Marvin Hagler vs Thomas Hearns ..:: The War 1985 ::..

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The War : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHqEUX2Vw6k
Retro Report on the Brief, bloody and brutal bout between these two warriors which took place on April-1985 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

"Marvelous" Marvin Hagler 60-2-2

Thomas "Hitman" Hearns 40-1-0

This would be Haglers 11th defence of his Championship, virtually all defences came against top flight
opponents and Hagler looked dominant in the division. Hands of Stone Roberto Duran was the only man to
take him the championship distance (at the time 15 Rounds). Duran was a common opponent of both men,
in 1984 Duran won the WBA Light middleweight title but relinquished it to challenge Hears for his WBC
version; Duran was flattened by the Hitman in two rounds, on this form many thought Hearns had a real
chance of upsetting the shaven headed Hagler. Hearns had lost just once in 41 bouts, four years earlier
in a Welterweight unification fight against Sugar Ray Leonard, and only six of his fights had gone the
distance giving homage to his Hitman tag.


Haglers record was equally impressive, 64 fights with two draws and two defeats, all four men who
blemished his record had been beaten inside the distance in therematch

Such was the demand for tickets to witness the long awaited bout Caesars had set up an outdoor arena. Car Park

From the opening bell there was no cautious approach, no feeling out period or jabbing for distance.
Instead both men tore from their corners like greyhounds released from their traps smashing hooks at each
other with murderous intent, every punch was threw to produce a knockout and against other opponents they
may well have succeeded. You could have been forgiven for thinking one of these guys was having an affair
with the others wife thats how personal in looked between those ropes. It was surely only the adrenaline
of the moment that kept both men upright as they rocked each other with explosive punches,

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[PhuckHue2]

Hearns broke his hand in the first round. he didnt have a chance after that

[8824snipe]

Was a great fight it reminds me of Gerald Mc Clellan v Nigel Benn but Nigel got put through the ropes in the 1st round and had to fight back against a great puncher.

[strikehearts]

my favorite fight of all time!

[sightuponlight]

One of the best fights i've ever seen !

Marvin Hagler vs Thomas Hearns.

Peace.

[SinCityMadman]

Some expect the Cotto-PacMan to develop into that kind of fight in the middle rounds...we'll see.

[aks73]

My favourite first round in history..was just watching this the other day funny enough.

Hagler's chin was made of concrete..Hearns would probably have knocked any middleweight out in the world that night but he came up against the one he couldn't. Hagler was absolutely fantastic.

[julianfoster88]

great great video mark i loved this matchup! one of my favorite matchups to watch

[katis9999]

the ali cleveland williams fight was so one sided cause williams was shot before about a year before the fight and he still had a bullet in his body

[Rfc1Darryl]

am gaunty watch it again lol