Marvelous Marvin Hagler
I was sorry to hear
of the passing of the great boxing legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler. He was one of my favorite boxers of all time
- although this is not a painting of him in the ring. But his death reminded me
of my enjoyment of watching boxing on tv as a kid with my dad. That continued through the 80’s when I
watched Hagler’s major fights that were shown on tv. They were classic all out brawls - my
favorite being his battles with Thomas “Hitman” Hearns.
his interest in boxing continued to a point where I did a
series of boxing paintings and drawing and had a show with a number of the
works. The painting shown here was one
of those paintings and one I had decided to keep around for a while.
The boxing painting
is in storage but, as I remember, it is 36” x 36” acrylic on stretched canvas.
