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Three rounds. That's all. After waiting more than three years for an honest chance, it took an obsessed Marvin Hagler only nine minues and 45 seconds to dispose of England's Alan Minter and become the undisputed middleweight champion of the world...
Brockton's Marvelous Marvin Hagler will take on Britain's Alan Minter today in a scheduled 15-round world middleweight championship bout at Wembley Stadium in London, England...
...first Puerto Rican ever to come out of the South Bronx, in the classic ghetto way, as a potential campeón de boxeo. He is also the first U.S. Hispanic whom fight promoters regard as good enough to become, sooner or later, a contender for the world middleweight crown. In New York City, where there are 1.9 million Hispanics, most of them fanatic fight fans, Ramos' name is up in lights over the small candy store on his block: RAMOS THE E. 136TH STREET CHAMP. Youngsters in the South Bronx hang his picture in their rooms...
...Ramos is already the world's second-ranking amateur middleweight, a four-time winner of New York's Golden Gloves tournament and a member of the U.S. boxing team since 1978. Despite his youth, Ramos has already had 160 fights. The record: 154 wins, 80 of them knockouts, against six losses, all by decision. He has never been down for the count. Says the dean of fight promoters, Robert Arum: "He's a great banger...
Marvelous Marvin Hagler of Brockton, Mass. disappointed his followers last night, as he drew with defending middleweight champ Vito Antuofermo. Antuofermo retains the title by virtue of the draw, but he offered Hagler a rematch...