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Marvin Hagler shaping up at Freddie Hill's gym in London in 1980
MARVELLOUS Marvin Hagler’s untimely death has focused the mind of boxing on one of the toughest, determined and noble men to ever occupy the ring.
A product of New Jersey’s black working class, he worked for everything he achieved in a sport that all too often let him down with bad decisions, lack of opportunities to progress his career when he deserved them and poor purses relative to his peers.
Rather than allow the myriad of injustices he experienced deter him from his goal of being a world champion, though, Hagler absorbed them with the same inner strength with which he absorbed opponents’ punches.
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As we mark the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, JOHN WIGHT reflects on the enormity of the US decision to drop the atom bombs
From humble beginnings to becoming the undisputed super lightweight champion of the world, Josh Taylor’s career was marked by fire, ferocity, and national pride, writes JOHN WIGHT
Mary Kom’s fists made history in the boxing world. Malak Mesleh’s never got the chance. One story ends in glory, the other in grief — but both highlight the defiance of women who dare to fight, writes JOHN WIGHT
