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...gentlemanly fight last week with Roberto Duran, undisputed Middleweight Champion of the World Marvin Hagler was both an evident winner and an obvious loser, perversely confirming the curious viewpoint of the Las Vegas judge who scored six of the 15 rounds for nobody. The fight was not as close as the scores indicated (on two of three cards, Duran could have taken the decision in the last round), but it was close enough to reprieve Duran as a personification of shame and to reduce Hagler as a figure of terror...
...Hagler came out storming in the 15th round, his left eye badly puffed and blood dripping from a cut over...
Before the bout, watched by a sellout crowd of 15,200 in outdoor arena at Caesar's Palace, Hagler had said, "I think it will be a good fight. I love a good fight...
...Hagler slammed into Duran with some body shots and then landed four or five good head shots, climaxed by a right that stunned Duran and drove him backward. The last two minutes were a brawl, with Duran pinned much of the time on the ropes. The challenger threw a lot of punches in an effort to fight his way off, but Hagler outpunched...
...while Moore was outgunned, Hagler had the guns, and he had to use them all as Duran made a superb bid to write boxing history. He lost, but he further wiped out the disgrace of the loss to Leonard in New Orleans...