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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Marvin Hagler
Mustafa Hamsho, who would later defeat future world champion Bobby Czyz, followed, and he was beaten in 11 rounds.
Mustafa Hamsho, born in Latakia, Syria, was a boxer who never won a world title, but fought some big names in his career.
Hamsho was given a rematch, but was again beat, in three rounds.
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  Mustafa Hamsho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mustafa Hamsho, born in Latakia, Syria, was a boxer who never won a world title, but fought some big names in his career.
Hamsho continued to fight, defeating Curtis Parker, future world champion Bobby Czyz, and former three-division world champion Wilfred Benitez during 1982 and 1983, then received a return visit to take on Hagler in a rematch in October 1984 in NYC's Madison Square Garden.
Hamsho would continue to fight, with the biggest name on his list being Donny Lalonde, who decisioned Hamsho in the spring of 1987 and would then go on to become light heavyweight champion later that year.
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 Marvin Hagler - Biocrawler
Hagler proved a busy world champion and he defeated future world champion Fulgencio Obelmejias by a knockout in 8, and then former world champ Antuofermo in a rematch by knockout in 5, both at the Boston Garden.
Mustafa Hamsho, who would later defeat future world champ Bobby Czyz, followed, and he was beaten in 11.
Hamsho was given a rematch and lost in 3, and then on April 15th, 1985, Hagler and Thomas Hearns met in what was billed as The War.
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 Mustafa Hamsho   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hamsho to fight defeating Curtis Parker future world Bobby Czyz and former three division world champion Wilfred Benitez during 1982 and 1983 then received a return visit to on Hagler in a rematch in October 1984 in NYC's Madison Square Garden.
After Hamsho tried to play rough the early going Hagler ended things early time by flooring Hamsho twice in the round (the second knockdown produced by a Floyd Patterson -like hook) thus forcing Hamsho's trainer to in and stop the fight.
Hamsho would to fight with the biggest name on list being Donny Lalonde who decisioned Hamsho in the spring 1987 and would then go on to light heavyweight champion later that year.
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 Republika Online
Hamsho, yang sempat tampil agresif di awal pertandingan, lagi-lagi gagal mengimbangi Hagler dan dinyatakan kalah TKO di ronde ketiga.
Hamsho masih sempat menjalani empat pertarungan besar usai dua kali takluk dari Hagler, di antaranya menghadapi Donny Lalonde.
Pada 1989, usai menaklukkan Wesley Reid, Hamsho akhirnya memutuskan gantung sarung tinju.
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 Marvin Hagler - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hagler proved a busy world champion and he defeated future world champion Fulgencio Obelmejias by a knockout in 8, and then former world champ Antuofermo in a rematch by knockout in 5, both at the Boston Garden.
Mustafa Hamsho, who would later defeat future world champ Bobby Czyz, followed, and he was beaten in 11.
Hamsho was given a rematch and lost in 3, and then on April 15th, 1985, Hagler and Thomas Hearns met in what was billed as The War.
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 Marvin Hagler -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At the conclusion of this bout a riot broke out, and Hagler and his trainers had to be carried away to their locker rooms by the police, in the middle of a rain of beer bottles and glasses.
Caveman Lee lasted only 1 round, and in a rematch in (A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD) Italy, Obelmejias lasted 5.
Hamsho was given a rematch and lost in 3, and then on April 15th, 1985, Hagler and (Click link for more info and facts about Thomas Hearns) Thomas Hearns met in what was billed as (Click link for more info and facts about The War) The War.
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 Mustafa Hamsho - Definition, explanation
Hamsho continued to fight, defeating Curtis Parker, future world champion Bobby Czyz, and former three-division world champion Wilfred Benitez during 1982 and 1983, then received a return visit to take on Hagler in a rematch in October 1984 in NYC's Madison Square Garden.
After Hamsho tried to play rough in the early going, Hagler ended things early this time by flooring Hamsho twice in the third round (the second knockdown produced by a Floyd Patterson-like hook), thus forcing Hamsho's trainer to jump in and stop the fight.
Hamsho would continue to fight, with the biggest name on his list being Donny Lalonde, who decisioned Hamsho in the spring of 1987 and would then go on to become light heavyweight champion later that year.
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 Boxing: Perception, Reality, and Legacy: An Interview with Bobby Czyz: Introduction To a Three Part Interview
Hamsho was known for his prodigious strength and almost inhuman resilience.
Hamsho got his title shot in October 1981 against Marvin Hagler, but was outclassed and butchered by Hagler in an 11th round TKO.
Hamsho took over 50 stitches in his loss to Hagler, but was openly defiant and never knocked down in defeat.
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 Bobby Czyz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Czyz had a quick start to his professional boxing career in the early 1980s and he was soon in line for a shot vs. world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler.
He had to start from scratch, however, after suffering a 10-round loss at the hands of veteran Mustafa Hamsho in November 1982.
He went up in weight, put another string of wins together, and in September of 1986, he finally found himself in a ring with a world champion, IBF light heavyweight champion Slobodan Kacar, who was destroyed by Czyz's bombs in 5 rounds.
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 Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Hamsho was unbeaten except for his first challenge of Hagler and had rebuilt his position as world number one contender by beating all comers.
Hamsho was determined to use everything to win this time, including his head and elbows.
Hamsho tried to bull Hagler to the ropes again but the champion ripped out a perfectly placed right hook counter that knocked the challenger’s head back.
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 Boxing in Las Vegas: Amato's Digest 2/18/06.htm
After eight bouts it would have been hard to foresee Hamsho as a future contender as his ledger stood at 4-2-2.
Mustafa would go on to win his next 27 bouts and firmly establish himself as a legitimate title threat.
that Mustafa Hamsho was keeper of the gate to Marvin Hagler's throne and that is meant as the highest compliment.
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 Boxing - Columns - James Slater
Hamsho was a twenty-seven year old contender with a very good record.
Hamsho, knowing only one way to fight, went after Hagler and tried to hurt his man. He was tough, no doubt, but he was in with one of the top three or four greatest middleweights in history.
And while Mustafa Hamsho will never be remembered for being the man in the opposing corner from Hagler in such an awesome fight as the one Hearns supplied him with, he should at least be known for giving his all against the best middleweight of his generation.
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 Mustafa Hamsho: If Not For Marv
Mustafa Hamsho was born in Syria in 1953.
Mustafa would regroup and win six in a row.
A solid case can be made that Mustafa Hamsho was keeper of the gate to Marvin Hagler's throne and that is meant as the highest compliment.
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 History is Against De La Hoya at 160 Pounds, But So What?
There was no shame in some of his losses, such as his 15-round decision loss to Thomas Hearns or the second-round TKO loss to Davey Moore when he fell and twisted his ankle in the ring.
But he was completely dominated by middleweight contender Mustafa Hamsho in a 12-round title eliminator in '83 and Matthew Hilton stopped him in nine rounds in '86.
Hamsho and Hilton were tough guys, but neither would have touched Benitez were it not for the combination of age and added weight.
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 PSNews - Mustafa Hamsho
Mustafa Hamsho: Watts was looking for a tune up fight, but the opponent was not supposed to be a south paw fighter like I was.
Mustafa Hamsho: I really went into that fight in top shape and the winner was supposed to be made the IBF Middleweight Champion, which was until I beat him.
Mustafa Hamsho: To be honest, I really don’t watch much boxing today, but from what I have seen of Hopkins, he couldn’t have dealt with the fighters from my era.
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 Bobby Czyz
Czyz had a quick start to his professional boxing career in the early 1980s and he was soon in line for a shot vs world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler.
He had to start from scratch, however, after suffering a 10 round loss at the hands of veteran Mustafa Hamsho in 1983.
He went up in weight, put another string of wins together, and in September of 1986, he finally found himself in a ring with a world champion, IBF Light Heavyweight champion Slobodan Kacar, who was destroyed by Czyz's bombs in 5 rounds.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/b/bo/bobby_czyz.html   (378 words)

  
 Boxing: Former Middleweight Contender Mustafa Hamsho Goes on the Record with RSR
Mustafa Hamsho, throughout his career, was labeled the bad guy, but titles can be quite deceiving.
During our interview, Hamsho was honored to be remembered and spoke fondly about his boxing career that saw him rise to the top of the middleweight ranks, twice challenging Marvelous Marvin Hagler for his Undisputed Middleweight Championship of the World.
On our flight home (Benitez was on the same flight as Mustafa), he was urinating blood from the body work I did on him.
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 Syrian Media Centre
Hagler methodically used left jabs and right crosses to bust up Hamsho's face until the fight was stopped on cuts in the 11th.
Hamsho continued to fight, defeating Curtis Parker, future world champion Bobby Czyz, and former three-division world champion Wilfred Benitez during 1982 and 1983.
Phillip Stamma (1705–1755), a native of Aleppo, Syria, later resident of England and France, was a chess master and a pioneer of modern chess.
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 Syria On The Internet - Electronic Magazine
Mustafa Hamsho was only 19 years old when he arrived in New York as a stowaway aboard a Greek freighter in 1973.
Certo was in Hamsho’s corner when he was stopped in three rounds by Hagler in their rematch at Madison Square Garden in October 1984.
Although Hamsho fought on for five more years, his heart was no longer in the game and he lost a 12-round decision to Donnie Lalonde and was stopped in the first round by Graciano Rocchigiani in Germany in December 1987.
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 Boxing News: Perception, Reality, and Legacy: An Interview with Bobby Czyz: Introduction To a Three Part Interview ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hamsho was known for his prodigious strength and almost inhuman resilience.
Hamsho took over 50 stitches in defeat, but was openly defiant and never knocked down in defeat.
Hamsho trained in Miami for the bout, and forged himself into optimal condition.
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 Hagler's Great Fights
The first time around, Hagler was criticized for lack of effort, Hamsho fought outside the rules, and the Syrian's own headfirst tactics cost him the fight when he busted open and was stopped late.
After complaining to the ref about Hamsho's constant butting, Hagler took matters into his own hands, blasting Mustafa to the mat in the third, bringing Hamsho's corner in to stop the fight.
This was the unveiling of the "Destruct and Destroy" Hagler, the brooding machine bent on breaking down and leveling his opponents.
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 Biography of Mustafa Hamsho -
Hamsho continued to fight, defeating Curtis Parker, future world champion Bobby Czyz, and former three-division world champion Wilfredo BenitezWilfred Benitez during 1982 and 1983, then received a return visit to take on Hagler in a rematch in October 1984 in New York, New YorkNYC's Madison Square Garden.
Hamsho would continue to fight, with the biggest name on his list being Donny LalondeDonny Lalonde, who decisioned Hamsho in the spring of 1987 and would then go on to become light heavyweight champion later that year.
Hamsho's career would then peter out over the next few years.
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 Mustafa Hamsho Vs Vito Antufuermo - The Cyber Boxing Zone Message Board
Never a hard puncher but a very sharp hitter.He changed his style to a more crowd pleasing inside brawler as he was becoming a fringe contender, but always had a deceptively fast pair of hands which seems to be lost in history because of the bull like style he was now employing.
Hamsho had one way to fight and wasn't going to change.
I like Vito by decision, as Hamsho, who was very much a bully, doesn't intimidate Vito, who is equally tough and has an old-fashioned work ethic.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Czyz had a quick start to his professional boxing career in the early 1980s and he was soon in line for a shot against world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler.
He had to start from scratch, however, after suffering a 10-round loss at the hands of veteran Mustafa Hamsho in November 1982.
He went up in weight, put another string of wins together, and in September of 1986, he finally found himself in a ring with an undefeated world champion, IBF light heavyweight champion Slobodan Kacar (Olympic Gold medallist of 1980).
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 marvin
Next, he stopped a game Mustafa Hamsho in 11 rounds.
Following Hamsho, he mauled William "Caveman" Lee in less than one round, and in a rematch with Obelmejias in 5 rounds.
He re matched Mustafa Hamsho, and stopped him in three one sided rounds.
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 Marvin Hagler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hagler proved a busy world champion and he defeated future world champion Fulgencio Obelmejias by aknockout in 8, and then former world champ Antuofermo by knockout in 5, both at the Boston Garden.
Mustafa Hamsho, who would laterdefeat future world champ Bobby Czyz followed, beaten in 11.
Then came Juan Roldan, who became the only manto drop Hagler, scoring a knockdown seconds into the fight, but Hagler got angrier and proceeded to beat Roldan, stopping him in10.
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 A tough, tough guy named Mustafa Hamsho | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
Mustafa Hamsho plays with the daughter of Police Officer Vincent Ganz at the annual NYPD Widows and Childrens’ Christmas party in December.
Hamsho, now 52, can’t even begin to guess who his toughest opponent was.
Although Hamsho fought on for five more years, his heart was no longer in the game and he lost a 12-round decision to Donnie Lalonde and was stopped in the first round by Graciano Rocchigiani in
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