Word: petronelli
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Before it was over for Hearns, it was almost ended for Hagler. When Referee Richard Steele paused to have the ringside physician re-examine the champion's wound, a bolt of fear struck the Petronelli brothers in Hagler's corner. But the doctor's brisk finding was that Marvin could see all right, and Goody Petronelli felt a strange sensation of calm. He and Pat first encountered Hagler when he walked softly into their gym in Brockton, Mass., as a 16-year-old, a child of Newark who happened to find himself living in Rocky Marciano's home town. They...
...told Hagler, "You're still champion." Hagler thought he heard, "You beat me, man." Having first blurted, "Twelve rounds isn't a championship distance," Manager Pat Petronelli was unconvincing in the next instant when he claimed that his man won them anyway. "Sugar Ray Leonard," the ex-champ said miserably, "of all people." To himself as much as anyone else, Leonard exulted, "I saw every punch coming," and no one should expect him to quit now. Maybe he will next try the light-heavyweight champion, his old friend Hearns. In a way, Leonard has beaten a heavyweight already. He knocked...
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