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World of Hurt — THE FIGHT SITE

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Challenger Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns strikes middleweight champion "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler with a right to the face during a boxing match in Las Vegas, Nevada. April 15, 1985. On the hubris of fighters and fight fans, and on the cruelty and compassion you need to have to be both A farewell, an expression of frustration, a reminder “War. That’s what’s on my mind.” — Marvelous Marvin Hagler. A few days ago, we lost a legend in Marvelous Marvin Hagler — a truly great competitor whose career is a case study in how a fighter can be misunderstood, underrated, abused by both the system and the public, and how eventually, a fighter can rise above all that and cement themself as an all-time-great, against all odds. From societal norms to what promotions consider “a draw”, to just plain ignorance, Hagler had to fight every day of his life against way more than just the man in front of him. He was black, he was a southpaw, and he was good — three strikes against him in the eyes of the public, to

World of Hurt Challenger Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns strikes middleweight champion "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler with a right to the face during a boxing match in Las Vegas, Nevada. April 15, 1985. On the hubris of fighters and fight fans, and on the cruelty and compassion you need to have to be both A farewell, an expression of frustration, a reminder “War. That’s what’s on my mind.” — Marvelous Marvin Hagler. A few days ago, we lost a legend in Marvelous Marvin Hagler — a truly great competitor whose career is a case study in how a fighter can be misunderstood, underrated, abused by both the system

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