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

BOSTON (Február 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,” Roach commented. “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 vagy 4. He didn’t want anybody in his family to go through what he did in the Sugar Ray Leonard fight. Apám (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. akcióban


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, mondás, “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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A remarkable boxing journey like no other 1972 Olimpiai aranyérmes “Cukor” Ray Seales

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(Ray Seales is in the front row, second in from the left)



Colorado Springsben, Öl. (Április 9, 2020) — Imagine being the lone boxer from your country to capture an Olympic gold medal, only days after the infamous Munich massacre. Now imagine also having won a remarkable 338 a 350 amatőr mérkőzések, having fought a trilogy as a professional with “Csodálatos” Marvin Hagler, being declared legally blind in both eyes (having entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. pickup a six-figure medical bill), regaining sight in one eye, then working as a teacher of autistic students for 17 év.

“Cukor” Ray Seales has truly lived a surreal life, to say the least, and he’s still involved in boxing at the age of 67, as a successful coach of amateur boxers in Indianapolis.

Born in Saint Croix, Egyesült Államokon kívül. Virgin Island as one of eight children in a family whose father was a boxer there as a member of the U.S. Army team, Seales started boxing at the age of nine. “I have three brothers and we always beat the crap out of each other,” he spoke about his start in boxing. “Learning how to box, for me, was all about fighting to be the first to eat. I had gotten hit in my left eye playing dodgeball and my uncle, who was stationed at Ft. Lewis (Tacoma, WA), told my mother there was a special doctor there who could help with my eye. My father was stationed all over and in 1964, amikor ... voltam 12, my mother moved us to Tacoma, Washington.

“I had boxing in my system. I went with my brothers to the Downtown Tacoma Boys Club, which was only one block from our home, and my mother could watch me walk from our house to the gym and back. I was the first from there to win a Golden Gloves title. I wanted to be a winner and finished with 14 (bajnok) jackets. I couldn’t speak English. I knew Spanish and spoke Spanish and English together. The first word I said in English was box. We used to fight three or four times a day and we built the Tacoma Boxing Club. I went on to have a 338-12 amateur record and I’ve been in boxing ever since.”

Seales developed into a champion, taking top honors at the 1971 National AAU and 1972 National Golden Gloves championships. Évesen 19, Seales enlisted in the U.S. Légierő, but his mother made some calls so Ray would be able to compete in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Németország.

She succeeded and the rest, mint mondják, is history. And when he came home from the Olympics, he was told that there was no need for him to report to the U.S. Légierő, because he had done enough in terms of service as the only American boxer to win a gold medal.

A 1972 Olimpia, viszont, was overshadowed by the killing of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches, as well as a West German police officer at the Olympic Village by terrorists on Black September.

“I had just turned 20,” Seales remembered. “Boxing was heavy when we went there. Some of my family, my coach from Tacoma, and Tacoma teammate (and 2-time U.S. Olimposzi)Davey Armstrong were in Germany. I didn’t know anything at first. I had to get the attention of my parents to let them know not to go there, because there were terrorists with sub-machine guns in the Olympic Village. I was the only American boxer left to fight.”

Seales defeated Bulgarian Angjei Anghhelov, 5-0, in the light welterweight championship to capture an Olympic gold medal, the only member of the U.S. team to do so. His teammates included Armstrong, Duane Bobick, and Olympic bronze medalists Jesse Valdez, Marvin Johnson és Ricardo Carreras.

Sugar Ray Seales’s dedication to USA Boxing is second to none,” mondott Chris Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni igazgató. “His pride, patriotism, and devotion to helping our next generation of champions is what makes him such an inspiring figure.”


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Seales turned pro in 1973, winning an 8-round unanimous decision over Gonzalo Rodriguez Tacoma. “Sugarman” won his first 21 pro harcol, until he lost a 10-round decision to 14-0 middleweight prospect and future Hall of Famer Marvin Hagler. Két harcol később, Seales fought Hagler in Tacoma to a 10-round draw (99-99, 99-99, 98-96).

“Everybody wanted a shot at the Olympic gold medalist,” Seales explained.” I went to Boston and we fought in a TV studio (WNAC). It was freezing in there. I was shivering when I went into the ring, Marvin came out dripping sweat. I knew I was losing after seeing that, but I hung with him and went the distance (10 forduló). I was having management problems and three months later I fought Hagler again, only this time at home in Tacoma. I beat him but it ended in a 10-round draw. He knows I beat him!”

Seales completed his trilogy with Hagler, but it was five years later, when Hagler was 42-2-1 and avoided by most of the world’s top middleweights. “I was the USBA (Egyesült Államok Bokszszövetsége) and North American Boxing Federation (NSBS) middleweight champion and Hagler needed to win a title to get a world title shot,” Seales noted. “I lost our third fight in the first round, but that’s the only thing shown on television in our three fights. We were two left-handers, but he switched to right-handed, and he caught me with a hook. I got paid and they bought him a world title fight.”

Seales has coached two different amateur teams in Indianapolis during the past 11 év, nyerő 10 Golden Gloves team championships, and he’s still in charge in Indy of Team IBG.

After he retired in 1984 after suffering detached retinas in both eyes, Seales was introduced in Las Vegas to Sammy Davis, Jr. (az alábbi képen), who paid Seales’ $100,000 medical bill for his damaged eyes. Davis had lost his left eye in a 1952 car accident



“I’m a teacher,” Seales concluded. “I see the way that so many boxers want to fight likeFloyd Mayweather. Their head is tilted, they can’t throw a jab. I teach them to have the right foot behind the left (for a right-handed boxer), and to walk in straight, not tilted or peaking. Heel toe, heel toe every time you pivot is your stance.

“My advice for the boxers who hope to compete in the 2020 Olympics is to focus on what you’re doing and listen to how to get it done. What I really want to do is to coach the USA Olympic Boxing Team 2024.”

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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 Augusztus. 12 at Caesars Palace.
LAS VEGAS – A korábbi világbajnok Thomas Hearns, aki együtt Sugar Ray Leonard, Csodálatos Marvin Hagler és 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 Szombat, Augusztus. 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. a 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’ megdöbbentő 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.
További információk, phone 702-3NVBHOF, vagy 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 a 33 KO.
His rivalry with Humberto “Kicsi” Gonzalez was one of the best of the early 1990s and their 1993 fight was The Ring Magazine Fight of the Year. -ban 2004, The Ring named Carbajal as the best junior flyweight in history.
Ő volt 98-10 as an amateur and won a silver medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Dél-Korea.
Thomas Hearns – Hearns, 58, won recognized world titles at welterweight, szuper váltósúlyú, középsúlyú, super middleweight and light heavyweight during a career in which he went 61-5-1 a 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 alkalommal, haladó 11-4-1 Kilenc kiütéssel.
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 a 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, pehelysúly, 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, beleértve a 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 és egyben utolsó forduló.
Lucia Rijker – Rijker is regarded as one of, Ha nem a legjobb, women boxers in history. She was 17-0 a 14 knockouts in boxing and was 37-0-1 a 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 éves, robbing the world of one of the elite fighters in history well before his time. Sanchez was 44-1-1 a 32 knockouts and was the lineal featherweight champion from 1980 until his death in 1982.
He won the title by knocking out Danny “Kis piros” Lopez, but is best known for a dominating eighth-round stoppage of Wilfredo Gomez. Gomez was 33-0 a 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. Tagja volt a 1980 Egyesült Államokon kívül. 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, racking up 17 kiütéssel, 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 a 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.
A 1976 Olimpiai aranyérmes, 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” György, and Ali patterned himself after George in many ways.
Greb died in 1996 at 75 éves.
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. Április 8, 2017 Atlantic City

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30 years to the day of their Fathers’ memorable fight
Atlantic City, NJ (Május 13, 2015) – An 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 évvel a döntéshozatalban.
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 legendás március az évtizedekig - a Showtime Sports® folytatja a 30 Évekig tartó showtime bajnokság boksz®

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Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo Lopez, George Foreman & Többet mutattak be márciusban

 

Kattintson ITT Visszatekintve néhány legendás pillanatra a Showtime Championship bokszon: http://s.sho.com/1rka3ce

 

NEW YORK (Március 2, 2016) - SHOWTIME Sport Kihúzza egy éven át tartó üdvözlő emlékezet harmadik részletét 30 évekig SHOWTIME BAJNOKSÁG BOXING Márciusban a „Legends” -vel.

 

Ezt a hónapot a Legends Sugar Ray Leonard kiemeli, Csodálatos Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo “Finito” Lopez és George Foreman. A legendák közül a leginkább felejthetetlen és legfontosabb harcok közül hét-amelyek közül néhányat ritkán újratelepítettek az élő előadásuk óta-most már elérhető a hálózat igénylési platformon, és a levegőben levő lesz. „Visszahúzási csütörtök”Márciusban 10 p.m. ÉS/PT a Showtime EXTREME.

 

A Csütörtök, Március 10 Marvin Hagler vs bemutatása. John Mugabi pontosan repül 30 Évekkel a március Hagler Hírességek Csarnoka karrierjének utolsó győzelme után 10, 1986. Hagler vs. Mugabi volt az első fő esemény, amely valaha is a showtime -en légi®.

 

A klasszikus harcok, amelyek szintén elérhetők a ShowTime igény szerint®, SHOWTIME ANYTIME® És a hálózat önálló streaming szolgáltatásán keresztül, Brian Custer rövid kontextusával és kommentárjával borítják.

 

Az alábbiakban a SHO Extreme Premieres ütemtervének ütemezése a március hónapra:

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

 

A Showtime legjobb riválisainak ünneplésére, Lásd az alábbiakban a Showtime Sports szakértő elemzőjétől és a boksz történészének különleges oszlopát Steve Farhood.

 

LEGENDS

Írta Steve Farhood

 

A legendák nélküli boksz olyan lenne, mint a vallás szentek nélkül.

Nincs olyan képlet, hogy a harcos a csillagról a szupersztárra a legendára továbbjuthasson. A folyamat az időzítéstől függ, körülmény, És néha olyan kevés vagy két pont a bírákon’ kártyák.

És ó, igen: Segít, ha egy srác valóban harcolhat.

Ahogy ünnepeljük 30 Évek éves boksz a showtime -en, Minden hónapban egy másik témára összpontosítunk. Március folyamán, A téma a legendák lesz.

A 130 Évek John L -től. Sullivan Floyd Mayweathernek, A boksz azt adta nekünk, amit más sportok nem tudnak biztosítani. Fontolgat:

  • Az Associated Press Luis Firpo Jack Dempsey leütését a 20. század első felének legnagyobb sport pillanatává tette.
  • A Frazier-Ali „századi küzdelme” 1971 könnyen volt a történelem legjobban várt sporteseménye.
  • A tavalyi Mayweather-Pacquiao-harc több mint fél milliárd dollárt generált — egy éjszaka!

A legendákat nagy pillanatok készítik … És hogyan reagálnak ezekre a pillanatokra.

Showtime -en, Három évtizedes legendákot mutattunk be. Itt van egy pillantás azokra, akik márciusban megosztják a reflektorfényt.

Marvin Hagler: Mivel Vince Lombardi nem pontosan mondta, „Az időzítés nem minden, Ez az egyetlen dolog,- Haglernek meg kellett volna mondania.

Hagler jó harcos volt jóval azelőtt, hogy szupersztár volt, De csak akkor harcolt Roberto Duran ellen, Thomas Hearns, és a cukor -ray Leonard (Hagler utolsó hat csapása közül három) hogy Marvin csodálatossá vált.

Hagler egyetlen megjelenése a Showtime -en, Ami történt az első ütés, amelyet a hálózaton televezettek (Március 1986), karrierje utolsó győzelme volt. Legyőzhetetlen 10 év, Hagler a történelem egyik legnagyobb középsúlyának bizonyult. És bár utólagos látásban lehet vitatkozni, hogy életkorban 31, A végső kékgalléros harcos kissé meghaladta a főnökét, A Hagler különlegessé tette nagy részét a verhetetlen és heves Challenger elleni vad védelem során kiállították, John Mugabi.

Majdnem három évtizeddel nyugdíjazása után, Hagler továbbra is a középsúly a mai 160-pounders-t mérik.

Sugar Ray LEONARD: Ha Hagler későn virágzik, Leonard szupersztár volt, mielőtt szakemberként egyetlen ütést dobott volna.

A 70-es évek közepén, Ez az, amit egy mágneses mosoly, Olimpiai aranyérmet, és az ismételt expozíció a Prime Time televízióban megteheti egy fiatal harcosot.

Ironikus, hogy Leonardot eredetileg néhányan a média kódolt alkotásának tekintették. Valójában, Olyan kemény volt, mint a csillagszállító és a 80-as évek eleji harcosai. Még jobb, Ő továbbra is a legjobb harcos, amiben lefedtem 38 Évek a boksz ütemében.

Leonard megjelenése a Showtime -en volt a karrierje utolsó előtti küzdelme. Ha úgy dönt, hogy véget vet egy újabb hosszú elbocsátásnak, Sugar Ray, 34, A kiemelkedő, 23 éves szuperhegeszt súlyú Terry Norrist választotta ellenfelének. Leonard leesett 160 hogy 154 fontot és először harcoltak a Madison Square Garden -ben.

A mérkőzés emlékeztetőként szolgált, hogy legalább egy bokr előtti Hopkins világban, A boksz nagyon egy fiatal férfi játék volt.

Felix Trinidad: Csak három spanyol harcos van, akik szupersztárokká váltak az Egyesült Államokban anélkül, hogy angolul beszélnének. Az első Panama Roberto Duran volt. A második Mexikó Julio Cesar Chavez volt.

A harmadik Puerto Rico Trinidad volt.

Trinidad mottója is lehetett, - Ha nem lehet Amerikából származó, Akkor verte Amerikát.

Klasszikus lyukasztó egy cserkész mosolyával és rajongóbarát személyiséggel, Trinidad négy amerikai legyőzésével tette meg a nevét. Olimpikonok, Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya (bár egy szörnyű döntéssel), David Reid, és Fernando Vargas.

Ráadásul, Whitaker, De La Hoya, És Reid mind aranyérmes volt.

A harc, amelyen szerepelünk Március 17 A szélsőségen, Trinity Vs.. Reid, Trinidad 14. és utolsó megjelenése volt a Showtime Championship bokszon és a Showtime Pay-Pay-Per-View.

A Maurice Blocker hegesztett súlyú címe Kayo-ból 1993 Mahenge Zulu elleni védekezésén keresztül 1998, 13 Trinidad's 14 A Bouts -ot a Showtime -en sugározták. A harcok tizenkét volt a kieséses győzelem.

Ahol Trinidad Wilfredo Gomez -rel áll, Miguel Cotto, Carlos Ortiz, Wilfred Benitez, És a Puerto Rico legendáinak többi része vitatható. A vitathatatlan az, hogy a „Tito” annyi izgalmat váltott ki, mint a korszak bármely harcosa.

Ricardo Lopez: Mi a kisebb: annak esélye, hogy egy szalma súly (105 font) amerikai televíziós csillag vagy maga a harcos lesz?

Soha nem volt amerikai világbajnok a szalmasúlyban (vagy minimumsúly). Csak nem termesztünk ilyen méretű harcosokat. Valójában, Mexikó Lopez megjelenéséig a 90-es évek elején, A legtöbb amerikai boksz rajongó nem tudott volna azonosítani egyetlen szalmát, ha a világtérképmel és a WBC besorolásokkal felfegyverkeznek.

Lopez annyira teljes volt, olyan domináns, Tehát technikailag tökéletes, hogy 1994 '99 -ig, Ő volt a Showtime bokszprogramozásának vágója. Harcolt 13 Kisükben a Showtime Championship boksz vagy a Showtime Pay-Pay-Per-View, És az első 11 E versenyek közül a szalma súlyú cím védelme volt.

És ha úgy gondolja, hogy a kis srácok nem tudnak ütni, jól, Volt néhány egy lyukasztó kayos meghintve.

Lopez, aki nyugdíjba vonult 51-0-1, egyetemesen elismerik minden idők nagyszerűnek. Kár, hogy soha nem harcolt Amerika Michael Carbajal -nal a Light Flyweight -nál. Ha megnyerte azt a csapást, Valószínűleg elismerik őt a két vagy három legnagyobb mexikói harcos egyikének.

Ami sokat mond egy harcosnak, aki soha nem szembesült az ellenfélrel, akit az amerikai néző közönség elismert.

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