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The Faboulous Four
At the end of the year 1978 Marvin Hagler is a tough and feared middleweight that couldn’t get a title chance in spite of having an awesome record. At the same time Roberto Duran is starting his campaign as a welterweight after ruling the Lightweight division for around six years.
The 1976 Olimpian champion Ray Leonard is starting to improve the level of his competition in his way for a title chance on the welterweight division. Finally a tall and young welterweight from Detroit called Thomas Hearns have destroyed his first fourteenth rivals on less than four rounds.
This four fighters are on the begining of the best part of their careers. There lifes in the ring will be linked and the story will reemember this four warriors with a particular name : “The Fabulous Four”
Marvin Hagler
Brockton, Massachusetts,United States
24 years old
Southpaw
Middleweight division
Never fought for a world Title
Record: 42-2-1 (34).
Roberto Duran
Panama City, Panama
Orthodox
27 years old
Welterweight Division
Former Lightweight champion
Record 66-1-0 (54)
Ray Leonard
Palmer Park, Maryland, United States
Orthodox
22 years old
1976 Olimpian champion
Never fought for a world title
Record: 17-0-0 (10)
Thomas Hearns
Detroit, Michigan.United States
Orthodox
20 years old
Never fought for a world title
Record 14-0-0 (14)
Welterweight Champions
WBC Carlos Palomino.
WBA Pipino Cuevas
Junior Middleweight Champions
WBC Rocky Mattioli
WBA Masashi Kudo
Middleweight Champions
WBA/ WBC Hugo Pastor Corro
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