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...champion against champion, yet simultaneoussly both are underdogs--an ex-champion, 38, who hasn't fought for two years, and the current half-champ who has never gained a champion's respect...
Marvin Hagler was unbeatable three years ago when then-champ Hugo Corro turned down a number of offers to fight him. Marvin Hagler, 28, was unbeatable on Saturday. And even with Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns promising to make a bid in the near future for the middleweight crown, it is likely that three years hence, Marvin Hagler will still be unbeatable...
Carter is the recognized champion, and he has agreed to defend his title against major challengers, one at a time, in the TV ring, starting with the top contender. To keep his title, must the champ simultaneously confront and overwhelm all the opponents who can be crowded into the ring...
...wife Ida kept the family going by selling vegetables from a horse-drawn wagon. Young Paul perched beside her and felt the sting of disparagement from the "city kids" of nearby Fordyce (pop. 3,206). He first won social acceptance as a fiercely combative football player for the state-champ Fordyce Redbugs, and football has since made him the guest of Presidents. "I had to try to get good at football," he says, "because I didn't have anything to go back to, anything else to count...
Antuofermo, however, picks Hagler to cop the title. Similarly, Crimson boxing editor Nevin Shalit chooses Hagler to win on a ninth-round knockout and dethrone the British champ...