out its third installment of a year-long salute commemorating 30 jaren van Showtime Championship Boxing in March with “Legends’’.

 

This month will be highlighted by legends Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo “Finito” Lopez and George Foreman. Seven of the most unforgettable and important fights from these legends – some of which have seldom been re-aired since their live presentation – are available now on the network’s on demand platforms and will air will air on “Throwback Thursdays”in March at 10 p.m. EN/PT op Showtime EXTREME.

 

De Donderdag, Maart 10 presentation of Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi airs exactly 30 years after the final win of Hagler’s Hall of Fame career on March 10, 1986. Hagler vs. Mugabi was the first main event to ever air on SHOWTIME®.

 

The classic fights, which are also are available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, Showtime ANYTIME® and via the network’s standalone streaming service, will be wrapped with brief context and commentary from SHOWTIME Sports host Brian Custer.

 

Below is the schedule of SHO EXTREME premieres for the month of March:

  • Morgen, Donderdag, Maart 3: Terry Norris vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
  • Donderdag, Maart 10: Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi
  • Donderdag, Maart 17: Felix Trinidad vs. David Reid
  • Donderdag, Maart 24: Ricardo Lopez vs. Rosendo Alvarez II
  • Donderdag, Maart 31: Iran Barkley vs. Thomas Hearns I, George Foreman vs. Gerry Cooney (10:15 p.m. EN/PT), Gerald McClellan vs. Julian Jackson I (10:30 p.m. ET / PT)

 

Ter ere van de beste rivaliteit op SHOWTIME, zie hieronder voor een speciale column van SHOWTIME Sports-expertanalist en bokshistoricus Steve Farhood.

 

LEGENDS

Door Steve Farhood

 

Boxing without legends would be like religion without saints.

There’s no formula for a fighter to advance from star to superstar to legend. The process depends on timing, circumstance, and sometimes as little as a point or two on the judges’ kaarten.

And oh, ja: It helps if a guy can really fight.

As we celebrate 30 years of boxing on SHOWTIME, we’re focusing on a different theme each month. Throughout March, the theme will be Legends.

In de 130 years from John L. Sullivan to Floyd Mayweather, boxing has given us what other sports can’t provide. Consider:

  • The Associated Press voted Luis Firpo’s knockdown of Jack Dempsey as the greatest sports moment of the first half of the 20th Century.
  • The Frazier-Ali “Fight Of The Century” in 1971 was easily the most anticipated sporting event in history.
  • Last year’s Mayweather-Pacquiao fight generated more than half-a-billion dollars — in one night!

Legends are made by big moments … and how they respond to those moments.

On SHOWTIME, we’ve featured three decades worth of legends. Here’s a look at those who will share the spotlight in March.

MARVIN HAGLER: Since Vince Lombardi didn’t exactly say, “Timing isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” Hagler should’ve said it.

Hagler was a great fighter long before he was a superstar, but it wasn’t until he fought Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, en Sugar Ray Leonard (three of Hagler’s last six bouts) that Marvin became Marvelous.

Hagler’s one appearance on SHOWTIME, which happened to be the first bout televised on the network (Maart 1986), was the final win of his career. Undefeated over 10 jaar, Hagler had established himself as one of the greatest middleweights in history. And while it could be argued in hindsight that at age 31, the ultimate blue-collar fighter was slightly past his prime, much of what made Hagler special was on display during his savage defense against his unbeaten and ferocious challenger, John Mugabi.

Almost three decades after his retirement, Hagler remains the middleweight today’s 160-pounders are measured against.

Sugar Ray Leonard: If Hagler bloomed late, Leonard was a superstar before he threw a single punch as a professional.

Back in the mid-‘70s, that’s what a magnetic smile, an Olympic gold medal, and repeated exposure on prime time television could do for a young fighter.

It’s ironic that Leonard was initially viewed by some as a coddled creation of the media. In feite, he was as tough as any fighter of the star-studded early-‘80s. Better yet, he remains the best fighter I’ve covered in 38 years on the boxing beat.

Leonard’s appearance on SHOWTIME was the penultimate bout of his career. In electing to end yet another lengthy layoff, Sugar Ray, 34, chose outstanding 23-year-old super welterweight titlist Terry Norris as his opponent. Leonard dropped from 160 naar 154 pounds and fought at Madison Square Garden for the first time.

The bout served as a reminder that at least in a pre-Bernard Hopkins world, boxing was very much a young man’s game.

FELIX TRINIDAD: There are only three Hispanic fighters who became superstars in the USA without speaking English. The first was Panama’s Roberto Duran. The second was Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez.

The third was Puerto Rico’s Trinidad.

Trinidad’s motto might as well have been, “If you can’t be from America, then beat America.”

A classic puncher with a boy scout’s smile and a fan-friendly personality, Trinidad made his name by defeating four U.S. Olympiërs, Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya (albeit by a terrible decision), David Reid, and Fernando Vargas.

Bovendien, Whitaker, De La Hoya, and Reid had all been gold medalists.

The fight we’ll feature on Maart 17 op SHO EXTREME, Trinidad vs. Reid, was Trinidad’s 14th and final appearance on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING and SHOWTIME pay-per-view.

From his welterweight title-winning kayo of Maurice Blocker in 1993 through his defense against Mahenge Zulu in 1998, 13 of Trinidad’s 14 bouts were aired on SHOWTIME. Twelve of those fights were knockout wins.

Where Trinidad ranks with Wilfredo Gomez, Miguel Cotto, Carlos Ortiz, Wilfred Benitez, and the rest of the legends from Puerto Rico is debatable. What is inarguable is that “Tito” generated as much excitement as any fighter of his era.

RICARDO LOPEZ: What’s smaller: the chance that a strawweight (105 pond) becomes an American television star or the fighter himself?

There’s never been an American world champion at strawweight (or minimumweight). We just don’t grow fighters that size. In feite, until the emergence of Mexico’s Lopez in the early-’90s, most American boxing fans couldn’t have identified a single strawweight if armed with a map of the world and a set of WBC ratings.

Lopez was so complete, so dominant, so technically perfect, that from 1994 to ’99, he was a staple of SHOWTIME’s boxing programming. He fought 13 consecutive bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING or SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View, and the first 11 of those contests were defenses of the strawweight title.

And if you think the little guys can’t punch, goed, there were some one-punch kayos sprinkled in.

Lopez, who retired with a mark of 51-0-1, is universally acknowledged as an all-time great. Too bad he never fought America’s Michael Carbajal at light flyweight. Had he won that bout, he’d likely be acknowledged as one of the two or three greatest Mexican fighters ever.

Which is saying a lot for a fighter who never faced an opponent recognized by the American viewing public.

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