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From Boxrec.com: “Leonard decided to challenge Hagler after watching his fight with John Mugabi on March 10, 1986. "I was at ringside, sitting with Michael J. Fox," Leonard said, "We were sitting there having a few beers, and I'm watching John "The Beast" Mugabi outbox Hagler. Of all people, John "The Beast" Mugabi. Now, I had had a few beers, and I said, 'Michael, Michael, I can beat Hagler.' And he said, 'Ray, do you want another beer?' I said, 'Yes I do, but I can beat Hagler.'
After all of the hype of the recent Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Paquiao fight, we’re not sure if either of these fighters could hold a candle to Marvelous Marvin Hagler or Sugar Ray Leonard. In 1999 Marvin Hagler was voted the 3rd greatest middleweight of the 20th Century by the AP. He was named Fighter of the ‘80s by Boxing Illustrated in 1990. In 2002 he was named the 17th greatest fighter of the past 80 years by The Ring (Magazine). Sugar Ray Leonard was named the 3rd greatest welterweight of the 20th century by the Associated Press in 1999, and in 2002 he was declared the 9th greatest fighter of the past 80 years by the Ring (Magazine) in 2002.
Marvin Hagler was 62-3-2 lifetime and was the undisputed World Middleweight Champion from 1980 – 1987. Hagler made twelve undisputed title defenses and holds the highest KO% of all middleweight champions at 78%. At six years and seven months, his reign as undisputed middleweight champion is the second longest of the last century, behind only Tony Zale.
Sugar Ray Leonard was 36-3-1 lifetime and was the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses. He won world titles in five divisions and defeated future fellow International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees Wilfred Benítez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Durán, and Marvin Hagler.
In Sugar Ray Leonard’s first Middleweight fight, on April 6, 1987 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, he would beat Marvin Hagler to become the World Middleweight Champion. This would be Hagler’s last fight ever. Leonard would fight five more times over the next ten years. The fight would go twelve rounds and end in a split decision with Leonard taking the belt.
Offered is the official Boxing Contract with the Nevada Athletic Commission which encompasses two separate documents that measure 8.5” x 14” for the April 6, 1987 fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The first contract is signed by Sugar Ray Leonard in black ink paying him $11 million dollars for the fight. It’s co-signed by Mel Greb (D. 1996), a Boxing Hall of Fame matchmaker.
The second contract is also signed by Greb as well as Marvelous Marvin Hagler (yes, that’s how he signed his name), and Hagler’s trainers, the Petronelli brothers; Goody and Patrick (both of whom are now deceased). Hagler would receive $12 million for this last fight.
This fight ranks up there as one of the most historic Boxing matches of all-time! Museum piece. Comes with an additional 8x10 color photo of the two pugilists in the ring.
You can watch the fight on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iepK4p46pQ
Letter of Authenticity from Richard Albersheim.