All posts tagged "marvin hagler"
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WorldwideDon’t Cry For NYFIGHTS, Site Made the Most of Its 6 Minutes
Boxing and sportswriting haven’t exactly been two burgeoning industries over the past decade. People don’t really read as much as scroll anymore, and mainstream sports fans...
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WorldwideIt Was 39 Years Ago, Hagler-Hearns, Al Bernstein Recalls
Al Bernstein jogged the memory storage unit this afternoon, milling his ringside call of an ATG for eternity, Hagler-Hearns. They don’t and won’t make em like...
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BoxingMassachusetts Memento Mori: Jack Sharkey and Ernie Schaaf
Massachusetts has been the home of many world champions. But continuing to look for gravesites to visit, I was learning the Bay State was not always...
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WorldwideSorry, You CANNOT Buy This Book For Christmas
The forthcoming book on Marvin Hagler by Brockton-born New York Times bestselling author and award-winning investigative journalist Dave Wedge would be atop my self gifting list...
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WorldwideFor the Last Time, It’s Showtime
Like a red-hot contender that rocketed to the championship in short order, Showtime became prominent in boxing very quickly. The first boxing broadcast was a replay...
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WorldwideBest Boxer of All Time
Best boxer of all time is a matter of opinion. The sport of boxing has had many great champions over the years. Although the game has...
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WorldwideKhiry Todd Was So Over Boxing, But He’s Back, Fights TONIGHT
The business of boxing, not the in-the-ring rumbling, had Khiry Todd so over it, he was ready to give up the dream. The 32 year old...
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WorldwideNYF Prospect Update: Malcolm Jones–He Fights TONIGHT
UPDATE: Tonight is fight night for Malcolm Jones of Marblehead (and Indianapolis before that). We checked in with the super middleweight Malcolm Jones, of Reyes Boxing...
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AnnouncementsReyes Boxing Promotions D & D 7 Is Friday, Oct 27
Friday, Oct 27 is the night. Reyes Boxing Promotions is running their seventh Down & Dirty show, in Danvers, Mass, promoted by Michael Reyes of RBP....
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AnnouncementsMarvin Hagler Grandson Fighting Saturday: Is James Hagler Jr Any Good?
You have heard of the grandfather of James Hagler Jr. Marvelous Marvin Hagler reigned as the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 through 1987, made 12 160...
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WorldwideThe Kings Director Mat Whitecross Shares Behind the Scenes Process, Part 2
Writer David Phillips has made no secret of his admiration for the film-work of Mat Whitecross, who directed “The Kings,” a four-part documentary series running on Showtime....
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WorldwideThe Kings Director Mat Whitecross Shares Behind the Scenes Process, Part 1
At first, director Mat Whitecross may seem like a surprising choice for a project like Showtime’s The Kings. Whitecross admits that he is at best a...
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WorldwideThe Kings Episode Two: Flesh & Blood
“It is easier to build strong children than repair broken men.”—Frederick Douglass Episode two of The Kings places a large amount of its focus on...
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AnnouncementsShowtime Examines “Four Kings” Legacy With Doc Premiering June 6
NEW YORK – April 12, 2021 – In boxing, it is said that styles make fights. From 1980 through 1989, it was the style of four...
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WorldwideMarvin Hagler Has Died, Let The Earth Shake
There’s a relatively small list of athletes who everyone accepts as being great and yet to me, they still feel a bit undervalued. In baseball, it’s...
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WorldwideNY Fights Crew Shares How The Death of Marvin Hagler Hit Hard
Deaths of legends, of icons, those can hit harder than when people you actually know die. It’s because you have strong associations with those legends, usually...
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WorldwideErrol Spence Jr V Mikey Garcia [Vol.II]: ‘I See Something’
“I see dead people.” –Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense Me too. IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (24-0, 21KOs) should kill (eh, that would be...