Marvin Hagler vs Alan Minter | FREE FIGHT | Hagler Leaves Minter A Bloody Mess to Get 1st Title Win

[@PH-ks6qg]

The 80s and 90s was brilliant for boxing, and all free to watch on TV

[@VladislavBabbitt]

So were the 60s and 70s.

[@scorpi972]

You forgot my time period the 70s what’s wrong with u

[@VladislavBabbitt]

Watching free on TV in the 90s? I do not remember that, though.

[@peterlewis6820]

70s were the best for middle weights.

[@jackknight8133]

Being from Boston, we followed Marvin’s entire fighting career. He was robbed of the championship when he fought Antuifermo. Judges ruled it a draw. Then Minter won the championship and Marvin had to go to London for his shot. He easily destroyed Minter but the English crowd were so pissed off they threw beer bottles and cans into the ring injuring a few people. Marvin never was able to stand there and get the belt and be crowned “Champion”. This bothered him and he used that snub as a chip on his shoulder. It motivated him to work hard against every opponent. He was a great champion. May he rest in peace.

[@matteoasaro4775]

È stato il più grande campione del mondo dei pesi medi della storia. Avrebbe fatto a pezzi anche Monzon.

[@jefflittle8872]

Minter was totally outclassed and outgunned...

[@philldownes8685]

your blind. minter hit marvin as much as marvin hit him and just as hard, its just minter didnt use the head butting like hagler.... go watch it again with sound down

[@huntsman-pz4xg]

Thank god

[@haydonchinn1573]

A true legend 🙌 👏 mighty the man marvellous Marvin haggler RIP 🙏

[@lenraby5920]

I watched this fight with my brother, we both routed for our fellow Englishman, but Hagler was a different class. I was appalled by the crowd reaction after, they weren’t real boxing fans and certainly not real Englishman. Hagler was class, and Hearns vs Hagler was one of the best fights I ever watched.

[@nbee7934]

Minter made a fatal error in the 2nd trying to go toe to toe, Hagler had a record of 49 wins, 40 K.O. going into this fight. That right hand at 07:33 was superb, completely annihilated Minter after it. Disgusting how it ended, one of...if not the greatest middleweight of all time, had to receive the belt in the dressing room.

[@underwriter100]

You could hear Minter’s corner shout out in the second round: ‘Take your time now!’

[@emmettorafferty1006]

Marvellous Marvin a P4P GREAT RIP🥊🍻🎊🎉❤

[@patrickwest3076]

Minter and Benn.my favourite boxers ever.Rip Marvin.Great boxer and legend.

[@davidwhite4874]

I like the ads for Daft Rucks on the corner posts.

[@ysgol3]

That magnificent right lead by Marvin at about 0.48 before the end of the second was the beginning of the imminent end for Minter.

[@markisaac3550]

RIP GOAT 🐐 ICONIC LEGEND

[@jakemorrison548]

Remember when you could watch fights like this for FREE on regular tv or cable? Now you have to pay a subscription fee AND still have to order ppv. A fight these days is $50-$100.

[@paulconnolly4189]

Alan Minter a true Champion. went out on his Shield , never played the low blow or holding game. Fought toe to toe a great champion and will forever be a middleweight Champion of the world . RIP Alan .

[@darrenwhyman4539]

For me Marvin was arguably the best of all time, Hearns fight was another classic !

[@malikmaat1317]

MARVELOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carlchadwick7109]

When boxing was true boxing

[@ruthbees7214]

I liked marv his stamina and fitness was on another level to most boxer's ❤Ruth RIP buddy you trained hard and fought even harder.

[@gordonpobar-gk3kz]

RIP Marvelous champ

[@mychannel3774]

…For the. brothers. 🫡🤡

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Those two right hooks. Yikes! 9:45

[@jamesforrest8144]

9:21 💫

[@dodibenabba525]

Birth of a legend. I saw this live, I was a Minter fan....that soon changed!

[@devillehall6171]

Me too.....Minter fought well but was overwhelmed and let himself down badly with dumb comments . Hagler went on to glory .Minter went into obscurity ......very sad .

[@mrstamp5121]

I was so pissed when Marvellous got robbed by Sugar ray that was a TOTAL FIX!

[@dodibenabba525]

@@mrstamp5121 100% that was a fix I was livid!!

[@jameshash9112]

Vito Antuofermo was a slower starter but had fast hands. That bothered Hagler in their 1979 Las Vegas bout. Alan Minter was a good boxer and puncher, but rather mechanical. Hagler used wide hooks to keep off balance and win the fight. I still think it was a head butt in the third, accidental or not, that caused Minter's corner to stop the bout. (Same as the Antuofermo rematch.)

[@MrPubblicodiritto]

No one in the history of humanity has ever faced a middleweight so well prepared, so polished, so strong, so unbeatable and so ready to enter the Olympus of the history of boxing and sport like Minter that night. Called Marvelous for a reason

[@TheLochs]

I'm from Boston, I met Marvin in the late 90's. Total class. The guy was almost perfection when it came to boxing. He was real to himself and his trainers. One of my favorites.

[@davidmoser3535]

Are you Marvins brother, or PR firm

[@colincorn8678]

Possibly the best ever boxer pound for pound.Yes i wanted Hearns to win,but the class of Hagler was undoubted

[@paulweir5031]

Never heard of Carlos Monzon?

[@sarahcraig4902]

M

[@BrianKeithMOLLOHAN]

I never missed a hagler fight but Alexis argwayo was my dude

[@laveritaforza108]

Completely out classed. It was that simple.

[@SpiderMan-yc3ro]

E' stato il pugile più forte di qualsiasi epoca🥊

[@peterlewis6820]

i remember this,the crowd threw objects into the ring at the end,what a miss match

[@paulyeomans850]

Hagler one of the greats destroyed minter easily

[@maxinebowe8097]

Excuse me… it’s marvellous Marvin Hagler. He legally changed his name to marvellous for a reason…. Show the respect he deserves and don’t forget the Marvellous 😊😊😊

[@albertowilliams1048]

The Referee Was My Countryman From Panamà Carlos Berrocal ( RIP )...

[@sgtwarden5020]

Imagine Hagler & Monzon if they fought at the same time. I"d pay a lot of money to see that fight.

[@iancrombie8862]

Hagler....Genius!!!🥊🥊

[@KevMac58]

Marvin Hagler is the first boxer who started the Superman punch. And if you watch this carefully you will see that he uses it to perfection. I live on Cape Cod and used to see Marvin here and there. A very nice man.

[@stevejones3662]

Remember this live. The crowd were an absolute disgrace after the fight...Throwing bottles & all sorts. Shameful.

[@wainerollins2587]

This was peak Hagler. You can see how much quicker he is here than when he fought Hearns, Mugabi and Leonard. He's much more of a boxer here, whereas later in his career, he was more of a street fighter and slugger.

[@lesliekatona309]

Minter actually better than I thought he would be......tough and put up a good fight.

[@rf888]

A suicidal move from Minter to go toe-to-toe with a vicious Hagler.

[@peterbalac1915]

Agreed but at least he had the minerals to do it.

[@danyoutube7491]

@@peterbalac1915 Yes, he was gutsy and tough too, judging by the fact he was still on his feet after getting thumped heavily multiple times in that 3rd round. A bad decision to fight like that though, his defence wasn't great and his accuracy wasn't quite good enough, at least not when he was already slightly dazed by the good shots he'd taken which is also when he was most fired up and trying to go toe to toe. I've heard of Minter but he was a bit before my time, this and another fight I just watched are the first I've seen of him, but I notice he was a bit taller than average and perhaps that allowed him to adopt a rather open defence early in his career; his hands are too low and while against lesser fighters he was probably able to do fine like that, because they were kept at range more often than not, better opposition can get through. Perhaps also he was used to his toughness and strength doing the job, but Hagler was very tough and often evaded his shots in this fight.

[@johnniea4684]

@@danyoutube7491 Yeah, Minter boxed in a classic style, behind the southpaw jab, but at heart he was slugger, hence all the cuts he tended to pick up in fights.

[@underwriter100]

You can hear Minter’s corner in the second round tell him ‘take your time now!’

[@craigrothwell6144]

More top rated British cannon fodder for world class Hagler.

[@chriso1585]

First time I’ve seen this with Howard Cosell on commentary. Greatest commentator, thanks for sharing this

[@omalone1169]

Down goes Frazier

[@Salieri47]

Cosell was a pompous ass. Tex Cobb really did do boxing a favor.

[@chriso1585]

@@omalone1169 classic ha, I was talking to someone the other day about the new boxing game coming out called undisputed that has crap commentary and we were saying how great it would be to have Cosell on it. If you think he started just before Ali started and went on til towards the end of Holmes run so that’s a long time. Him Don Dumphrey and the HBO team from the 80’s till about ten years ago put American commentators miles ahead of any other country

[@paulweir5031]

@@chriso1585 Dunphy.

[@chriso1585]

@@paulweir5031 what’s that you think Don Dunphrey was the greatest? The Americans are so much better than any other country even the old HBO team were good?

[@Alex-TheAlien43]

No wonder he moved to my home town after this

[@danielwalsh7538]

I remember an interview with minter when he said no black man was gonna take his title haggler had different ideas 😂

[@dongorgon4168]

This fight, along with Holmes Vs Cooney, were 2 highlights from my schooldays. There was good banter between the black and white kids but this fight took it to the limit. I honestly liked Alan Minter, he had a good chat with my brother when he opened a supermarket in our town. But then he said what he said. Touchpaper lit. It was live on TV and the next day at school was epic! There was a really good interview with Alan many years later when he talks about the fight. Top class. He regretted saying what he said and moved on. RIP both Alan and Marvin.

[@Anthony-Testicali]

Boximg records were sparse in those days and vhs tapes very very rare. But Minter wouldve known Hagler had cleaned out the division. Minter wouldve thought I beat antuofermo easily and marvin was struggling at the end. Finnegan had tested Hagler over 19.Minter had been ferociously competitive but usually lost to cuts. He had every reason to be confident. He was robbed of a gold medal in 1972 and at 28 seemed in the prime of his life. He came out ultra aggressive rather than his usual boxing. He learned what tommy hearns learned 5 years later u dont try to knockout hagler. A shame Minter had the skills if not the skin to extend Hagler the distance

[@giulio76ful]

that round 3 was a pure carnage.. english blood everywhere.. ps: tnk's a lot again MARVELOUS

[@karenschneider2851]

I met Hagler at Daisy Buchanan's in Boston some years after this fight. I asked him about this bout and he said he had a lot of hatred for Minter after Minter's pre fight comments!

[@MoveTowardsTheLight]

Marvin had to be one of the most balanced boxers I've ever seen. This being one of his best performances. Rest In Peace Marvelous.

[@Straightshooterx71x]

And Minter.

[@MoveTowardsTheLight]

@mrnobooze7387 Indeed, Rest In Peace to Alan 🙏🏾.

[@dquinn8344]

Marvin did nothing great (like Julian Jackson's right)..Did everything good....STILL middleweight champ in my mind...Marvin murdered with the cl0tshot...

[@PartyCrasher04]

⁠@@dquinn8344guys who do EVERYTHING good tend to be the guys who are the best. Be it boxing, MMA, whatever. Being more versatile is better than being a specialist. Having all offense and no defense isn’t the play, neither is all defense if you have no offense, balance is key. I’d argue Hagler was great at all of it though lol.

[@MrTearyOne]

@@dquinn8344 "did nothing great" are you serious? Marvin is like the real life embodiment of the broken boxing game character that gets a 95/100 in every single stat. Not perfect but still way more than enough to match any other character in any individual skill. Chin, Brawling, Infighting, Technical Boxing, Stance Switching, Defense, keep-away fighting on the backfoot ala Ali and Holmes - anyone Marvin ever faced that was great at any one of those skills, Marvin matched or exceeded. That's WHY he was champ for so many years, because he didn't have any weaknesses to exploit.

[@themanftheworld8439]

MNH was clinical and ruthless.

[@RN_BSN_PHN]

*My Dad's friend caught Minter's flying mouthpiece 4 rows away from the ring. It landed in his lap and was bloody. I'm not sure what he ever did with mouthpiece either. He later passed away. I should ask his son, John.*

[@Red-Revolution708]

Hagler vowed never to fight in Britain again after the disgusting reception he got after defeating Minter

[@grahamharris8906]

Terminator he was Marvellous ❤

[@OrbvsTomarvm]

those right hands to the conk are still painful to watch. big al had some plums facing off against marvellous. rip both these legends.

[@jf8085]

Imagine saying the concern about Hagler was his “stamina” that’s fucking ridiculous 😂

[@kevinmunday6263]

R.i.p Two Ring warriors ......

[@justinboon3811]

Hagler and Minter The best middleweights ever Allen’s cut was horrendous R.I.P Boxing GOATS

[@chriszenko3598]

How come they didn’t show what happened after the fight when the crowd went nuts and though beer cans in the ring ?

[@ngabushallday6642]

One of the more satisfying outcomes for me. Minter insisting before the fight that he would never lose to a Black Man. RIP Champion.

[@timrobinson100]

Fight stopped too early, commentator very disrespectful of Alan, believe me he had power

[@donadams7943]

I watched this fight live on TV in 1980. What this video fails to show is one of the most extraordinary scenes I have ever witnessed in a boxing ring. When the ref stopped the fight the English fans became so angry that they began throwing glass bottles into the ring. Hagler's cornermen formed a protective shield around their fighter as the bottles flew. If you are interested you can see this on other youtube videos of the fight.

[@renhoek3851]

The english fans of the 80's didn't have the best reputation!

[@daystar73]

CLASSLESS. PERIOD.

[@wolfgangvonuce9803]

all spurred on by their racial hatred of people who weren't white. They had white supremacy rammed down their throat by the likes of Churchill and Enoch Powell to name a couple.....also the other witch Margaret thatcher

[@ek2137]

Alan Minter set the tone when, before the fight, he stated, "No black man would take his title". So, the English fans showed their true colors when they refused to allow Marvelous Marvin Hagler to be presented with his belt in the ring. They had to mail it to him.

[@devillehall6171]

Yep...shameful.This was the atmosphere in England at that time. ....and it's returned today sadly.

[@jamespearson7001]

best middleweight.

[@jonc1839]

What a massacre

[@edwincardozo4999]

Marvin Hagler el mejor mediano de todos los tiempos.

[@paulquintin3607]

My favorite fighter from that time, always at the top of his game.

[@jogman262]

I agree. Best boxer I ever saw. Yes, better than Ali, Leonard, Holyfield, Tyson. Best all around fighter Marvelous Marvin Hagler. RIP Champ.

[@underwriter100]

I forget the guy’s name but it was an MMA promoter in the 80’s plugging his sport, which was small at the time. He was criticizing boxing saying so many champions show up for a fight out of shape except one: Marvin Hagler. But he said the other boxing champs suck. A bit of an exaggeration but he was trying to promote his sport

[@darrenrush2056]

Haggler Was unstoppable that night what a machine minter took a serious beating

[@darrenrush2056]

Yer the beer Bootle incidents was shocking

[@johnmc3862]

Minter had all poise of a cardboard cutout.

[@garyanderson9467]

Smart boxers did;t stand toe to toe with Hagler.

[@Tyronepeader]

Howard Cosell's commentary is an absurd joke. Almost immediately he declares Minter hurt in the first round without a shred of supporting evidence. 🙄

[@mongoslade4016]

We never had this from America

[@karlschneider9479]

It took a congressional inquiry to get Hagler a title shot! For years guys ducked him. When he won the title he was determined not to lose it. I still think he got robbed in the Leonard fight!

[@omalone1169]

Where is the proof ?

[@Salieri47]

I can not stand Ray "Manipulator" Leonard, & have deep respect for Hagler. That said, Leonard won their fight. Of course his team manipulated Hagler for 13 months, which I blame on the Patronelli brothers. And then no rematch because Leonard knew how POD & determined Hagler would be (also no rematches after close tough fights was Leonard's MO).

[@karlschneider9479]

@@omalone1169 The late Senator Ted Kennedy had a hearing on the ratings system and why Hagler was being ducked.

[@peterbalac1915]

​@@Salieri47Marvin and Ray were my favourite fighters, that fight was a fantastic chess match I have watched it many times since. Felt like Marvin deserved the win at the time but I have to agree with your comment Ray boxed smart and won the fight. Respect bud ✊

[@leeturton9254]

Coming out orthodox against suger always confused me...why would he do that when he was a magnificent south paw?...you do not want to give a fighter of ray Leonards quality a head start and that's exactly what he did

[@kevinohara1908]

Minter did quite well

[@ashtongoorachan5168]

Total mismatch!!Marvellous Marvin was a monster and one of the greatest fighter of all times.Truly an all time legend.RIP Marvellous Marvin😢

[@pabloenriquetirabassi7060]

Combate increíble, ninguno guardó nada !! Marvin Hagler, uno de los mas grandes de la historia!!🥊🥊

[@jameslarkin8494]

Britannia rules the waves no-more. He got clobbered big time i'm delighted.

[@mattkent2651]

Minter, faced... simply the greatest 'Fighter' of all time. It is extraordinary, how his years of schooling in Philadelphia, fighting 'bums' (yeah right), equipped him to destroy all the so-called other 'top' fighters. He is the Greatest middleweight ever, and probably only second to Ali in 'greatness' because of how he got there. He did not have Ali's political prowess and that is what made his greatness 'pure'. It was pure boxing ability. The Greatest 'Fighter' of All Time in my humble opinion.

[@behradboromandfar3986]

Legndry marvin hegler god of war gladiator ❤

[@neilcooper9508]

I think minter deserved a bit more respect having seen that for the first time i thourt minter fourt well but that marvin hagler was a grate fighter no dout about it

[@chuckemeade]

Minter deserved and earned every stitch and eavery blow, one of the most pleasing ass whoopngs ever meted out.

[@danielesettantacinque7468]

La vergogna di Wembley

[@QwenLee]

One of the bloodiest boxing matches ever 🩸🩸🥊🥊.

[@eddie12454]

Marvin Hagler is one of my favourite boxers. He had it all really.

[@UlisesBarrera]

Pizza pizza pizza pizza 5:42

[@youza7560]

The marvellous did it for Jacopucci

[@leslierowe2337]

Hagler was a machine

[@Yette]

That point about 15 seconds before the end of the fight, Marvin lands another gigantic right hand to the face, Minter's face explodes in ghoulish red liquid and Minter reaches for his own face wondering if his eye is still in its socket. Tough guy, he kept fighting.

[@stuarturquhart9363]

This was a war and a great fight - shame about the beer bottles.

[@timrobinson100]

I loved Alan, and Marvin, had Alan just stick to jabbing, he’d have won but hagler a class act

[@mrlesta]

Haglar Both his feet off the ground as he does his flying punch.

[@BennyGoodmanGoodman]

a dew drop in hell had more of a chance than minter that night in london

[@J1977k]

Who knows how many things poor Minter could have won with all those points... If they weren't like that 🤔

[@davey8914]

Minter's 'fans' were disgusting that night.

[@theultimatemale6820]

MINTER WAS HIS OWN WORST ENEMY BY SAYING THAT NO BLACK MAN WOULD TAKE HIS TITLE. BY SAYING THAT IT REALLY MOTIVATED THE MARVELOUS ONE. MARVIN WAS A WELL OILED BOXING MACHINE TO BEGIN WITH AND GIVING THAT EXTRA INCENTIVE WAS NUTS. BEING THE CHAMP AND LOSING INSIDE OF 3 ROUNDS IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY IS VERY HUMILIATING. THE FIGHT WAS A BIG MISMATCH. MARVIN IS TRULY ONE OF THE GREATEST MIDDLE WEIGHTS EVER. R.I.P. 🙏 MARVELOUS ONE.

[@David-ps7rt]

Thanks top rank these fights use to not be cut down 😢

[@tonycallaghan170]

Thanks for the memories Marvin RIP blessings we shall not forget you x

[@eugenehill4447]

Oh you don't want to show everything that happened, especially they junk thrown into the ring! ?

[@CosmicKnight369]

It was satisfying to watch given the racist comment made by Minter pre fight. Shameful reaction by the British crowd after the fight.

[@joebrowne9217]

Is this the night boxing fans disgraced themselves by bottle chucking...

[@joeblow2069]

The ending of the fight was odd to me. It was not a doctor looking at Mintor's eye it was his corner people. They asked the ref to stop the fight which makes it even more reprehensible how the fans acted. I think the ref wanted them to wipe the blood off so he could evaluate the cut over the right eye.

[@giovannispano4785]

Comunque grande Minter con coraggio contro uno straordinario Hagler

[@chenelle-james]

The British public bottled the hell out of him for winning the fight yet it’s conveniently removed from the video typical