FORTY YEARS AGO, MARVELOUS MARVIN HAGLER BATTLED JOHN “THE BEAST” MUGABI IN WHAT WOULD BE THE FINAL SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE OF HIS CHERISHED MIDDLEWEIGHT CROWN. THIS ONE WAS ALL-OUT WAR. BY RON BORGES O
n the evening of March 10, 1986, an aptly named John “The Beast” Mugabi was about to learn
two difficult lessons. The first was that Las Vegas is almost exclusively a place of broken dreams. The second was that the equally aptly named Marvelous Marvin Hagler was painfully good at delivering the first lesson. Hagler had not lost a fight in 10 years and had successfully defended the middleweight championship
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