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Marvelous Marvin Hagler Boxing Glove Autograph
The Greatest Middleweight Champion of the
Modern era Marvelous Marvin Hagler has signed this great
Everlast Boxing Glove. This wonderful item comes complete
with our Certificate of Authenticity and a photograph of
Hagler at the signing, plus all the attached security holograms,
so you can be rest assured you are buying a genuine autograph.
This is a single glove. Only 1 left!
Marvin Hagler
£175.00
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born May 23, 1954), a native of
Brockton, Massachusetts, was a very tough looking character,
and a number one ranked Middleweight boxer for many years
before he could fight for the title. He often had to travel
to his opponents' hometowns to get fights, and he even boxed
against the best that the city of Philadelphia had to offer.
He lost decisions to Willie Monroe and Bobby 'Boogaloo'
Watts , and had to suffer while watching less deserving
challengers receive title shots against Carlos Monzon and
Hugo Corro .
This served for Hagler to build upon a character that was
as tough as steel, but with a soft spot in his heart toward
his fans. Hagler avenged his 2 defeats by knocking out Monroe
and Watts in rematches, and won a 10 round decision over
Bennie Briscoe in a classic Philadelphia confrontation,
and by this time he had made fans in both Massachusetts
and Philadelphia. By then, promoter Bob Arum, a lawyer who
had helped in the White House during President John F. Kennedy's
tenure, took notice and signed him. Hagler needed some gubernatorial
help, but Arum pulled the strings, and finally, in November
1979, Hagler was in the ring with a world Middleweight champion.
Vito Antuofermo gave Hagler a shot, and the fight turned
into a Middleweight classic. One of the greatest championship
bouts in Middleweight history was unfortunately marred by
controversy, and Hagler had to settle for a draw or tie.
This only added to Hagler's frustrations.
Antuofermo lost his title later to Alan Minter, who became
the 2nd champion to be brave enough to defend his title
against the Brockton menace. Hagler went to London and beat
Minter in 3 rounds at the Wembley arena. At the conclusion
of this bout a riot broke out, and Hagler and his trainers
had to be carried away to their locker rooms by the police,
in the middle of a rain of beer bottles and glasses.
Hagler proved a busy world champion and he defeated future
world champion Fulgencio Obelmejias by a knockout in 8,
and then former world champ Antuofermo in a rematch by knockout
in 5, both at the Boston Garden. Mustafa Hamsho, who would
later defeat future world champ Bobby Czyz, followed, and
he was beaten in 11. Caveman Lee lasted only 1 round, and
in a rematch in Italy, Obelmejias lasted 5. British champion
Tony Sibson followed in Hagler's list of unsuccessful challengers,
falling in 6, and Wilford Scypion went in 4. By then, Hagler
was a staple on HBO, which was the Pay Per View of its time.
A super-fight vs Roberto Duran followed and Duran was the
first challenger to last the distance with Hagler in a world
championship bout, but he lost a unanimous 15 round decision.
Then came Juan Roldan, who became the only man to drop Hagler,
scoring a knockdown seconds into the fight, but Hagler got
angrier and proceeded to beat Roldan, stopping him in 10.
Hamsho was given a rematch and lost in 3, and then on April
15th, 1985, Hagler and Thomas Hearns met in what was billed
as The War. In a sensational slugfest, Hagler survived one
of the best first rounds in history and won by an electryfing
3 round knockout. Next was John "The Beast" Mugabi,a
thunderous puncher who was 26-0 with 26 knockouts. Hagler
took Mugabi's best shots and came back handily, stopping
Mugabi in the 11th in what would turn out to be his last
successful defense. Hagler's next challenger was Sugar Ray
Leonard, who won a close split decision in Las Vegas on
April of 1987.
After his defense vs Hearns and before his fight with Mugabi,
Hagler changed his name legally to Marvelous Marvin Hagler
and made a few commercials, most notably a commercial for
Pizza Hut. He enjoyed his fame and relished the fact that
after so many years in the background, he was finally a
household name.
He thought his decision loss to Leonard was undeserved,
and quit boxing tired of the backroom politics of the sport.
He moved to Italy, where he made movies, including playing
a US Marine in the movie Indio .
