By Thomas Gerbasi - Did you ever want something so bad it hurt? Well, that’s because wanting something so bad to the point where you lose your focus on the little things that you got you to where you’re at in the first place will hurt you. Revenge, redemption, desire, whatever you want to call it, can only end badly if you let it consume you.
Middleweight legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler knows all too well how that feels. After chasing Sugar Ray Leonard around for years, he finally got him cornered in 1987. But as soon as Hagler started abandoning his southpaw stance and playing Leonard’s game, the fight might as well have been over. Leonard would win a close, and some still say controversial, decision that night, and the bitterness over the verdict prompted Hagler to walk away from the sport.
A future Hall of Famer who also made his name in the middleweight division, Bernard Hopkins, has been doing a little chasing himself – of the man who beat him in 1993, Roy Jones Jr. That quest has taken him nearly 17 years, making Hagler’s pursuit of Leonard look like child’s play in comparison. [Click Here To Read More]
Middleweight legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler knows all too well how that feels. After chasing Sugar Ray Leonard around for years, he finally got him cornered in 1987. But as soon as Hagler started abandoning his southpaw stance and playing Leonard’s game, the fight might as well have been over. Leonard would win a close, and some still say controversial, decision that night, and the bitterness over the verdict prompted Hagler to walk away from the sport.
A future Hall of Famer who also made his name in the middleweight division, Bernard Hopkins, has been doing a little chasing himself – of the man who beat him in 1993, Roy Jones Jr. That quest has taken him nearly 17 years, making Hagler’s pursuit of Leonard look like child’s play in comparison. [Click Here To Read More]
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