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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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Monday, April 06, 1987
METRO FINAL
4H
MITCH ALBOM, GEORGE PUSCAS and CHARLIE VINCENT
Copyright (c) 1987, Detroit Free Press
HOW THEY SEE IT
* MITCH ALBOM: Hagler in eight. Five years off is five years off.
* GEORGE PUSCAS: Hagler, by knockout within eight rounds. He's slower than
even a rusty Leonard, but he's a born middleweight.
* CHARLIE VINCENT: See Sugar Ray. See Sugar Ray hit Mr. Marvelous Marvin. See
Marvelous bleed. See Sugar smile. See Marvelous and Sugar get tired. See them
hold onto each other. See the fight go 15 rounds. See Sugar win a decision.
See them both take the money and run. See? Hope Sugar still sees, too.
Fight facts
Tale of the tape
Facts and figures from tonight's middleweight championship fight between
Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard.
HAG. LEO.
Age 32 30
Weight 160 160
Height 5-9 1/2 5-10 1/2
Reach 75 74
Chest 40 39
Biceps 15 15
Forearm 12 11 3/4
Waist 30 30
Thigh 22 21
Calf 15 13
Neck 16 15 1/2
Wrist 7 7
Fist 12 11
Ankle 9 9 3/4
Official weigh-in will be today.
Hagler's past
* Has a 62-2-2 record.
* Last fight was March 10, 1986, against John Mugabi, whom he knocked out in
the 11th round.
* Won world middleweight title on Sept. 27, 1980, with a knockout of Alan
Minter in the third round.
* Last loss was to Willie Monroe in a 10-round decision on March 9, 1976.
* Has won 16 straight, 14 by knockout.
* Has won 36 of last 37 bouts with one draw, 32 by knockout.
* Has won 12 straight title defenses, 11 by knockout.
* Has 52 knockouts.
* Has six first-round knockouts.
* Has 10 second-round knockouts.
* Has fought 14 rounds in the last two years.
* Has fought 27 rounds in the last three years.
Leonard's past
* Has a 31-1 record.
* Last fight was May 11, 1984, against Kevin Howard, whom he stopped in the
ninth round.
* Won World Boxing Council welterweight title Nov. 30, 1979, by stopping
Wilfred Benitez in 15th round.
* Won World Boxing Association junior middleweight title June 25, 1981, with
knockout of Ayub Kalule in the ninth round.
* Won undisputed world welterweight title Sept. 16, 1981, by stopping Thomas
Hearns in the 14th round.
* Only loss was to Roberto Duran in a 15-round decision for WBC welterweight
title June 20, 1980.
* Has won six straight, all by knockout.
* Has seven knockouts in eight title bouts.
* Has 24 knockouts.
* Has four first-round knockouts.
* Has fought nine rounds in the last five years, two months.
COMPARISON;FIGHT;BOXING;STATISTIC;MARVIN HAGLER;SUGAR RAY
LEONARD;FORECAST;DFREEPRESS