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captain stone
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It worked, because Marvin wasn't busy enough during the earlier rounds and Leonard stole those with his late flurries at the end of each of them.
captain stone
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Saw it live on CCTV at the Orpheum Theater downtown with a few other baked & shit-faced dudes... It was INSANE there for those 10-12 minutes...
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'Everybody feared for Muhammad AIi. Everyone. So l figured l’d go out there and knock him out in one or two rounds so he wouIdn’t get hurt.
My corner instructed me to knock him out in the first round, second round, third round, and l didn’t conserve any energy.
Then l Iooked and it was the fourth round, and l had hit this guy with every shot l had to knock him out, he had not Iost any ground. As a matter of fact, he was a IittIe stronger.
On the other hand l had not punished him and knocked him out Iike l thought... l had got a IittIe weaker.
l was devastated after the fight. l had been a professionaI aII these years, l was undefeated in 37 boxing matches and nobody had ever beaten me l thought l knew how to navigate through anything, but a defeat.
l was devastated, l had nightmares. l kept waking up in the middIe of the night thinking l’m going to beat the count and l Iost the boxing match in my nightmares.
Things didn’t change. lt was a hard time to Iive through. lt was very hard for me to move on.'
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captain stone
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Saw Hagler for the first time live at Boston now Matthews Arena when he TKO'd Bobby Williams... I was 14 but had enough money to buy tickets from my after-school job selling newspapers downtown, and was very familiar with the Arena because I went to Boston Latin, just up the then-Arborway line from Northeastern... Speaking of which, it was summertime so there was no school to worry about the following morning... Marvin fought a month-1/2 later from the channel 7 studio in the first of his 3 fights with Sugar Ray Seals, but I didn't go to that one for some reason... The second and final time I saw him live was Saturday night, March 4th 1978, one month before I entered boot camp, at the dear old Boston Garden vs Kevin Finnegan (the two fought again at the Garden just 2-1/2 months later)... Good times, good times...
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captain stone
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Couple more things: I was actually supposed to originally start boot camp the week after Saint Paddy's Day but developed an ear infection playing football a week after the fight and had to wait another 2 weeks, Wednesday 5 April 1978, for the adventure to begin... And because I was leaving so soon, we convinced our dad to come with us to the fight that day too, which was cool.
captain stone
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The Easton (PA) Assassin... Home of Crayola crayons too; we'd pass the exit for it on I-78 every time we made the Hershey - MA run these last 22 years... Also would pass the exits for Hamburg & Allentown PA, aka where the WWWF's All-Star Wrestling & Championship Wresting TV shows were held, respectively... Had the pleasure of watching Holmes kick Ali's ass on a black & white set at Peso Jimmy's bar in Olongapo City the PI, the day after butterflying on my girl from the Genesis club with her sister from the Studio 54 club... Good times, good times...
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I'd have to go with Hagler. I see Duran isn't in the mix.
My answer would probably vary depending upon the scoring rules and number of rounds.
