Marvin Hagler
Marvin Hagler
Marvelous Marvin Hagler is an American former professional boxer who reigned as the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987. He made twelve defenses of the undisputed title and today holds the highest knockout percentage of all undisputed middleweight champions, at 78%. At six years and seven months, his reign as undisputed middleweight champion is the second longest of the last century, behind only Tony Zale, who reigned during World War II. In 1982, annoyed that network announcers often did...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth23 May 1954
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
In some ways that fight gave me more respect around the world and helped me be even more popular because so many people felt my pain and saw that I was robbed.
People still look at me as the champion and that's very important to me.
You know looking back on it now I used the fight and after the fight as motivation, to make sure I was going to be the best middleweight in the world for a long time.
I am a fighter who walks, talks and thinks fighting but I try not to look like it
Nothing can intimidate me. I just go out and destruct and destroy....
Sitting here now today, I can forgive a lot of the English people because it only takes a hand full of bad people to do something stupid like that and it can make the whole country look bad.
It's hard to get up at 6am when you're wearing silk pyjamas.
Don't doubt me, because that's when I get stronger....
A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion. If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it.
I like to see the smiles on people's faces when I show them I can do the impossible.
There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great.
Whether Pacquiao loses in the first round, whether he knocks out Mayweather in the first round, it's still going to be the biggest fight in history,
Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art.
The only difference between street fighting and boxing is there a ref there from stopping me from killing you