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orionmetus > 16/07/2015, 11:06
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Jose Mourinho > 16/07/2015, 11:47
(15/04/2015, 12:18)gooner666 Wrote: Marvin Hagler-Tommy Hearns 30 years on - The greatest fight?
By Ben Dirs
BBC Sport
On 15 April 1985, Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns engaged in one of the greatest fights in history at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Hagler spoke to BBC Sport about the before, during and after of what came to be known as 'The War'.
Promoter Bob Arum called the fight between Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns "a referendum for boxing". The eight minutes and one second of mayhem that ensued validated the sport in the eyes of its supporters while strengthening the already widely held belief that it was such primeval savagery.
"Even today when I look at the film, I'm so glad when that fight is over," Hagler tells BBC Sport. And Hagler won it. So spare a thought for Hearns, who entered the ring at Caesars Palace clinking and clunking with bombs and grenades and who eventually had to be carried to his stool, like a sleeping baby.
The 1980s is now viewed as boxing's last golden age, at least in the United States. So it might surprise some to learn that Hagler and Hearns were viewed as potential resuscitators of a sport on life support.
gooner666 > 16/07/2015, 11:53
(16/07/2015, 11:39)orionmetus Wrote: The abuse some people can take and keep going is incredible. I've been watching boxing most of the morning and really enjoying it, but christ i need to get some work done haha. thanks for that
gooner666 > 16/07/2015, 11:55
(16/07/2015, 11:47)Jose Mourinho Wrote:took a while to sink in lol,ha im afraid the story is true,fuck knows about his name(15/04/2015, 12:18)gooner666 Wrote: Marvin Hagler-Tommy Hearns 30 years on - The greatest fight?
By Ben Dirs
BBC Sport
On 15 April 1985, Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns engaged in one of the greatest fights in history at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Hagler spoke to BBC Sport about the before, during and after of what came to be known as 'The War'.
Promoter Bob Arum called the fight between Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns "a referendum for boxing". The eight minutes and one second of mayhem that ensued validated the sport in the eyes of its supporters while strengthening the already widely held belief that it was such primeval savagery.
"Even today when I look at the film, I'm so glad when that fight is over," Hagler tells BBC Sport. And Hagler won it. So spare a thought for Hearns, who entered the ring at Caesars Palace clinking and clunking with bombs and grenades and who eventually had to be carried to his stool, like a sleeping baby.
The 1980s is now viewed as boxing's last golden age, at least in the United States. So it might surprise some to learn that Hagler and Hearns were viewed as potential resuscitators of a sport on life support.
By Ben Dirs.... Sounds like Benders? Is this a wind up? :P