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Episode Notes
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about March Madness and the road to the Final Four, which this year is about avoiding COVID-19. They also discuss “The Eyes of Texas,” the song the University of Texas plays before and after football games, and which has become the subject of heated debate at the school because of its historical connection to minstrel shows. Finally, they assess the life and career of Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
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âMarvelousâ Marvin Hagler, dominant middleweight boxer, dies
By John PowersUpdated March 14, 2021, 7:59 p.m.
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Mr. Hagler (left) battled Thomas Hearns in a bout that some considered boxing s greatest match.Jim Wilson/Globe Staff/The Boston Globe
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the indestructible Brockton boxer who dominated the middleweight division for most of the 1980s, died of undisclosed causes Saturday in New Hampshire. He was 66.
A muscular left-hander with a shaved head who was renowned for his punishing fists, his granite jaw, and for treating bouts as battles, Mr. Hagler retired at 34 having won 62 of his 67 professional matches (52 by knockout) and drawing two. For seven years, he was the undisputed world middleweight champ.
Mar. 15—I was interested in Marvin Hagler long before the title bouts, and the official name change to "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler. I remembered an early bout in his career during my early teen years when a Brockton boxer was fighting Olympic gold medalist Sugar Ray Seales, whom I adored a few years earlier from the 1972 Munich Games. While I didn't see the fight, I read about it, the "local" .