After his much criticized performance against the puffed up welterweight Duranin November of 83, Marvin looked to prove himself against the tough Argentinian Juan ‘Domingo’ Roldan. The bout was set for March 30th at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas on HBO television, since Hagler was now one of the network’s stars.
I settled for a replay of the action on CBS tv a few weeks later, and I thought Marvin fought well. A so called knockdown in the first round was actually a slip, and for the record, Hagler was never knocked down in his entire career, a tremendous feat that very few fighters can say.
Marvin badly cut Roldan early in the bout, and battered his opponent the whole night. The end came in the tenth when Roldan quit after a barrage of punches from the champ. Marvelous Marvin had restored his name as the supreme middleweight in the world and as one of the sport’s top draws.
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